Discovering a community imagination of the canal…
Hon.Ellen Robertson, 6th District, invites you to an exercise in placemaking & experience design for the Canal on Saturday, August 28 from 9AM-noon at the The Hat Factory.
View ArticleImagining the future of the canal
Writing for richmond.com, Alix Bryan reports on last week’s working meeting on the future of the canal: It was clear that a strong majority want to interact with the Canal, not just observe it. There...
View ArticleFREE Eerie Canal Boat Rides!
Venture Richmond hosts a special night of FREE hauntingly-narrated canal boat tours complete with candy for the little ones on Sunday. Special half-hour-tours leave every 30-minutes (on the hour and...
View ArticleVintage Richmond – Before and after of the Canal Walk
Head over to one of my favorite sites Vintage Richmond to see exactly where this picture was taken and what it looks like now.
View ArticleCanal Walk developers not thrilled with timing of city improvements
Style Weekly reports on the friction between private developers and the city. While this discussion continues the destruction of a historic part of the canal is for the most part being swept under the...
View ArticleStyle Weekly offers a sneak peek of Casa del Barco
Casa del Barco a soon to be open upscale Mexican restaurant on the canal let the folks of Style Weekly in to check it out. Rotisserie chicken with red chili sauce, rabbit braised in mole sauce and...
View ArticleCasa Del Barco opens for dinner tonight
The newest edition to the Canal Walk opens it’s doors tonight at 5. Casa Del Barco at 320 S. 12 Street is brought to you by the same folks that run the Boathouse restaurants. The Casa as you might have...
View ArticleAnother Bridge for the Canal Walk
Richmond.com has the news of another way to get across then canal. The picture above shows you were it will going. Mark Olinger, director of community planning for the City of Richmond, said that the...
View ArticleHistory of the Cross on the Canal
I usually expect my monuments to be static not bouncing around to different locations. Newport’s Cross which commemorates the arrival of Captain Christopher Newport and John Smith back in 1607 is...
View Article¿Qué Pasa? Festival! Saturday – Cinco de Mayo Sunday
You have your choice of two local events this weekend to celebrate Mexican heritage and pride, information below. ¿Qué Pasa? Festival! 2013 - May 4th from 11:00 am – 7:00 pm – sponsored by Virginia...
View ArticleEmpty Blackfinn to become F.W. Sullivan’s Canal Bar & Grille
Richmond.com and Karri Peifer have all the details on the latest restaurant addition to the Canal Walk. With F.W. Sullivan’s Canal Bar & Grille, Jacobus Rex, LLC hopes to bring their popular Fan...
View ArticleF.W. Sullivan’s update
Remember a billion years ago when we first found out that a new F.W. Sullivan’s would be opening up in the old BlackFinn spot on the canal (a billion years ago = May)? Well, that time has come! Almost!...
View ArticleRichmond.com reporting F.W. Sullivan’s Canal Bar & Grille to open this weekend
They’ve got pictures of the interior.
View ArticleInLight coming to the Canal tomorrow
InLight, the festival of non-seasonal lights! Light-based art, that is. Or is it…art-based light?!?!! Who can tell!? You, your family, and all of your closest friends, when you bring them down to the...
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