Edwin Slipek

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Slipek: Five blocks of West Grace have become VCU’s ‘campus Main Street’ (Guest Commentary)

3 weeks ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Edwin Slipek

Share It’s April. College-bound high school seniors are locking in where they’ll be spending their freshman year. If it were a beauty contest, University of Richmond might be the choice since in 2024 the Princeton Review anointed its campus as the nation’s most beautiful. This year’s Review, in a poll of 160,000 students nationwide, ranked UR the second most beautiful after University of San Diego, with Bryn Mawr College in third place.
Slipek: Five blocks of West Grace have become VCU's 'campus Main Street'

3 weeks ago | richmondbizsense.com | Edwin Slipek

It’s April. College-bound high school seniors are locking in where they’ll be spending their freshman year. If it were a beauty contest, University of Richmond might be the choice since in 2024 the Princeton Review anointed its campus as the nation’s most beautiful. This year’s Review, in a poll of 160,000 students nationwide, ranked UR the second most beautiful after University of San Diego, with Bryn Mawr College in third place.
Slipek: The Otis in Scott’s Addition is an instant architectural landmark (Guest Commentary)

2 months ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Edwin Slipek

Share It’s hard to argue with the observation by the august Washington, D.C.-based National Trust for Historic Preservation that “ground zero for Richmond’s recent renaissance isn’t downtown, but Scott’s Addition.” But while apartment buildings continue to materialize at a dizzying clip in that neighborhood, adequate sidewalks, public parking, green spaces and distinctive new architecture are in short supply. There are, however, a handful of eye-popping architectural landmarks.
Slipek: The Otis in Scott's Addition is an instant architectural landmark

2 months ago | richmondbizsense.com | Edwin Slipek

It’s hard to argue with the observation by the august Washington, D.C.-based National Trust for Historic Preservation that “ground zero for Richmond’s recent renaissance isn’t downtown, but Scott’s Addition.”But while apartment buildings continue to materialize at a dizzying clip in that neighborhood, adequate sidewalks, public parking, green spaces and distinctive new architecture are in short supply. There are, however, a handful of eye-popping architectural landmarks.
Slipek: Restore the Coliseum as a downtown centerpiece (Guest Commentary)

Feb 14, 2025 | richmondbizsense.com | Edwin Slipek

The Richmond Coliseum has quite a storied past, but the shuttered arena is slated to be redeveloped. (BizSense file photo)Dear Mayor Danny Avula:Congrats on taking the helm at City Hall. And thanks for a steady hand during six weeks on the job. From the water outage to seismic policy shifts ricocheting from the new federal administration in Washington, D.C., your hands are full.
Slipek: A Suffragist in Capitol Square, a "Suffragist" on Broadway

Oct 25, 2024 | richmondbizsense.com | Edwin Slipek

Ascending downtown’s steep Capitol Square hill in late August a bronze figure winks at me. The life-size statue depicts Adele Goodman Clark (1882-1983), a Richmond artist and suffragist. Like the square’s other monuments such as those honoring Edgar Allan Poe, Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson, and Barbara Johns, Clark’s life-sized image is set among defining brick walkways and towering trees.
Slipek: Connecting the dots downtown (Guest Commentary)

Jun 21, 2024 | richmondbizsense.com | Edwin Slipek

Mickael Broth’s “The Hole Truth” offers a reflection along Clay Street in front of The Valentine. On June 6, a late afternoon tempest drenched downtown, but skies cleared as if on cue as twin doors of the Valentine history center were swung open onto East Clay Street. About 60 folks left the bar and canape station to descend steep granite steps to the brick city sidewalk.
(Slipek) Breathtaking beauty amid centuries of bloodshed: 'Samurai' at the VMFA

Apr 26, 2024 | richmondbizsense.com | Edwin Slipek

Pieces in this suit of armor date from 1400 to the 18th century. All images courtesy The Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum, Dallas. Photos by Brad Flowers“Samurai” has arrived and the proverbial turnstiles are spinning at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
Slipek: Virginia Union takes on residential real estate development

Mar 15, 2024 | richmondbizsense.com | Edwin Slipek

The abandoned old Richmond Community Hospital is owned by Virginia Union University. (BizSense file photo)In Sunday night’s episode of “Abbott Elementary” on ABC-TV, the faculty and administration of the fictitious school were at odds over their building being designated a Philadelphia historic landmark. Upon researching the school’s namesake, they found that Willard R. Abbott, was no saint. The naysayers recoiled at the idea of installing an honorific plaque in the lobby.
Slipek: Thoughts on enlivening the Eastern Quadrant of the Capitol Square complex

Mar 1, 2024 | richmondbizsense.com | Edwin Slipek

Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part commentary on the history of Capitol Square’s Eastern Quadrant and ideas for its reinvigoration. Click here to read part one. Taxes, schools, abortion, the minimum wage. All are hot-button issues as the Virginia General Assembly’s 2024 session winds into the home stretch. Also pressing is a $2 billion bond proposal to transform the City of Alexandria’s Potomac Yards into an ambitious multiuse development.