Monthly Archive for January, 2009

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Free Holsinger Photos for You

UVA has offered free digital copies of photos from the Holsinger collection to cvillenews.com readers. They’d love help from y’all in identifying the subjects of their photo collection.  #

Local on Reality Show

A 21-year-old from Charlottesville is a contestant on Bravo’s “Make Me a Supermodel.” They identify him only as “Colin.”  #

Historic Ivy Church Torn Down

Ivy’s Calvary Baptist Church has been torn down to make way for a replacement. It was built by freed slaves in the late 1800s.  #

Charges Dropped Against Cavalier

Charges have been dropped against UVa football player Rashawn Jackson, who was charged with theft and B&E in stealing an Xbox 360 a year ago. The evidence was insufficient.  #

Landmark Hotel Construction Apparently on Hold

A reader who wishes to remain anonymous writes:

The hotel is coming to a stop again. All the workers came by a store at break today for munchies and said it was on hold for at least three months and the crane was actually coming down. Drove by Mid-AM and everyone was loading equipment on a truck.

The story is that the new developer will take three months to get up to speed before they can start again.

The saga of the Landmark Hotel has been tough to keep up with. Here’s hoping that they open up that lane on Water Street during this work stoppage. And I don’t know what the deal is with 2nd St. SE being closed between Water and South, but if that’s got anything to do with the Landmark, it sure would be helpful if that would open again, too.