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VCU’s “Relay for Life” Saturday
There is an all-day annual event that VCU is hosting this Saturday. It’s called ‘Relay for Life’, and it’s a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society.
It is open to the community and interested persons can sign up or donate by clicking on this link.
The event goes from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Cary St. Field.
Organizers have been working to ensure that the sound projects toward Cary St. and not the neighborhood. That said, we know that sounds can and will bounce off buildings. Should the volume become problematic residents can call VCU PD’s non-emergency number at 828-1196.
Dinamo Starting Delivery Service Through Quickness RVA
W. Cary Street restaurant Dinamo will start food delivery service on Monday through
Quickness RVA (www.quicknessrva.com).
Here’s a sneak peek at their delivery menu:
dinamo delivery menu
monday – thursday
11 am – 9 pm
delivery special
red or white pizza w/ one topping & bottle of wine 25.
soup / antipasti
matzoh ball soup 5.
soup of the day 5. and up
mixed green salad 6.
lentil salad 7.
roasted red pepper w/ bufala mozzarella 15.w/ anchovy 16.
beet & fennel salad 12. w/ feta 13.
arugula & asparagus salad w/ egg 13.
crostini / flatbread
crostini w/ chopped liver 8.
crostini w/ cured salmon 8.*
crostini w/ smoked whitefish salad 10.
hearts of palm & chickpea w/ flatbread 10.
sandwich / entree
turkey sandwich 10.
bufala mozzarella & prosciutto sandwich 12.
corned beef sandwich 12.
reuben 13.
broccoletti & provolone sausage w/ polenta & beans 15.
pizza
red pizza 10.
white pizza 11.
add topping $1 each: sausage, mushroom, onion, anchovy, olive
dessert
chocolate espresso torte 6. w/ whipped cream & cherries 9.
tiramisu 8.
mini cannoli 2.25
beverages / beer & wine
coke / sprite (8 oz glass bottle) 2.
san pellegrino limonata or aranciata 2.5
san pellegrino (500 ml) 3.5
birra moretti lager (11.2 oz) 4.5
tiamo prosecco (187 ml) 10.
red wine bottle: masciarelli montepulciano 20.
white wine bottle: agriverde trebbiano d’abruzzo 20.
Drug Violation On W. Cary
From RAIDSonline.com
DRUG/NARCOTIC VIOLATION
8XX W CARY ST
Mar 31, 2015 at 8:45 am
Data provided by Virginia Commonwealth University Police Department
Destruction of Private Property At Laurel and W.Cary
From RAIDSonline.com:
DESTRUCTION PROPERTY/PRIVATE PROPERTY
X LAUREL ST CARY ST
Mar 10, 2015 at 8:00 am
Data provided by Richmond Police Department
Harvey Hardware
Before SweetFrog on W. Cary Street, there was Harvey Hardware. This 1986 photo comes courtesy of William Pickett, who made the sign.
VCU Continues To Disregard Its Own Master Plan, Counter To State Agreement
While some local journalists have chosen to focus on VCU President’s performance review, they are missing some of the importance of VCU’s recent property grab on Cary Street.
VCU’s neighbors have relied upon VCU’s promise to abide by its Master Plan boundary when purchasing property. This promise is essential for removing speculation and inspiring a sense of trust between VCU and its neighbors. Unfortunately, VCU continues to breed community distrust with its actions. The history is not good: The Oregon Hill neighborhood at one point endorsed the VCU Master Plan 2020, which called for a small natatorium to be constructed at Cherry and Cary. In 2007, VCU abruptly changed its master plan, without community involvement, after a much larger recreational project was already submitted for state review. VCU still ignores “Issue 1” in regard to community relations.
In November 2014, VCU purchased the property at 9 W. Cary Street outside of its Master Plan boundary. In response to a request made under the Freedom of Information Act, VCU has confirmed that the VCU Master Plan boundary has not been changed to include the property at 9 W. Cary Street and that VCU did not inform its neighbors that it was purchasing property outside of its Master Plan boundary. VCU made no mention of the acquisition of the property was made at recent community advisory board meetings.
This appears to run counter to the Management Agreement between VCU and the Commonwealth of Virginia that states that capital projects must be “consistent with the University’s published Master Plan.” “Exhibit A … V. CAPITAL PROGRAM.
The President, acting through the Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration or other
designee, shall adopt a system for developing one or more capital project programs that defines or define the capital needs of the University for a given period of time consistent with the University’s published Master Plan.” (Editor added emphasis for this post).
While the property in question (9 W. Cary Street) is not in Oregon Hill, and Oregon Hill neighbors are not against VCU’s Office of Continuing and Professional Studies receiving a new home, the fact that VCU continues to disregard its own Master Plan raises alarm bells for the surrounding community (and that includes more than Oregon Hill neighborhood).
Again, where is the accountability?
Architectural Post On Meat Market Mentions Gym
The Shockoe Examiner blog has a recent, interesting post on the long gone 1886 Marshall Street Meat Market that compares other buildings, including the VCU Cary Street Gym (the 1892 Clay Ward Market, old City Auditorium), and D.C.’s National Building Museum (the 1887 Pension Building).
(Original architectural drawing of Cutshaw’s design for the Marshall Street Meat Market, from the collection of the Library of Virginia.)
(Postcard image of what was then called the City Auditorium, ca. 1910. Now VCU Cary St. Student Recreational Gym)
Iconically Wrong
On the City Council agenda for July 14th is a proposed 16 story tower on Pear Street proposed by felon Louis Salomonsky and his business partners. The city’s Master Plan, developed with thousands of volunteer hours, insists that the city’s views be protected, and certainly a 16 story tower would block the view of the river from Church Hill.
The Historic Richmond Foundation sent a disturbing letter suggesting that an “iconic” building is needed at that location.
Well, here is the type of “iconic” building at 709 W. Cary that Salomonsky and his business partners threw up in the Oregon Hill Historic District.
Higher Speeding Fines For W. Cary Street
City Council passed a measure on Monday that places higher fines on speeders on West Cary Street between Addison and Cherry streets near VCU – an additional $200 fine for speeding.
From an earlier article on WRIC:
The speed limit in that residential stretch is supposed to be only 25 miles per hour, yet neighbors say they saw drivers appear to be going much faster.
Mark Brandon with the uptown association has been working with the city for nearly 20 years to find a solution.
“An accident in this intersection could go right up into people’s houses,” he says. “Being a city, our houses are close to the curbs.”
City Councilman Parker Agelasto has proposed a solution: a $200 additional fine on top of a speeding ticket. Many neighbors like the idea.
Agelasto says that 85 percent of drivers on that street go at least 10 miles an hour over the speed limit. According a city ordinance, the street is eligible for the fine increase, which is actually one of the most inexpensive ways to calm traffic in the area.
“For now, it could be very helpful. Cary St gets a lot of traffic, downtown, at high speeds, mostly in the morning.”