{"id":4620,"date":"2016-10-31T16:10:39","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T20:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/james\/?p=4620"},"modified":"2016-10-31T19:15:03","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T23:15:03","slug":"the-convoluted-relationship-between-buildings-and-nature-reflection-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/james\/2016\/10\/31\/the-convoluted-relationship-between-buildings-and-nature-reflection-post\/","title":{"rendered":"The Convoluted Relationship Between Buildings and Nature (Reflection Post)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gravel crunched under my tires as my car pulled into the parking lot of the crew team\u2019s boathouse at Rockett\u2019s Landing.\u00a0 I arrived about an hour before the start of practice to do a few repairs, and realized this would be the perfect reflection spot.\u00a0 After walking down to the dock with wrenches in hand, I had a seat and watched the sun dance off of the small ripples in the water, making the river appear as if it was made of glass.\u00a0 Looking both down and upriver, I am surrounded by dilapidated structures and the burnt out shells of old warehouses. \u00a0Old fishermen dot the shores and the smell of gasoline and smoke blur together.\u00a0 The exceptions to this image are the sleek and shiny \u201cThe Boathouse Restaurant\u201d, and the luxury apartments that have developed next to it.<\/p>\n

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\"beercaves_exterior\"<\/a>\"condos\"<\/a><\/p>\n

All of these structures adjacent to the river allow man and nature to be juxtaposed and reveal the important idea of the longevity of the river and our natural world.\u00a0 The river has seen the rise of Richmond from early settlers, through the industrial era, and into modern day.\u00a0 Throughout this time, the landscape has changed drastically, and the river itself was attempted to be controlled and manipulated through canal-building efforts, but as a whole, the river has not changed much.\u00a0 On the other hand, the warehouses dotting the shores have already served their entire purpose seeing as they are now only rusted, metal structures left over from the fires that scoured them.\u00a0 The building and development of the area is a cycle that ultimately ends in destruction by either the people who built the structures or by the natural landscape itself.\u00a0 Currently, the cycle is at the development stage with these new ventures that are beginning to replace the rusted structures.\u00a0 While taking all of this in, the sounds of the flow of the river remind me to always respect the power and longevity of the river.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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