We Are Star Children
We Are Star Children sounds like it’s from the ’80s. That statement could refer to an embrace of the decade’s frequent gaudiness, from Cyndi Lauper and other girls who just […]
The Starman Omnibus, Vol. 1
Starman changed the way I look at comics. The series debuted in 1994, when I was a teenager, growing somewhat bored with traditional super heroes zapping and punching villains and […]
On message
Dear Ace: I was walking from the Inn at Court Square the other day and noticed on the back of The Paramount Theater a phrase was painted: “The Friendly Paramount.” […]
Reinvigorating downtown Crozet
Downtown Crozet is ready to return to the limelight, and the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors is willing to approve a rezoning plan that property owners, consultants and the Planning Commission thinks could take it there.
The right angle?
This rendering, a view of the northern side of West Main Street, show early plans for a nine-story building on the corner of McIntire Road and West Main Street, with […]
Woolen Mills on path to local historic district
On June 2, North Carolina resident Janet Leitch stood before Charlottesville’s City Council to speak about the historic seven-acre estate on East Market Street in the Woolen Mills neighborhood where […]
NGIC “contractor tail” still undefined
Northern Albemarle County is getting at least 1,000 new jobs in the coming years—and probably a lot more. Army Colonel Mark Moffatt gave the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors an […]
Red dirt alert!
Pantops has some fertile soil for development. Preparation work is underway for Richard Spurzem’s Gazebo Plaza shopping center, which historically has been a lightening rod for controversy. Spurzem took the […]
Virginia: the scorecard
There are lots of things we Virginians think we are (e.g. better than West Virginia) and lots of things we think we aren’t (e.g. a bunch of gun-toting, tobacco-chewing, suburban-sprawl-loving […]
Summer construction round-up
Ah, summer. With the undergrads out saving the rest of the world, Grounds is abandoned to us townies—well, us and several battalions of construction workers. UVA’s campus is abuzz with […]