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Archived Exhibit: Downtown--Architecture and Landscape of a Community Exhibit

Description:

Downtown: Architecture and Landscape of a Community is an exploration of the urban and social history of downtown Charlottesville, Va.

Sponsors and Bibliography:

Contributors:  Daniel Bluestone, Associate Professor and Director of Preservation Certificate, UVa; Garth Anderson; Alexandra Costic; Lily Fox-Bruguiere; Emily Gigerich; Sarita Herman; Johanna Kahn; Jesus Najar; Alison Ross; Sarah Thomas; Laura Voisin George; Callie Williams

Special Thanks to:  Ryan McEnroe, Maureen McGee, Katherine Miller, Jessica Terdeman, Xiangnan Xiong

Exhibit Displays:

• Introduction: Downtown—Architecture and Landscape of a Community

  Downtown: Architecture and Landscape of a Community is an exploration of the urban and social history of downtown Charlottesville, Va.

• 01.  Downtown:  Architecture and Landscape of a Community

• 02.  Community Spaces:  Public Gathering in Downtown Charlottesville

• 03.  The Shifting Center:  Main Street Wasn’t the First Downtown

• 04.  Urban Planning:  Getting Around Town

• 05.  Vinegar Hill:  A Tale of a City and a Hill

• 06.  Reinventing Main Street:  Constructing the Pedestrian Mall

• 07.  Architecture of Gathering:  Buildings That Bring People Together

• 08.  Downtown:  Theatre, Music, and Sport—Festivals of Gathering

• 09.  Home On Main Street

• 10.  Southern Hospitality?  Hotels in Downtown Charlottesville

• 11.  “We Built This City”:  Charlottesville’s Business Leaders

• 12.  Main Street Marketing:  The Changing Face of Downtown

• 13.  Grocers Downtown:  The Departure of Main Street Markets

• 14.  Eat, Drink, Be Merry:  Downtown as a Destination

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