Archive for “Slipek”
Much love for Chimborazo and the Church Hill Dog Park
Writing for Style, Ed Slipek has some good words for the Church Hill Dog Park and Chimborazo Park: A little more than a year ago the city’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities and a community group, the Friends of the Church Hill Dog Park, teamed up to transform this virtual no-man’s land of [...]
The Reserve lauded as excellent lesson in contemporary architecture
Style Weekly’s Edwin Slipek Jr. this week takes a look at West Broad’s Iron House Place and The Reserve on 25th Street, calling both “excellent lessons in how to introduce bold and contemporary architecture to historic sectors.” Speaking of the award-winning hillside condos, Slipek says: … the glory of this building is its pair of [...]
Some history of the ChildSavers building
Style Weekly’s Edwin Slipek Jr. delves into the history and architectural import of the old WRVA tower, now the headquarters for the nonprofit ChildSavers. ChildSavers, an organization providing care for local children since 1924, has renewed one of the city’s most visible and important mid-20th-century architectural landmarks. [...] A row of dilapidated brick houses near [...]
