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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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...
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 —...
