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Sullivan returns... to Beta Bridge Published on Jun 28th, 2012 10 comments We saw a multi-aged group of fans of UVA and Teresa Sullivan laying down the orange shortly before dusk on Tuesday, the 26th of June, not long after the Lawn erupted in joyful noise over the...
Naked Beta: Paintless grafitti bridge gleams (for now) Published on Jun 21st, 2011 3 comments Struck by an errant University Transit Service bus last October, a nine-foot section of wall on the famed graffiti-laden Beta Bridge was reconstructed last week. Crews not only poured concrete for...
Beta props: Should Blake, Jessie, and Anna get credit? Published on Jun 5th, 2011 0 comments A trio known only as Blake, Jessie, and Anna appear to be the first to put paint on the replacement swath of Beta Bridge, the famous transportation device/message board near the University of...
Cracked canvas: Beta Bridge smacked by UTS bus Published on Oct 21st, 2010 17 comments The smash trimmed the canvas–- but not the enthusiasm–- of the Virginia Dance Company, whose members gathered before 8am Thursday to tout their Sunday night "iDance." PHOTO BY HAWES...
Snap o' the day: Pretty in pink Published on Nov 6th, 2009 0 comments Beta Bridge, swathed in pink and gold paint, welcomes filmmaker John Waters, who brings his sold-out "This Filthy World" one-man show to Culbreth at 4pm today. Other Waters' works on tap at this year...
Beta Bridge gets a peeling Published on Oct 3rd, 2007 0 comments For the first time in what UVA facilities experts estimate to be about 13 years, ever-painted Beta Bridge has gotten a peel-back. And it happened organically, according to an article in InsideUVA....
Quick brick: Beta Bridge painters revealed Published on May 31st, 2007 0 comments Sara Brown poses with her Scenic Painting class' final projectPHOTO BY LUCIE STONE A group of heretofore mysterious artists have finally been revealed as painters of the faux brick design that...
Beta Bridge painters revealed Published on May 28th, 2007 1 comments A group of heretofore mysterious artists have finally been revealed as the painters of the masterful faux brick design that has covered the east side of Beta Bridge for the past month. Impressive...
Beta bridgework: UVA condolence 'trompes' new greetings Published on May 24th, 2007 0 comments Brick trompe l'oeil on Beta Bridge. PHOTO BY LUCIE STONE Recent Beta Bridge passersby may have been startled to see one side of Charlottesville's most mutable public billboards restored to...
Suicide, interrupted: Train grinds to halt at Beta Bridge Published on Oct 24th, 2002 0 comments UVA student Jeremy Tatge was leaving the central Grounds and heading home around 4pm on October 14 when he heard a train blow its whistle three times, followed by the "huge noise" of train cars...