Cool Retro Garage Doors

I was just browsing RetroRenovation.com — one of my favorite ways to while away a morning – and came across this awesome post.  Does this not make your heart sing?

The Nest on the Hill

I believe I’ve mentioned that I have very lovely clients.  Not surprisingly, they are gifted as well.

Here is the blog of Shannon and Dan, who purchased a home in historic Church Hill and have worked utter magic on it.  I, along with all of Shannon and Dan’s friends, have been following their Facebook posts in wonder at the transformations as they’ve made them.

Now you get to see, too.  Stay tuned as Shannon creates yet another place of wonder on her very promising start of a blog! Click to view Nest on the Hill… Read more…

Valentine Carytown Walking Tour

Who knew that Carytown was once a buffalo trail?  And a streetcar suburb!

Join the Valentine this Sunday at 10:00 a.m. for a walking tour of Carytown.  On the Valentine’s Facebook page they promise to cover “among other things,…Cary Court (1930s shopping center) and provide a behind the scenes tour of the Byrd (1928), one of only a few active movie palaces in the country. Hope you can join us!”  Only 10 bucks.

The Shockoe Examiner - Main & Laurel 1951

Golly, I love old pictures of Richmond.  And the Shockoe Examiner always pleases in their selection of the great ones.

Mine is a mere re-post.  Read the original post here…

Style Weekly Article on Parks

I wanted to make sure you’d caught this Style Weekly article by Edwin Slipek Jr. Add it to your Richmond treasures.  My own attention was drawn to the article from a post in the ever wonderful Hills & Heights.

It Starts in Parks
Two of Richmond’s venerable public spaces get ready for their close-ups.
by Edwin Slipek Jr.

Two of Richmond’s sprawling, old school pleasure parks, Byrd and Forest Hill, are so entwined in Richmond’s verdant terrain that lots of us pass these familiar haunts on a regular basis without acknowledging what a tonic they provide our frayed nerves and frenzied days. But occasional, unexpected changes at these taken-for-granted precincts smack us in the face: We see things afresh and with renewed appreciation.

Recent enhancements at Byrd Park, our city’s largest greensward, and Forest Hill Park on the South Side prompt such a jolt. Byrd Park’s Fountain Lake has received a welcome amenity with a handsome new brick concession structure while the lake at Forest Hill Park has recently returned to, well, lake status after being swamplike for far too long. Bottom line: Summer in the city is better this year.  Click here to continue reading the full article at StyleWeekly.com

The Fan Freestyle

Renaissance Richmond.com (Finding Architectural History and Following Historic Preservation in Richmond, Virginia) is a blog by Jessica Bankston which she began when she was a graduate student in VCU’s Architectural History department.   It is a lovely blog filled with exquisite details on the history of our city’s buildings.  It makes me so happy to think of all the amazing people who are devoting themselves to preserving these parts of our history as we go forward to redefine ourselves, our city ever better, ever better.