Selden Arcade

What a fascinating and exciting hall way that full of Art Gallery outlet.
Very small place though but enough to say a different types of creativity from abstract to representational art and figure art to portrait drawing.
A tiny attraction located in Downtown Norfolk. It is also few steps away from the Town Point Park.

A nice surprise in the midst of the business dominated Downtown Norfolk. On a regular basis you can walk through the arcade and peer through the windows of several local artist studios. Some work and sell out of their spots and others host workshops. You might even catch an artist sitting outside their door working live. Make sure you always compliment them :) Currently a fundraiser sponsored by the Food Bank, CANstruction, features structures created out of canned goods by local architecture firms and school teams. There are some amazing structures and each team was really creative — check out the Angry Birds one! Who doesn’t love a game of Angry Birds?
Downtown Norfolk is really trying to revive their art scene and this is a nice staple to stem from. Check it out if you’re ever in the area! It’s just a nice place to walk around when I hit the carb coma at work and just need somewhere to hang.

Selden Arcade is a pretty art deco building, one of the few remaining awesome historic places in downtown Norfolk they haven’t bulldozed to put up an ugly office building or hotel. It contains the d’ART center, where you can watch local artists work and buy their wares, my favorite Starbucks, and d’Egg diner.
There are tables around so you can eat lunch here. There’s also free wifi but I’ve brought my MacBook there at least four times and it *never* works. My friend has connected but it’s been mad slow.

This art deco arcade was originally built in the 1930’s. I love the character it brings to the downtown area. They sure don’t build anything like they used to.
The arcade is anchored on Main Street with Starbucks and D’egg diner and connects through to Plume Streets. Inside, there are shops with large windows. Selden is now occupied by d’ART Center, so it’s a great place to visit and admire the visual arts.
The walkway is large and there are tables and chairs on either side for visitors who want to brown bag a lunch and take advantage of the free wifi, as well as plenty of room for exhibit space and special events (currently Wednesdays at lunch time there is live music).
It’s buildings like this that make you imagine how incredible downtown must have looked in it’s heyday – before franchises, neon lights and cheap and convenient construction came into play. The Selden Arcade represents the era of downtown Norfolk that my grandparents were once able to enjoy.