Isaac Williams, 5, goes into high-flying motion on the Big Bomb Bounce last Saturday at the Church Hill Reunion at Ethel Bailey Furman Park on North 28th Street. This was the 35th year for the annual event celebrating fellowship and community uplift. (Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press)

Hundreds gathered at Ethel Bailey Furman Park for the 35th Annual Church Hill Reunion held last Saturday. Organizers honored, from left, Harold Harris, City Councilwoman Cynthia I. Newbille, Delegate Delores L. McQuinn, Mary Thompson, and Leroy Allen. Absent from the event was honoree Henry L. Marsh III, a former state senator and former Richmond mayor. (Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press)

Hundreds of old-timers and others gathered at Ethel Bailey Furman Park for the 35th Annual Church Hill Reunion. The event, held last Saturday, featured family activities, food and music. (Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press)

Black-eyed Susans in the East End (Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press)

Richmond’s 24-year-old floodwall seeks to guard low-lying areas of the city when the James River is at flood stage. This is a view of the 2,000-foot wall on South Side looking north toward Downtown. But as Richmond has learned, the floodwall can create flooding behind it when heavy rainfall dousing the city is unable to escape into the river, which happened during Tropical Storm Gaston in 2004. To reduce that problem, the city in June tested the floodwall gates to ensure that they can be opened to let water out. (Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press)