Downtown Mall: Recollections Through the Decades

Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2026 and we'd love to hear your memories and recollections!  The City of Charlottesville Historic Resources Committee (HRC) and Friends of Charlottesville Downtown are inviting community members to share their personal stories, memories, and photographs connected to this iconic public space.

The goal of this storytelling project is to document and preserve the lived experiences of a diverse cross-section of the community, highlighting the many ways the Downtown Mall has evolved over the past five decades – and to hear your hopes for the future.

SUBMIT YOUR RECOLLECTIONS HERE

By submitting this form you agree that your provided personal story (and any submitted photograph(s)) may be used with or without your name for any lawful purpose including such purposes as education, publicity, illustration, advertising, social media postings, and Web content. By submitting you release all claims with regard to copyright ownership and publication including any claim for compensation. By submitting you release all claims of invasion of privacy, defamation, or other injury to reputation, or any other claim or cause of action of any kind arising out of the transmission or other use of your provided personal story (and any submitted photograph(s)).