25 chock full of lively millennials, and the corner of Tazewell Avenue and Williamson Road from a parking lot into the site of downtown's first new construction in decades. 15. Richmond claims iconic civil rights lawyer Oliver Hill, but he grew up in Roanoke's Gainsboro neighborhood. Hill represented students in Prince Edward County in one of the cases that eventually was wrapped into Brown vs. Board of Education. The 1954 decision in that case by the Supreme Court of the United States integrated schools and did away with the concept of "separate but equal." THEROANOKER.COM HU NG AT E D AV I D T E RRY AL D HI Z E R 49 Hill never forgot his upbringing in Roanoke, and he returned numerous times to speak up until his death in 2007. 16. You always see someone you know at the grocery store. 17. Danny Karbassiyoon grew up and played soccer in Roanoke-right up until he was signed by international powerhouse Arsenal, an English Premier League team familiar to anyone who's read Nick Hornby's "Fever Pitch." In his debut game, Karbassiyoon came off the bench and More JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2016 | 27http://www.THEROANOKER.COM