Charlotte's History

[Neo]

Here is a pretty good link about the history of Charlotte and the 4 wards, it's long but informative and contains some valuable information about the city!

http://www.cmhpf.org/neighborhoods/CenterCity.html

[PghUSA]

very nice!

Didn't know Charlotte had the first public library for blacks in the state, thats a very nice read!

[monsoon]

[Norm2]

OK lets try to get a little more action in this place lol. How many other southern cities have similar histories as Charlotte does? What I think is unique about Charlotte, is that our street grid uptown is tilted at 45 degrees and that the rest of our roads are f'd up lol.

[Neo]

The same thing irks me. Sometimes the spaghetti roads are fun to drive, but more times than not I just wish we were in the midwest and all of our roads were gridded for the most part.

[Norm2]

the one thing interesting about our roads is that at least they go in a circle around the city. That is very unique. how many other American cities can say that?