The History Center is pleased to partner with Richmond Metropolitan Convention & Visitors Bureau to present a walking tour of E. Broad and Grace streets in downtown Richmond, including the CenterStage complex, the National, the Virginia State Capitol and the former Miller & Rhoads building, now converted into a hotel and condominiums. Meet at the [...]
Dear Downtown Neighbors, Please join us Thursday, March 22nd, 5:00 pm at the Richmond Renaissance Center to discuss continuing to build a more vibrant downtown Richmond and the efforts under way by the Downtown Neighborhood Association. For this months program, we are inviting Art180 (www.art180.org) to share a video created by local youth in response [...]
In the current edition of Style, Deveron Timberlake reports that Tarrant’s owner Ted Santerella will open a new restaurant, Tarrantino’s, at 305 Brook Road. Nicknamed “Tino’s”, the restaurant will feature “fresh seafood, buckets of rotisserie and fried chicken, barbecued meats and a big vegan selection will give him a chance to try out dishes that [...]
Date: 2012-02-25, 12:45AM EST Reply to: twtfd-2869688192@comm.craigslist.org Wow, does this pup have a lot of energy or what?! Haha, I’m having fun watching her play with my two large dogs. She’s doing very well with them, and clearly having a good time. Your pup is in good hands, but I want to get her back [...]
The Vicarious Travelers Series goes to Easter Island this Saturday as Kristin Smith will talk about her trip to Easter Island and how to save money traveling abroad. The presentation runs from 3:30 till 5:00.
Pasture gets another warm review, this time from Don Baker in this week’s Style. Take everyone’s word for it, the food is tasty and the plates are fashionably tiny. You can read it for yourself here, but what caught my attention was this rosy outlook on the future of downtown. Pasture soon will have company. Tenants [...]
From NBC12 A large police presence has established a crime scene in the 300 block of W. Franklin St. Few details are yet known, but police say shortly after 1:00 Friday afternoon a man barricaded himself inside a building. Police have closed a portion of Franklin St. and motorists are advised to avoid the area. [...]
Some nice words yesterday’s from the RTD. Along East Grace Street and for blocks on either side, the fun started early and kicked into high gear long before the stroke of midnight, giving downtown Richmond a vibrancy not always seen after dark. The trolley was running near the ice-skating rink at Sixth and East Broad streets, [...]
This vintage photograph comes to us via Vintage Richmond. The late afternoon shadows give the Coliseum roof a cool spiral effect. Forty one years later plans for a replacement are gathering dust.
Here’s the schedule for this weekend. It’s a short season this year, enjoy it while you can. Richmond, VA – The RVA On Ice season is winding down with public skating offered through Monday, January 2, 2012. Participants can still enjoy craft making classes this Saturday offered by Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities’ Office of [...]
CBS6 gives a preview tour of the John Marshall Hotel's ballrooms. Come December 31st, they will reopen for real with a New Year's Eve celebration.
And in just a few days, the ballrooms will be in full swing again. A New Year’s event, featuring Ron Moody & the Centaurs, is open to the public.
Except for the one above which was taken at Christian Lorraine Rugs, all pictures were taken at the Miller & Rhoads Hilton Garden Inn display windows across from the Carpenter Center. This Christmas trees are all part of a fund raising contest which runs through New Years. See more pictures after the break.
