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is one of the longest pedestrian malls in the
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. Located on Main Street, it runs from 6th St. N.E. to Old Preston Ave., where it extends to Water St., for total length of eight blocks. It is laid with brick and concrete, and home to an array of
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, shops, offices and
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. On Fridays in the spring, summer and fall, the Downtown Mall is host t
Fridays After 5
a weekly concert series. Several side streets are also paved in brick and likewise closed to traffic. On the east, the Mall ends at th
Ting Pavilion
an outdoor concert venue, while the west end of the Mall features an
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. It is also home to the newly renovated Paramount Theater and the historic Jefferson Theater.


History

In 1976, East Main Street was converted into a pedestrian mall designed by landscape architect Lawrence Halprin. In 2007, Charlottesville planned a comprehensive rehabilitation and renovation of the Downtown Mall. Construction on the Mall Renovation began on Sunday, January 7, 2009 and was completed that summer. The 2017 Charlottesville car attack, in which a car was deliberately rammed into a crowd during a peaceful protest occurred on Market Street, only one block away from the Downtown Mall.


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Further reading

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Downzone Mall: Developers not 'taken' with new plan
, ''The Hook''. *
Mall renovations: Downtown businesses not reassured
, ''The Hook''. *
"Fountainplus? Mall design includes lots more water
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