Charlottesville – Page 10 – Black and White

#look3

ghost hotel — Look3 (schedule) underway in Charlottesville, lots to look at, exhibits are up and down the mall, to the west at Jefferson School City Center and to the east at The Bridge PAI

Water Street

creative spelling — I wonder if there are variable font sizes

cliff sign! — sign haiku with Jamaican twang

10th street aka locust ave — Be careful brave pedestrians. Motorists don’t notice change in the rut to work.

10th and Water intersection traffic pattern change — 10th and Water intersection traffic pattern change. It has been a long time coming.

Blue Ribbon Commission on Race, Memorials and Public Spaces

BRC worksession April 28 — Mayor Signer and Vice-Mayor Bellamy are briefed by City Manager Maurice Jones. April 28th the Charlottesville City Council met in work session to hammer out details of a resolution to be considered May 2 at their regular session setting up a commission.
The resolution is available on the City’s website.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that City Council does hereby authorize the creation of an ad hoc blue ribbon commission on race, memorials and public spaces and tasks the commission with the mission to provide Council with options for telling the full story of Charlottesville’s history of race and for changing the City’s narrative through our public spaces;

square peg round hole

stuck bus — GPS doesn’t tell you everything. This bus, headed south on 4th Street SE encountered a low bridge. Rather than back into traffic on Water Street, the driver attempted to turn around, No va.

historic understatement

little historic marker — sign set in the sidewalk, east edge of Park Street adjacent to the Albemarle County Courthouse

Violet Crown

New screens! So pleased there is again a theater that doesn't require travel to the wasteland of Route 29. — New screens! So pleased there is again a theater that doesn’t require travel to the wasteland of Route 29.

The Violet Crown Cinema is open, 200 West Main Street, Charlottesville VA. In one year they built something beautiful, well made. — The Violet Crown Cinema is open, 200 West Main Street, Charlottesville VA. In one year they built something beautiful, well made. Bye bye Stonefield.

Tour de Trump

West on Main — As much as the electorate likes to make fun of Mr. Trump, hey, he is the candidate who brought bicycle racing to Charlottesville.

1989 style — The year, 1989. We were taking pictures with film and United Press International (UPI) covered the story.…

Terrace Theater

Terrace theater — 1989? Domestic vehicles in evidence.

panthera leo

chained lion, pedestrian mall — Before political correctness came to town. 1989.

Francis and Nancy

Francis Fife Nancy O'Brien — Mayors O’Brien and Fife, in Riverview Park, walking, bird watching.