Profile: Traditional
“grid” street pattern. Neighborhoods surrounding skyscrapers. Most residential
space is within the city’s original wards of which there are four.
First Ward, the
northeastern quadrant of the city lays claim to the Afro-American Cultural Center and to
First Ward Place, a 350-unit complex uniting residents of varied income levels.Lots of
attached housing.
Third Ward, in
the southwest quadrant claims the stadium and hundreds of new attached housing. Fourth
Ward is home to some of the city’s oldest homes and led Charlotte’s urban
renewal in this, the northwestern quadrant.
At this time
there is no such thing as Second Ward housing, the homes in this southeast quadrant were
razed in the 1960’s. Uptown bustles with construction of attached housing. Throughout
the infield, new construction. Relocating and dismantling older homes. A high-rise condo
project is on the way.
Fourth
Ward...Check out the Walking Tour,
maps, text and photos, here. |
