We’ve heard of a few cases of vandalism and broken windows towards Chimborazo. Fairmount had so many kids going door-to-door (in costume, even) that we ran out of candy.

There is a really great sycamore tree at 24th and R Streets. Where are some other amazing trees in the neighborhood?

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The cache of photos from the Virginia Film Commission from a few weeks ago brought to light a panorama of the then-decrepit 3000 block of East Marshall. Compare then and now…

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Style Weekly reviews Katherine McGinn’s show at the Eric Schindler Gallery, saying that her “painting and printing on thin papers, sometimes of her own making, straddle two worlds. One is made of ethereal imagery buoyed by translucent inks and delicate pencil marks. The other world, often existing within the same frame, is a suggestion of damp earth and botanical forms rendered in greens and rusts.”

The RTD has a long look at how the extended involvement of 2 officers from Sector 113, Jon Bridges and Greg Nienow, helped prevent last week’s stabbing suspect (and East End resident) Johnny Hughes from possessing the guns that he so desperately wanted.

Armstrong dropped their last game of the season at Atlee 26-27 in overtime last night. The Wildcats end this year’s football season 2-8.

We went to check out the exhibit celebrating 50 years of City Old and Historic districts at the Virginia Center for Architecture, and it is really anticlimatic. As this was billed as “a pictorial exhibit highlighting 50 years of preservation of Richmond’s historic properties and neighborhoods”, I was expecting some dramatic before and after photos. The exhibit itself mainly consists of blow-ups of pages from the Richmond Old and Historic Districts Handbook and Design Review Guidelines (PDF), though.

City Council Vice President Delores McQuinn has announced a 7th District Town Hall Meeting for Saturday, November 10, at 11AM at the historic Mt.Sinai Baptist Church at 812 North 25th Street.

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A special Veterans Day Salute will be held Sunday, November 11 at historic St. John’s Church. Tickets will be distributed at 1 PM.

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There is apparently some kind of election on Tuesday… Henry Marsh, the incumbent Democrat, is being challenged by the Independent candidate Robert Owens of Chester for his Senate of Virginia 16th District seat. Democrat Dwight C. Jones is running unopposed for the House Of Delegates 70th District seat.

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It’s official: the nascent doggy park for Chimborazo will be called the Church Hill Dog Park. There were a lot of creative suggestions but none of them struck the committee as “The Name.” Now that this has been set, the CHDP committee is seeking help with fundraising, especially targeting the next 2 months. Interested in hosting or organizing a fundraiser? Contact the CHDP committee at chimbodogs@hotmail.com.

This 1910 bungalow at 2203 Q Street is for sale for $69,950.

We’ve just uploaded a really great arial photo of much of the North of Broad area from sometime in the mid-1960s. Thanks to Laura Daab for making this available.

The November/December issue of the Church Hill Association newsletter is out now and has all of the info on the Holiday House Tour, the Church Hill Holiday Ball, Vespers and the Candlelight Walk, minutes of recent meetings, a $10 off coupon for dinner for 2 at Jumpin’J’s, and MORE…