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This is the second of columnist Edwin Slipek’s two-part feature of prominent local personalities and leaders who passed away in 2023.

Subconsciously most of us know when something is well designed. It works or it doesn’t. It attracts or annoys. It is comfortable or alienating, memorable or forgettable. But good architecture critics, such as Mr. Slipek, help us understand why.

History is not necessarily being rewritten in Richmond, Virginia, but there is a compelling new chapter in the works. The state capital, once the capi

Visitors to Virginia’s capital will find a Monument Avenue devoid of Confederate statues, a lively dining scene featuring more Black-owned restaurants, and exhibitions that take on the city’s complicated past.

In the mind's eye of many locals, the leafy and lively environs of Libbie and Grove avenues is a reassuringly comfortable blend of golf, gastronomy and God. While many take comfort that architectural and social change occurs slowly in such tony enclaves, in Westhampton look again.