Preservation Week 2009 - Preservation and Sustainability: Pieces of the Same Puzzle
The Piedmont Area Preservation Alliance and Preservation Piedmont cordially invite you to a week's worth of educational, entertaining, and fascinating lectures, walking tours, and seminars by national and local experts. Visit www.preservationweek.com for further details.
Historic Carousel Donated to the Virginia Discovery Museum
Fred W Scott Jr. of Bundoran Farm, North Garden, VA has recently donated this historic carousel to the Virginia Discovery Museum. It features six painted aluminum horses, beautifully restored by artist Kathy Peace Bland. The horses are 1910 Mangell�s castings from an Illions carving, Marcus Illions is one of the best-known carvers of carousel animals. According to the appraiser, Materson Gurr Johns Inc. (New York and London), �this is the last known kiddy carousel in this country of its type�. The carousel revolves, but the horses do not go up and down. The carousel features a colorful rounding board and fabric canopy with finial. The carousel is approximately 9 � ft across and 8 � ft high. The carousel is being sponsored by a generous gift from the Charlottesville Parking Center, Inc.
Monticello now sell advance tickets for House Tours, Montalto Tours, and Signature Tours scheduled for this year. If you are planning to visit Monticello between June 14 and the end of 2006, they recommend you make your reservation in advance. Advance tickets can be purchased only through their online ticket service with a credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express). Advance tickets cannot be purchased by mail.
Online Ticket Service
All visitors, regardless of age, must have a ticket to take a tour.
Monticello: Friday evening Signature Tours to begin April 21, 2006
Ticket reservations are now available for Monticello�s evening Signature Tours, which offer visitors an intimate view of Thomas Jefferson�s mountaintop home at a relaxed pace. The tours will be conducted at 6:30 p.m. every Friday from April 21 through Sept. 8.
Signature Tours, which are limited to a maximum of 20 people, feature parking on the mountaintop; an hour-long guided tour of Monticello that includes the rooms on the main floor of the house, the third-floor Dome Room, and the cellar-level dependencies; an orientation visit to Mulberry Row, the center of African-American life on the plantation; and ample time to stroll the scenic gardens and grounds. The tour is not handicapped-accessible
Tickets for Signature Tours are $35 per person; no discounts apply. Ticket reservations must be made in advance with a credit card by calling (434) 984-9822. There is a limit of six tickets per purchaser. Cancellations will be accepted and the purchase price refunded with 48-hour notice.
Additional information about Friday evening Signature Tours can be obtained by calling (434) 984-9822 or by visiting the Web site monticello.org.
Contact:
Monticello
Address:
Post Office Box 316
City:
Charlottesville
State:
VA
Zip:
22902
Phone:
(434) 984-9822
Location:
Charlottesville
New Hilton Garden Inn�
C-ville Suites, LLC, a Staunton, VA based multi-brand hotel company, has announced the groundbreaking of a new Hilton Garden Inn� hotel located at Peter Jefferson Place in Charlottesville, VA. Scheduled to open in November, 2006, this upscale mid-priced property will feature 124 guestrooms offering complimentary high-speed Internet access and secure guest remote printing; the Garden Sleep SystemTM; Herman Miller MirraTM chair; 26� Philips high definition flat screen television and innovative clock that allows guests to play their MP3 or portable CD player; 1800 square feet of flexible meeting space with high-tech capabilities; a 24-hour complimentary business center; a workout facility; indoor swimming pool and whirlpool; a full-service restaurant; and an on-site guest laundry facility.
According to Scott Goldenberg, partner in the development company, �C-ville Suites, LLC chose Peter Jefferson Place due to the quality of its businesses and continued growth of Martha Jefferson Hospital. We are looking forward to joining the fine businesses at Peter Jefferson Place as well as being an active part of the Charlottesville/Albemarle community.�
Peter Jefferson Place (Pantops) in Charlottesville, VA
U.Va.'s John Paul Jones Arena
Slated for an unofficially open in August 2006, the construction of the John Paul Jones Arena and the future home of Virginia Cavaliers basketball is on schedule. The completed arena will have 15,000 seats, be the largest basketball arena in the ACC, and will match the University's architecture, complete with red bricks and white columns.
Another Charlottesville icon, the Dave Matthews Band, will highlight the grand opening of the John Paul Jones Arena in September 2006. In addition to UVa's men's and women's basketball games, the arena will host concerts, ice shows, and other events. (phone: (434) 243-4957; www.johnpauljonesarena.com)
To ease traffic in the area, the North Grounds Connector Road was built in conjunction with the arena. The road is a half-mile long and feeds into Massie Road from the eastbound lanes of the 250 bypass (Departing traffic may on go east bound on the 250 bypass).
Contact:
www.johnpauljonesarena.com
Address:
PO Box 400862
City:
Charlottesville
State:
VA
Zip:
22904
Phone:
(434) 243-4957
Location:
Massie Road across from University Hall
Free Speech Monument
Currently under construction, the Free Speech Monument conceived by the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression will serve as both a commemoration and forum for free expression. The monument itself will consist of a community chalkboard composed of Buckingham slate on a concrete wall, an inscription of the First Amendment, and a podium. Until the monument is dedicated in fall of 2005, a community chalkboard online can be found at the Thomas Jefferson Center's website.
Contact:
http://www.tjcenter.org/monument/cover.html
City:
Charlottesville,
State:
VA
Location:
Across the street from City Hall between the east end of the downtown mall and the Pavilion
Fridays After Five and the Charlottesville Pavilion
The fun starts on Friday afternoon�s in the Pavilion beginning at 5:30pm. All FAF events are rain or shine and they are FREE to attend!
The Friday's After Five series of concerts continues as a favorite Charlottesville summertime tradition. The schedule features primarily local and regional artists performing a wide range of musical styles, from rock and blues to salsa and reggae. This is a fun, free community event for the whole family and a great way to start your summer weekends.
As in prior years, there will be food and beverage for sale at the events. The profits will go to benefit a variety local non-profit groups that provide volunteers to staff the events.
Newly remodeled, the Comfort Inn - Monticello is conveniently located near both the heart of Charlottesville and Jefferson's home of Monticello. It boasts features such as comfortable and relaxing rooms, a beautiful outdoor pool, a complimentary executive continental breakfast, and free access to high-speed internet in guest room and meeting rooms.
The Comfort Inn - Monticello also has state of the art features that can make your meeting or social function go smoothly and accommodates groups of 10-200.
Contact:
http://www.comfortinn-charlottesville.com/
Address:
2097 Inn Drive
City:
Charlottesville
State:
VA
Zip:
22911
Phone:
(434) 977-3300
Location:
Route 250 East and I-64, Exit 124
Paramount Theater
The historic Paramount Theater a Charlottesville landmark built in 1931 offers a wide variety of live art performances. Check their website for performance schedule.
On November 25, 1931, The Paramount Theater of Charlottesville, Virginia opened its doors as one of the last grand "movie palaces" during the golden age of cinema. With its exceptional sight lines and astounding acoustics, The Paramount Theater became a landmark and an integral part of Central Virginia's community life over the next four decades.
Designed by the Chicago architectural firm of Rapp & Rapp, and built by Percival Hunter Faulconer and Hollis Rinehart, The Paramount Theater was contextual to the community, an homage to Thomas Jefferson in his hometown. The art deco style, typical of 1930s movie theaters, was abandoned. The Paramount boasts a stately Georgian fa�ade, elegant lobby, magnificent chandeliers, classical seat decoration, 18th-century style colonial scenes painted on silk panels and an ornate auditorium.
The Paramount thrived through the depression era finally closing its doors on June 30, 1974. It is the last historical Paramount Theater still standing in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Located at the very heart of Charlottesville's Downtown Mall, The Paramount Theater was threatened with demolition in the late 80s and early 90s, by developers who planned to build a parking garage or retail/office building on its site.
In 1992, a group of community leaders purchased The Paramount Theater and founded The Paramount Theater, Inc. Following eighteen months of renovation and expansion, the fully restored Paramount Theater now once again welcomes the public for host of national acclaimed performance through the year.
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