@article{Eastland:1754,
      recid = {1754},
      author = {Thomas Cole},
      title = {Future of the former Eastland Mall site.},
      address = {2017},
      abstract = {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, and  the City of Charlotte acquired the property and demolished  the buildings.
On May 18, 2017, the City invited residents  to an informational meeting and party on the site of the  old mall. Visitors made art on the parking lot surface,  rode on free bicycles, and exchanged ideas and memories  with representatives of city government and each  other.  
Thomas Hanchett, retired historian of the Levine  Museum of the New South, conducted oral history interviews.  He is pictured here interviewing Louise Woods, former Board  of Education member and resident of the East side.},
      url = {http://vault.cmlibrary.org/record/1754},
}