Charlotte: Its Historic Neighborhoods (Images of America) - Softcover

Rogers, John R.; Rogers, Amy T.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 073856737X ISBN 13: 9780738567372

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing, 1996

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

These photographs, collected by the families, businesses, and institutions that formed Charlotte’s civic villages, document powerfully each neighborhood’s vitality and individuality. John and Amy Rogers have selected images from sources both public and private to create Charlotte: Its Historic Neighborhoods. Revealing in crisp detail the physical and social history of these communities, these images of daily life and special moments bring into focus Charlotte’s past, and help us better envision its future.

About this edition

• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 073856737X
• ISBN 13: 9780738567372
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128