As the Big Apple Goes, So Does The Gate City
Greensboro is not New York, nor has it ever pretended to be, but the Gate City does have a history of looking to the Big Apple for architectural inspiration –…
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Pilot Life Site May Be Removed From Watch List
Great news appears in the works with a long-time Treasured Places Watch List property: The Pilot Life Insurance Campus in Sedgefield. Kisco Senior Living, a California company, purchased the site…
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Design Guidelines Raises Debate On Good Architecture
Last evening, the City of Greensboro Planning Department held a public meeting for input on the proposed downtown design manual. The manual has been a multiple-year effort assembled by a citizen…
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A Style Of Our Own: Greensboro’s Unique Brick and Granite Facades
The sounds of hammers and saws were commonplace in Greensboro during the 1890s as the Gate City grew from a village to one of North Carolina’s largest cities by the…
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From Greensboro To The White House
Only 311 miles separate Greensboro from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC, but despite the relatively short distance between the two places, Greensboro shares a chapter of history with the…
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Covering Up a Brutal Past
An architectural style called Brutalism? Just what were they thinking? Without a trained eye, Brutalist buildings are aptly named. Hard concrete walls, minimal windows, harsh lines and a scarcity of…
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Landmark House in Southside’s New Lease on Life
One of Greensboro’s most interesting historic houses is getting a major makeover. The William Fields House at 447 Arlington Street near Southside was constructed between 1875 and 1879 (image, right).…
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Expanding North Carolina’s Architectural IQ
What’s your North Carolina architectural IQ? Who is your favorite local architect or builder? Chances are, your IQ will skyrocket and your favorite designers will multiply after visiting the new…
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On Elm Street, A Chapter of History Is Preserved
A touchstone to Greensboro’s commercial past now enjoys an extra level of recognition…and protection. Last night, the Meyer’s Department Store building at the corner of South Elm Street and February…
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High Point’s Residential Architecture
High Point has quite a few notable textbook examples of residential architecture. The Wilson House at 425 Hillcrest Drive is a rendition of the landmark home known as Tudor Place…
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An Old Place, A New Look
The North State Milling Company at 816 South Elm Street is an excellent example of an early twentieth-century industrial site. The company was founded in 1912 and manufactured plain and…
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The Secrets of the Preyer Federal Building
Any building with the scale, history, and gravitas of the L. Richardson Preyer Federal Building on Market Street has a few stories to tell. With a recent Insider Tour sponsored…
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