Roanoke: The Star City of the Blue Ridge
Roanoke sits in the Roanoke Valley between the Blue Ridge and Allegheny ranges, roughly 170 miles southwest of Richmond. The Mill Mountain Star, an 88-foot illuminated structure built in 1949 on the mountain overlooking downtown, gave the city its nickname and remains the largest freestanding illuminated man-made star in the world. Norfolk Southern Railway is the city's single most visible corporate presence; the railroad's Roanoke Shops complex and 24-story headquarters building dominate the downtown core.
The city grew rapidly after 1882, when the Shenandoah Valley Railroad and the Norfolk and Western Railway met here and established the junction as Big Lick. The name was changed to Roanoke shortly afterward. The Virginia Museum of Transportation downtown displays Norfolk and Western steam locomotives, including the streamlined Class J No. 611, one of the finest passenger steam engines ever built in the United States.
The Taubman Museum of Art, housed in a 2008 Randall Stout-designed building, anchors Market Square alongside the City Market Building, operating continuously since 1922 as one of the oldest farmers' markets in Virginia. Carilion Clinic, a regional health system headquartered in Roanoke, is now the city's largest employer following the relative decline of railroad employment.
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Roanoke sits in the Roanoke Valley between the Blue Ridge and Allegheny ranges, roughly 170 miles southwest of Richmond. The Mill Mountain Star, an 88-foot illuminated structure built in 1949 on the mountain overlooking downtown, gave the city its nickname and remains the largest freestanding illuminated man-made star in the world. Norfolk Southern Railway is the city's single most visible corporate presence; the railroad's Roanoke Shops complex and 24-story headquarters building dominate the downtown core.
The city grew rapidly after 1882, when the Shenandoah Valley Railroad and the Norfolk and Western Railway met here and established the junction as Big Lick. The name was changed to Roanoke shortly afterward. The Virginia Museum of Transportation downtown displays Norfolk and Western steam locomotives, including the streamlined Class J No. 611, one of the finest passenger steam engines ever built in the United States.
The Taubman Museum of Art, housed in a 2008 Randall Stout-designed building, anchors Market Square alongside the City Market Building, operating continuously since 1922 as one of the oldest farmers' markets in Virginia. Carilion Clinic, a regional health system headquartered in Roanoke, is now the city's largest employer following the relative decline of railroad employment.
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