Fourth Ward: Charlotte’s Victorian Garden District in the Heart of Uptown
Every city has a neighborhood that feels like a secret. In Charlotte it is the Fourth Ward, where gas-lamp streets, Victorian cottages and pocket gardens...
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Fourth Ward: Charlotte’s Victorian Treasure
Charlotte demolished much of its 19th century — but the Fourth Ward survived as its Victorian valentine. Brick sidewalks wind past gingerbread cottages, Queen Anne...
Latta Nature Preserve: Lake Norman’s Wild Shore in Huntersville
On the shores of Mountain Island Lake in Huntersville, Latta Nature Preserve guards the Charlotte region’s wild heart: 1,460 acres of piedmont forest, prairie restoration...
Plaza Midwood: Charlotte’s Quirky, Beloved East Side
If Charlotte has a neighborhood with its own gravitational pull, it’s Plaza Midwood. Centered on the Central Avenue and The Plaza crossroads east of Uptown,...
Camp North End: Charlotte’s Industrial Playground Reinvented
Charlotte’s most exciting acreage used to build Model Ts and missile parts. Camp North End — 76 acres of factory sheds and warehouses just north...
Uptown Charlotte and The Green: Towers, Art and a Literary Park
Uptown is Charlotte’s postcard and its powerhouse — four wards of towers anchored by Tryon Street, where the Bank of America Corporate Center’s crown-topped spire...
Little Sugar Creek Greenway: Charlotte’s River Walk Reborn
For decades, Charlotte literally paved over Little Sugar Creek. The Little Sugar Creek Greenway is the city’s apology and triumph: the creek daylighted and restored,...
The Charlotte Rail Trail: South End’s Golden Thread
The Rail Trail is Charlotte growing up in public: a 3.5-mile walking and biking path tracing the LYNX Blue Line from Uptown through the South...
Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden: Orchids and Wonder on Lake Wylie
Thirty minutes from Uptown, the Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden turns 380 rolling acres on Lake Wylie into the Charlotte region’s garden of gardens. Themed landscapes...
Freedom Park: Charlotte’s Central Park
Ask Charlotteans for their favorite park and one name wins: Freedom Park. Ninety-eight acres between Dilworth and Myers Park roll around a seven-acre lake —...
