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2. Arthur Ashe Boulevard - Wikipedia

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   Arthur Ashe Boulevard is designated as State Route 161, a route promoted in the 1940s and 1950s as an alternate bypass route before the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike and Interstate 95 were built, connecting with U.S. Route 1 north and south of downtown Richmond. In 2019 American artist Kehinde Wiley's outdoor sculpture Rumors of War was erected ...

3. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts - Wikipedia

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   In 2019, Rumors of War was installed on the front lawn of the museum facing Arthur Ashe Boulevard after being displayed in Times Square. In June 2021, the VMFA announced that architectural firm SmithGroup was designing a $190 million expansion of the museum and a renovation of current spaces such as the Evans Court and Leslie Cheek Theater.

4. Monument Avenue - Wikipedia

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   The last remaining statue on Monument Avenue is the Arthur Ashe Monument, memorializing the African-American tennis champion, dedicated in 1996. In the wake of the protests that followed the murder of George Floyd in 2020, the Davis monument was torn down by protestors, while the Lee monument was ordered to be removed by Governor Ralph Northam ...

5. Richmond celebrates formal renaming of Arthur Ashe Boulevard

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7. Virginia Historical Society - Wikipedia

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   Virginia House, situated on a hillside overlooking the James River in Richmond, Virginia, was constructed by Alexander W. Weddell, U.S. ambassador to Spain and Argentina, and his wife, Virginia Weddell, in 1928 from the materials of a 16th-century English manor house previously standing in Warwick. It was a blend of three romantic English Tudor ...

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   A man accused of leaving graffiti stating “White Lives Matter” on the Arthur Ashe statue on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, defended the action to onlookers on June 17.In footage ...

9. First Baptist Church (Richmond, Virginia) - Wikipedia

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   First Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Established in 1780, the church is located on the corner of Monument Avenue and Arthur Ashe Boulevard. As of 2024 the senior minister is the Rev. Dr. Jim Somerville, former pastor of the First Baptist Church of Washington, D.C.