Reestablishing the Rhythm at Central National Bank
Patrick Thompson is clearly waiting for something to happen as the tiny darkened elevator car ascends the abandoned Central National Bank tower. And just before Floor 15, the car clangs against the elevator shaft. “There it is,” the project architect says with calm. It’s a jarring feeling when you’re up that high, but he’s used […]
Help Brad Move
RVA in blaze orange is making 14-year-old Brandon “Brad” Farbstein move forward like he has never moved before. Diagnosed with a rare form of dwarfism at the age of 2, Farbstein has not let metatropic dysplasia define who he is or place limits on his dreams. Farbstein’s skeletal condition progresses over time, true to its […]
Friends: 142-Year-Old Gift to Richmond
Former slave Lucy Goode Brooks established the Friends’ Asylum for Colored Orphans in Jackson Ward in 1871 and the work she began continues to this day. With the help of her sewing circle and local religious groups, Brooks provided a home and hope to black children in Richmond who had been orphaned by slavery and […]
By the People. For the People.
A new project, where anyone can write their own stories and thoughts in books that have been repurposed for others to check out, has Richmonders digging out their library cards. Two 2013 VCU graduates have created The People’s Library, taking books headed for the recycling bin and removing pages and shredding the paper to make […]
A Better Way to Deliver
In 2014 Grid is moving forward by exploring better ways to deliver our publication. With a focus on sustainable transportation, we’ve partnered with a number of local businesses to help deliver a portion of our magazines in the coming months. BIORIDE Jeff and Joey Anderson, founders of bioRide, are known as the kind of Richmonders […]
Move Forward
Individually and collectively, Greater Richmond is always moving. This issue of Grid magazine is dedicated to those creating, making, and doing in 2014. It’s dedicated to growing together. To kick things off we went straight to the people making things happen. We asked a handful of makers and doers to share their plans for moving […]
Summit Avenue Rising
Summit Avenue’s coffee shop and its beer brewery alone, Mac Gambill half-jokes, cover two key pillars of his lifestyle these days. Lured to Scott’s Addition by its industrial-turned-mixed use properties and its hip, young professional vibe, the 27-year-old signed a lease at the Ambience Lofts in January. After graduating college in 2010, he moved to […]
A Sign of Change
When we think of painters, two people come to mind. There are those who climb ladders and lay drop cloth to put color on a wall in a home, office building, or some other commercial space. We also think of the artist who expresses himself through canvas and paint. But there are also those who […]
Moving the Region Forward
It’s one thing to set goals. It’s another thing to resolve to carry through on meaningful goals-ones that truly move us forward. Several weeks into 2014, many Richmonders are already breaking or revising the resolutions made for the year ahead. Grid magazine, however, tracked down a handful of Richmonders committed to moving the region forward […]
Isley Brewing Company
You know how you might sit around drinking beers with a buddy and talk about opening a brewery? But you never actually do it, because it’s a crazy idea. And you haven’t even thought about all of the necessary requirements you would need, like taking something like this rsa training melbourne course, as well as […]