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African Art Museum (On Hold)


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Having been to the NMAAHC in Washington, D.C., that was an amazing experience. The museum on Hampton's campus is another great one, so if this can be anywhere close to those two museums, Norfolk has a winner on its hands. This sounds very promising, esp. with the UN and National Endowment for the Arts behind it.

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7 hours ago, Cjnfkvb said:

An ugly tower is better than no tower, however the design looks very preliminary.  Hopfully they can make it look better when things become more concrete.  Lets hope that they dont shave off some floors and build the thing out of brick though.

I disagree. An ugly tower is worse than no tower sometimes

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11 hours ago, BFG said:

I went to Engage Norfolk at Norview High today, and there was a table talking about this. According to one of the reps, they hope to break ground this year and complete the project within the next 2-3 years.

They've got a lot of work to do to get to that point. Design Review, Planning Commission, the fact that the city doesn't want to do anything with that land until the casino is finalized. Have they secured financing yet? I'm skeptical. If this thing actually gets off the ground before Gateway, it'll be both ironic and shocking.

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30 minutes ago, HRVA said:

The foundation’s website is no longer accessible so seems likely it’s dead. I wonder whether it was really ever a serious proposal. 

Well, I wonder if they will archive this because of that.

Anyways, I think there was little hope this would actually happen, as much as we wished it would. 

Moreover, I think they were serious about it but it fell through after it lost traction. 

Dang......when will Downtown get another big highrise....:(

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