I lived with my grandparents from September 1966 to November 1966. Their apartment was at 1025 Redgate Ave in Norfolk, VA. I just looked it up on MapQuest. I never knew the area was called Ghent. I attended the elementary school about 6 blocks north.
The area that is Norfolk, VA today was onced deeded to my mother's ancestors as "Fanshaw's Bottom". There are still some streets in town that bear her family name.
Wow! That fills in some gaps for me. My wife did some research on the area and found out that Ghent was at one time the "fashionable suburb" of Norfolk in the late 1600's. Now it's the local version of Greenwich Village, home to libs and worse, but also some nice restaurants.