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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

The Rotunda's black socks

Some recent visitors to the Rotunda thought the tops of the capitals were draped in mourning for slain student Yeardley

Snap o' the day: Rotunda under siege

National news media get primo parking in front of UVA's primo landmark.

Snap: Calm before the (big) storm

With a moisture-laden low pressure system hovering off the East Coast, a frigid air mass moving down from Canada, and a whopper of a storm system picking up Gulf moisture as it steadily moves east, the sweet spot of the storm is going to create havoc.
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