Richmond City Councilwoman Cynthia I. Newbille, East End 7th District will hold a meeting in the East End 7th District, her first individual meeting since being elected. The meeting will be held on December 12 from 10:30AM-noon at the EDI building at 25th and M Street.
Que Pasa will be closed every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday until further notice. The restaurant will be open every Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The Richmond City School Board will hold a series of special meetings to receive public comment regarding Phase I of the Build a Better Richmond Plan for Richmond Public Schools. The East End meeting will be held December 3 from 6-8PM at Franklin Military High School (701 North 37th Street). [via]
Craigslist has this: $1 Old Theatre On 25th St In Church Hill For Sale (25th ST): Huge commercial developement opportunity for the right Investor. There is also a huge tax credit opportunity available. The building is gutted and currently does not have a roof. Respond via email with questions, offers, etc.
The Hill Directories are a series of directories for a variety of cities with the residents listed by address and by last name (often with their employment). You can look up who lived in your house back in the day and then cross-refence to see their occupation.
The big Holiday Weekend is coming up on December 11-13: Church Hill Vespers and Candlelight Walk, Church Hill Holiday Ball, Church Hill Historic House Tour, and 23rd Annual Court End Christmas.
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)
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…
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
Dog found this morning at 29th and Libby Terrace. Contact Karl at kccorley@verizon.net if you can get him back home.
Via Oregon Hill, the answers to an important question from 1904: Editor of The Times-Dispatch: Sir, -Please answer in your query column what per cent. of grade are the hills in and about Richmond, and oblige, B.W.
“Found: young cat, under a year of age, appeared in our back yard last Thursday, November 19th. She has recently been spayed we could tell from her shaven belly. She is a friendly lap cat and very talkative. Call the Eric Schindler Gallery at (804)644-5005. ”
Craiglist has word on a cat found near 25th and Franklin Streets: A young solid black cat with green eyes has been hanging around since the beginning of November. Very sweet and affectionate. No distinguishing markings or collar. If this is your cat, please let me know!
