While speaking with the man repairing the windows on the building last week, I learned that the Winthrop Hall building on Idlewood Avenue has been sold. The property will remain as an assisted-living facility and has been purchased by a large unknown corporation (or at least it is unknown to the window-repairman, who said he [...]
The little house/apartment on the block of Shields Ave between Rosewood and Idlewood has been on the market since January, 2010. The property has seen a series of renters in recent years, but old signage on the alley side of the building indicates that it was once a laudromat (before my time, sorry). The one [...]
. . What can we do? Call the City of Richmond’s Property Maintenance division at: 804.646.3908 Email Marty Jewell (our councilman) at: Marty.Jewell@Richmondgov.com Call Marty Jewell at: 804.646.6050 And lets organize a clean-up!
Follow this Byrd Park renovation at Domus Aurea: This week we’ve just spent trying to clean, get organized and figure out what comes first. We did get some of the windows open. I got some paneling down, and started taking off wall paper in the dining room. There were four layers of wall paper in [...]
