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LGBTQ bar. Opened. 1979. Babes of Carytown is an LGBTQ friendly bar, founded in 1979 as a lesbian bar, and located in Richmond, Virginia. [1][2][3] It is known for its beach volleyball court, live music, and drag shows. [4][5][6] It is Richmond's only lesbian-focused bar, and one of only thirty-three remaining in the country. [7]
The Block is an area in Richmond, Virginia, United States that from the 1940s to the late 1970s hosted an underground gay culture and community, with several bars and venues.
The name "slip" refers to the canal boat slips nearby where goods were loaded and unloaded. Shockoe Slip became developed as a commercial and entertainment district in the 1970s. The nightlife district came just after Richmond passed liquor-by-the-drink laws, and when the so-called fern bar became popular across the United States. The rough ...
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La Dolce Vita. Beverly Hills. A taste of the good life comes in many forms at La Dolce Vita. Sure, there’s the hearty Italian red-sauce fare coming from the kitchen—a bone-in veal Parmesan ...
Shockoe Bottom. Shockoe Bottom historically known as Shockoe Valley, is an area in Richmond, Virginia, just east of downtown, along the James River. Located between Shockoe Hill and Church Hill, Shockoe Bottom contains much of the land included in Colonel William Mayo 's 1737 plan of Richmond, making it one of the city's oldest neighborhoods.
Designated VLR. December 2, 1997; September 17, 2009 [2] The Grace Street Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located in Richmond, Virginia. The district encompasses 93 contributing buildings located in downtown Richmond. The buildings reflect the core of the city's early 20th-century retail development and the remnants ...
Fan District. The Fan is a district of Richmond, Virginia, so named because of the "fan" shape of the array of streets that extend west from Belvidere Street, on the eastern edge of Monroe Park, westward to Arthur Ashe Boulevard. However, the streets rapidly resemble a grid after they go through what is now Virginia Commonwealth University.