The Valentine has dresses from its costume collection on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and a statue of Jefferson Davis on display in Richmond.
Edwin Slipek
Scott’s Addition in three parts: Life – well, Scott’s Addition – is a beach (Guest Commentary)
The architectural mix in Scott’s Addition is a not unpleasant mish-mash of old and new, large and small, serious and funky.
Scott’s Addition in three parts: The eclectic architecture of a former warehouse district (Guest Commentary)
After World War I, Richmond’s manufacturing and business operations crept west from downtown.
Scott’s Addition in Three Parts: The humble beginnings of a burgeoning neighborhood (Guest Commentary)
Try to imagine Scott’s Addition as flat farmlands. Two hundred years ago it was part of Bellville, an 800-acre estate owned by John Mayo, and became part of the dowry of Mayo’s daughter when she married Winfield Scott in 1817.
Guest Commentary: From Battle Abbey to Virginia Museum of History & Culture
Last month, the venerable historical and educational institution, which Chief Justice John Marshall founded in 1831 on what’s now Arthur Ashe Boulevard, unveiled a reconceived, 250,000-square-foot, $30 million museum and research center.
Guest Commentary: ‘Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France’ at VMFA
To encapsulate a half century of such vital artistic activity in France in one exhibition is a neat trick. But the 100-plus artworks from leading international museums are arranged in a sequence akin to nine intimate exhibits with a shared narrative.
Guest Commentary: Downtown’s front door is a civic embarrassment
The intersection of Fifth and Broad streets, fed by traffic from Interstates 95 and 64, is many visitors’ first impression and only experience here.
Guest Commentary: Noland & Baskervill and Gilded Age Franklin Street
“The Gilded Age” producers could have made Richmond a stand-in for Manhattan considering our trove of period-appropriate landmarks.
Guest Commentary: Developers of Shockoe Bottom should keep it tight
The desolate contiguous blocks that stretch to the present Exxon station at Broad and North 18th Street provide a blank slate upon which a densely-built, mixed-use district can be built.
Guest Commentary: ‘What would Mr. Jefferson do’ with Second Baptist?
The former church building is a perfect rendition of the Maison Carrée, a 2-4 CE Roman temple that still stands in Nimes, France.