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He's making people that go to church looking like idiots!
He's been doing that for decades.
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Portsmouth's The Beir Garden ranked 42nd best place in the U.S to have a Beer, 2006. Other Virginia locations are Richmond's Capitol Ale House (10) and Glen Allen's Capitol Ale House at Innsbrook (14).
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What Portsmouth needs to do is relocate the city hall, courts, and jail and get all that waterfront property back on the tax rolls. Anyonw know if they are planning to do this?
It's been discussed for awhile, but the city doesn't have the money to do it. You're talking a couple hundred million $$$ to relocate all those buildings (including the need to purchase a huge section of land in downtown) and tear down the existing ones. As an example, Norfolk is spending $75 million just on its new courts building. So while the city would likely increase its tax revenue by having something more appropriate for the waterfront site, its would never offset the cost of the premature moving of those institutions. Its likely they will remain there until the buildings need to be signficantly renovated or replaced.
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Never could understand why the front entrance to the hotel was facing away from downtown and Brambleton Blvd. They should tear down everything except the main tower (convert the tower to appartments), use the newly created space/parking lot front brambleton for office/retail space, and the main entrance parking lot for a new building.
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Thanks br0guy! Now we know where the courts complex is going. I wonder where they plan on building the new city hall.
What are they going to do with the old circuit court building once the new one is complete? I always thought that building was such an eye sore, hopefully the new 11 storey court has a bit more style to it. They'll certain free up some much needed space along a busy road for whatever it turns out to be.
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Thats it for today! I will take some more next weekend of other areas.
Woot, San Antonio Sam's... I love their Chili!!!
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Actually, I take that back. This appears to be a completely new development. Hoffler Tower will actually be located on property directly north of there.
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It's great news to hear that the cruise lines are coming back. I guess it can be attributed to market swings. They had better get moving on that terminal, it's like watching ice cubes melt. BTW wouldn't it be nice to market Norfolk as a destination with a light rail line to the ocean front? We'd really see more lines using the Norfolk terminal with more options of activities for a port of call.
Does anyone remember what the break-even number for ports of call/departing cruises was? I think they broke it down into passenger numbers as well. Seems to me that 175,000 was right around breakeven for the terminal, correct me if I'm wrong.
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No we have no kids. Not sure we ever will, but that
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I read the rules and I don’t think I am breaking them with this post. If I am please let me know as I don’t want to be a problem.
My wife and are have a week off in the middle of June. We had been talking about coming to Virginia for that week. I spent a lot of time in Newport News and that area as a kid. The problem is I am twenty nine now and don’t remember much of what’s down there. Its been about eighteen years since I was there.
I was wondering if you guys could give me some advice on what there is to do, or things that maybe you would consider must do while there. My wife loves the beach and I am happy just wondering around. I don’t know if we should get a room for a week in one place or travel around and stay at a few places. I received the Virginia travel books in the mail. Unfortunately they don’t really give a good idea of things in the various areas. I am hoping maybe some insight from locals can help make this trip special. This is the first time in our 9 year marriage that we are getting to go away together.
Any help would be appreciated. If this is violating the rules again I am sorry. If anybody needs to know any specifics from me I would be happy to answer them if it helps. I am open to the idea of traveling around and see multiple sites. I loved Virginia as a kid and hope it is even better than I remember.
Do you have children that you will be bringing along?
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I was trying to give him a chance to explain himself before I dumped the thread in off-topic. Seeing as it hasn't been responded to yet though off we go.
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Anyone remember what year automated garbage pickup (when we got rid of the old 2 man on the back of a truck routine) started in the region? I seem to remember sometime in the early 1990's, but can't remember exact years. Any help would be nice.
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Hopefully Vabeach will work with Norfolk on this! Maybe Vabeach is finally opening their eyes to Light rail! They should be looking to go all the way to the Oceanfront with it, not just stop at the TC.
I don't want to p*ss on everyone's parade, but I remain extremely skeptical of the potential for development of light rail outside of DT, and I'm not entirely convinced it will succeed even there. As someone who relys entirely on mass transit (in a city that is supposed to have one of the best systems in North America), my unscientific observations are that a majority of people who use mass transit do so only out of necessity. As soon as they are financially capable, they substitute away for automobiles. Ultimately for mass transit to be succesful it must be near large neighborhoods, and the costs associated with using an automobile must be high (as evidenced by the FTA's attempt to get Norfolk to create artifical parking shortages). I contend that for most people, mass transit is an inferior good.
The other part of the problem is the cultural element of getting people to accept the idea of having to walk more than 10 yards from their house to transport. Ask yourself this, how many times have you sat as a passenger in a car, while your friend/family/acqaintence, etc. spent 15 minutes try to find a place to park that was within 5-6 slots from the building entrance (when other spaces were available further out)? I hope I'm pleasantly surprised about this one, but I have doubts. Feel free to offer contradictory points on why this isn't a huge waste of federal money.
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Well he has my vote. I'm not a democrat but he is doing alot for this city and has my vote!
Well party politics rarely comes into play in city/county level administrations, so its not much of an issue. This is especially true since Fraim is more a business-oriented mayor rather than a bleeding heart subsidy lib. Also, I believe the only one other candidate running against him is also a Democrat, so you don't have much choice either way.
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I think we could all benefit from a bit of perspective here. Unless you're a bird or have your own private helicopter you're not likely to see the building from that angle. I'm going to wait for the street level renderings before I pass judgement. Not only is this a very early sketch, but I think the architects and the developer should be commended for taking on such a risky design. We have all moaned and complained about how dull and bland the architecture is in our area, now we finally get someone willing to not only step outside the box but redesign it, and it's not good enough. I really want to give this one a chance. Love it or hate it, it will be a Norfolk landmark for many years to come.
I completely agree.
This building will probably look substantially different to the rendering. Don't be so quick to pass judgement. It's actually a pretty clever idea to shape the structure like a ship because of the shape of the property, and they have to have a large parking garage because the land where this is to be built is a already paved parking lot.
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...has anyone been able to find out when the State of the City address will be made? Last year, it provided a whole lot of info on downtown from the medical center to Trader and Hilton. Keep a look out for the address, it could reveal a whole lot of info and perhaps, new development announcements!
Its today, RTA. The announcement of this project is scheduled to be made during Mayor Fraim's state of the city address.
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This is AWESOME news!
I love the buildings, their shape and design.
The only suggestion I have to the designers is to "skin" the parking deck. A building this large with such a prominent position should look better than the backside of the West Main tower.
Overall I love it!
Well that is the view from the river, so perhaps the side fronting Brambleton will be skinned. Besides having the back side not skinned will provide residents and patients with nice views as they exit their automobiles.
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HAHAHAHA.... I WIN THE NAME BATTLE!!! Ghent South it be!!! HAHAHAHA...
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He is a talks out of the side of his mouth!
He thinks he can tax you to death to make everything better but people spend less and less when they are taxed like that!
There are a few things that I agree with on. I liked what he said about the immigration issue. Bush is really lacking on that subject.
Actually, on the immigration issue, I didn't hear him propose anything definitive or any sort of specifics, it seemed pure rhetoric to me. Honestly, it felt like an infomercial in the tone and manner in which he spoke. The whole, "we can do better" tagline just didn't cut it for me, and I don't think people outside of Virginia are going to connect with his examples of bipartisanship within the commonwealth.
It seemed a strange choice to pick someone who has little to no national experience nor any name recognition beyond the commonwealth to do the rebuttal. Whilst his social morals put him more in the center than many other Democrats, those are not issues which were going to be heavily addressed. However, I will say it was a vast improvement over the Nancy & Harry show last year, though that isn't saying much. I'm pretty sure my IQ dropped a few points after sitting through that.
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I agree but I don't view that as likely from the sound of things. I actually wouldn't mind seeing something like the Peninsula Town Center there, I think something like that would work well in Suffolk. I just don't want to see rampant strip malls dotted with run of the mill suburban store fronts. I think Suffolk would do well if they emphasize their historic charm in one of these large scale developments.
I think there is a natural evolution to these types of things. Suffolk would have a hard time going upward rather than outward right now, but by comparison, VB has gone through its major growth phase and we are seeing upward movement now. Chesapeake is about where VB was 15 years ago in terms of land usage, and so in perhaps another 15 years we'll start to see Chesapeake move upward. Suffolk is still really only 5 years or so into its fast growth phase, and has extra hinderance due to the fact that it is less centrally located than the other Southside cities. Its not coincidence that the first place to see major new housing growth was the very northeastern tip of the city next to the interstate, but I do think eventually a mid-rise (5-10 stories) downtown sector is very doable, but I don't ever envision skyscrapers in DT Suffolk.
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It's sad. The sprawl is creeping closer and closer to my old home in southern Chesapeake. It's only a matter of time until it reaches it.
Something then to cheer you up.
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the peninsula is on fire, and I hate to say when I use to live in Virginia Beach I use to think they should simply pave the entire peninsula and turn it into a major I-64 because I thought it was a worthless place.
Lol, I used to think the same thing! It was always a place to just drive past on the way to Williamsburg, D.C., and points beyond. It used to be a running joke between my boss and I about how many times a week we would hear the local news reporter say, "A Newport News man is dead tonight..." Anyway, I'm glad to see they are turning it around over the last few years. Our forum tends to be a bit Southside biased because, well, most of the people live on the Southside and the regional hubs are there. Its great to see NN moving forward with all this, and I hope people post more pictures because I really am lost when it comes to NN other than anything right off the interstate.
Of course my favorite is still, "A beach man is dead tonight...", like this man lived on the beach his whole life calmy combing the beach eeking out his meager living, and then suddenly he was dead.
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I have been attending Virginia Stage Company productions at the Wells Theater for over 20 years. The theater is a true jewel and equivalent in style, grace and beauty to any on Broadway. The plays are performed by talented, national actors and are well done. While they are not the big and best Broadway musicals like Lion King or Phantom, they are high calibre and worth the experience.
Yeah, I love the Wells as well (no pun intended). I've been to 3 or 4 shows there in the last couple of years before I left. Very very solid performances and they typically choose good acts, though they have to tend to more mainstream in order to attract a crowd, but that's not bad thing.Lion King did so well because it is such a well known story and a family friendly piece. Phantom did equally as well because it was also so well known, and because during its first run in Norfolk it really was the first major broadway show to hit the area in years.
I predict Rent will do well, but not nearly as well as Lion King. If they could get Beauty and the Beast, then that would be a smash hit. I saw that on broadway about 3 months after it opened and really enjoyed it.
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You mean to tell me they're gonna leave that burnt out piece of crap as is? I can almost see what you're talking about with the 2nd building but the first one has to go, or be renovated in such a manner that it no way resembles its former self. It's an eyesore.
Also, with the city trying to revitalize that very area I would be surprised if they made it past the planning commission without a little exterior renovation in the mix.
Actually, it IS part of the allure for some people, as they want to retain some of the characteristics of the original building. It exists for the same reason there are exposed bricks and ducts on the interior. It is part of an industrial look that people want, of having that exterior juxtaposed with a beautiful streamlined modern interior. Also to renovate the exterior would add a lot to the building costs, and would likely price the lofts out of the market.
I was trying to give him a chance to explain himself before I dumped the thread in off-topic. Seeing as it hasn't been responded to yet though off we go.
I can almost see what you're talking about with the 2nd building but the first one has to go, or be renovated in such a manner that it no way resembles its former self. It's an eyesore.
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As someone who lives within 15 minutes (by car) to a farmer's market, it is a godsend. I would love to see Norfolk have a real farmers market.
Here in Montreal we have two, Atwater and the famous March