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Author | : John R. Rogers |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 1996-11-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780738567372 |
The history of Charlotte is inseparable from the history of its neighborhoods. From the city's founding until the late 1890s, the four wards created by the crossing of Trade and Tryon Streets defined the residential fabric of Charlotte. As the twentieth century approached, the Southern textile boom fueled labor and housing demands that were met by the earliest suburbs that rose out of the farms and pastures surrounding the small town. Dilworth was the first of these suburbs, connected to the town center by the city's maiden electric streetcar line. More new communities quickly followed. Some, such as Myers Park and Elizabeth, have remained strong throughout their history. North Charlotte, Belmont, and others have changed under economic and social challenges. Still others, such as Brooklyn, are gone; they survive only in the memories and photographs of the families that called them home.
Author | : Amy Rogers |
Publisher | : Red Wheel/Weiser |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780738543079 |
Charlotte, a hub of Southern tradition, boasts a rich and fascinating history. Known for its historic neighborhoods, the city as a whole played a vital role in textiles, manufacturing, and transportation.
Author | : John Reynolds Rogers |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 9780752405155 |
Author | : Jeff Byers |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 2004-10-20 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 1439629684 |
One of Charlotte's early streetcar suburbs, the Plaza-Midwood neighborhood epitomizes the New South vision of Charlotte. Its history reflects the growing of the New South and the nation as a whole. Plaza-Midwood, known for its architectural and social diversity, has been through the years a proposed enclave for Charlotte's New South elite, an "at risk" inner city area, and ultimately an urban success story. Plaza-Midwood's current prosperity can be attributed to the strength and vision of its "citizens," who continue to preserve the character and history of their community. Plaza-Midwood owes its survival to a dedicated neighborhood organization. Through their efforts, much of the area has been declared an historic district.
Author | : Jeff Byers |
Publisher | : Arcadia Library Editions |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2004-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781531611668 |
One of Charlotte's early streetcar suburbs, the Plaza-Midwood neighborhood epitomizes the New South vision of Charlotte. Its history reflects the growing of the New South and the nation as a whole. Plaza-Midwood, known for its architectural and social diversity, has been through the years a proposed enclave for Charlotte's New South elite, an "at risk" inner city area, and ultimately an urban success story. Plaza-Midwood's current prosperity can be attributed to the strength and vision of its "citizens," who continue to preserve the character and history of their community. Plaza-Midwood owes its survival to a dedicated neighborhood organization. Through their efforts, much of the area has been declared an historic district.
Author | : Thomas W. Hanchett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1986* |
Genre | : Charlotte (N.C.) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Mary Norton Kratt |
Publisher | : History Press (SC) |
Total Pages | : 190 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781596296015 |
Founded in 1768 at the crossing of two Indian trails, Charlotte has a rich heritage to match its age. In this extensively researched volume, accomplished author and historian Mary Kratt chronicles the history of Charlotte from the earliest Catawba inhabitants to the development of finance, culture and transportation, still centered on those ancient crossroads. Hear the personal voices of discovery, hardship, wars, privation, segregation and achievement from village to boomtown. Whether detailing the cotton fields and textile mills of yesterday or the banking center of tomorrow, Kratt's account is a fascinating history of the people who have made Charlotte a queen among southern cities.
Author | : Cameron Holtz |
Publisher | : History Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9781467154260 |
Take a walk through this intimate and charming neighborhood. In 1970, Charlotte's Fourth Ward was a desolate zone of vacant lots dotted with boarded-up and burned-out buildings. Today, the neighborhood is a leafy mix of Victorian homes, modern in-fill houses and stately apartment buildings. The remarkable story of that transformation began with an unlikely coalition of preservationists, bankers and young families seeking community. Author Cameron Holtz interviewed dozens of these early actors, including corporate leaders, people who got their start as volunteers and kids who grew up playing in the construction equipment. Personal recollections, along with archival sources and contemporary media clippings combine to create a vibrant portrait of the emerging neighborhood.
Author | : Pamela Grundy |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2022-02-25 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
The stories told by many generations of Charlotte's African American residents mingle strength and hardship, accomplishment and setback, joy and pain. Through slavery, through war, through Jim Crow segregation and into the 21st century Black residents from all walks of life have played essential roles in making Charlotte the city it is today. Everyone needs to know this history.
Author | : Mark de Castrique |
Publisher | : Eno Publishers |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2015-01-07 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 0989609200 |
27 VIEWS of CHARLOTTE: The Queen City in Prose & Poetry is an anthology of the city known for banking, trees, diversity, and sports. Journalists, novelists, poets, and essayists offer a broad and varied picture of life, present and past, in the legendary Southern city—from a history of the city’s stint as capital of the Confederacy, to a deeply personal essay about integrating restaurants during the civil rights era, to reflections on contemporary Charlotte’s overwhelming growth and New South reputation. Authors appreciate Charlotte’s diversity and vitality, tout its vibrant arts and food scenes, and praise surging Uptown. Yet they don’t shy away from its ongoing struggles: cultural, political, and economic. The views create a literary montage of Charlotte, reflecting its social, historic, and creative fabric.