January 03, 2008
An overwhelming majority of young citizens living in Richmond’s Museum District have never stepped into the very museums of which their neighborhood was named for, a new poll shows.
In addition, the informal study found, the same number of residents have been inside of every Robinson Street restaurant and bar, sometimes on multiple occurrences within the same weekend.
Commissioned by Tobacco Avenue, the poll of nearly 400 residents ages 22 to 34 further explains why nearly 98 percent of those living in the Museum District have never laid eyes upon the hidden treasures that rest between one- and three-tenths of a mile from their homes.
However, the poll said, the same residents can easily rattle off the Happy Hour specials at Metro Grill and Sticky Rice, among other places.
Many local residents seemed to agree with the findings.
“The Civil War one I really like. It looks like Ft. Knox or something with all the marble and flags and the big door out front,” said Kristen Lohmiller, referring to her apartment window view of the memorial building for the United Daughters of the Confederacy. “I’ve got it in the background of this picture of me riding the cannon out front one night on the way back from Bandito’s.”
The poll noted nearly eight in 10 Museum District residents could name just one of the two museums, though most described the longtime city institutions as “the one with the horse statue out front” or “the one with the big yellow crane.”
When the poll asked the same residents to name the Robinson Street bars from north to south, all responded, “Buddy’s, Racine, Metro, Curbside, Carlton’s, Commercial Taphouse, Star-lite,” while the additional two in 10 added “Three Monkey’s” and “Avalon” to the list.
Byron Ames lives with two roommates just off Grove Avenue, within eyeshot of the entrance to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The 31-year-old said that after nearly a decade of living in the area, he is finally becoming a regular at Buddy’s, especially during Sunday night football games.
“We are there every weekend, never fail,” said the art history major, unaware that less than 100 yards away sits the world’s largest public collection of Faberge eggs outside of Russia, available to view for free.
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