Forty-seven years ago today, (August 24, 1970), Virginian-Pilot photographer Charlie Meads left the Pilot’s offices on Brambleton Ave. and took a summer afternoon stroll down Norfolk’s Granby Street ...

Keep your eyes — and ears — open, Longview. The "Hotel Hell" crew is in town, and celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay can’t be far behind. Ramsay is filming his “Hotel Hell” show at the Monticello Hotel ...

Fresh from the limelight of its "Hotel Hell" filming, Longview’s Monticello Hotel is celebrating its 90th birthday Friday. The hotel — and the city — were dedicated July 12, 1923, in front of a crowd ...

Navigate forward to interact with the calendar and select a date. Press the question mark key to get the keyboard shortcuts for changing dates. Navigate backward to interact with the calendar and ...

As the calendar flipped to a new year, disaster struck Norfolk. It was just past midnight on Jan. 1, 1918, when a fire engulfed the Monticello Hotel and three nearby buildings on Granby Street. As ...

Special to The New York Times. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print ...

Kitchen manager Tehri Ashe, left, project manager Craig Dieffenbach and general manager Sharon Walker, right, are all pleased with the progress in remaking the restaurant at the Monticello Hotel in ...