Mural honors late Richmond rapper Braxton Baker
Mural honors late Richmond rapper Braxton Baker
By: WTVR CBS 6 Web Staff
Posted at 6:49 PM, Jun 05, 2021
and last updated 2021-06-05 18:49:15-04
RICHMOND, Va. A mural honoring the life of a rising rapper who called Richmond home was unveiled Saturday.
Twenty-one-year-old Braxton Baker was living in Atlanta when she died in November.
The Henrico High School graduateâs breakthrough moment came in 2017 with the release of her debut mixtape VERSE(atility). That gained attention from thousands on social media.
J. Ford the Artist painted the mural, which is located on the side of Da Spot recording studio on Brookland Park Boulevard on the cityâs Northside.
First city-funded ‘parklets’ installed to provide public eating spaces
Jonathan Spiers photos)
With demand for outdoor gathering areas increasing along with warmer temperatures, a few more options are becoming available in Richmond through a pilot program that’s replacing on-street parking with pop-up patios.
The city started installing the first of five planned parklets in front of participating restaurants and businesses this week through its “Picnic in a Parklet” program. The prefabricated, fenced-off seating areas provide space for outdoor gathering and to-go dining in roadside parking spaces adjacent to the businesses.
The city purchased the five “StreetDeck” parklets from Montana-based Archatrak for $10,000 apiece. The first two are being installed at Joe’s Inn in the Fan and at Ethiopian restaurant Nile in Church Hill. The locations of the three others have yet to be announced.
Pet Memorial Park, which was founded in 1934 amid controversy, is a 2-acre field of headstones bearing some rather unusual names: Sweet Pea, Skippy, Peanut, Snoopy and Taffy Tu-Tu.
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