Saxbys, a chain coffee shop, has opened a franchise in downtown Richmond at Belvidere and Franklin. They’re hoping to capture some of the VCU market, according to yesterday’s TD article. There’s already stiff coffee shop competition around VCU’s neighborhood: Common Groundz, Crossroads (formerly World Cup), Harrison St., Common Cup, Starbucks, and probably one or [...]
Hayden Fisher, an attorney at Shaffer & Cabell & partner in real estate development group Prodigy Partnership, commented on an earlier blog post with an update on their progress on the “art-gallery themed restaurant” named Canvas:
Just checking-in to let everyone know that we’re still working on the Canvas design and working with DHR to finalize [...]
What should be built on the banks of our “great wet central park”? The mayor’s marina? The developers’ condos? Or the environmentalists’ parkland?
This question seems to vex our politicians, according to the TD.
But the city’s quest for a marina and more parkland along the James River faces scrutiny from a skeptical City Council and developers [...]
The first shows have been scheduled for the National, starting in February! Here’s the lineup so far:
Friday, 2/22: Dark Star Orchestra
Wed 02/27: Dickey Betts & Great Southern
Sun 03/02: Flogging Molly
Sun 03/09: Three Days Grace
Fri 03/28: Drive-By Truckers
You can keep up with the bookings at Pollstar.com.
The theater also [...]
A reader pointed me to his picture of the replacement building for VCU’s soon-to-be-demolished Larrick Center.
Here’s a photo of the rendering , thanks to Taber:
Photo by taberandrew, used with permission
Well, it’s certainly not as architecturally distinctive as the building it’s replacing. And it’s in line with the style of VCU’s other new buildings, which for [...]
In addition to the art deco West Hospital which Trani wants to tear down, another VCU-owned landmark in downtown Richmond is about to go. Here’s a picture of the doomed building:
Photo by Taberandrew, used with permission.
This is VCU’s Larrick Center (which I’ve seen many times & had no idea what I was looking at!)
OK, [...]
Great neighborhoods can be built around farmer’s markets. In fact, two of the American Planning Association’s top 10 neighborhoods are centered around, and even named after, their farmer’s markets: Pike Place Market Neighborhood in Seattle and Eastern Market in DC.
Pike Place Market
Pike Place Market, the birthplace of Starbucks, ironically bans chain and franchise [...]
Style ran a complaint letter today from a west ender who made her request known for improving Shockoe Bottom [emphasis mine]:
What I and all of my group want is not anything different than what is already being offered, it is improvement on what is being offered, with the main component being parking and free parking. [...]
Jake Crocker of development group Prodigy Partners stopped by my blog and commented about the progress they’re making on 2 new restaurants- Canvas on E. Broad and Lighthouse Diner on Hull St. in Manchester. I thought his update was news-worthy and deserving of more attention than it’s receiving as a comment on an old [...]
Show them this.
The magic number is 93.
Here’s part 1.
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