We’re 21 this week—21 weeks into our yearlong 20th birthday party, that is. And while some newcomers to the magic that is C-VILLE may not know it, longtime loyal readers can attest that we’ve had our eyes trained on local talent and the local scene—and scenery—the whole time. This week, a glance at what used to lie beneath. We mean, in this case, the Downtown Mall’s former bricks from back in the day before the mortar deteriorated so badly we had to keep a cobbler on speed dial. (Let us digress to say once again: We. Love. The. New. Bricks. Or at least the Editor does, anyway. Hear, hear, for successful public works projects!) Also in the nostalgic mix: an appreciation of Charlottesville’s fertile literary ground, a cultural base that predates those old bricks and which we hope will continue to fuel debate and excitement for another 20 years and more at this still free and still free-thinking weekly newspaper.
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Paging through the archives
“Deja Vu? Downtown Mall, Fridays After Five, 05/12/95”
—Photo by Larry Swank, published June 20, 1995
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Getting covered
June 16, 1998
