“As wood grew scarce in England and France, laws were decreed limiting its use among commoners…In the mid-1600s, the British authorities decreed that Virginians who owned a hundred acres or more must build in brick.”—James Howard Kunstler, The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America’s Man-made Landscape Kansas City, come to meHow one […]
Due to a reporting error in last week’s cover story [“Why doesn’t Charlottesville have a strip club?”], we stated that real estate agent Ellen Pratt has listings for small condos at the Barringer and other properties. Though Ms. Pratt can and would love to show you those listings and even sell them to you, she […]
By Brendan Fitzgerald and John Ruscher music Shannon Worrell played a spectacular and rare gig at Gravity Lounge to celebrate the venue’s fourth anniversary The 100-plus observers gathered at Gravity Lounge’s fourth anniversary concert were just that—“observers.” All senses were tuned to the varying folk frequencies of the evening’s performances—from Paul Curreri, Gravity’s first “official” […]
Tuesday, June 26The good sip Though sometimes overlooked by wine and travel connoisseurs, Virginia’s wine regions get some love this month in Travel+Leisure magazine, which names Barboursville among five emerging wine regions. Though the photo spreads give more play to exotic regions like Chile’s Casablanca Valley and Majorca, Spain, the magazine’s domestic mentionables include Barboursville […]
StreamWatch volunteer training Get in the flow of cleaning up local water If you join StreamWatch’s band of volunteers, you’ll collect samples of Sowbugs, fly larvae and other creepy crawlies to check the Rivanna’s livability. If you were leafing through this year’s picks for the C-VILLE 20 last month, you may have noticed John Murphy, […]
Alex StarksCrew chief at Servpro“We need a minor league baseball team.” Cathrine RatliffBartender at West Main—A Virginia Restaurant“We need a convenient recycling center.” Molly O’BrienHappily unemployed“We need a downtown grocery store.” Tim BotlerUVA student“We need a night club." Tyler Jo SmithAssistant professor of art history at UVA“We need a zoo.” Allison MoormanUVA student“We need a […]
Tuesday, June 19Green architects on Sundance The Sundance Channel’s new series, “The Green,” tonight featured Charlottesville architect William McDonough who, with his colleagues, is working with the U.S. Postal Service on a “cradle to cradle” policy that would remove toxins from packaging. McDonough is also helping with a Ford Model U, a concept car made […]
This gorgeous facility at 1 Boar’s Head Pointe, assessed at $5.2 million, is the headquarters of Amvest Corporation, an energy empire primarily focused on West Virginia coal. Amvest, a private company, will be acquired for $335 million by Pennslyvania-based CONSOL Energy Inc, which had $3.7 billion in revenues in 2006. Amvest had no comment about […]
Due to an editing error in the May 29, 2007 cover story, “Piercing the darkness,” we incorrectly identified Piedmont Virginia Community College as Piedmont Valley Community College. We hope our error isn’t construed as a lack of respect for that institution. Due to a reporting error in the June 12, 2007 cover story, “Before the […]