VCU 7-Eleven Robbed
Police are reporting that the 7-Eleven at 1101 W. Main St. was robbed by 3 males with a gun at 5am Sunday morning.
Archive for August 2009
Overnight Crime in Fan
The Richmond Police report the following incidents in the Fan last night: 1. A robbery at 10:28 PM at Floyd and Rowland. Two females were robbed by two unknown males with a gun. 2. Shooting at 10:14 PM at 15 S. Stafford Ave. A teenage female was shot with a BB gun by an unkown [...]
Beer Dinner at Six Burner Tonight
Here are the details. You should go because Six Burner is yummy. I would go, but 3 beers, 3 courses, 3 kids doesn’t sound as good.
Firehouse Theater: The Boys’ Life
The Firehouse Theater at 1609 W. Broad Street will feature The Boys’ Life beginning September 10th and running through October 3rd (8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 4 p.m. Sunday “pay-what-you-will” matinees on Sept. 20 & 27). Here’s the description: Remember your late twenties? Boys were definitely still boys and men were – well, not quite men. Howard [...]
Balliceaux: A Hearsay Review
We’ve posted earlier about the opening of Balliceaux at 203 N. Lombardy. An early review is in. And another here. We haven’t been there personally yet, but trusted foodie friends have been. Here’s their take: The interior is beautiful and spacious. There are multiple bar areas, which is good because if you go at a busy [...]
Bike Shops in the Fan
RVANews has a great article about local Richmond bike shops, most of which are located in (or very close) to the Fan: Richmond ReCycle, and Bunnyhop are two that are mentioned, along with stores in adjacent Carytown and Jackson Ward. Where do you go for your bike needs?
Assault on Floyd Ave.
The Richmond Police Department is reports that a female was assaulted by a known male early Tuesday morning, August 18th, at 1119 Floyd Ave.
A.C.O.R.N Fan Open House
The Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods is hosting a Renovator’s Open House at 310 Shafer Street (on the VCU Monroe Campus behind the Chesterfield Apartment Building) on Thursday, August 27th, from 5:30 PM-7 PM. This is a unique opportunity to tour one of the few remaining private properties in the VCU area of the Fan [...]
Fan: A Great Neighborhood
Other community news sites have already reported that their neighborhoods were noted by HGTV’s Frontdoor.com as among Richmond’s 5 great neighborhoods. The Fan–of course!–is on the list, too. Here’s the whole thing. The quick and dirty: The Fan is authentic “old urbanism” and is home to students, young families and empty nesters. Artistic abandon and [...]
Hotchkiss to Serve On Fan District Board
File this under ‘old news’ but we’re digging out after vacation. . . On August 3, 2009, the FDA Board elected long time Fan resident Jane Hotchkiss to fill the vacant Board seat. Jane will serve the remainder of the three year term ending in May 2012.
Clean Streets. Mean Streets
The RTD has a feature about a regular part of Fan life–cars being towed because of street cleaning and because of parking violations. It’s a clever article and something any Fan resident (with a car) knows something of. Jason Storm, 39, oversleeping from a late night at Kings Dominion, awoke to the unmistakable sound of [...]
Virginia Garden Festival Coming
The Science Museum will host the Virginia Garden Festival on Saturday, September 12th, from 9 AM- 4 PM. The event, which is sponsored by the Virginia Green Industry Council, is free and open to the public. More info here View the event poster as pdf here.
HGTV Coming to Richmond (and you can be on it)
I was slightly addicted to this show when we were in the process of selling and buying a home. In case you haven’t seen it, here’s the premise of HGTV’s House Hunters: a family needs a new house for some reason, looks at three different ones during the course of the show, and decides on [...]
(Main) Street (Java) Closure
Again from Richmond BizSense: another coffee shop grinds to a halt in the 1300 block of West Main St. In January the Common Cup gave way to Main Street Java. Now Main Street Java yields to Rev It Up. It kinda makes me think that Crossroads has got the coffee thing covered at Morris and Main. But [...]
(Sigh) No Nara!
Richmond BizSense has the story of Nara Sushi’s closing. RVANews tweeted the possibility of City Dogs assuming the space, although negotiations are still ongoing. My thoughts: there are a lot of Sushi places already in and around the Fan. Has the Fan reached sushi saturation? And I like the idea of a hot dog spot [...]
