The JPA Bridge: After nearly 18 traffic-blocking months of
construction, the new bridge opened in September 2012 to cheers
from Jefferson Park Avenue residents and businesses that had
suffered during its closure.  Downtown Mall: The heart of
Charlottesville and a rare urban success story. Built in 1976,
expanded in 1985, crossed by traffic in 1995, it's bustling year
round but never more so than on Friday nights in spring and
summer.  Free Speech Wall: The monument in front of
Charlottesville City Hall— made of Buckingham slate— celebrates
the first amendment right to freedom of expression by allowing
any passerby to write whatever they want on the wall in chalk.
That has led to a few less than savory comments and crude
images, but supporters say the conversations it sparks and the
free expression it celebrates are worth risking the sight of a
few "f" bombs.   McIntire Parkway: Okay, so that's no longer the
official name of the road that's dividing McIntire Park, but
it's what everyone called it for 30 years