Magnolia

The magnolias around the Rotunda will not be removed to accommodate the roof repair, but they still may be doomed.

Rotunda works: Magnolias reprieved, but not out of woods yet

When University architect David Neuman recommended last November that the massive, 100-year-old magnolias surrounding the Rotunda should come down to accommodate a $4.7 million project to replace the roof on the World Heritage site, local tree huggers mobilized. Nearly 4,00
Over 3,000 people signed a petition opposing the removal of the old magnolias that surround the Rotunda.

Rotunda rehab: Good-bye and good-riddance to magnolias?

As UVA gears up to begin a $4.7 million roof replacement project for the Rotunda, part of a planned $50 million restoration of Thomas Jefferson's famous centerpiece on the Lawn, a major visual transformation of the UNESCO World Heritage site (along with Monticello, one of o

Viral video: Somehow Mann has succeeded without one

Former Richmonder Aimee Mann started out in a new-wave band and indulged a few solid alt-rock tendencies on her 1993 solo debut, but she had started down the long road of maturing into a folk-pop songwriter for grown-ups by the time director Paul Thomas Anderson stuffed his
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