Fact Friday

Fact Friday 185 - The Worst Streetcar Accident in Charlotte History

Fact Friday 185 - The Worst Streetcar Accident ...

Happy Friday! These trolley cars serviced Myers Park and Hoskins, as well as the large number of employees who earned their living by operating the system, some of whom are...

Fact Friday 185 - The Worst Streetcar Accident ...

Happy Friday! These trolley cars serviced Myers Park and Hoskins, as well as the large number of employees who earned their living by operating the system, some of whom are...

Fact Friday 184 - Bojangles' Coliseum History 2.0

Fact Friday 184 - Bojangles' Coliseum History 2.0

Happy Friday!   In earlier incarnations it was known as Cricket Arena, after the cellphone company, and even earlier as Independence Arena, before somebody came up with the cheesy idea...

Fact Friday 184 - Bojangles' Coliseum History 2.0

Happy Friday!   In earlier incarnations it was known as Cricket Arena, after the cellphone company, and even earlier as Independence Arena, before somebody came up with the cheesy idea...

Fact Friday 183 - Charlotte's Abandoned Jail

Fact Friday 183 - Charlotte's Abandoned Jail

Happy Friday! Ribbons of peeling lead paint hang from the ceilings. Broken glass litters a hallway floor. And graffiti covers the walls of the dark, cramped jail cells – a...

Fact Friday 183 - Charlotte's Abandoned Jail

Happy Friday! Ribbons of peeling lead paint hang from the ceilings. Broken glass litters a hallway floor. And graffiti covers the walls of the dark, cramped jail cells – a...

Fact Friday 182 - The Unsolved Death of Delette Nycum

Fact Friday 182 - The Unsolved Death of Delette...

Happy Friday! The true story of the late Charlotte real estate developer George Cutter begins with his birth in Charlotte on Sept. 29, 1912 to Gracie King and John H....

Fact Friday 182 - The Unsolved Death of Delette...

Happy Friday! The true story of the late Charlotte real estate developer George Cutter begins with his birth in Charlotte on Sept. 29, 1912 to Gracie King and John H....

Fact Friday 181 - Nightclubs Up in Smoke

Fact Friday 181 - Nightclubs Up in Smoke

Happy Friday! An ad for the C'est Bon Club, one of 17 to burn in a five-year period, between 1971 and 1976. The owners of the C'est Bon also operated...

Fact Friday 181 - Nightclubs Up in Smoke

Happy Friday! An ad for the C'est Bon Club, one of 17 to burn in a five-year period, between 1971 and 1976. The owners of the C'est Bon also operated...

Fact Friday 180 - The Historic Tryon House Apartments

Fact Friday 180 - The Historic Tryon House Apar...

Happy Friday! The historic Tryon House was built in 1918 and served as a fashionable yet economical in-town residential location for singles, young married couples and even small families. The...

Fact Friday 180 - The Historic Tryon House Apar...

Happy Friday! The historic Tryon House was built in 1918 and served as a fashionable yet economical in-town residential location for singles, young married couples and even small families. The...