Archives: November 2009

Patrick Henry & Woodland Heights Holiday House Tour Need Volunteers

Patrick Henry is asking for some volunteers. Email is below:
As you all know, fundraising is continuing fast and furious for us to be ADA compliant for our students in July 201. We have many supporters and for the 3rd year in a row are the benefactors of the Woodland Heights Holiday House Tour December […]

Who was Madge Goodrich?

The Library of Virginia has a digitized collection of just over 100 photos from around the Church Hill area in 1936/1937 by Madge Goodrich. (ABOVE: 316 North 24th Street)

Taken 13 years prior to the publication of Mary Wingfield Scott’s Old Richmond Neighborhoods, these early photographs are part of the Virginia W.P.A. Historical Inventory Project […]

SPORTS! The good guys win

Yesterday Larry Sanders — with his 15th career double double — and [vcu]the Rams[/vcu] dispatch Nevada 85-76. Rams improve to 4-1. [ur]UR[/ur] beats defending SEC champs Mississippi St. on a game ending jumper 63-62. The final minutes are worth watching. Spiders are 5-1. Today The East Coast Bowl in Petersburg (today at noon) will feature […]

This week’s calendar

Art Opening & Open House; Tuesday St. John’s Knitting Circle; Beginning Computer Classes for Adults; Friends of Libby Hill Park; Open Mic @ Poe’s; Beginner’s Yoga; Vegetable bus; Holidays in Historic Hanover Open House at St. John’s Church; MORE…

Art Opening & Open House
Sun Nov 29 2:00 pm
7 Degrees of Separation Art Collective, a Collective […]

Fairmount Apparently Has a Bright Future Before It

From the April 06, 1902, issue of The Times (PDF), a Richmond daily:

Of the various suburban attractions about Richmond, Fairmount, on the easternmost end of the city, in a northerly direction, is perhaps the largest and the most flourishing. Formerly a part of Henrico county and later a special district controlled by a Board of […]

East End 1962

Detail from a 1962 map of Richmond published by Esso. Drawn before the construction of I-64, the map also ncludes the pre-MLK Bridge street grid west of Mosby Street and the original streets of Fulton.

Oregon Hill t-shirts make great stocking stuffers

I have not had time to plug it or refine it as much as I would like, but there is an ‘online store’ at Zazzle.com for buying Oregon Hill-branded clothing and items. Proceeds go to the Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association.
You can get some great deals from the store today with promo code, ‘ZAZZLEFRIDAY’.

Bee Box #11: Notorious Hitchcock Party

Looking for ways to make the most of the long holiday weekend? Keep your guests entertained with this throwback fete honoring one of Hollywood’s most celebrated directors.

SPORTS! Did you eat too much?

[vcu]The Rams[/vcu] (3-1) return to action against Nevada (2-1) in the Stu. Tip is at 7pm. Coverage to follow here on RVANews! Off to their best start (4-1) since 2000, [ur]UR[/ur] plays Mississippi State (3-1) in the South Padre Island Invitational. Mississippi State is “also receiving votes.”

From plot gardens to urban farming

The sustainable agriculture blog Civil Eats recently profiled our own Tricycle Gardens:

Two urban farms are in the works, with Tricycle Gardens at the helm. One location in north Church Hill, the other on land belonging to the Science Museum of Virginia. “We want them to have substantial earned income,” says Taranto, implying that the farms […]

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