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House in Fourth Ward, 2005

 
This photo shows the corner of Poplar and 7th in the spring of 2005.

Physical Description: digital image

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City Center Inn

The City Center Inn began operation at 601 N. Tryon St. in 1992. This photograph was taken just prior to its demolition.

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Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Charlotte Observer Building

 
The Charlotte Observer headquarters  took up the entire block at Tryon and Stonewall when it was built in  1971.  This picture shows the side that faced the first block of West Stonewall Street still intact but the rest of the building already  demolished.

Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

NASCAR Hall of Fame

 
The NASCAR Hall of Fame opened in 2010. The photograph shows it under construction, viewed from the intersection of Stonewall St. and South Boulevard. Physical Description: .jpg 2048 X 2730 Publisher:

Confederate Naval Yard Historic Marker

 
A state historic marker stands amidst new development in the first block of West Trade St. It marks the location of the Mecklenburg Iron Works which was leased to the Confederate Navy during the Civil War by the owner, John Wilkes. After the war, Wilkes regained ownership and operated the factory there until he sold the building to the railroad and moved operations to West Trade Street.

Arena Light Rail Tracks

 
The uptown arena opened as Charlotte Bobcats' Arena in 2005 and was renamed Time Warner Cable Arena in 2008. Physical Description: .jpg, 2592 X 1456 Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

300 N. College

Located in the 400 block of North College Street, this series of buildings was a former automobile service station and paint store. Since the mid 1990s, it has been a restaurant and bar. This shows the original bricks getting a coat of paint.
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Brickwork on Quartermaster Depot Building

 
This building opened as a Ford Motor Company plant in 1924. In World War II it served as a Quartermaster Depot, and as a missile plant and warehouse in the years since. Physical Description: jpg, 1135 X 815 Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library