February 2020 - Page 6 of 6 - Chadds Ford Live

Otto’s to go double-decker parking

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on February 4, 2020

Otto's BMW wants to use double-decker parking for some of its inventory. Birmingham Township supervisors will decide whether or not to approve the request in March.

Otto’s BMW in Birmingham Township wants to add a little more inventory parking and is planning to go double-decker. The dealership went before the township Board of Supervisors Monday night to get conditional use approval to install 19 double-decker parking units to take the place of 21 current employee parking spaces. Those spaces are against a retaining wall at the rear of the building. Otto’s…

Posted by Constance McBride on February 4, 2020

Read more about the article Art Live: Love is in the air

"Drift" by Dennis Beach at The Art Trust

In February we celebrate love, and several venues are featuring works about love this month. The Art Trust Gallery at Meridian Bank in West Chester opens this Friday Feb. 7th with a new exhibition that is all about a love for nature. “Shades of Gray” features artists Leah Wells, Roderick Hidalgo and Dennis Beach. Wells is obviously inspired by nature and our connection to it.…

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on February 4, 2020

Days of Yore

Old farm equipment sits idle amid overgrowth outside an unkempt barn.

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on February 3, 2020

Read more about the article Adopt-a-Pet Feb. 3

The following animals are ready to be adopted from the Brandywine Valley SPCA in West Chester. King Lear King Lear may have a regal name and the fetching looks of royalty, but he wants you to know he’s really a simple, go-with-the-flow kind of guy. He’s a dog of the people, loving with everyone he meets. He has lived with young kids, and he does…

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on February 1, 2020

Read more about the article Museum exhibits the fight for rights

Women’s Suffrage Procession in Washington D.C., March 3, 1913. George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress

Fighting for rights and equality under the law is never easy and can be life-threatening. Two new exhibits at the Brandywine River Museum of Art focus on two such struggles. Votes for Women: A Visual History, runs through June 7 and Witness to History: The Selma Photography of Stephen Somerstein runs through June 14. Amanda Burdan, who curated Votes for Women, is clear on what…

Posted by Dr. Kayta Gajdos on February 1, 2020

I sit at a college in Massachusetts, staring out the window at a stand of lodgepole pines. Students, staff, tread the paved walkways cleared of snow. I am here because a young woman athlete named Grace died in a car crash. Some of her rowing crewmates are still in a Florida hospital, hopefully healing from their injuries. The local Boston papers have reported sudden deaths…