Charlottesville – Page 14 – Black and White

Look3

Look3 — Look3, three days, three artists, photo-festival in Charlottesville. Exhilarating and exhausting.

Soth and Weegee

Look3 — Alec Soth and Weegee #look3festival

CHO Ambassadors

dueling golfcarts — Two months after removing fountain-side benches in an effort to curb panhandling and alleged inappropriate behavior on the Downtown Mall, city officials say they are taking another step toward making Charlottesville a safe, welcoming place. City Councilors recently voted to adopt a Downtown Ambassadors pilot program–Laura Ingles

How is that program working out?

the Cloud

vaping — Tracey demonstrates an alternate cloud, not full of data. Smoke Brake Vapes 108 2nd ST NW

Coragyps atratus

The black vulture (Coragyps atratus) also known as the American black vulture, is a bird in the New World vulture family whose range extends from the southeastern United States to Central Chile and Uruguay in South America.–Wikipedia

vultures on the roof — Humans like to anthropomorphize animals. In that vein, the vultures are very mannerly. They wait their turn at the table.

vulture eying morsels — Density (check) City services (check) Food options (check) Walkability (not really a concern) Sustainability (check)

at the table — Connectivity (check) Mixed use and diversity (check) Traditional neighborhood structure (check) Smart transportation (check) Quality architecture and urban design (?)

Jefferson Lodge #20

Masons — The Masons float, Dogwood Festival 2015. Masons in the year 2000

Masons — These gentlemen do gravitas effortlessly.

raining on the parade

japanese umbrella — Rain falling on the 66th annual Dogwood Festival parade. Rain is better with friends.

where is the light switch?

CHO Mayor Huja silhouette — The City of Charlottesville is a quarter finalist in the Georgetown University Energy Prize, a nationwide competition for small-to-medium sized
communities to compete to win a $5 million grand prize by saving energy.
The Council meets tomorrow afternoon for a budget work session.

While operating 6016 streetlights, the City doesn’t appear to have an IES certified individual (Illuminating Engineering Society) on staff.
Who is in charge of the lighting? Who directs spending in this arena to make sure we get best lighting for dollars spent?
Who knows how many dollars are spent on lighting?
There are forms available to request the addition of streetlights, drop lens, highway-style fixtures, but
no one knows where the light switch is, where the form is to request the removal of lighting.
We submitted a dark-skies petition in 2000 trying to reclaim the night..
Someday…
(read Janis Jaquith’s essay “Turn Off The Lights”)

Charlottesville Marathon

Woolen Mills Chapel in the distance — Step by step, 26 miles and 385 yards. This section features sixty one feet of downhill, through the Woolen Mills neighborhood to the Rivanna River.

cardinal oversees unusually active bipeds

presser

overview of assembled press — The Charlottesville Police Department held a press conference at 2:00 pm Monday, March 23rd at CitySpace located at 100 5th Street NE, Charlottesville, VA.

TV people — The purpose of this press conference was to provide the media and public with the results of the investigation into an alleged sexual assault at the University of Virginia that was reported in Rolling Stone magazine in the fall of 2014.

Chief Tim Longo — Chief Longo addressed the assembled news folk and took questions.

journalists — My tribe.

plethora of devices — Once upon a time Journalists had to ask questions and photograph, now the job description includes blow by blow tweeting.

breaking down folling presser — Often we see television journalists skyping from conflict zones, but when news originates at home big gear is still de rigueur.

Reporter does a standup following the conclusion of the presser.

30 x1028 px box — Conclusion
Based on the information known to investigators at this time, we find no substantive basis of fact to conclude that an incident occurred that is consistent with the facts as described in the November 19, 2014, Rolling Stone Magazine article.
The department’s investigation cannot rule out that something may have happened to “Jackie” somewhere and at some time on the evening of September 28, 2012. Yet, without additional evidence we are simply unable to reach a definitive conclusion.
This investigation remains open, yet suspended in the event additional evidence should come to light.–CPD (full statement is available)