Vinegar Hill is remembered now for the city of Charlottesville's invasive urban renewal project begun in 1964 that razed the majority black neighborhood.
[4] In the decades when the city remained segregated, black-owned businesses in Vinegar Hill served the needs of Charlottesville's black community and some white customers.
[5] Most Vinegar Hill residents lived without basic amenities like running water, plumbing, or electric.
[5] Leading up to and following the "Unite the Right Rally" on August 12, 2017, Vinegar Hill's destruction was a central topic of national coverage of Charlottesville's history.
Random Row Books operated on West Main Street from 2009 to 2013, when the building was razed to make way for a hotel.
[16] A historic marker telling a brief history of the neighborhood is mounted on a low wall facing Water Street on the Charlottesville Downtown Mall.