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	<title>River District News &#187; Shockoe Bottom</title>
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	<description>News and events in Richmond&#039;s River District - Shockoe Slip, Shockoe Bottom, Manchester, Tobacco Row, Rocketts.</description>
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		<title>Gone to the Birds returns to Shockoe on Saturday</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2010/07/27/gone-to-the-birds-returns-to-shockoe-on-saturday/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2010/07/27/gone-to-the-birds-returns-to-shockoe-on-saturday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gone to the Birds Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shockoe Bottom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The birds are back! Richmond will again play home to one of the most unique birding events in the United States as it hosts the 3rd annual Gone to the Birds Festival on Saturday, July 31. Gone to the Birds takes place at and adjacent to the 17th Street Farmers’ Market from 6-9PM. On Monday, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Shockoe Tomato Festival</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2010/07/07/2010-shockoe-tomato-festival/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2010/07/07/2010-shockoe-tomato-festival/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[17th Street Farmer's Market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shockoe Bottom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shockoe Tomato Festival]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The 2010 Shockoe Tomato Festival will be Saturday, July 24, 2010 from 11AM-4:00PM. More TBA.]]></description>
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		<title>Man sought in Franklin Street robbery</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2010/06/23/armed-robber-sought-in-franklin-street-robbery/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2010/06/23/armed-robber-sought-in-franklin-street-robbery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shockoe Bottom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Richmond Police are seeking a man wanted in connection with the armed robbery of a man and a woman just before 1AM on Friday, June 18, in the 1700 block of East Franklin Street. Anyone with any information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (804)780-1000.]]></description>
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		<title>The end of Alley Katz?</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2010/06/04/alley-katz-locks-their-doors/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2010/06/04/alley-katz-locks-their-doors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RVANews-news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alley Katz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shockoe Bottom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Richmond Playlist is reporting that Alley Katz may have closed their doors due to tax problems.]]></description>
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		<title>Shockoe Bottom &#8220;taken over by the barbarian hoards at night&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2010/05/31/shockoe-bottom-taken-over-by-the-barbarian-hoards-at-night/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2010/05/31/shockoe-bottom-taken-over-by-the-barbarian-hoards-at-night/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 11:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RVANews-news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shockoe Bottom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Via the RTD, a video uploaded to YouTube 2 weeks ago shows the after-hours environment along 17th Street: Shockoe Bottom in Richmond, VA has received a lot of press lately because of violence erupting after local hip-hop clubs close at night. We&#8217;ve dealt with this issue for years, and it finally drove us out of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Petersburg man killed in Shockoe Bottom</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2010/05/09/shooting-on-grace-street/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2010/05/09/shooting-on-grace-street/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 14:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reshawn Thurman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shockoe Bottom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Early rumors of more violence in Shockoe Bottom have proven to be true: Richmond Police investigators have identified the man found shot to death early this morning as Reshawn Devon Thurman, 28, of the 1100 block of Hinton Street in Petersburg. Officers received a call for shots fired at 2 a.m. and found Thurman at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A walk through the oldest part of Richmond</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2010/03/29/a-walk-through-the-oldest-part-of-richmond/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2010/03/29/a-walk-through-the-oldest-part-of-richmond/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[history]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Urban Scale Richmond]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Urban Scale Richmond &#8220;took the opportunity of spring-like weather last week to explore the urban fabric of the oldest part of Richmond&#8221;, observing that &#8220;a pedestrian&#8217;s view of the city brought home the geographic, historic, and architectural complexity of the neighborhood.&#8221; The detailed walk&#038;look makes the connections between what we have and how it got [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shamrock the Block set for March 13</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2010/02/03/shamrock-the-block-set-for-march-13/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2010/02/03/shamrock-the-block-set-for-march-13/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[calendar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shamrock the Block]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shamrock the Block 2010, Richmond&#8217;s biggest St. Patrick&#8217;s Day bash, is set for March 13 from noon-6PM at the 17th Street Farmer&#8217;s Market: bands, food, crafts, fun for the kids and of course, beers.]]></description>
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		<title>David Turner&#8217;s paintings of Shockoe Bottom</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2009/10/15/david-turners-paintings-of-shockoe-bottom/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2009/10/15/david-turners-paintings-of-shockoe-bottom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Turner]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out David Turner&#8217;s amazing Shockoe Bottom paintings 2003-2007.]]></description>
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		<title>Shockoe Bottom businesses sue city for $31 million</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2009/08/28/shockoe-bottom-businesses-sue-city-for-31-million/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2009/08/28/shockoe-bottom-businesses-sue-city-for-31-million/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jacqui</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RVANews-news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hurricane Gaston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shockoe Bottom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The disaster was not the rainfall from Gaston, but the city’s handling of the infrastructure. According to a lawsuit filed by Shockoe Bottom business owners against the city, the city&#8217;s mismanagement of its infrastructure prior to Hurricane Gaston increased the severity of damages to their businesses. The business owners are seeking $250 million in damages and $350,000 for [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Suit for Every Man</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2009/08/09/a-suit-for-every-man/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2009/08/09/a-suit-for-every-man/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 10:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RVANews-news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shockoe Bottom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From a 1928 issue of the East End Press.]]></description>
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		<title>Richmond Police Cameras are Recording You 24 Hours a Day in Shockoe Bottom</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2009/08/06/richmond-police-cameras-are-recording-you-24-hours-a-day-in-shockoe-bottom/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2009/08/06/richmond-police-cameras-are-recording-you-24-hours-a-day-in-shockoe-bottom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shockoe Bottom]]></category>

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		<slash:comments>44</slash:comments>
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		<title>Franklin St (1965)</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2009/04/23/franklin-st-1965/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2009/04/23/franklin-st-1965/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jacqui</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RVANews-news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shockoe Bottom]]></category>

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		<title>Unsolicited mixed-use proposal for 17th Street Farmers&#8217; Market</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2009/04/16/unsolicited-mixed-use-proposal-for-17th-street-farmers-market/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2009/04/16/unsolicited-mixed-use-proposal-for-17th-street-farmers-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RVANews-news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[17th Street Farmer's Market]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A mixed-use design proposal for the 17th Street Market Place by Jocelyn Testes-Harder.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Shamrock the Block 2009!</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2009/03/23/shamrock-the-block-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2009/03/23/shamrock-the-block-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RVANews-news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[17th Street Farmer's Market]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get yr belated St.Patrick&#8217;s Day on at Shamrock the Block 2009 @ 17th Street Farmers’ Market this Saturday from noon–6pm. Free admission! This year’s festival plans on putting the “rock” back in shamrock. Starting at noon, several of Richmond’s favorite local bands are set to take center stage along with plenty of green and golden [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Modern Atelier&#8217;s hand-crafted perfumes hit the right note</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2009/03/23/modern-ateliers-hand-crafted-perfumes-hit-the-right-note/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2009/03/23/modern-ateliers-hand-crafted-perfumes-hit-the-right-note/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RVANews-news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[17th Street Farmer's Market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manchester]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Modern Atelier, Richmond&#8217;s most local parfumeur, has a entire line of hand-crafted scents inspired by settings within walking distance. The closest of their Richmond-wide assortment of scents: Shockoe Bottom &#8211; This begins with a sweet, musky blend of violet sugar, soft vanilla musk, and hints of Chambord. The perfect sweet/sexy scent for a night out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Princess Di, still gone</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2009/01/16/princess-di-still-gone/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2009/01/16/princess-di-still-gone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jacqui</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RVANews-news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Princess Di]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Velvet]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It has been over a year since one of Shockoe Bottom&#8217;s most defining features has been painted over.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>pushing for a stadium in Shockoe (again?)</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/09/24/pushing-for-a-stadium-in-shockoe-again/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/09/24/pushing-for-a-stadium-in-shockoe-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RVANews-news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shockoe Bottom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The RTD is reporting that 2009 will likely be the year without baseball and that some folks are still pushing for a new stadium in Shockoe Bottom: Richmond Mayor L. Douglas Wilder this week suggested that the area in which The Diamond is located may no longer be the best site for a baseball stadium. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Where is Shockoe Bottom headed?</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/07/24/where-is-shockoe-bottom-headed/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/07/24/where-is-shockoe-bottom-headed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[real estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hurricane Gaston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shockoe Bottom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Richmond Biz Sense takes a looks the state of business in Shockoe Bottom in today&#8217;s Shockoe Bottom-ing out?. Despite finding a retail vacancy rate of around 23%, the post puts forth the idea that this is an area finally on the way back from the ravages of Gaston in 2004. The article fails to mention [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zuppa is soupa!</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/06/25/zupa-is-soupa/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/06/25/zupa-is-soupa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[restaurants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daniel Neman]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking for a good lunch? Daniel Neman at the RTD says try Zuppa, you&#8217;ll like it: The Thai Chicken Noodle ($3 a cup, $5 a bowl) is a hearty blend redolent of lemongrass and, one assumes, fish sauce and maybe galangal, a Thai relative of ginger. It is the perfect accompaniment to any cool or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the many and the good</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/05/16/the-many-and-the-good/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/05/16/the-many-and-the-good/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 19:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[restaurants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Halligan Bar & Grill]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The RTD&#8217;s New restaurants boomin&#8217; in Bottom takes note of all of the activity in Shockoe Bottom and gives props to LuLu&#8217;s, The Halligan Bar &#038; Grill, Alex&#8217;s Thai Cuisine, the soon-to-open Sheba Restaurant &#038; Lounge (this weekend?!?), Julep&#8217;s New Southern Cuisine, and GlobeHopper Coffee House &#038; Lounge.]]></description>
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		<title>Sheba opens this weekend!</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/05/15/sheba-opens-this-weekend/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/05/15/sheba-opens-this-weekend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 00:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Word has it that Sheba, Shockoe Bottom’s new Ethiopian restaurant, will be opening sometime this weekend. Sheba is located at 9 North 17th Street at the Farmers Market.]]></description>
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		<title>dishing on LuLu&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/05/09/dishing-on-lulus/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/05/09/dishing-on-lulus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 11:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[restaurants]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In addition to being known for their food, the folks at LuLu&#8217;s can take the crown as the city&#8217;s most reviewed restaurant in the past 6 months or so. The most recent visit was by freelancer Ginger Warder for richmond.com who comes out swinging, saying of the food that &#8220;I would have been more satisfied [...]]]></description>
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		<title>first annual National Train Day @ Main Street Station</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/05/08/first-annual-national-train-day-main-street-station/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/05/08/first-annual-national-train-day-main-street-station/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 15:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RVANews-news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Main Street Station]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[To raise awareness of the vital role rail plays in our nation’s transportation system, the City of Richmond will join Amtrak and other partner organizations in celebrating the first annual National Train Day in a public event at Main Street Station on Saturday, May 10 at 9:30AM. Media and the public are encouraged to attend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shockoe Bottom Neighborhood cleanup on Saturday</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/05/01/shockoe-bottom-neighborhood-cleanup-on-saturday/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/05/01/shockoe-bottom-neighborhood-cleanup-on-saturday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 10:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RVANews-news]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Come out this Saturday for the Spring Shockoe Bottom Neighborhood cleanup! Meet at 8AM @ the River City Diner, 7 North 17th Street. Complimentary coffee will be provided. Last fall’s event was a noticeable success for the neighborhood with over 65 bags of debris collected. Expect to help your neighbors rid our streets parking lots [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shockoe Bottom Neighborhood Meeting @ Sheba Ethiopian Restaurant</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/04/20/shockoe-bottom-neighborhood-meeting-sheba-ethiopian-restaurant/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/04/20/shockoe-bottom-neighborhood-meeting-sheba-ethiopian-restaurant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RVANews-news]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business owners, residents, and neighbors are invited to the April meeting of the Shockoe Bottom Neighborhood Association to be held Monday April 21st at 5:30 pm. This month’s meeting will be held at the soon-to-open Sheba Ethiopian Restaurant located at 9 North 17th Street at the Farmers Market. Topics to include: * A rezoning presentation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>a unique public space (and very Richmond)</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/04/15/a-unique-public-space-and-very-richmond/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/04/15/a-unique-public-space-and-very-richmond/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A piece by Edwin Slipek Jr. in this week&#8217;s Style Weekly, Our Lady of Perpetual Boxcars, takes a look at the design and effect of public space of The Plaza at Main Street Station. A public space has been created from which one can enjoy intriguing, under-appreciated vistas of the surrounding, mostly late-19th-century urban landscape. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Walk Score</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/03/29/walk-score/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/03/29/walk-score/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RVANews-news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manchester]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richmond Business &#038; Commercial News reminded us about Walk Score, a site that “calculates the walkability of an address by locating nearby stores, restaurants, schools, parks, etc.”, part of an effort to recognize the benefits to our health, the environment, and our communities of living in walkable neighborhoods. This site puts a number on how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dill Building reborn</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/03/17/dill-building-reborn/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/03/17/dill-building-reborn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[real estate]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Dill Building at 21st and Franklin Streets was built in 1854, a decade that saw &#8220;the greatest years of factory-expansion prior to the Civil War&#8221;. Built as a tobacco factory for a company run by Joseph G. Dill, the upper stories were removed in 1941 after a fire. Emerson Construction has worked to bring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5th Annual Shamrock the Block</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/03/15/5th-annual-shamrock-the-block/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/03/15/5th-annual-shamrock-the-block/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[arts&entertainment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time of the year and spring fever is kicking in! What better way to kick off the season then hanging out with your friends St. Patrick&#8217;s Day weekend as we put the &#8220;Rock&#8221; back in Shamrock. This all ages event will feature live music from classic rock favorites The Georgia Satellites and new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shockoe Bottom Neighborhood Association meeting set for 3/17</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/03/14/shockoe-bottom-neighborhood-association-meeting-set-for-317/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/03/14/shockoe-bottom-neighborhood-association-meeting-set-for-317/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RVANews-news]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This months Shockoe Bottom Neighborhood Association meeting has been set for 5:30PM on Monday, March 17 @ The Old City Bar. There might be guests regarding two zoning issues; more info at the meeting. This neighborhood association is open to all neighbors: renters, owners, residents, employees, business owners, property owners, etc.]]></description>
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		<title>Shockoe Bottom drainage improvements</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/02/27/shockoe-bottom-drainage-improvements/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/02/27/shockoe-bottom-drainage-improvements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mayor Wilder today announced the completion of Phase I of infrastructure upgrades in Shockoe Bottom. From the city&#8217;s press release from the event: Whereas before the system could only handle a small amount of intense rain before causing flooding, it can now handle a 25 year storm event (or about 3&#8243; of rain in an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>making Shockoe Bottom better</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/02/26/making-shockoe-bottom-better/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/02/26/making-shockoe-bottom-better/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The public is invited to join Mayor Wilder in announcing the completion of Phase I of infrastructure upgrades in Shockoe Bottom. Wednesday Feb.27 @11AM at Main Street Station.]]></description>
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		<title>a stabbing on 18th Street 10 years ago&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/02/26/a-stabbing-on-18th-street-10-years-ago/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/02/26/a-stabbing-on-18th-street-10-years-ago/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sam Moore]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A reader with a good memory reminded us how Velvet&#8217;s Sam Moore earned his teardrop tattoo back in 1998: Moore initially faced murder charges (later reduced to manslaughter) in the fatal stabbing of Stephen Hendricks in a steetfight that erupted at 18th and Main on May 25, 1998.]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopian restaurant for 17th Street</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/02/17/ethiopian-restaurant-and-lounge-coming-17th-street/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/02/17/ethiopian-restaurant-and-lounge-coming-17th-street/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[restaurants]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An eagle-eyed reader sent us a photo of the accidentally exposed marquee at the former Wildcats/Moondance location (9 North 17th Street). Yummy!]]></description>
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		<title>apartments and retail @ 15th and Cary?</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/02/17/apartments-and-retail-15th-and-cary/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/02/17/apartments-and-retail-15th-and-cary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[real estate]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Surrounded by chain link and building supplies, it looks like the long-decrepit 4-story building at 15th and Cary has some serious fixin&#8217; up in its immediate future. Chatter at Richmond City Watch says that this building and the building directly behind it will be a mix of apartments and retail, with a target completion date [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heavy Flooding at Richmond (2/17/1899)</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/02/17/heavy-flooding-at-richmond-2171899/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/02/17/heavy-flooding-at-richmond-2171899/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[history]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the New York Times&#8217; recently opened archive comes an account of flooding in Rockett&#8217;s, Shockoe, and Manchester before the turn of the last century: The rush of the increased volume of water and ice from the upper James River [...] has resulted in in one of the heaviest floods ever known here. The wharves [...]]]></description>
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		<title>on the Slave Trail</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/02/16/on-the-slave-trail/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/02/16/on-the-slave-trail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lumpkin's Jail]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richmond&#8217;s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities is offering guided walks on the Slave Trail every Saturday in February at 9:30AM. The walks are led by the department&#8217;s James River Park System staff and cost $5 per person. I got up and out early this past Saturday to experience this for myself&#8230; The trail [...]]]></description>
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		<title>17th and Franklin (1965)</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/02/16/17th-and-franklin-1965/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/02/16/17th-and-franklin-1965/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
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		<title>sibling rivalry in Shockoe</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/02/05/sibling-rivalry-in-shockoe/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/02/05/sibling-rivalry-in-shockoe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[restaurants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LuLu's]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Word of Mouths in this week&#8217;s Style takes on LuLu&#8217;s and comes away with much praise: LuLu’s hits this mark as well as Millie&#8217;s does, and at a lower price point (the menu tops out at $17). Servers know the menu and specials, the wine list, the chefs and cooks, and what can and can’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OK Bird, The Great White Jenkins, Cold Toastestra @ Cafe Gutenberg</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/01/26/ok-bird-the-great-white-jenkins-cold-toastestra-cafe-gutenberg/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/01/26/ok-bird-the-great-white-jenkins-cold-toastestra-cafe-gutenberg/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK Bird, The Great White Jenkins, Cold Toastestra @ Cafe Gutenberg January 27 @ 8PM. The OK Bird is the music of Adam Thompson, guitar/keys/vocals, accompanied by Taylor Burton on cello/guitar/vocals, Tyler Newbold on viola/bass/vocals, Feet on percussion.]]></description>
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		<title>on the National &amp; State Historic Registers</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/01/23/on-the-national-state-historic-registers/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/01/23/on-the-national-state-historic-registers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The listing of National &#038; State Historic Registers for Richmond includes information about the Shockoe Valley and Tobacco Row Historic District (PDF), Shockoe Slip Mason&#8217;s Hall (PDF), the Manchester Industrial Historic District, the Manchester Residential and Commercial Historic District (PDF), Southern Stoveworks (Manchester), and even Belle Isle (PDF). Top photo is from the Manchester Industrial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SBNA monthly meeting tonight</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/01/21/sbna-monthly-meeting-tonight/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/01/21/sbna-monthly-meeting-tonight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please join the Shockoe Bottom Neighborhood Association for the monthly meeting tonight at 5:30PM @ Bottoms Up Pizza (upstairs). This neighborhood association is open to all neighbors: renters, owners, residents, employees, business owners, property owners, etc. These meetings are where your voices will be heard. Please participate in making Shockoe Bottom a better place to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 great reviews of LuLu&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/01/19/3-great-reviews-of-lulus/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/01/19/3-great-reviews-of-lulus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[restaurants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dana Craig]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The good words about the good food at LuLu&#8217;s keep rolling in: A site for your cheating palate from the RTD&#8217;s Dana Craig, Good brunch at Lulu&#8217;s at CHOW HOUND, and more in Richmond.com&#8217;s food column Dish.]]></description>
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		<title>Halligan Bar opens tomorrow</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/01/16/halligan-bar-opens-wednesday/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/01/16/halligan-bar-opens-wednesday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Halligan Bar & Grill]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Halligan Bar and Grill (3 North 17th Street) opens Thursday. That fire truck looks truly awesome when peeking though the window, can&#8217;t wait to get inside&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>light rail from Shockoe to Short Pump, maybe</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/01/11/light-rail-from-shockoe-to-short-pump-eventually/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/01/11/light-rail-from-shockoe-to-short-pump-eventually/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[government]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The city is working on &#8220;a fast-paced bus service to run from Shockoe Bottom and downtown Richmond to Willow Lawn&#8221;, with plans to extend the route to Short Pump. Sheila Hill-Christian, Richmond&#8217;s chief administrative officer, said that this line will be &#8220;a precursor to light rail development, which is so strongly needed.&#8221; [via]]]></description>
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		<title>Princess Di, gone again&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/01/10/princess-di-gone-again/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/01/10/princess-di-gone-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RVANews-news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Princess Di]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the city&#8217;s most distinct and inexplicable landmarks, Ed Trask&#8217;s mural of the &#8220;sullen-faced Princess Diana&#8221; on the side of a strip joint with spotlights, has been painted over. [via]]]></description>
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		<title>Sterling Row as good urban infill</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/01/08/sterling-row-as-good-urban-infill/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/01/08/sterling-row-as-good-urban-infill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:07:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[real estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shockoe Bottom]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Edwin Slipek Jr.&#8217;s Space Solution in this week&#8217;s issue of Style takes on Richmond&#8217;s plague of surface parking lots, calling them &#8220;unsightly and underproducing spreads of real estate are scar tissue resulting from the demolition of the city&#8217;s historic fabric throughout the years&#8221;, and lauds the Sterling Row Condominiums for the inner parking courtyard and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>flooding on Main Street over the years</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/01/07/flooding-on-main-street-over-the-years/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/01/07/flooding-on-main-street-over-the-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 23:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[history]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking east from the corner of 14th and East Main Streets in 1886. Looking west towards the Main Street Station (1901). From the steps of the Main Street Station (1901). From the Main Street Station (1924). 17th and East Main Streets, 1980s. Photos #1, #3, &#038; #4 from The Experience of a Century by Davenport [...]]]></description>
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		<title>open gym at Richmond Balance Jan.1</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2007/12/30/open-gym-at-richmond-balance-jan1/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2007/12/30/open-gym-at-richmond-balance-jan1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2007 12:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You are invited to an open gym day on January 1st at Richmond Balance. Start the new year off right and stop by Richmond Balance for a free workout with their personal trainers.]]></description>
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		<title>Hummers, naked women, Princess Diana</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2007/12/29/hummers-naked-women-princess-diana/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2007/12/29/hummers-naked-women-princess-diana/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 13:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[arts&entertainment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tobacco Avenue rolls back through Shockoe, this time with a visit to Velvet: &#8220;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 &#8211; whose mural is plastered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>bus station to remain on Boulevard</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2007/12/22/bus-station-to-remain-on-boulevard/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2007/12/22/bus-station-to-remain-on-boulevard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Dec.20-22nd issue of the Richmond Free Press is reporting that Greyhound has decided to not move its bus station from North Boulevard to the little used Main Street Station, a decision which potentially &#8220;short-circuits the city&#8217;s efforts to turn the Shockoe Bottom station into a multi-modal transit operation&#8221;.]]></description>
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		<title>Shockoe Bottom Neighborhood Meeting</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2007/12/17/shockoe-bottom-neighborhood-meeting-2/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2007/12/17/shockoe-bottom-neighborhood-meeting-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Shockoe Bottom Neighborhood Association is open to all neighbors: renters, owners, residents, employees, business owners, property owners, etc and happens every 3rd Monday at a different and virtually unknowable location.]]></description>
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		<title>Have you seen the light?</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2007/12/14/have-you-seen-the-light/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2007/12/14/have-you-seen-the-light/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RVANews-news]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Visible from interstates 64 and 95, the twin spotlights at Velvet beckon to the lonely traveller seeking a &#8220;$4 steak, potato, and lapdance lunch&#8221;.]]></description>
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		<title>Halligan Bar &amp; Grill coming to 17th Street</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2007/11/14/halligan-bar-grill-coming-to-17th-street/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2007/11/14/halligan-bar-grill-coming-to-17th-street/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[restaurants]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Style Weekly had the word about the new restaurant/bar, Halligan Bar &#038; Grill, that is going into the space at 3 North 17th Street that used to be the Kitchen Table. The project of Henrico firefighter Shawn Gregory, the only restaurant in town with 1/2 of a firetruck as the bar will be open for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LuLu&#8217;s opens the doors</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2007/11/11/lulus-opens-the-doors/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2007/11/11/lulus-opens-the-doors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Style Weekly has a piece on the launch of LuLu&#8217;s, the new restaurant at 21 North 17th Street by Millie&#8217;s owner Paul Keevil and long-time chef Steve Jurina. LuLu&#8217;s is open for lunch and dinner Tuesday-Saturday and Sunday brunch.]]></description>
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