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Rotunda works: Magnolias reprieved, but not out of woods yet Published on Apr 26th, 2012 13 comments When University architect David Neuman recommended last November that the massive, 100-year-old magnolias surrounding the Rotunda should come down to accommodate a $4.7 million project to replace the...
Rotunda rehab: Good-bye and good-riddance to magnolias? Published on Nov 28th, 2011 10 comments As UVA gears up to begin a $4.7 million roof replacement project for the Rotunda, part of a planned $50 million restoration of Thomas Jefferson's famous centerpiece on the Lawn, a major visual...
The Rotunda's black socks Published on May 18th, 2010 16 comments Some recent visitors to the Rotunda thought the tops of the capitals were draped in mourning for slain student Yeardley Love. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER Some may have thought the Rotunda was in mourning...
Snap o' the day: Rotunda under siege Published on May 5th, 2010 9 comments National news media get primo parking in front of UVA's primo landmark.
Snap: Calm before the (big) storm Published on Feb 4th, 2010 4 comments With a moisture-laden low pressure system hovering off the East Coast, a frigid air mass moving down from Canada, and a whopper of a storm system picking up Gulf moisture as it steadily moves east,...