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Showing 1 to 20 of 116 for “"Roanoke Virginia"”.
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An elementary school for Roanoke, Virginia
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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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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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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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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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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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"Magic City" class, community, and reform in Roanoke, Virginia, 1882-1912
The "Magic City" of Roanoke, Virginia, the fastest growing urban area in the South from 1880 to 1890, exemplified everything that New South boosters claimed to have wanted. The prototypical New South city, Roanoke emerged as an extreme version of all that was supposed to remedy the South's …
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Four Black Boxes and a Beacon: A Theater for Roanoke, Virginia
A proposition for a theater in Roanoke, Virginia is the vehicle for the exploration of architectural ideas on space, form, materiality, and atmosphere. The thesis developed through a series of models and drawings that studied oppositions in mass, scale, transparency, opacity, and most importantly, …
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A thesis on the geology in the vicinity of Roanoke, Virginia
The geology of Roanoke and the country adjacent is conceded to be one of the most complicated structures in Virginia. On this account it has been consistently avoided in geological investigations; surveys that normally would have included Roanoke having stopped at or omitted this vicinity. It would …
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Understanding people’s perceptions and attitudes toward community garden landscape in Roanoke, Virginia
… were chosen as study participants in the City of Roanoke, Virginia. Quantitative and qualitative data were used together for this study. Factor analysis, descriptive statistics, ANOVA, and T-Test procedures were used for the quantitative phase. Content analysis was used to analyze qualitative …
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Recommendations for teaching record keeping based on job analysis findings (Roanoke, Virginia)
… record keepers working in over two-thirds of the Roanoke businesses employing twenty-five or more office employees.
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Geology and mineral resources of the Goose Creek area near Roanoke, Virginia
The Goose Creek area in parts of Roanoke, Botetourt, and Bedford counties, Virginia, comprises about 170 square miles of complexly folded and faulted Precambrian and Paleozoic rocks of the Blue Ridge and Great Valley physiographic provinces. The Precambrian rocks are divided into three different …
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Leadership in A Community-Based, Nonprofit Organization: Total Action Against Poverty, Roanoke, Virginia
… known as Total Action Against Poverty of Roanoke, Virginia (TAP), a Community Action Agency. The Executive Director's role is examined to see how his leadership maintains and enhances this effective nonprofit organization. Whether his leadership nurtures a synergy among the leaders via his …
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Geochemical and petrologic study of the Fries-Rockfish Valley Fault near Roanoke, Virginia
The Blue Ridge Province in southern and central Virginia is a complex slice of Precambrian basement emplaced on the margin of Laurentia during collisional events in the Paleozoic. This allochthonous basement is composed of Middle Proterozoic continental crust, Late Proterozoic intrusives, and Late …
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A study of the stream pollution problem in the Roanoke, Virginia, metropolitan district
… investigation of the pollution existing in the Roanoke River within the Roanoke Metropolitan district was carried out from June, 1940 to May, 1941 by various departments of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute with the material aid of several other interested groups. Studies of the chemical and …
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A report of the credit union at the Veterans Administration regional office, Roanoke, Virginia
… Regional Office Credit Union, located in Roanoke, Virginia, is a cooperative association, organized to promote thrift among its members and to accumulate a fund from these savings to make needed loans to members for useful purposes at reasonable interest rates. It is chartered and …
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Parallel walls for the fourth estate: a building for a newspaper in Roanoke, Virginia
As man arrived, so he will leave: in solitude. In between, through necessity or desire, he associates with others. Yet he resides as he is, alone with his soul. Inseparable yet distinct. He can neglect the soul, allow it to become obscured through the noise of others. It will wither, but not die. …
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Floodplains and the Proximate Principle: A Case for Floodplain Linear Parks in Roanoke, Virginia
… this paper, ties are made to the city of Roanoke, Virginia (where the project portion of this thesis takes place) to demonstrate the relevance of floodplain linear parks to the city. All arguments made are supported by a conceptual floodplain park plan for the city of Roanoke.
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