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Jennifer Robinson enjoys The Locks in Downtown Richmond.

Jennifer Robinson enjoys The Locks in Downtown Richmond.

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Coming home, by Jennifer Robinson

A hipper, more vibrant Richmond is sweet surprise for former New Yorker

Byrd Park was the place to be on warm Sunday afternoons in the 1980s. I was in high school and all of young, black Richmond gathered there. Picture the scene from Will Smith’s 1991 hit, “Summertime.”