Hampton Landmarks Show Solidarity to France

This week the city of Hampton, VA lit up two of its most prominent landmarks with the Tricolore in solidarity with France.

One of Hampton's four sister cities is Vendôme.

Hampton Honors its Graduating Seniors

Last week the City of Hampton honored each of its high school's graduating classes by lighting City Hall in each school's colors. The nightly order of colors follows the order of graduation of the high schools:

Phoebus High School

Kecoughtan High School

Bethel High School

Hampton High School

Congratulations to all of the seniors who will graduate this year.

Downtown Hampton, Eight Stories Up

Today I had the opportunity to take a few pictures from an observation deck at Hampton’s City Hall.

For quite some time I have wanted to take a picture of the municipal building using natural borders, specifically, the bushes that surround city hall. As I was searching for a respectable angle, a man asked me about what I was specifically shooting. To my surprise, this man turned out to be none other than George Wallace, mayor of our illustrious city. Mayor Wallace then asked how I would feel about taking a few pictures from his office’s observation deck. How could I say no?

What made this occasion even more mind-blowing was that there were not only extraordinary views from the deck, but also, I could not help but notice the utter composure of our Mayor. During my short time with him, I noticed that Mayor Wallace had some form of a relationship with every person in the building. His compassion for his colleagues exemplifies how all of our representatives should carry themselves. I mean this man took the time out of his day to give me the opportunity to take pictures from his personal office perch! For me, that was experiencing Christmas in July!

I would like to take this time out to personally thank Mayor George Wallace for giving me such an opportunity today. Kudos to you!

Hampton City Hall

Hampton’s City Hall was built in the early 1960s when the city decided to move its municipal offices from Kings Way to Lincoln Street. Since most people had not yet imagined this nine-story building in a necessarily appealing way, recently the City of Hampton’s Public Works Division has made some simple aesthetic changes to increase the allure of the building.

Similar to the Coliseum, City Hall is changing their lighting scheme to match the current season or holiday. Now this may sound rather costly and profligate of the taxpayers’ dollars, but the process is as simple as placing colored screens above the current lighting arrangement. Here are a few examples: Simple and very effective. It would be amazing if both City Hall and the Coliseum could coordinate a given color scheme at the same time.