After sitting vacant for 7 months, the space that O’Neils inhabited next to Finch on the corner, will reopen. A new lease was signed for the property a few weeks ago and the vacated space will soon get a face lift.
What do you think the corner needs in that space?
This weekend already started to feel like fall, the weather was beautiful. One week from today classes will start for UVA students and that means that next Saturday is move in day. Parents try to find a place to park or create their own parking spots and stores like Target, Walmart, and Kmart […]
Orientations are already starting for fall and students who have decided on The University are coming back for a visit. Last night I heard parents discussing where they wanted their little girl to request to live next year and she was explaining that this is the first year that the students are not given a […]
I’m back from my vacation. Graduation was yesterday and that means the students are gone for the summer. I think graduation is the one night a year that students at the University venture out to the downtown mall. Everyone was all dressed up and out to dinner with parents. I had […]
Plan 9 on the Corner will close its doors on May 31st. Plan 9’s 10 year lease in the Anderson Brothers Building runs up on the 31st and they don’t have plans to renew the contract. Jim Bland owner of the Richmond Plan 9 says that the store will remain in Albermarle […]
Orbit closed! Yesterday one of the Mellow Mushroom owners, Andrew Watson, and crew made the deal official to take over the space. I like the idea of making that location nice again. I didn’t like how you would walk into Orbit for just 10 minutes and smell horrible and breathe in […]
The UVA Women’s basketball season has come to a close in the second round of NCAA tournament. Old Dominion was beating UVA by double digits but, UVA was able to catch up at the end of the first half. Old Dominion eventually broke away and had another big lead in the second half. […]
NBC29 reported that as much as 10% of UVA grads stay in Charlottesville after graduation. Their reasons for staying don’t seem that different than mine: the mountains, James River, concert venues, etc. In an interview by NBC 29 Kyle Matous said “There aren’t a whole lot of people who go to UVA […]
