The Hotel John Marshall, long-rumored to be slated for some kind of adaptive re-use (condos? apartments? hotel? a mixture?), now has its own website indicating that someone’s still planning for the place.
The website is long on design and short on details. In fact, there are no details to be found. But you can see cool [...]
When I received Ukrop’s letter about the Grace St. store closing, I thought it was a perfect reason for me to come out of blogging hibernation with some breaking news. Then River City Rapids beat me to the punch. Well I have details he didn’t report:
Ukrop’s will close at 6 p.m. on May 10th. (Jon [...]
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Richmond has a tortured history. And I’m not simply talking about our role as the epicenter of the slave trade, stalwart resister to desegregation, or leader in suburban sprawl. We’ve also elected corrupt politicians, stymied public input on urban development, listened to “old money” rather than “average” residents, and generally privileged money & [...]
The ubiquitous john m posted this morning an “unsubstantiated rumor” about tree removal in Shockoe. Having just ridden my bike through the bottom, I can indeed confirm that the city has cut down all the trees on E. Main St. between 17th & 18th- fresh sawdust, leaves, and tree stumps are all that’s left.
No [...]
The New York Times travel section published an article about Richmond written by a journalist nostalgic for the old south of novels and film.
She managed to see quite a bit, and seems to like our little town.
Skybus airline started flying daily to Columbus, OH today. Before you roll your eyes and think “who cares about Columbus,” consider this: one-way flights cost $10.
And Columbus is their hub (and so far the only place they’re flying to from anywhere in the country). So you could fly to Columbus, then to San Francisco [...]
I just received a press release about a new farmer’s market opening in Richmond at the William Byrd Community House in Oregon Hill. It will be open in the evenings, making it much easier to shop their for working folks than the current market at 17th st. which closes at 2 p.m.
And, of course, [...]
I can’t bring myself to post about exciting new restaurants and apartment buildings and whatnot in light of the Virginia Tech tragedy.
I love big cities. The energy, the diversity, the public transit, the restaurants, the architecture… There’s always something new to explore. So it’s with some disappointment that I find myself living back in Richmond, the city where I grew up. Don’t get me wrong, I love this city; there’s great potential. [...]
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