Awesomer than The Fan.
April 5, 2008
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This building used to be the Triple A headquarters for Richmond. And it’s ugly. It’s not even fugly. It’s just not interesting.
This long period of disuse following Julian’s departure hasn’t helped matters any.
I say: raze the former Julian’s and build something new, perhaps with a parking component for the increased need for that in the neighborhood. No, no, not a surface lot, but a deck, with some kind of retail on the lower level.
Julian’s, if you recall, was in a funky corner place down where the old Capitol Theater stood at Robinson and Broad, until 1995 when it was disgracefully ripped down. This was done for the ostensible construction of a McDonald’s but the neighborhood protested its having a drive-up window.
McD’s moved up the street, and that place has just eaten up more of the local fabric, with the demolition of Rainbow Donuts.
The Capitol Theater lot remains vacant and just collects trash. I think about how that place could’ve been utilized when the James River Film Festival rolls around.
Harry @ April 7th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
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