Archive for August 2008
Oakwood Heights drawings and details
The folks at Fulton Hill Properties have made available the new drawings for the proposed Oakwood Heights condo project (72.8MB PDF) prior to their upcoming CAR presentation on Tuesday.
fire on Clay Street
There was a house fire at 2802 East Clay Street just after 3PM this afternoon. It was reported that the firefighters had to break the door down next door to get in to the burning house. Witnesses report that a dog was rescued and a cat is still missing.
Richmond Eats to hook up foodies, restaurants
The new Richmond Eats is a group “geared towards putting together local Chefs & Food Professionals with Foodies”. Their first event, scheduled for October, should see a local Church Hill restaurant closing the doors for a chef-led walkthrough of up to 15 courses. With 40 members already signed up and a number of reviews already on [...]
special CHA meeting called for Monday
The Church Hill Association has announced a special meeting for 7:00PM on Monday, August 25 to get “membership’s input, comments and perhaps a vote to define a position for CHA” on the proposed Oakwood Heights condominium project. The Commission of Architectural Review will be taking up the next iteration of the Oakwood Heights project the [...]
Predicting the next mayor
On the heels of last week’s mayoral candidates debate, we ran a (certainly very unscientific) poll to see what kind of support each candidate might have…
Patrick Henry’s gets ink in Style
Brandon visits Patrick Henry’s Pub & Grill for Style Weekly and and describes it as “a neighborhood standout” with “decent, affordable food”.
“the best fries EVER”
The hungry ladies from Eating Out Richmond make a visit to the Hill Cafe and give the joint a solid thumbs up: Although it’s not somewhere I’d go for any kind of special, exotic or fancy cuisine, the food we had was good, and we will be back at some point, I am sure. And [...]
Are you better off 9 years later?
The Richmond Crusade for Voters held a public forum for the candidates for city council Tuesday night at the Military Retiree’s Club at 2220 Sledd Street. Recurring issues among the 18 candidates running for the 9 seats were economic development and affordable housing, with public safety and education coming up as well. From their comments [...]
Funerals for 2 young shooting victims
The funeral for 16-year-old Ricky M. Burton, who was shot Aug. 10 in Henrico County, is today at 1 PM at Chiles Funeral Home on Fairmount Avenue. The funeral for 5-year-old Dominique Carter is tomorrow at noon, also at Chiles Funeral Home. [via]
city looks to fix Libby Hill Park
The city has put out an RFP for “Libby Hill Park Slope Repairs” (PDF), a projected expected to cost between $500,000 and $1,000,000. From the RFP: Project consists of but is not limited to providing the repair of the slope with back drain and geosynthetic material and geogrid reinforcement on Libby Hill Park at the [...]
Watching new restaurants
6 month follow-up: the BBQ joint on Jefferson Ave is still in the works, Yall’s Place has a ABC notice in the window, a new foundation has been poured on the lot beside the former Jumpin J’s, and It Must Be Heaven has to open sometime, right?
this week’s calendar
Liberty or Death Reenactment ; Beginning Computer Classes for Adults; Church Hill Association meeting; open mic @ Poe’s Pub; Oakwood Heights design preview; MORE…
a mugging on Princess Anne
We’ve received a first-hand report of a mugging on the 2000 block of Princess Anne Avenue: Friday night around 10pm I was mugged on my front porch on Princess Anne Ave after walking home from the Patrick Henry Inn. A dark sedan stopped across the street by the Jefferson Park and a man, of dark [...]
Car fire on Phaup Street
Firefighters responded to reports of a car entirely engulfed in flames at 2325 Phaup Street in Fairfield Court just after 7AM this morning. Neighbors describe hearing 2 small explosions just prior to the burning.
