Archive for “Canal Walk”
FREE 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 half hour) from 6-9PM, with the last boat departing at 8:30PM. Boats depart from the Canal Turning Basin at 14th and Dock Streets.
Imagining 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 was a demand for fewer restrictions and for biking, pet walking, and even kayaking through the Canal. While Venture Richmond [...]
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.
The unfulfilled promise of the Canal Walk
Phil Riggan wonders about the future of the Canal Walk: It has been more than 10 years since the completion of the Canal Walk and while beautifully landscaped walkways may have replaced the abandoned wasteland that frequently hosted bonfires set by Richmond’s homeless, the promise of the area remains unfulfilled.
Open the canal to paddlers!
Phil Riggan’s Open the canal to paddlers in downtown Richmond says is clearly enough: Let’s open up the Kanawha Canal from Captain Christopher Newport’s ‘Cross’ monument at 12th and Byrd Streets to Brown’s Island. The circuit would allow paddlers access to the river from the Tredegar Beach and the Manchester Dam through Pipeline — which [...]
Big plans for the former Reynolds plant
Fountainhead Properties and the WVS Companies announced today that they’ve formed a joint venture, Fall Line Capital LLC, to purchase and develop the Reynold Plant along the Canal Walk. The developers plan to convert the 6 acre property into a mixed-use space. The first phase will begin in January of next year. [via]
baseball for Manchester?
Now that the plan for a Shockoe stadium is officially dead, what will happen? Reynolds Packaging Group is suggesting that the city take a look at Manchester, specifically the area between the Manchester and 14th Street Bridge overlooking the city skyline. A formal proposal has not been submitted to the city, but real estate investor [...]
Walking tours galore
Get to know your neighborhood’s history this spring. In the next month, there are four guided walking tours scheduled around the River District. All of the tours are given by the Valentine Richmond History Center.
a look back at the Canal Walk controversy
The Richmond Voice has a look back at the controversy at the Canal Walk as part of their Black History Month celebration: Many would agree that Sa’ad El-Amin was one of the most outspoken that ever sat on Richmond City Council and one of the smartest council members it has ever had. Even though he [...]
a beautiful gaze at the Canal Walk
Henry Stern has posted an amazing photo of the Canal Walk from this weekend.
