RECLAIMING THE CAVALIER: REBUILDING THE HUNT ROOM FIREPLACE BRICK BY BRICK
By Stacy Parker Inside the ground floor of The Historic Cavalier Hotel and Beach Club, the air feels cool on the skin. The dark, cavernous space smells damp and musty. Sunlight sneaking in through an...
View ArticleRECLAIMING THE CAVALIER: THE ENTRANCE AND PORCHES
By Stacy Parker Among the trickiest challenges of restoring the 1927 hotel: repairing the entranceway’s structural problems while keeping its historical details intact. But when the project is...
View ArticleRECLAIMING THE CAVALIER: ON THE ROOFTOP
By Stacy Parker The roof of the seven-story hotel offers a panoramic view. But it also offers a close-up of its deterioration over time. Years of exposure to the Oceanfront’s elements – windblown...
View ArticleCAVALIER HOTEL GROUNDSKEEPER IS THE KING OF CURB APPEAL IN VIRGINIA BEACH
By Stacy Parker He’s a lawn maestro, a mulch master, the king of curb appeal. Meet Tom Corso, groundskeeper at The Historic Cavalier Hotel and Beach Club on the Hill. For 21 years, Corso has been...
View Article2016 TOP STORIES | 4. HOTELS
By Sandra J Pennecke “If you build it, they will come” is certainly the anticipated mantra with the rise of several new hotels taking shape throughout Hampton Roads in 2016. The city of Virginia...
View ArticleFOR THE CAVALIER, A FACELIFT TRUMPS THE WRECKING BALL DEVELOPER BRUCE...
By Elizabeth Cooper After two decades of replacing outdated oceanfront hotels with upscale, contemporary buildings, developer Bruce L. Thompson is about to take on the biggest project of his life: a...
View ArticleTHOMPSON PROPOSES $200M FOR CAVALIER HOTEL PROJECT
Developer Bruce Thompson unveiled a framework for what he’d like to do with the Historic Cavalier Hotel and Beach Club properties to Virginia Beach city officials Tuesday, setting the stage for...
View ArticleTHE CAVALIER HOTEL ACCEPTED TO NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
The Historic Cavalier Hotel and Beach Club, a Virginia Beach icon, has earned the distinguished honor of being accepted to the National Register of Historic Places. National Register properties are...
View ArticleWHERE TO EAT, STAY, AND PLAY IN VIRGINIA BEACH
While military bases may have put Virginia Beach on modern maps, the city has since outgrown its reputation as a hot spot for sailors on leave. With its population of nearly a half million, several...
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