Mary West delights toddlers and pre-school age kids with her engaging story telling today @10AM in Story Time In the Library, and later the Byrd House Market is open from 3:30-7PM. Musical entertainment at the Market this week will be provided by Jim O’Brien playing acoustic guitar.
Just got back from walking the dogs- man, the VCU traffic congestion is out of control. Makes me so much eager to post some thoughts on the latest draft map of western downtown from the City’s Community Development downtown planning process…
Style Weekly’s The Arts 25 profiles locals that include Minimum Wage Recording’s Lance Koehler and artist Adam Juresko.
Being not nearly as hot as last week, today is a great day to wander on over to the Byrd House Market (open from 3:30-7PM). Musical entertainment this will be provided by Mike Vogil.
Livery stables are very rare survivals in the City of Richmond. The livery stable at 917 Green Alley, built in 1909 by William Rowe Fensom, is the best example of the 6 or so left in the city.
1914 Foster photograph of C. W. Antrim & Sons, “Better Acquaintance Week.” Hugh Antrim is the gentleman in the white suit standing on the left streetcar third from the left of the Morara Coffee sign. Source, John Antrim.
VCU’s latest plan to demolish one historic livery stable in the Oregon Hill Historic District and to move another is strongly opposed by the neighborhood’s civic association. “We strongly object to VCU’s biased study that the livery stable at 917 Green Alley proposed for demolition lacks integrity,” stated OHNA President Scott Burger. “It is obviously the University that lacks integrity by going back on their promise to not encroach further into our historic neighborhood. The latest in a long string of misrepresentations on the project is VCU’s assertion that it will make the 100,000 sq. foot addition fit in with the modest 1,500 sq. foot Oregon Hill homes.”
The Byrd House Market is the best place in town to purchase locally grown fresh produce, meats, cheeses, flowers, unique plants, crafts and much, much more, and is on from 3:30 to 7:00PM today. Also – Music at the Market offers an Acoustic Jam Session, all musicians invited@Byrd House Market. AND – Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association meeting from 7-8PM) @ William Byrd Community House, meetings are open to all people and anyone living in Oregon Hill is automatically eligible for membership.
Congratulations to Allen Townsend for this article on the front page of the Real Estate section in the Times-Dispatch! Also thanks to Carol Hazard for such a nice article: Modern, modular Victorian – Prefabricated house fits in among historic Oregon Hill’s homes.
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There was a large VCU party on the 300 block of Cherry St. this past weekend, causing complaints of fighting, public urination, public drunkedness, and noise disturbances.
Police were called and there was a report of at least one arrest. VCU officials have been notified and the matter is likely to receive attention at the next meeting of the Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association this coming Tuesday night.