archive for March, 2008
March 28, 2008
announcing inlight Richmond
Monroe Ward has info about 1708’s upcoming InLight Richmond:
InLight Richmond will celebrate the arts in Richmond and encourage lively dialogue about contemporary art throughout the Central Virginia region and beyond. This unique art happening will be a spectacle of InLight sculptures, multi-media installations, performances, and anything else that creative minds come up with that meets 1708 Gallery’s standards for great contemporary art.
March 28, 2008
another way to look around
Google’s street view is now live for Richmond. You can view any address in Richmond from street level.
March 29, 2008
Busang’s Richmond
American realist painter Brett Busang has taken stock of the urban architecture of Richmond for some years now. His late 1990s/early 2000s images of Carver and Jackson Ward caught the neighborhoods at a particular moment and yet are timeless.
March 30, 2008
this week’s CJWN calendar
CACIL meeting; Tuesday Verses; Historic REALTOR Certification Class; Battle for the City; Gallery5 and RVA 3rd Anniversary and Benefit Party; Downtown Loft Tour; MORE…
March 31, 2008
Richmond’s first housing urban renewal program was…
From the Valentine Richmond History Center’s I Know Richmond:
Q: WHAT WAS THE FIRST HOUSING URBAN RENEWAL PROGRAM IN RICHMOND?
(A) Jackson Ward (B) Gilpin Court (C) Carver (D) Mosby Court
March 31, 2008
from on and inside Booker T. Washington
A set of photos from in/on the soon-to-be-renovated (Booker T.) Washington School (at the corner of First & Leigh Streets)…
