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2 hours ago, Matthew.Brendan said:

Remind me why it’s called Uptown?

https://uptowncharlotte.com/about/history-of-uptown

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Not Charlotte, but Monroe. I think this is amazing, fascinating. I am looking fo one about Charlotte. There are films on many towns surrounding Charlotte.

 

 

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https://www.ncpedia.org/great-wagon-road

I never knew about the Great Wagon Road!

[Republican National Convention in Charlotte]

Truly good news, good riddance RNC. The taint from being associated with tRump and the republican party would stick for years. It's taken decades for Charlotte and NC to lose so much of the national perception of a backwards, conservative place. Thankfully, Charlotte is neither.  Charlotte has come a long way, she really dodged a big bullet with tRump withdrawing it from here. Thank you, Governor Cooper!

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All of these pics you all are posting are amazing. I like that there are angles that I've never seen, almost like another city. I love all the pics with no people that focus on the buildings and street-scape, but I love seeing the human activity and diversity of the citizens.

[The Ellis – 33 Floor Apartment Tower – Lennar does what Levine couldn't.]

I think I am more excited about this project than I should be. I think it will look great and I can't wait to see the texture and color it adds. 

[Belk Place: Carolina Theater and Hotel Intercontinental]

That's disappointing. The other design was amazing. Now, another generic retro-70's glass box...

[Belk Place: Carolina Theater and Hotel Intercontinental]

Charlottetown Mall was a shopping mall located in Charlotte, North Carolina, right outside what is now Charlotte center city. The first enclosed shopping mall in the Southeast, it opened in on October 28, 1959. Atlanta's Lenox Square opened two months earlier, but it was an open-air mall at first. The mall was situated on a 10-acre (40,000 m²) parcel on the southeastern fringes of Charlotte's "center city" area. Rouse Company was the mall's developers.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSoSJIAY8yo

This is the beginning of the end...  and the beginning...  or some such. Odell and urban renewal.

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8 hours ago, KJHburg said:

Some interesting history on what we call the Tryon Plaza at 112 S Tryon.  People blame the expensive building in the 1920s $1.8 Million cost that caused the bank failure of the First National Bank that was there.

http://landmarkscommission.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/First-National-Bank-Bldg-SR.pdf

Photo I recently took.  Building to left.

That is one of my favorite corners. Beautiful shot!

 

21 hours ago, SentioVenia said:

 

Whoa, I totally didn't realize that all four original photos overlapped.  Here's the complete stitch:

 

Wow! That makes it all much clearer. Jigsaw!

[History of Charlotte]

My mother taught at Myers Park High School in the 50s and 60s.  My grandfather had a diner on East Trade in the 30s and 40s.

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I love the new Charlotte, I'm obsessed with discovering more of the old Charlotte.

Savoy Theatre on 508 S. McDowell St. 
NOTE: This photo was most likely taken at some point in 1963 because I see a movie poster for "How To Kill A Mockingbird", it was released in 12/1962

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South Tryon St. and 3rd. St. 
Wilder Building on the right in 1950

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West Trade St. in 1950

 

Firemen use 'rescue basket' in downtown demonstration.' 1965-Charlotte Observer

Aerial view of East 2nd Street, South McDowell Street, and Second Ward High School

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Looking towards South Tryon St., The Square on the right in 1950

The Square in 1950

West Trade St. (L) and W. 5th St. (R) in 1950

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South Tryon looking north 1950's

North Tryon looking south 1940

 

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Just now, Hcubed said:

Crockett Park, Dilworth.

Formerly Griffin Park Built in 1941, burned in 1985

Home of the Charlotte Orioles

 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZYPYZWfNg4&t=1075s

This is not a photo of the day but it's an interesting street level experience.

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I'm new on here though I've been observing from afar for years. I remember some of these old structures from when I was growing up in the 70s. They are gone. I always wondered back then why Charlotte was all parking lots, where was the old part of the city. I've collected a lot of photos over the years of old Charlotte. It amazes me what is lost. There was another city here before the current one. All gone. The few remaining structures tell little of the story. Urban renewal.

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