Talk of the Point

Here’s Donald Wardlaw, the Bank of Richmond building renovation architect, on my approval of the colors the arrival of Shellie Bourgault’s Hidden City Cafe.

Glad you find the colors more pleasing. I have not had any doubts that they would get better with time. Wait till you see it with Shellie’s restaurant inside. Her place is […]

Astounding news reached me yesterday that not everyone agreed with me on the Bank of Richmond building’s red look. Earlier this month I said I didn’t like it. Now it seems that some people always liked the deep red and also appreciated its historic roots.

Then yesterday the copper cone took shape, and I have to […]

There are quirky parts of street life in the Point that I’m used to. Then there’s the stuff I still have to get used to.

I’ve come to expect the little piles of dry cat food poured by some kind person for the homeless cats. Or the stained glass artist on the corner straining to make […]

There’s a new Web site in town with news of the Point. Now, before you gasp and wonder aloud how in the world the Point can support yet another news site, please listen: I say the more the merrier.

Consider the facts: With 3000 residents, the Point is too small to support a full-time reporter. Yet […]

What’s that paint on the new Bank of Richmond building? Is it primer? Is it a mistake? Is there enough concrete to support it? Whatever it is, I hear it’s not what the Design Review Board approved.

Mark Howe, the developer, says the board did not stipulate any particular colors. But then he intimates that he’s […]