AARB Rubberstamps VCU Plans
The Commonwealth of Virginia Art and Architectectural Review Board met yesterday and approved VCU’s plans for demolishing the historic stables. VCU adjunct faculty member McDowell made the motion to demolish 917 Green Alley. Not one member bothered to respond when an Oregon Hill neighborhood representative questioned how the a 270′ façade on Cherry Street can be […]
The Commonwealth of Virginia Art and Architectectural Review Board met yesterday and approved VCU’s plans for demolishing the historic stables. VCU adjunct faculty member McDowell made the motion to demolish 917 Green Alley.
Not one member bothered to respond when an Oregon Hill neighborhood representative questioned how the a 270’ façade on Cherry Street can be compatible with the scale and massing of the small 20’ structures in the historic district, or why VCU did not consider the vacant parking lots on Broad and Grace as alternative sites.
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