Archive for “Cedar Street”
Two local foreclosures
A Richmond BizSense look at recent foreclosures in the city lists 23 in Richmond but only 2 in the local area (19th Street and Cedar Street).
Lost a Chow?
Sarah might’ve seen your dog: I just saw what looked like a Chow mix at 27th and Cedar. He had a collar but wouldn’t get close enough to let me see if there was a number.
Painted
Cedar and 22nd Streets George Wardwell is a painter out of Maine who has captured a few local views: It’s hard to say what catches my interest, because that changes day-to-day. I am fascinated in the hand of man on the landscape, whether it’s buildings, bridges, highways or factories.
Cell phone connects stolen car, robbery
The RTD is reporting on stolen car stop that also solved a robbery on Cedar Street: Police made a traffic stop in the 1800 block of R Street shortly after midnight on a vehicle that had been stolen in Henrico County, said Richmond Police Capt. Dave Martin. The driver, Trevon Hairston, 18, was charged with [...]
Hunt Investments asks city to close alley for Cedar Street project
There will be a public hearing at the May 24 City Council meeting at 6PM to a request to close an alley “at the request of the owner of the adjacent property to the north (Hunt Investments, LLC)” as part of redevelopment of the apartments on Cedar Street: To close, to public use and travel, [...]
Cedar Street proposal underwhelming at UHCA
The Union Hill Civic Association declined to support a proposed development at Cedar and Mosby Streets as presented at tonights meeting.
More on the Cedar Street project
The big topic at Wednesday’s Union Hill Civic Association meeting will be the developer presentation on the a proposal for the Jefferson Townhomes: The developer’s plan is to tear down the present units on the south side of Cedar Street which were built in the 1960s. [...] Very few improvements have been done to the [...]
Good press for a unique house
The RTD today profiles the effort to first save and then rebuild the iconic house at 2116 Cedar Street. (previously) “It’s pretty much the same house,” said David Herring, executive director of the Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods, which promotes the purchase and renovation of vacant and abandoned inner-city buildings. “We saved everything we [...]
Herman Massenburg is a slumlord
The new Richmond Slumlord Watch is quickly becoming a must-read by digging into the ownership of many of the more iconic vacant houses in the area. A recent post profiles Herman Massenburg’s 1980s disaster at 1300 North 29th Street, another looks at both Charles Parham’s crumbling vacants at 2117-2119 Cedar Street AND his McMansion out [...]
Back to Cedar Street…
The new version of 2116 Cedar Street is coming along nicely; the other new construction down the block seems to have stalled.
SUV vs. skateboard sends one to hospital
A skateboarder was sent to the hospital after being hit by an an SUV overnight on Cedar Street near 20th Street. No word on injuries or charges filed. [via]
Dog found on Cedar Street
Contact Lenny at (804)347-9202 if you’ve lost this dog… Getting into my car this morning a very cute puppy ran up to me. [...] I took him to the Church Hill Vet’s office, they said they will hang onto him and contact animal control, he’ll probably end up @ the SPCA.
One Voice performance set for Cedar Street Baptist Church
One Voice, Richmond’s premiere interracial chorus, will present two performances ofMusic Down My Soul, a concert of traditional spirituals and a little whimsy: Sunday, Mar.21 at 7PM at Cedar Street Baptist Church on 23rd Street and Saturday, Mar.28 at 8PM at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Glen Allen.
new construction at 2104-2106 Cedar Street
Back in April it looked like the double house at 2104-2106 Cedar Street might be saved but that was not to be.
