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General Lee's tulips
Published on Apr 2nd, 2012
0 comments When we photographed General Robert E. Lee two years ago at tulip time, that picture was taken on April 20. This year, General Lee's tulips are at peak April 2, lending some credence to observations...
Flowering and fescuing in Lee
Published on Mar 23rd, 2012
0 comments Spring has brought forth the annual flowering of this weeping tree in downtown's Lee Park, which also recently received a coating of grass seed, straw, and water– an effort to re-cover the...
Dang money: Protests on the Mall, UVA, Lee Park
Published on Oct 14th, 2011
85 comments Taking a page from the "Occupy Wall Street" movement that has been sweeping the nation, a small group of protesters occupied Central Place on the Downtown Mall Friday, October 14, encouraging...
Snap 'o the day: Naptime in autumn
Published on Nov 11th, 2010
1 comments Lee Park, around 4:30pm November 10. PHOTO BY LISA PROVENCE A glorious fall day in Lee Park under a brilliant red canopy–- what better place to take a snooze?
Snap: Festival of Cultures
Published on May 8th, 2010
1 comments It was organized by the City school system. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER The Festival of Cultures has drawn hundreds, and perhaps thousands of citizens to downtown Charlottesville's Lee Park on Saturday,...
Snap o' the Day: Springtime for Robert E. Lee
Published on Apr 20th, 2010
0 comments The General almost seems to tiptoe through the tulips in Lee Park.