Inspired by a foil-wrapped baked potato the architect consumed at an American Institute of Architects dinner. Each floor is clad in a 555-foot sledge-hammered sheet of aluminum. Name: Enterprise Center, aka Markel Building Location: 5310 Markel Road Year Completed: 1965 Architect: Haig Jamgochian Style: modern Architecture Richmond: Markel Building Google Map All images copyright © […]
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Navy Hill is the name given to a redevelopment scheme for the area east of the Greater Richmond Convention Center, which would encompass at least two dormant Richmond landmarks: Richmond Coliseum and Richmond Light Infantry Blues Armory. Blues Armory, one-time home of the Richmond Light Infantry Blues, was converted to a shopping mall and food
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West Hospital, a 17-story Art Deco landmark-worthy part of VCU Medical Center, is among Richmond’s tallest buildings. The cross-shaped brick tower is also among Richmond’s endangered buildings – Virginia Commonwealth University has tried to have it demolished. Historic preservationists rescued the structure in 2004, but who knows what the future will bring. (Style Weekly “Save
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Richmond’s new City Hall towers over Old City Hall, cater-corner across East Broad and North 10th Streets. The 19-story postmodern high-rise was briefly the city’s tallest building. The original marble and granite facade deteriorated beyond repair. It was replaced in 2003 with an aluminum and granite facade, with windows deeply recessed behind a perimeter of
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Model Tobacco Building, aka Model Tobacco Apartments, is a sleek red brick Art Deco factory built by the United States Tobacco Company in 1940. The long sides, parallel to Richmond Highway (formerly Jefferson Davis Highway) feature six tiers of windows set in grey brick ribbons. At each end, “MODEL TOBACCO” is spelled out in nine-foot-tall
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James Center is a two-square-block complex of three office towers, all interconnected with each other and with the Omni Richmond hotel, and a parking garage. One James Center, Two James Center, and Three James Center all have East Cary Street addresses, though Three James Center actually fronts on East Canal Street. The buildings were extensively
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James Monroe Building, Richmond’s tallest building, sits atop a parking garage and an elevated plaza. A second tower was originally planned for the plaza, but scuttled because of the ‘80s recession. The state-owned building could be demolished soon, because authorities say it is more cost-effective to build new than to modernize the skyscraper. Name: James
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James Madison Building is a 14-story government office building occupied by the Virginia Department of Health. Name: James Madison Building Location: 109 Governor Street Year Completed: 1964 Architect: Hayes, Seay, Mattern & Mattern Style: International Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken October 2019 with Canon 5D Mark iv
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Hotel John Marshall opened in 1929 as “The Finest Hotel in the South,” and for decades reigned as the premier venue for political events. Seven presidents, from FDR to Ronald Reagan, attended functions at the John Marshall. Virginia’s outgoing governor traditionally met the governor-elect at the hotel on inauguration day. In 1985, L. Douglas Wilder
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Berry-Burk Building, once home of Berry-Burk clothiers, has been converted to rental apartments and a ground floor restaurant. The four-story limestone structure has a colorful terra cotta crown and fourth floor, and impressive main entry. As a bonus, the building is cater-corner from the stunning Dominion Energy Center Carpenter Theatre and just four blocks west
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