Charlotte Its Historic Neighborhoods

Author : John R. Rogers
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738567372
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Charlotte written by John R. Rogers and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 1996-11-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
ISBN 13 : 9780738543079
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Charlotte's Historic Neighborhoods written by Amy Rogers and published by Red Wheel/Weiser. This book was released on 2006 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Jeff Byers
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439629684
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plaza-Midwood Neighborhood of Charlotte written by Jeff Byers and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2004-10-20 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : John Reynolds Rogers
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780752405155
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Charlotte, Its Historic Neighborhoods written by John Reynolds Rogers and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jeff Byers
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738517018
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plaza-Midwood Neighborhood of Charlotte written by Jeff Byers and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Pamela Grundy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legacy: Three Centuries of Black History in Charlotte, North Carolina written by Pamela Grundy and published by . This book was released on 2022-02-25 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
ISBN 13 : 0989609200
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 27 Views of Charlotte written by Mark de Castrique and published by Eno Publishers. This book was released on 2015-01-07 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Mary Norton Kratt
Publisher : History Press (SC)
ISBN 13 : 9781596296015
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Charlotte, North Carolina written by Mary Norton Kratt and published by History Press (SC). This book was released on 2009 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Therese Anne Fowler
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250237289
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Good Neighborhood written by Therese Anne Fowler and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * One of NPR's Best Books of 2020 "A provocative, absorbing read." — People “A feast of a read... I finished A Good Neighborhood in a single sitting. Yes, it’s that good.” —Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Things and A Spark of Light In Oak Knoll, a verdant, tight-knit North Carolina neighborhood, professor of forestry and ecology Valerie Alston-Holt is raising her bright and talented biracial son, Xavier, who’s headed to college in the fall. All is well until the Whitmans—a family with new money and a secretly troubled teenage daughter—raze the house and trees next door to build themselves a showplace. With little in common except a property line, these two families quickly find themselves at odds: first, over an historic oak tree in Valerie's yard, and soon after, the blossoming romance between their two teenagers. A Good Neighborhood asks big questions about life in America today—what does it mean to be a good neighbor? How do we live alongside each other when we don't see eye to eye?—as it explores the effects of class, race, and heartrending love in a story that’s as provocative as it is powerful.

Author : Jack Claiborne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Charlotte Observer written by Jack Claiborne and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlotte Observer: Its Time and Place, 1869-1986