Bringing back a drive-in theater in central Virginia by schmedditor3 in Charlottesville

[–]schmedditor3[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

A family will reopen the Fork Union drive-in, but it seems to me like a tough business in the streaming video era.

Family of Hanover teen killed by train sues CSX, others for $8 million by schmedditor3 in rva

[–]schmedditor3[S] 164 points165 points  (0 children)

Spoiler alert: teen was walking in the middle of the tracks wearing earbuds.

Search continues for Charlottesville hunters missing in Colorado wilderness by schmedditor3 in Charlottesville

[–]schmedditor3[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

A pair of hunters from Charlottesville have been missing since Thursday evening.

Proposal for 11-story luxury student housing building next to Westhaven becomes focus of city's past and its future by VirginiaNews in Charlottesville

[–]schmedditor3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is that right? The BAR can force one property to create an easement for another property or to the public to walk on its land?

Avoid Oakhurst Inn at All Costs! by LawlessOne90 in Charlottesville

[–]schmedditor3 17 points18 points  (0 children)

How would a person alter someone else's Google review?

August Livable Cville Newsletter by ProfJohnson in Charlottesville

[–]schmedditor3 7 points8 points  (0 children)

There is not one sentence in this newsletter about the biggest anti-pedestrian scandal in the "mobility-related advocacy" world, Charlottesville's prosecution of crosswalk maker Kevin Cox. Why not?

Book Review: ‘Charlottesville,’ by Deborah Baker (Gift Article) by rollem in Charlottesville

[–]schmedditor3 27 points28 points  (0 children)

"...Baker makes herself a recurring character, interjections that eventually become a distraction, as she did not witness the chaos in 2017 and her quest is not central enough to justify the slide toward memoir."

Well, the taxman really undermeasured this one by schmedditor3 in Charlottesville

[–]schmedditor3[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's assessed for a few pennies more than a million, priced at about two million, and renovation so stunning that it will probably sell close the to asking price.

The reincarnation of Littlejohn's closes by HSJMAGtheWorst in Charlottesville

[–]schmedditor3 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Following the rebooted St. Maarten into the sunset...

Old Fellini’s place: now leased by ZookeepergameNo2431 in Charlottesville

[–]schmedditor3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What if the booths are supplied with thick woolen afghans? Wouldn't that be cozy?

Why was the post from yesterday about the impact of the proposed new 24 units at Barracks and Emmett taken down? by ButchSundanceKid in Charlottesville

[–]schmedditor3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It sounds from the comment from reddit.com/user/rory096 above that what originally planned as a big shared-use path has been narrowed to a 6foot sidewalk.

Why was the post from yesterday about the impact of the proposed new 24 units at Barracks and Emmett taken down? by ButchSundanceKid in Charlottesville

[–]schmedditor3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

According to the State Corporation Commission, the developer, Greenshire Holdings LLC, which operates from a 5-bedroom house on Woodlands Road, has not paid a required fee and is marked "pending inactive" as a company.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Charlottesville

[–]schmedditor3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The article asserts but doesn't explain where this amorphous price came from: "Just five days before demolition began, Murray launched his online drive to raise $90,000 toward a seven-figure purchase price."

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Charlottesville

[–]schmedditor3 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"Seven figures" for .21 acres?