Downtown Mall

Photo taken May 9 around 11:30am. More than two hours later, Burgos was still there.

Keeping our fountains flowing

Twobears Burgos is the fountain expert with Charlottesville Parks & Rec, and he's performing maintenance on the Central Place fountain on the Downtown Mall to keep it from getting clogged up. Turns out there's a hidden room below the Mall with the equipment to keep thin

Splash means summer season on Mall

The fountains at Central Place and other locations on the Downtown Mall were "energized" on April 17, which means they were cut on and will be cascading until the fall.

The Commonwealth Restaurant & Skybar may have the Downtown Mall's biggest sliding glass doors.

High on the Skybar

Dish can't think of a recent restaurant opening that created more buzz than the Commonwealth Restaurant & Skybar. When the place opened on Saturday, September 25, nearly 200 people crowed into the uniquely renovated former A&N clothing store space on the east end of

Chroma presents Harvest Madonnari Festival

Chroma Projects, in conjunction with its "Farm Use" exhibition, presents the Harvest Madonnari Festival. Inspired by the 16th century i madonnari tradition of street artists creating images of the Madonna on Italian piazzas outside churches, the Charlottesville celebration

Lady Justice outside the bank

Lady J declined to answer questions about how she balances the scales of justice and herself on top of that bucket on the Downtown Mall September 16.

The Downtown Mall's kiosk shortly before it was removed in 2008. Yours now for $4,000

Mall kiosk surfaces, British Corner invasion, and is the Mall okay?

The journey of the Downtown Mall's iconic kiosk continues. Three years ago, the City had it removed from the Mall with plans to demolish it. But after the Hook wrote about its demise, some folks showed an interest in saving the old structure. So the City put it up for aucti

Chef/partner Alex George atop the "skybar" on the east end of the Mall, which will become the Mall's first year-round open-air roof-top restaurant.

Mall madness: Roof-top views, new deli, fancy Asian, pastries, and kabobs

On a recent stroll around the Downtown Mall we were struck by all the new restaurant activity: four new places have either opened or are in the works. On Second Street, in the tiny space where Marco & Luca's dumplings got started, owner Sun Da has opened Nicola's Chicke

Since Sweet Frog is self-serve, only one employee is needed on a typical Monday, Chloe Matheny shown here, who simply freshens the fixins bar and collects the dough.

Sweet taste of success for Sweet Frog

Since opening last summer, Sweet Frog, the self-serve frozen yogurt place on the Downtown Mall, has been been pumping out the stuff as fast as folks can work the handles on the store's bank of yogurt machines.

Courtly: Penthouse condo offers views, convenience

Address: 500 Court SquareNeighborhood: Downtown Asking: $165,000 Assessment: $112,900Year Built: 1926Size: 557 fin. sq. ft. Land: 0 acresAgent: Marjorie Burris, Stevens & Company 434 296-6104Curb Appeal: n/a

Never fear

A top Charlottesville developer team is feuding. However, if local news accounts have given the impression that the mammoth properties built by Lee Danielson and Colin Rolph are in some danger of falling into strange hands, those close to the controversy insist such fears a