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:
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 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.
Download or read book Charlotte Its Historic Neighborhoods written by John R. Rogers and published by Arcadia Library Editions. This book was released on 1996-11-01 with total page 130 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.
Download or read book Historic Photos of Charlotte written by Ryan L. Sumner and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historic Photos of Charlotte captures the historical growth of the Queen City"" in still photography from the top archives in the area. Stunning black and white photography with most of the photographs never been published before in this beautiful coffee table book. The book follows life, government, events and people important to Charlotte history and the building of this unique late blooming city. Spanning over two centuries and two hundred photographs, this is a must have for any long-time resident or history lover of Charlotte. ""
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.
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.
Download or read book Secret Charlotte A Guide to the Weird Wonderful and Obscure written by Sarah Crosland and published by Reedy Press LLC. This book was released on 2017-03-15 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where in Charlotte can you… - get up-close with the “Miracle on the Hudson” plane? - indulge in conspiracy theories about occult symbols in public murals? - see a giant head sculpture by a notorious Czech artist? - eat something called burgushi? - hear a parking garage that sings? - watch a giant dragon blow smoke? - visit the grave of cojoined twin sisters who were the inspiration for a Broadway musical? Whether you’re riding at top speeds around the 24-degree bank of a NASCAR track turn, exploring the history of Charlotte’s gold rush and the 17-pound nugget that started it all, or eating ice cream at a Dairy Queen that’s a designated historic site, it’s impossible to be bored in the Queen City with a copy of Secret Charlotte: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure. From delightful surprises to hair-raising theories, in these pages you’ll find answers to the questions around town you didn’t even know you had. Filled with fascinating—and often bizarre—stories about the locales that define Charlotte’s culture and history, this is the city’s ultimate scavenger hunt.
Download or read book Bittersweet Legacy written by Janette Thomas Greenwood and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2001-02-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bittersweet Legacy is the dramatic story of the relationship between two generations of black and white southerners in Charlotte, North Carolina, from 1850 to 1910. Janette Greenwood describes the interactions between black and white business and p
Download or read book A Good Neighborhood written by Therese Anne Fowler and published by Macmillan + ORM. 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, #1New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Thingsand 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.
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.
Download or read book Charlotte Beer written by Daniel Anthony Hartis and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlotte has entered a golden age of craft brewing. Join author Daniel Hartis for a journey into the center of this of the Queen City's beer scene. While the fermented frenzy of Charlotte's craft brewing fans may feel altogether new, it evokes a forgotten heritage that dates back to colonial days. Beginning with Captain James Jack, whose tavern was a Patriot haven burned by the British during the American Revolution. Local beer writer, and founder of charlottebeer.com, author Daniel Hartis follows a frothy trail through the highs and lows of this sudsy story. Grab a pint and discover how Prohibition took hold of Charlotteans. Ruminate over odes to beer by the Brew Pub Poets Society, and sample the personality and spirit on tap today around this North Carolina city. Charlotte Beer includes photos and a foreword by the Executive Director of the North American Guild of Beer Writers, Win Bassett.
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 156 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.
Download or read book Money Rock written by Pam Kelley and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An ambitious look at the cost of urban gentrification.” —Atlanta-Journal Constitution “Kelley could have written a fine book about Charlotte’s drug trade in the ’80s and ’90s, filled with shoot-outs and flashy jewelry. What she accomplishes with Money Rock, however, is far more laudable.” —Charlotte Magazine “Pam Kelley knows a good story when she sees one—and Money Rock is a hell of a story. . . like a New South version of The Wire.” —Shelf Awareness Meet Money Rock—young, charismatic, and Charlotte’s flashiest coke dealer—in a riveting social history with echoes of Ghettoside and Random Family Meet Money Rock. He's young. He's charismatic. He's generous, often to a fault. He's one of Charlotte's most successful cocaine dealers, and that's what first prompted veteran reporter Pam Kelley to craft this riveting social history—by turns action-packed, uplifting, and tragic—of a striving African American family, swept up and transformed by the 1980s cocaine epidemic. The saga begins in 1963 when a budding civil rights activist named Carrie gives birth to Belton Lamont Platt, eventually known as Money Rock, in a newly integrated North Carolina hospital. Pam Kelley takes readers through a shootout that shocks the city, a botched FBI sting, and a trial with a judge known as "Maximum Bob." When the story concludes more than a half century later, Belton has redeemed himself. But three of his sons have met violent deaths and his oldest, fresh from prison, struggles to make a new life in a world where the odds are stacked against him. This gripping tale, populated with characters both big-hearted and flawed, shows how social forces and public policies—racism, segregation, the War on Drugs, mass incarceration—help shape individual destinies. Money Rock is a deeply American story, one that will leave readers reflecting on the near impossibility of making lasting change, in our lives and as a society, until we reckon with the sins of our past.
Download or read book North Carolina written by Best of Images of America and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2000-09-18 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Autumn Winds written by Charlotte Hubbard and published by Zebra Books . This book was released on 2011-10-24 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Amish romance by the author of Summer of Secrets. “A moving story of love and faith . . . the residents of Willow Ridge will truly capture your heart.”—The Book Connection The leaves are falling and there’s a chill in the air in Willow Ridge, Missouri, the quaint, quiet Amish town where love, loyalty, and faith in the Old Ways are about to be put to the test . . . Winds of change are blowing through Willow Ridge, and they’re bringing a stranger to the Sweet Seasons Bakery. At first, widowed Miriam Lantz has misgivings about Ben Hooley, a handsome but rootless traveling blacksmith. But as she gets to know the kind-hearted newcomer, she wonders if his arrival was providential. Perhaps she could find love again—if only there weren’t so many obstacles in the way. With Bishop Knepp relentlessly pursuing her hand in marriage and the fate of her beloved café at stake, Miriam must listen to God and her heart to find the happiness she longs for and the love she deserves. Praise for Charlotte Hubbard and the Seasons of the Heart series “Fans of Amish fiction will love the Seasons of the Heart series.”—Marta Perry, national bestselling author “A heartwarming new voice for fans of Beverly Lewis.”—Emma Miller, author of An Amish Mystery series “These very special books will sit proudly on my keeper shelf!”—Romance Reviews Today
Download or read book Inner City Blues A Charlotte Justice Novel Charlotte Justice Novels written by Paula L. Woods and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Charlotte Justice novel.
Download or read book Historic Charlotte County written by Douglas Houck and published by HPN Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
