Brookwood shores up runaway sediment
Off Fifth Street, about 30 new homes and twice as many townhouses in the Brookwood subdivision cling to the slopes overlooking Rock Creek. Earlier this year, dirt and construction debris […]
The year in afterparties
Let’s be honest with each other, Charlottesville: The only thing that a “new year” means is that your old calendar is no good. When you peel the shrink wrap from […]
Live Arts' Demon Barber stays barbaric
Roughly 2 million years ago, the human brain underwent a tremendous growth spurt,
Lake affect
Dear Ace: When they make the snow at Wintergreen, where does all the water come from, and how does it get onto the slopes? I’ve read some unsavory things about […]
Breaker Moran
There’s a long list of desperate campaign tactics that we here at the Odd Dominion like to call “Things that never work.”
New dorms focus on height
The second phase of UVA’s Alderman Road replacement project is going vertical. David Neuman, University architect,
When a flashmob strikes
Have we seen the start of a new tradition? On December 12 at around midnight, a group of 1,000-plus students flooded Clemons Library for a party phenomenon known as a […]
Rights recognized for public housing residents
For years, rumors have circulated among Westhaven residents that redevelopment was coming—whether they liked it or not. But now that redevelopment is imminent, residents of Westhaven and the rest of […]
Innisfree closes, Mall casualties add up
The latest casualty of the nation’s economy is Innisfree World Artisans, joining the list of closing businesses on the east end of the Downtown Mall with Sage Moon and Migration […]
Belvedere developer says LEED has snags
Chris Schooley, until recently a leader in Stonehaus’s Belvedere project off Rio Road East