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  • Uptown The center of Charlotte is known as Uptown. In the 19th century, Uptown was divided into four political wards, and today the First and Fourth Wards are largely residential [1], with Fourth Ward housing the majority of Charlotte's remaining 19th century Queen Anne architecture[2]. At the center of Uptown is the Square, the intersection of Trade and Tryon Streets and the point at which all four wards converge. Uptown is home to the majority of the city's skyscrapers, as well as Bank of America Stadium and the Charlotte Bobcats Arena. Johnson & Wales University, the Levine Museum of the New South, Discovery Place, Mint Museum of Craft + Design, and the soon to be built NASCAR Hall of Fame are also located Uptown, along with the government district for both Mecklenburg County and the City of Charlotte. Cherry[1] community, a black residential district developed in the 1890s and early 1900s by John Springs Myers and Mary Rawlinson Myers and the Brooklyn area are in the middle of being revitalized or gentrified depending on your point of view Uptown Charlotte is currently in the midst of a construction and developmental boom, with numerous high-rise buildings under construction, as well as major retail and cultural projects.[3]
A trolley line in Charlotte's South End.
A trolley line in Charlotte's South End.
  • Cotswold takes its name for a large shopping center located at Randolph and Sharon Amity Roads, it was one of the orignal malls in the Charlotte area. Cotswold is emerging as one of the nicer areas for living and shopping with close proximity to uptown. Many 50's and 60's homes are being remodeled and sold. The area is neighbored by Southpark, Eastover, and Grier Heights.[citation needed]
  • South End takes its name from South Boulevard, its main thoroughfare, and its location just south of Uptown. An area of light industry and cotton mills for much of its history, today its former industrial buildings and mills are loft condominiums, restaurants, breweries, shops, and offices. Charlotte's historic trolley also originates in the neighborhood.[citation needed]
  • Dilworth, Charlotte's first streetcar suburb, was developed in the 1890s on 250 acres (1 km²) southwest of the original city limits and included the Joseph Forsyth Johnson designed Latta Park. Planned largely with a grid pattern similar to the city's original four wards, it was initially designated the Eighth Ward. Centered on East Boulevard, today Dilworth is popular with Charlotte's young professionals drawn to its historic turn of the century architecture and traditional neighborhood feel[citation needed]. [4] [5]
  • Elizabeth takes its name from Elizabeth College, a small Lutheran women’s college founded in 1897 on the present-day site of Presbyterian Hospital. Elizabeth began to develop rapidly after 1902, when a trolley line was completed, and was annexed in 1907. Home of Independence Park, the first public park in the city, Elizabeth became one of the most fashionable residential areas in Charlotte in its early days.[6]
  • Myers Park is populated by some of the city's oldest and largest houses. Myers Park's streets are lined with towering oaks, the remaining originals of which were raised on James B. Duke's New Jersey estate before being transplanted to the new development. Designed by John Nolen of Boston in 1911, Myers Park was initially a "streetcar suburb" whose residents commuted to town via electric trolley. Nolen discarded the original grid street pattern of Uptown and Dilworth and instead planned curving avenues following the area’s topography. Myers Park is largely a product of the building boom of the 1920s.[7]
  • Plaza-Midwood was conceived as a complement to nearby Myers Park; beginning in the 1990s it enjoyed a revival that has made it a sought-after, more bohemian alternative to other higher-priced city neighborhoods.[8]
  • NoDa is the city's "arts district" on and around North Davidson Street, located a mile northeast of Uptown. Formerly an area of textile manufacturing and mill workers' residences, the area has also served as a center for the arts. The name "NoDa" was coined by architect Russell Pound.[citation needed]
  • Eastland, developed primarily during the 1960s and 70s, comprises a majority of the city's east side, including the namesake Eastland Mall. Changing demographics have made Eastland home to one of Charlotte's larger Latino communities.[citation needed]
  • Starmount is a residential neighborhood in the South Boulevard area of South Charlotte. Consisting of nearly 1,400 individual homes, Starmount is the largest established neighborhood in the South Charlotte area.[9] It is bounded by E. Woodlawn to the north, Woodstream and Thorncliff to the south, Old Pineville Road to the west and Park Road to the east. Starmount was one of several Charlotte communities built by developer Charles Ervin in the late 1950s and 1960s.[10] Due to the neighborhoods extreamly close proximity to the Light Rail being established along South Blvd, the property values of most homes in the neighborhood are expected to double by the end of 2009.[11] It's also probable that the property values of homes closest to the LYNX rail line are expected to even triple. [citation needed]
  • Ballantyne is a planned mixed-use development that has grown exponentially in recent years and lies in the southernmost part of Charlotte, along the North and South Carolina border. Like SouthPark, Ballantyne has a high concentration of both impressive homes and commercial development.[citation needed]
  • The Arboretum is situated a few miles south of central Charlotte, along Pineville-Matthews Road, and was developed primarily around the Arboretum Shopping Center. The area is home to Providence Plantation, Hembstead, and the country club community of Raintree.[citation needed]
  • Steele Creek encompasses a large area of the southwestern part of Mecklenburg County formerly rural and residential but now rapidly approaching total annexation, especially after the completion of the western leg of I-485 through the area. Generally the entire area south of Charlotte Douglas International Airport and west of Sugar Creek and I-77 is referred to as Steele Creek. Approximately 72% of its 25,282 residents now fall within the boundaries of the city of Charlotte.[citation needed]
  • Biddleville, locally know as "The Ford", is located west of Uptown along Beaties Ford Road. Biddleville is home to Johnson C. Smith University, a historically black college once called the Biddle Institute. Biddleville arose as a supporting community of the Institute and was distinctly separate from Charlotte. Biddleville's population is prodominately African American.[12]
  • Derita is located north of I-85 and south of W.T. Harris Blvd and is generally centered on West Sugar Creek Road between North Graham Street and Nevin Road.[citation needed]
  • Sedgefield is another historic neighborhood just south of Dilworth. Many of the homes there have been renovated, and it is a popular area for young professionals. It is located between Park Rd and South Blvd. Property values have been increasing faster than average due to the development along South Blvd. This is why a Lowes is being built, along with many condo projects, and the completion of the Light Rail.[citation needed]

See also: Charlotte Neighborhood Statistical Areas

See also: Charlotte Neighborhood Statistical Areas