One of the city’s most distinct and inexplicable landmarks, Ed Trask’s mural of the “sullen-faced Princess Diana” on the side of a strip joint with spotlights, has been painted over. [via]

Tobacco Avenue rolls back through Shockoe, this time with a visit to Velvet:

“Co-owners of the Velvet nightclub said yesterday that there is nothing in life they appreciate more than driving their Hummers, watching young women take off clothes for money and researching the history of Diana, Princess of Wales - whose mural is plastered across their Main Street-facing brick wall. [...] To help greet the city’s visitors at Main and 15th streets, the men also commissioned a depth perception-handicapped artist to paint a picture of their favorite princess on the side of the gentleman’s club.”