The building on the left at 2304 East Leigh Street (“Esquire Men’s Boutique & Taylors”) is owned by Charlene Alexander Taylor and Alice F. Alexander. It traded hands for $0 in 2005 (from Charles F. Alexander), and most previously before that for $5,000 in 1965.
It has been vacant in the decade-plus that I’ve been up here. It has always been a mystery to me how the bottom floor can be so crooked, but not the top.
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Isn’t if fun living in a city where you can be fined for not cutting grass, but not for having a dangerously leaning building that could actually kill someone?
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I’m surprised that the construction happening beside it hasn’t jolted it down, already.
yes they will wait until someone gets hurt or killed then act always been like that.
and why is it that no one pays attention to school buses with lights on does a child have to get hit before something is done? Smh
@Previous posters – I imagine the place is probably a lot safer than it looks. A lot of stuff in the area leans – in Union Hill especially. Supposedly this is because of the combination of backfill used to create Jefferson avenue, which used to be a ravine, and grading work done to level the area, which was supposedly more hilly; and also due to the collapsed Church Hill Tunnel. Although it can look alarming, it doesn’t necessarily mean these places are dangerous.
How is this news?
I’m pretty sure that its just the wood trim that is leaning. Wouldn’t it be great if there were businesses in those buildings?!
It is leaning, and would need a lot of work to be updated. It is a good location based on the traffic in the area and all the new residents. Would make for a good dog grooming shop or self serve dog washing station.
Or a plant center with house plants and fresh flowers
@Lauren – It’s worth shining the light on these vacant buildings now and again.
How about the maroon one next to it? What’s going on with that? It is a lovely, big-ass building! Formerly Inner City Blues. From what I’ve heard, before that it was a juke joint that took food stamps for beer and got shut down. That was before my time up here, though.
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I’m pretty sure the one on the right is Dan Snyder’s house.
@J.d. Hendrick. There is a “a good dog grooming shop or self serve dog washing station” in Church Hill already.
Pets at Play
319 N 25th St, Richmond, VA 23223
(804) 286-4665
The wall won’t collapse untill its center of gravity is past the edge of the foundation. The wall is being carefully monitored by a professional engineer (me) and it doesn’t seem to be moving. The real issues are: 1. the alley is sinking (thus the stagnant pond next to the building) and nothing can be done for the building without the city addressing the alley problem. 2. I don’t know of any way to repair the buiding short of taking it down. CAR and the neighbors are not going to want to see the building torn down, leaving the owner stuck in the middle.
@ Charles Field – Interesting info. So, if the alley were fixed, could the building simply be left as it is? I realize it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but I think it has a certain charm to it, myself. Is it safe/habitable, for that matter?
Whatever else you can say about the two buildings, you have to be impressed by their “complementary” color schemes.