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Uptown Magazine April 2006 predictions


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Those neighborhoods are far from being unnoticed. There are quite a few homes being renovated, there have been a few that are new construction (one sold for over $200,000 on Trade Street -- a couple that are "fixer-uppers" are listed for $125,000+), and a townhome project (not Drakefords) is soon to be announced in Biddleville. When Wesley Heights and Wilmore got more expensive, lots of eyes turned to Seversville, Biddleville, Smallwood, etc. Two or three of the folks that were instrumental in changing Wesley Heights are now VERY active in those areas. If you haven't been through there in a while take a drive -- you might be VERY surprised at what is going on in these areas.

Greenville now has homes listed over $100,000 including one at $149,000. There really aren't any neighborhoods within a mile or two of downtown that could be characterized as "secrets" any longer.

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It sounds like you think that these places could overcome there "wrong side of the tracks" connotations and become a more cohesive part of the intown renaissance? One wonders though, why it is that expensive development, gentrification, and infill has to be the genesis of a better quality of life as opposed to ambitious neighborhood associations and the grassroots efforts of lower income people. The current paradigm, and obviously this has been remarked upon many times, seems to be that neighborhoods are one day run down (dilapidated) then gradually run up; in price that is!
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It sounds like you think that these places could overcome there "wrong side of the tracks" connotations and become a more cohesive part of the intown renaissance? One wonders though, why it is that expensive development, gentrification, and infill has to be the genesis of a better quality of life as opposed to ambitious neighborhood associations and the grassroots efforts of lower income people. The current paradigm, and obviously this has been remarked upon many times, seems to be that neighborhoods are one day run down (dilapidated) then gradually run up; in price that is!
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"The wrong side of the tracks" is all a matter of opinion. Someone that was raised in Charlotte will think many areas are the "bad" part of town regardless of reality (today) just because that is what they were for years. Fresh eyes, people moving here from somewhere else, don't have those pre-dispositions. To someone that has moved here in the past couple of years, Wesley Heights probably seems like a really pretty neighborhood with a couple pockets of rough areas. To someone that is from here, it was a really scary place only 10 years ago that you would NOT drive through and that perspective is hard to shake for many. I know people that will likely never shake that opinion no matter how expensive the homes become or how great the properties are improved.

Well said...the entire post.

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Speaking plainly, the nothern and western "inner ring" neighborhoods like Greenville, Biddleville, Tryon Hills, etc.... haven't registered into the minds of most people. You could probably buy 4 or 5 vacant acres and build a vineyard in the shadow of uptown if zoning concerns didn't get in the way. On the other hand, someone else probably mentioned this but The Drakeford Company actually filed a zoning petition with the city council back in June of this year for the vacant parcel of land borded by Statesville Avenue and Callahan Street to change it from business use to mixed used development district, but it was withdrawn. The site plan looked like a lot of retail, but there was only one schematic. Someone else in this post actually mentioned that the Drakeford guy has an interest in developing the Western and Northern close in hoods, and voila, il parait que c'est le cas (it appears that that is the case). I personally wouldn't mind a bottle of Biddleville preserve, crafted in the shadows of uptown Charlotte; it would help us along on the path to becoming a city of renown (hope I'm not taking the vineyard joke too far!).
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Sounds like there are some environmental problems. If the tanks leaked, the ground could be contaminated. The state has to gave an ok for clean up and ok for any use. The state also may want them to spend more money for clean up.

I spent 5 years dealing with tank environmental problems and it is no fun.

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That activity is the city installing the light posts that will line Statesville Avenue, from Graham thru Oaklawn. They are digging the holes all along both sides of the road. They seem close together, but will help the look of the area a lot.
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Those holes ended up being trees they are planting all along Stateville(the day of the 'snow' must have been fun planting), and now there's a bunch of bushes laying in the field, apparently going in next. Still positive momentum for the little area.

Now if some how Eckerd will sell that huge Distribution center and Noah's Music factory livens up.

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The question is whether or not all the neighborhoods in the inner ring will become posh. When I think of posh I think of upper class and expensive. Well, one neighborhood in the inner ring that historically has been anything but posh- Lockwood- between N. Tryon and N. Graham just outside of uptown, is getting there. There is a new house being built that is under contract and it is selling for over $200,000. That is far more than any other house has sold for in the neighborhood. I think this neigborhood will be a lot like Cherry in that many of the residents are older and houses rarely go up for sale. But I think it will become more and more posh.

There are really not that many areas left in the inner ring that aren't already posh...or at least on the way to becoming posh.

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