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On May 17, 2017, Thomas Hanchett received the Order of the Longleaf Pine. It is conferred by the governor to “persons for exemplary service to the State of North Carol [...]
2017 | Digital Image | Historical Events |
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The Eastland mall opened in 1975. It occupied 90 acres of land in East Charlotte, bounded by Central Avenue, Sharon Amity Road, and Wilora Lake Road. It closed in 2010, a [...]
2017 | Digital Image | Historical Events |
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On May 3, 2017, the Greenway reached Cordelia Park. The newly-opened segment from 12th St. to Cordelia Park, following Little Sugar Creek, brought the total mileage of th [...]
2017 | Digital Image | Historical Events |
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  In 2016, the Carolina Room and the May 20th Society, a local history organization, worked together to organize a display of documents relating to Mecklenburg's Revolu [...]
2016 | Digital Image | Historical Events |
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 In 2016, the Carolina Room and the May 20th Society, a local history organization, worked together to organize a display of documents relating to Mecklenburg's Revoluti [...]
2016 | Digital Image | Historical Events |
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 Google Fiber converted a century-old warehouse in the 200 block of E. 7th St. to be its local headquarters.  Physical Description: .jpg, 680 X 381 Publisher: Charlotte [...]
2016 | Digital Image | Historical Events |
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 In 2015 Charlotte brought back the streetcar after 77 years. Trailing streamers, it pulled into the Transit Center on its first official run.   Publisher: Charlotte M [...]
2015 | Digital Image | Historical Events |
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 The Charlotte Observer headquarters  took up the entire block at Tryon and Stonewall when it was built in  1971.  This picture shows the side that faced the first b [...]
2016 | Digital Image | Historical Events |