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Domestic Violence & Armed Robbery Hit Southside

Last night proved to be a busy night on the south side of the Richmond with an armed robbery and domestic assault. These incidents were reported in today’s Richmond Times Dispatch for events occurring Tuesday, January 18, 2011. Both incidents occurred outside our focus area but I’m including them since they are reported as taking place […]

Domestic Violence & Armed Robbery Hit Southside

Last night proved to be a busy night on the south side of the Richmond with an armed robbery and domestic assault. These incidents were reported in today’s Richmond Times Dispatch for events occurring Tuesday, January 18, 2011. Both incidents occurred outside our focus area but I’m including them since they are reported as taking place […]

Dead Malls

Found a couple odd websites today while we’re on the subject of Cloverleaf Mall. You might want to look at DeadMalls, which includes references to Richmond’s Cloverleaf Mall and Azalea Mall (as well as my hometown Mall Walnut Hill in Petersburg, VA.) On the other hand, I also found I Hate Malls which gave me a […]

Updates on Cloverleaf Mall Renovations

We’re excited to hear that the county of Chesterfield is finally getting back to determining the outcome of Cloverleaf Mall. While the property is just outside the city limits, it’s close proximity to Chippenham Parkway makes it a prime location of interest to residents of Southside, both east and west. What opened in 1972 was […]

Southside Snowfall

Southside never looks so good as in a snowfall. Happy Winter!

Southside Coffee Shops Get Lots of Notice on New RVA Blog

Our great friends at the newest foodie oriented blog in RVA – www.InTheToGoCup.com – have brought attention to some of Southside’s restaurants, from the wonderful neighborly favorite coffee shop Crossroads on Forest Hill to the latest addition for RVA coffee addicts, Taza Coffee N Cream. Their latest post is of the very cool and tasty Lunch Porter […]

Bill Fisher Opens New Exhibition in Manchester

I’m excited to hear that Richmond painter Bill Fisher will be presenting a new series of works this month. Bill will be showing at Russell/Projects Gallery, one of Richmond’s newest galleries and which opened with much fanfare due to the owner/curator’s esteemed background. The gallery is located in the Plant Zero art complex in Manchester. […]

New Year’s Homicide Victims Are From Jackson Ward

The Richmond Times Dispatch reported on January 2, 2o11 that the shooting victims of January 1, 2011 were from the Jackson Ward neighborhood. Article below: The new year was just a few hours old when a man and woman were shot to death in an apparent double homicide in South Richmond. Killed were Alex R. Arrington Jr. […]

First Homicide Victims of 2011 Found in Hillside Court

Unfortunately the new year has already had its first homicides and unfortunately they were on the south side of the river in Hillside Court, which is out of our focus area but should be reported. Two persons were found shot on Southlawn Avenue, which is located not far from Blackwell surrounded by Jefferson Davis Hwy […]

Harbor Freight Tools Store is Robbed

The popular strip mall where Hayne’s Furniture is located, at Chippenham and Hull Street Road, experienced a robbery as reported by the Richmond Times Dispatch. The unidentified robber was brazen yet resourceful. A man robbed a tool store at gunpoint in South Richmond last night and used a trash can from the business to carry […]

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