Shockoe Ballpark Opponents Worry About City’s Slavery History
A group of Richmond artists, dancers and drummers gathered Sunday afternoon by the African Burial Grounds in opposition to Mayor Jones’ plan to bring a baseball stadium to Shockoe Bottom. Link
View ArticleBallpark plan linked with historic review
The firm leading the review, Dutton & Associates, was hired in the first week of February, though officials waited until last week to announce that the process was already underway. Officials said...
View ArticleNorthup descendants attend anti-stadium rally in Shockoe
Opponents of the Shockoe Bottom baseball stadium rallied again Thursday, this time with a boost from a famous name: Solomon Northup. At a rally in the Bottom on Thursday evening, descendants of...
View ArticleGroup Urges Rejection of Proposed High-Rise
In a letter submitted to the city, a group of city residents organized under the banner of River View Advocates is urging Richmond’s Planning Commission and City Council to reject the special use...
View ArticleCity planning commission gives nod to The James at River Bend
The condominium tower would lie just west of the famous view over the James River from Libby Hill Park, but the issue of what constitutes a scenic and historic vista continues to fire debate over...
View ArticlePreservation Virginia lists Virginia’s Most Endangered Historic Sites
Preservation Virginia has presented its 10th consecutive list of Virginia’s Most Endangered Historic Sites to raise awareness of places that face imminent or sustained threats to their integrity or...
View ArticleWilliams: On Shockoe slave trade, we must build knowledge before buildings
And that means no Shockoe ballpark. Link
View ArticleVirginia’s 2017 gubernatorial race gets its first issue
Jones’s handling of the issue has done what seemed impossible: align liberal Democrats in the city with conservative Republicans in the surrounding counties against his proposal. On its current path,...
View ArticleShockoe named to national list of endangered historic places
The Washington-based organization cited the proposal for a new minor-league ballpark as the reason for the Bottom’s inclusion on the list. Link
View ArticleThe Historic Richmond Foundation declines to weigh in on the Shockoe Bottom...
A majority of board members from the Historic Richmond Foundation work at local companies that also are represented on the executive boards of Venture Richmond and the Greater Richmond Chamber, two...
View ArticleVenture Richmond Destroys George Washington’s Historic James River and...
Despite community and preservationists concerns, and with Friday Cheers over for the season, it looks like Venture Richmond has started on the unneeded amphitheater project, doing irreparably damage to...
View ArticleResidents Worried Plans for High Rise Building Will Ruin Libby Hill Park View
“It sets a precedent for all development in all our beautiful areas. Richmond is known as a riverfront city, and if you can’t see it, it’s not a riverfront city anymore,” said Dinkin. Link
View ArticleCity debates paving over Shockoe streets for market overhaul
Though Richmonders have generally applauded the plan to revamp the 17th Street Farmers’ Market by turning it into a European-style open plaza, some members of the Urban Design Committee were uneasy...
View ArticleRichmond City Council slated to take up Libby Hill condos Monday
Opponents say the staff has flip-flopped under pressure from the administration of Mayor Dwight C. Jones, a close ally of White in the proposed development of a mixed-use project that would include a...
View ArticleBaliles: City should buy key Shockoe properties
It directs Chief Administrative Officer Byron C. Marshall to authorize the EDA to negotiate to gain control of the properties by purchase or lease, identify funding for transactions, complete an...
View ArticleBuilding a Compromise
Opinion: For more than 150 years Richmond’s leaders have been guarding the city’s most famous view. Surely we can’t let it be destroyed on our watch. Link
View ArticleCity Watchdog Discovers Salomonsky Project Information
This is a letter from city watchdog Charles Pool to the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2014 6:15 PM Subject: 1650 Overbrook two-story addition built in 1956 Dear...
View ArticleOpinion: It’s time to save The Diamond and move Richmond forward.
So Please: Can Bates, Jones and company stop the character assassination and spare us their insincere, offensive, racial politics? The Diamond is recognized even by those supporting a new Boulevard...
View ArticleWilliams: Could Stone Brewing aid the memorialization of Fulton?
The park, as planned, would be a half-mile down the road from the proposed brewery site, in a triangular block bounded by Williamsburg Avenue, Fulton Street and Goddin Street. Link
View ArticleToday’s top opinion: No
In this case, however, the opponents have a point. More than a point: They have a case — and a convincing one at that. Link
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