Even though City Council backed the proposed 101′ building on the corner of W. Main and Ridge streets last Tuesday night, Councilor Dave Norris called the Planning Commission’s earlier decision to reject rezoning for the building "momentous." Three weeks prior to Council giving the project a thumbs-up, the Planning Commission recommended that Council deny rezoning, […]
Even though City Council backed the proposed 101′ building on the corner of W. Main and Ridge streets last Tuesday night, Councilor Dave Norris called the Planning Commission’s earlier decision to reject rezoning for the building "momentous." Three weeks prior to Council giving the project a thumbs-up, the Planning Commission recommended that Council deny rezoning, […]
Thanks to an $850,000 loan from the City of Charlottesville, 57 units of Dogwood Housing will remain affordable for the next five years.
Lee Danielson is finally back in Charlottesville, though to what degree is still up in the air. Last week, public relations firm Payne, Ross & Associates announced that the boisterous developer has teamed up with Halsey Minor, a Charlottesville native who made good in the ‘net boom of the ’90s by founding CNET, to repurchase […]
cd Chris Jamison walks a fine line on Into Surrender. On "A Heart Unbroken," the opening track, he steps onto the wrong side of this line. The "oooh"s and "yeah-a-yeah"s and breezy bounce of the song are just too close to the easy-as-pie accessibility of "nice guy" songwriters like David Gray and John Mayer. "Hair […]
The inaugural C-Fest event, dubbed Freakfest by the event's creator/mad scientist Lance Brenner, packed the Satellite Ballroom with two stages and 10 bands on Saturday, September 8.
music At the corner of Rugby Road and Grady Avenue, the stink of cheap beer is in the air. By 10pm or so, lines will begin to form at the front doors of houses along both streets—students eager to connect with other students, to speculate on the following day’s football game against Duke, to speculate […]
The panel appointed by Governor Tim Kaine to investigate the April 16 incident at Virginia Tech released its findings and recommendations last week, and neither Tech nor the Commonwealth came out unscathed. Tech’s gaffes, according to the eight-member panel, include not connecting the dots to get mental health help for shooter Seung-Hui Cho and not […]
Capitalizing on fears from high-profile school shootings, a national grassroots organization has formed at universities and colleges that advocates for the right to carry concealed weapons on campus. According to their website, Students for Concealed Carry on Campus (SCCC), citing events at Columbine and Virginia Tech, contend "the only way to stop mass murders…is to […]
Ray Durand's garage stands tucked away behind his white brick house on Pantops. John Miska unloads donations from Bed, Bath & Beyond out of the bed of his old red pickup truck. Miska lugs another box past Durand.
The thermometer has (we hope) dropped below 90 degrees and crosswalks on the Corner are crowding with bright young things out to buy sheets and shower shoes. Once again, fall term is starting at UVA. Eager freshmen are meandering through Central Grounds in packs, checking out the fraternities and practicing their best Sarah McLachlan for […]