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35 photos of the 6th Street Marketplace
6th Street Marketplace: South anchors
Grace Street and the Carpenter Center anchored the marketplace on the south.
6th Street Marketplace bridge framework
The support pillars and steel framework of the 6th Street Marketplace spanned Broad Street by March of 1985.
6th Street Marketplace: Bridge tour
About 70 people took a stroll along the 6th Street Marketplace bridge on April 4, 1985 as part of a tour for guests of the Board of Directors of Richmond Renaissance.
6th Street Marketplace: First tenants announced
A press conference on May 3, 1985 announced the first 11 tenants of the marketplace.
6th Street Marketplace: 12 days before opening
With less than two weeks to go before opening day, construction of the 6th Street Marketplace snarled traffic on Broad Street.
6th Street Marketplace: Rotarians visit as construction continues
A group of Rotarians toured the 6th Street Marketplace on Sept. 11, 1985, amid the construction rush.
6th Street Marketplace: Guarding the armory
"Guard" at the Blues Armory watches over the 6th Street Marketplace on Sept. 15, 1985, three days before its opening.
6th Street Marketplace just before opening
This aerial view, taken from the Richmond Marriott Hotel on Sept. 4, 1985, shows (from left) the Project I parking deck, Crystal Palace and Blues Armory, which were part of the 6th Street Marketplace.
6th Street Marketplace: Finishing touches
Workers install the neon sign at the Broad St. entrance of the 6th Street Marketplace on Sept. 17, 1985, the day before it opened.
6th Street Marketplace: Pre-opening invitation-only dinner
James W. Rouse, developer of the 6th Street Marketplace, entertained 150 dignitaries at a five-course "French service" dinner on the night before the marketplace's opening, Sept.17, 1985. Richmond Times-Dispatch photographer Masaaki Okada wasn't allowed inside, so he shot the scene from the Grace Street side.
6th Street Marketplace: People line up for opening day, 1985
A large crowd of people queued up to the Broad Street entrance on opening day, Sept. 18, 1985.
6th Street Marketplace: Opening Day crowd
People crowd into the 6th Street Marketplace on Sept. 18, 1985, the opening day for the downtown mall.
6th Street Marketplace: Christmas, 1986
City officials throw the switch for the Chrismas lights on Broad Street near the 6th Street Marketplace in 1986.
6th Street Marketplace: Food court, 1987
People dine in the 6th Street Marketplace food court, while a band performs onstage on May 26, 1987.
6th Street Marketplace: VCU mascot, 1988
The VCU Ram mascot helped liven up festivities during a dance at the 6th Street Marketplace on Jan. 18, 1988
6th Street Marketplace: Business exits, 1989
Caswell-Massey, a fancy perfume and soap store, went out of business in December of 1989.
6th Street Marketplace: Bearhug, 1990
Three-year-old Derek Harley (left) and Ryan Harley, 6, embraced a giant teddy bear outside the 6th Street Marketplace on Nov. 30, 1990.
6th Street Marketplace: Food court 1995
The 6th Street Marketplace's Food Court still had customers in September of 1995, nearly 10 years after the marketplace opening.
6th Street Marketplace: Business is slow, 1995
By September of 1995, nearly 10 years after opening, the number of shoppers at the 6th Street Marketplace had slowed to a trickle.
6th Street Marketplace: End of school party, 1996
Theodore Hope dances with his date at an end-of-school party held in the Sixth Street Marketplace bridge over Broad Street on August 18, 1996.
6th Street Marketplace: Going out of business, 1999
The 20 Below women's clothing store fiiled for bankruptcy liquidation and closed its stores including the one at Sixth Street Marketplace, in February of 1999.
6th Street Marketplace: Fire, 2000
A Richmond fire fighter cleans the floor of the entrance to the 6th Street Marketplace after a fire from a tranformer explosion on Thursday March 9, 2000.
6th Street Marketplace: Legendary Santa, 2000
Susan Skillin visited Santa in Santaland at the 6th Street Marketplace on Dec. 23, 2000.
6th Street Marketplace: Deteriorating conditions, 2002
An damaged electrical outlet inside the food court in 6th Street Marketplace in August of 2002. The vendors at the court said necessary repairs were being put off as the marketplace struggled to survive.
6th Street Marketplace: View of the bridge, 2003
6th Street Marketplace bridge in July of 1983. The bridge was demolished two months later.
6th Street Marketplace: Last days of the bridge, 2003
6th Street Marketplace looking South down 6th Street between the Market and the Carpenter Center, in July of 2003. Demotition of the bridge and most of the shopping center began in October of 2003.
6th Street Marketplace: Goodbye, bridge 2003
A worker makes his way across a now open-air section of the 6th Street Marketplace bridge across East Broad street on Oct. 25, 2003.
6th Street Marketplace: Food Court still going, 2007
Even though the bridge over Broad Street was gone in 2003, the food court at the 6th Street Marketplace lived on. Here it is in June of 2007
6th Street Marketplace: Restaurant closes, 2008
Salman Hejaz, the owner of Captain Sam’s Seafood, helps pull away on his tap on his last day in the 6th Street Marketplace after 21 years in business on Friday, May 10, 2008.
