Once, a few years ago, a park was 'hoped for' on the stub of Sixth Street off Market, near City Hall. Grant funding was sought for a package of municipal improvements that included the little park. The street was closed to traffic, and blocked off by large planters.

But the money didn't come through. The planters are still there, and you can't go from Court Square to Market Street without going west on Jefferson.

According to Jim Tolbert, head of Charlottesville Neighborhood Planning and Development Services, the city is trying to reopen a one-way traffic lane, and landscape the rest of the site. (Dave Sagarin, May 15, 2002)