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Events that helped shaped the neighborhood
1990s - Today
1992 The Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge Tunnel opened, providing an alternate route to the south Hampton Roads area.
1999 Greenlawn Cemetery was included in the National Register of Historic Places.
2003 The overlook parking areas along Chesapeake Avenue were transformed into family friendly seating areas.
2005 Hampton’s Master Plan for the Wythe business district was approved by the city and called the “Kecoughtan Corridor”.
2006 Traffic calming measures were built on Chesapeake Avenue and new street signposts were installed throughout the neighborhood.
2007 The Virginia School for the Deaf, Blind and Multi-Disabled at Hampton, originally named Virginia School for Colored Deaf and Blind Children, celebrated its 100th anniversary.
2008 Armstrong School, Hampton’s oldest public school building in operation, celebrated its 85th anniversary.
2008 Ground was broken for a new K-8 school site on Victoria Boulevard.
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