Belmont vortex: Vision vs. reality in Belmont Bridge debate
There's a grass roots community movement calling for the re-design of the east end of the downtown area, creating a "gateway" ("Gait-Way," actually, to emphasize pedestrianism) from Belmont that would dovetail into the Downtown Mall in a less car-centric, more pedestrian-friendly way. There's just one problem: there's a big bridge in the way.
April 12th, 2012 issue #1115
7,000 new cars: CSX stocks up for tripled coal exports
If you've recently noticed some spiffy new rail cars rolling o'er the countryside, there's a reason: CSX has been bolstering its fleet with about 7,000 new cars to service the company's massive coal piers in Newport News.
News
Charles Martin: Former Albemarle supervisor dies Tuesday
Charles S. Martin, who served three terms on the Albemarle Board of Supervisors and was its first African-American chairman, died at home early April 10 from prostate cance...
Closing chapter: VQR's Genoways resigns, Waldo celebrates
Ending homelessness: Residents cheer The Crossings
Related stories: • Flame retardant: SRO trumps most mansions in smoke safety • SRO time: The Crossings begins its rise downtown
Find out what gets chosen for McIntire
On May 16, the public can watch Jennifer McKeever and the other members of the Charlottesville Parks and Recreation Advisory Board discuss and potentially decide their choi...
Flame retardant: SRO trumps most mansions in smoke safety
Related story: SRO time: The Crossings begins its rise downtown
Fridays kicks off: Free concert series features lots o' locals
It's been warm so long it might look like summer to you, but in fact, spring is just now sprung, and there's no surer sign than the kick-off of Fridays After Five. The free...
Get Nick: Can 'Hot Air' filmmakers raise $65K?
Derek Sieg and Jeremy Goldstein want Nick Nolte bad. So badly that they've launched a "Let's get Nick" campaign, with website and videos. They've taken to the streets–...
Glazier's delight: Refenestration gleams at Coca-Cola landmark
Previous story: Refenestration: Old Cola-Cola plant invites the light
Gotta follow the rules and limits...
Another vehicle gets towed from the parking lot owned by Keith Woodard and patrolled by Collier's towing between Lee Park and the Downtown Mall.
Horn freed: Ex-County officer pleads guilty to assault
A former County police officer accused of rape has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault and battery of an adult family member.Sean M. Horn, 42, who was most recently a res...
Tom Tom beat: McGuffey block party kicks off month-long fest
Paul Beyer's ambitious vision for Charlottesville's own South by Southwest– the Tom Tom Founders Festival– debuts April 13, a kick-off to 30 days of music, art,...
Wisterious house blooms with abandonment
Wisteria thrives at a seemingly unoccupied dwelling in Blackwells Hollow, in the northwest corner of Albemarle. Photographed April 8.
The Dish
Atelier de Cuisine: Burgess and Derquenne define The Space
The recent decision by the X Lounge to curtail its operating schedule to instigate more private parties heightens the mystique around another downtown restaurant space, one...
Pho-nomenon: Vietnamese soup comes to West Main
Related stories: • Savory spheres: Interior work begins at One Meatball Place • Purple days: Feast! celebrates 10 cheesey years
Super-condiment? Mad Hatter heats, spices, and marinates
The creators of Mad Hatter didn't set out to invent a super-condiment, but they did see a void in the ever-changing hot sauce market.
X Lounge retools, Buck's Elbow Pub goes public
Four years ago, when the Hook asked whether Charlottesville might be "New Yorkifying," a $10 martini at the trendy X Lounge was a key trend indicator. Indeed, when the mult..
Essays
Junk science? Most preclinical cancer studies don't replicate
More by Ron Bailey • Gas, not water: A better fracking way to tap shale • Germ theory: What if disease causes autocracy? • How many? Numbers suggest a low terror dea..
Real Estate - On the Block
Lair on Locust: Views and light behind imposing wall
Hotseat
Takin' the 5th: Peyton Williams wants cousin's job
Campaign workers are meeting in the living room of the house Peyton Williams' great aunt built off JPA in the the 1930s. A reporter and photographer appear. Cars need to be...
