Category: Architecture
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Vintage DTM: flashback to the 1910s
The Monticello Bank Building was built on Main Street in Downtown Charlottesville in the 1850s and is seen in this photograph from the 1910s by Rufus Holsinger (courtesy Special Collections, UVA Library). The building was only used as a bank for a small portion of its 100 year history. Reynolds-Zink Hardware was located on the…
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Saving face: The Bridge proposes an art-over for the “Landmark”
Well, its been 5 years and 351 days since the groundbreaking ceremony for the proposed “Landmark Hotel,” according to the DTM’s construction clock, and finally someone has come up with a sensible, if temporary solution to dealing with the concrete eye-sore. The Bridge Progressive Art Initiative has proposed doing a series of collaborative art projects…
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Vintage DTM: history of Hamilton’s Restaurant building
This building, at the northwest corner of First and Main Streets, started out as Jefferson National Bank in the 1910s. It was carved out of the east end of the Leterman Building which was a prominent downtown department store at the time. Much of the Leterman Building still exists with various shops occupying the original…
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Vintage DTM: the old A & N building
A&N sat on the corner of 5th and E. Main for many decades, both before and after the construction of the downtown pedestrian mall. Once a two-story building, it fell victim to a 1968 fire at the M.C. Thomas Furniture store next door. The business would carry on for many more years and is seen…
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Vintage DTM: evolution of the DTM was gradual
This photograph from the mid 1970s shows the early construction of the Downtown Mall. The controversial idea to replace the drivable Main Street with a brick-paved pedestrian mall was not well-received by everyone, especially many of the business owners who benefited from the drive-up traffic and being convenient to their customers. This image shows the…
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More than a Mall: A Guide to Historic Downtown Charlottesville
If you haven’t had a chance to read this research project by the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society and the UVA School of Architecture, under the guidance of Prof. Daniel Bluestone, well, you’ve been missing out on one of the most comprehensive studies of the DTM. Check it out! READ THE BOOKLET BY CLICKING HERE
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Bridge Talk. Be there.
On Thursday, November 21 at CitySpace on the DTM there will be a public meeting on the Belmont Bridge replacement/enhancement project. Some want to do something unique and special here, like not have a bridge at all but an underpass, or something along the lines of what NYC did with its High Line Park (repurposing…
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History lessons: Mall buildings preserved, but who to thank?
For years, the facades of 101-111 East Main Street looked decrepit, but property owner and developer Keith Woodard has finally rehabilitated them and added 11 new apartments, as recently reported by the Newsplex. But then this comment by Woodard stuck out: “About 10 or 15 years ago another developer purchased the building and proposed to…
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Coal Tower development moving forward
Charlottesville Tomorrow–City Walk, a long-dormant residential development project planned for construction near Charlottesville’s coal tower, is once again moving forward. The city has issued a building permit for Atlanta-based developer Metzger and Co. Construction will occur north of the CSX railroad tracks, between 10th Street Northeast and Carlton Road. READ MORE
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