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The geology of the upper Roanoke River Valley area, Montgomery and Roanoke counties, Virginia
The upper Roanoke River Valley area lies in the Valley of Virginia in Montgomery and Roanoke counties, and is about 100 square miles in area. All but the oldest of the mapped units shown on Plate l are of Paleozoic age and of sedimentary origin. The Precambrian rocks that crop out on Poor Mountain …
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Roanoke municipal air terminal building
… and their characteristics In addition, Roanoke Municipal Airport was selected as a design exercise. The new facility was planned as a regional airport for the year 2000. This part of the study includes the plan, which is a description of the design process, the program which discusses in …
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A civic auditorium group for Roanoke
An investigation of Roanoke's particular needs and potentialities for a civic auditorium was the initial step in the development of this thesis. Members of the city government, members of community organizations, and other interested citizens were consulted as to their views on the facilities …
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An elementary school for Roanoke, Virginia
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Roanoke Passenger Train Station: Framing Icons
… qualities of the passenger train and the city of Roanoke, Virginia. A passenger train station frames these icons and brings people directly to the train. This framing creates a new icon for the city. An area on the train tracks is revitalized and creates a permeable threshold into and out of the …
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A community housing development for Roanoke, Virginia
Northeast Roanoke was chosen as a basis for the study of this problem because of the existing conditions there which demand immediate attention. The objectives of the study are: 1. To better housing and general living conditions. 2. To design apartments, the rental cost of which will be low enough …
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The political geography of annexation--Roanoke, Virginia
… examined and analyzed as critical factors in Roanoke, Virginia's historic use of annexation. Particular attention was paid to the 1943, 1949, and 1962 annexation suits because they occurred during the period of increasing county opposition to annexation. An historical and political geographic …
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Structural evolution of the Roanoke area, Virginia
Approximately 70 square miles of Roanoke, Botetourt, and Bedford counties and northern Roanoke were mapped in detail in an attempt to reconstruct the structural evolution of this critical area situated at the arcuate junction of the Southern and Central Appalachians. The area includes approximately …
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Insurance office location in Roanoke, Virginia, 1960-1983
… in average-sized American cities, such as Roanoke, Virginia. The pattern of insurance office location in Roanoke, Virginia, was examined from 1960 to 1983. It was determined that research in large metropolises accurately described certain trends in Roanoke but inaccurately described others, …
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Crystal Spring Park: a garden for South Roanoke
Every few square miles in the rural area of Taiwan, there is a tiny little building similar to this that houses the God of Earth and his wife. In most cases, an old tree will stand right beside the shrine like guarding the surrounding area. It is visited very often by the neighborhood residents not …
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School Desegregation in Roanoke, Virginia: The Black Student Perspective
… Black students who were the first to desegregate Roanoke, Virginia, schools during the 1960-1961 school year. In September of 1960, nine Black students were chosen to desegregate formerly all-White schools in Roanoke. The stories of these students have not been comprehensively researched or …
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Analysis of Roanoke Region Weather Patterns Under Global Teleconnections
… weather patterns and precipitation in the Roanoke, Virginia region. The first chapter describes the behavior of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) by implementing non-homogeneous and homogeneous Markov Chain models on a monthly time series of the Troup Southern Oscillation Index (SOI), …
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A productivity study of the Roanoke River above Niagra Dam
… of the water quality in the upper end of the Roanoke River arm of Smith Mountain Lake due to eutrophication has caused much concern. The Smith Mountain impoundment was built in 1965 as a pump storage facility to generate electric power, and the lake serves as a major recreational area for …
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Roanoke New Market: a case study in adaptive-reuse architecture
This thesis concerns the revitalization of the Roanoke City Market Building, an historic structure in the heart of downtown Roanoke, Virginia. Generated in two parts, this thesis first explains the rationale for saving the building and the strategy developed to that end. Secondly, the building …
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The Light Within: A Graduate Architecture School in Roanoke, Virginia
In urban conditions architecture often loses a connection with the surrounding context and viewers through inappropriate scale, design orientation and the misuse of light during the day and night. In areas of density, perception is everything. This exploration seeks to express architecture as a …
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Contemporary Arts Museum in Roanoke: an Entrance to the City
Roanoke, as a city, needs to redefine itself and to constantly respond to what new should come to the city. Society and culture become an important factors in design. The insertion into an existing fabric requires a careful dialogue between past, present and future. The proposed building sets in …
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An economic analysis of the 1971 Roanoke, Virginia annexation case
… consisting of five separate annexation cases in Roanoke County, Virginia. Two cases involved areas which had petitioned to be annexed to Salem, two cases involved areas which had petitioned to be annexed to Roanoke, and the other case involved the petition of the City of Roanoke to annex the …
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