Day: May 25, 2010
The Asheville miracle: A startling look at downtown 20 years ago and the folks who transformed it
The Grove Arcade, boarded up and abandoned, before it was renovated in the 1990s. About 200 people attended “The Asheville Miracle: The Revitalization of Downtown,” a presentation sponsored by the Downtown Asheville Residential Neighbors (DARN) on May 25 at Diana Wortham Theatre. Xpress reporter Michael Muller covered the meeting as it took place via Twitter, … Read more
Oh, Portland, losing the BeerCity poll doesn’t require losing your magnanimity
We won. After a hard-fought tie in last year’s annual BeerCity USA poll, there was little doubt about Asheville’s victory this time. At the poll’s close, Asheville had 39.9 percent of the vote, compared to 34.1 percent for rival Portland, Ore. However, that hasn’t reduced the ire of some Portlanders against our fair city.
A picture of the building that now houses the Grove Arcade, looking south down Page Avenue. The corner in the foreground now houses Santé Wine Bar. Photo courtesy of Karen Tessier.Asheville City Council preview: Budget, annexation and gamblin’
It looks to be a long meeting tonight for Asheville City Council, as a public hearing on the much-debated budget, a vote on 12 annexations and new rules for electronic gaming are all on the agenda.
Cranky Hanke’s Weekly Reeler May 26-June 1: Sand, sex and some good stuff, too
Yeah, you got sex in the city and sand in the desert this week. Come to think of it, you’ve got sex in the sand, given that the Sex and the City ladies venture into exotic desert locales for Sex and the City 2. I can’t say I’m all that jazzed about either it or Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, but there are a couple non-mainstream items that more than make up for it.
