Fact Friday

Fact Friday 59 - Jimmie McKee and the Historic Excelsior Club

Fact Friday 59 - Jimmie McKee and the Historic ...

Happy Friday everyone!   The Excelsior Club, located on Beatties Ford Road about one-half mile north of the main entrance to Johnson C. Smith University, was for many years the...

Fact Friday 59 - Jimmie McKee and the Historic ...

Happy Friday everyone!   The Excelsior Club, located on Beatties Ford Road about one-half mile north of the main entrance to Johnson C. Smith University, was for many years the...

Fact Friday 58 - Southern Manufacturers Club

Fact Friday 58 - Southern Manufacturers Club

Fact Friday 58 - Southern Manufacturers Club   Happy Friday everyone!   As Charlotte grew into a prosperous New South metropolis in the late nineteenth century, its wealthy elite decided...

Fact Friday 58 - Southern Manufacturers Club

Fact Friday 58 - Southern Manufacturers Club   Happy Friday everyone!   As Charlotte grew into a prosperous New South metropolis in the late nineteenth century, its wealthy elite decided...

Fact Friday 57 – Romare Bearden’s Impact, Today

Fact Friday 57 – Romare Bearden’s Impact, Today

 Happy Friday everyone!   I have to be honest with everyone. This week, I say ‘Happy Friday’ with a bit of reluctance. I’m certainly happy and thankful for many things,...

Fact Friday 57 – Romare Bearden’s Impact, Today

 Happy Friday everyone!   I have to be honest with everyone. This week, I say ‘Happy Friday’ with a bit of reluctance. I’m certainly happy and thankful for many things,...

Fact Friday 56 - The Gainesville-Midland 301

Fact Friday 56 - The Gainesville-Midland 301

Happy Friday everyone!   On Father’s Day this year, at a minimum, there was one thing I wanted to accomplish. Take my son to Freedom Park, even if just for...

Fact Friday 56 - The Gainesville-Midland 301

Happy Friday everyone!   On Father’s Day this year, at a minimum, there was one thing I wanted to accomplish. Take my son to Freedom Park, even if just for...

Fact Friday 55 - The Tryon Trilogy – South Tryon: The Wall Street of the South

Fact Friday 55 - The Tryon Trilogy – South Tryo...

Happy Friday everyone!   For much of Charlotte's early history, South Tryon was lined with a mix of businesses and residences that characterized it as one of the city’s four...

Fact Friday 55 - The Tryon Trilogy – South Tryo...

Happy Friday everyone!   For much of Charlotte's early history, South Tryon was lined with a mix of businesses and residences that characterized it as one of the city’s four...

Fact Friday 54 - The Tryon Trilogy - Tryon Street At Night

Fact Friday 54 - The Tryon Trilogy - Tryon Stre...

Happy Friday everyone!   This photograph from Christmas 1940 shows how bright and vibrant North Tryon Street once was at night. Although it was already becoming an "automobile city," Charlotte...

Fact Friday 54 - The Tryon Trilogy - Tryon Stre...

Happy Friday everyone!   This photograph from Christmas 1940 shows how bright and vibrant North Tryon Street once was at night. Although it was already becoming an "automobile city," Charlotte...