See more photos of the proposals to redesign Richmond's Monument Avenue.
Equity Through Perspective
"Equity Through Perspective" suggests expanding green space and building structures to change the elevation of the monuments. Structures like the glass building depicted here would be built around a monument that's been placed at a lower elevation.
Monument Matters
"Monument Matters" proposes removing monuments from their pedestals and placing them all along the avenue instead of just at intersections. Under this plan, plaques would be added to give more information about the historical figure and time period, and the granite pedestals broken down and turned into benches.
Communal Canvas
The team behind "Communal Canvas" depicts monuments with semitransparent screens in front that can have other images projected on them. Their proposal says this will "freeze our shared history."
Funeral Progression
More engagement plan than design proposal, "Funeral Progression" says the city should engage the community to decide how to redesign the avenue -- after removing the monuments from their platforms and having a funeral procession ending at Hollywood Cemetery. It suggests giving the bronze sculptures to museums.
General Disruption
This submission also suggested having public engagement programs in addition to a physical redesign of the avenue. Here they propose allowing community members to temporarily cover the Stonewall Jackson Monument with books to symbolize the disparities children of color face in the U.S. education system.
Light Water Fire
This proposal uses columns of light and founts of fire and water to "incite moments of reflection." It suggests moving the figures themselves to the grounds of the Civil War museum at Tredegar or Hollywood Cemetery.
Learn More
“Monument Avenue: General Demotion/General Devotion” is on display at the Valentine until Dec. 1. A five-person panel will select the remaining finalists and winners of the design contest in November.
There’s also a youth competition that took proposals for a new monument on Monument Avenue from high school students in the region. Submissions from the youth competition are on display at Richmond’s Branch Museum of Architecture and Design.
There’s also a youth competition that took proposals for a new monument on Monument Avenue from high school students in the region. Submissions from the youth competition are on display at Richmond’s Branch Museum of Architecture and Design.