Talk of the Point

You may have noticed the mural going up across West Richmond Ave from Suzhou restaurant. It’s Brian Elder’s WPA-style snapshot of Point history, and by about mid-September it’ll be ours too.

“What would happen if all the hard working, shady and trustworthy and not so hardworking got together and had a bit of a party?,” he […]

N.I.C.E. is down but not out, I’m sure. So I’ve been poking around at sites on business improvement districts, and I’ve found insights here and there.

Here’s one in an article by a consultant, John L. Gann, called “Aspirins for Downtown.” It’s one of several articles.

Downtowns didn’t go downhill because building facades had been modified to […]

Downtown residents received a mailed notice this week about the new liquor license at the Baltic. Things seem to be moving ahead on the reopening.

Oops. A little script was supposed to fire up last week to tell all my thousands, perhaps dozens, of faithful readers that Talk was on vacation in Desolation Wilderness. But it didn’t, stopped by an error on “line 15.”

Talk has taken a rest from coverage of N.I.C.E., and it’s now on to other juicy subjects–such […]

Masquers Playhouse president Bob Goshay is happy now. The theater’s neighbor is acting more neighborly.

Just a week ago, things looked different. That’s about when neighbor Tom Butt, a partner in the next-door landlord, threatened to deny an easement for maintenance.

Tom was peeved that the Masquers had voted against N.I.C.E.–and demanded in a now-infamous email to […]

N.I.C.E. didn’t get anywhere near a majority. Votes against amounted to 70.96 percent, according to the city clerk. Votes in favor amounted to just 20.04 percent. More details soon.

N.I.C.E. lost Tuesday night. N.I.C.E. lost big. I’ll post details any hour now.

In the meantime, we hear from correspondent David Moore, curator of the fine Point Richmond Online. He says of the post-N.I.C.E. period, “This thing is getting to be like the Hatfields and McCoys. I’d like to see the opponents and proponents, as well […]

N.I.C.E. leader Paula Asmus emails tonight that a few “key players” will vote after tomorrow night’s City Council hearing. Earlier today, she emailed supporters asking them to lobby the Council. A yes vote by the city is crucial for N.I.C.E.

Has she rethought her Friday morning analysis? Perhaps her heroic efforts have brought the patient back […]