The third of a three-part series reviewing the history of apartment housing in Greensboro. By 1940, Greensboro was evolving from a small city to a regional industrial and insurance center…
DetailsThe second of a three-part series reviewing the history of apartment housing in Greensboro. The completion of the Vick Apartments on East Fisher Avenue in 1919 – the first exclusively…
DetailsThe first of a three-part series reviewing the history of apartment housing in Greensboro. As a county seat and college town during the nineteenth century, Greensboro saw little need historically…
DetailsGreensboro’s earliest buildings rarely soared to dizzying heights due to low market demand and frugal financial capital. Traditional building materials such as wood and brick generally limited construction height to…
DetailsVigilant denizens and fans of Fisher Park have noticed the unthinkable in their neighborhood. An historic Eugene Street cottage was razed and is being replaced with new construction…without any design…
Details“Fisher Park was the first Greensboro suburb planned and developed around a park and one of the earliest park suburbs in North Carolina.” – Marvin Brown, 1991 Captain Basil John…
DetailsIrving Park is a North Carolina classic. It is home to US Ambassadors, Senators, Representatives, philanthropists, and captains of Fortune 500 companies. For Greensboro, it is the center of power…
DetailsThe Carrie and Charles Angle House at 919 Spring Garden Street in College Hill was saved from demolition through a partnership between the College Hill Neighborhood Association, the 1772 Foundation,…
DetailsNorth Carolina’s best-preserved big city main street is now home to trendy boutiques, hip bars and coffee houses, and themed restaurants that sit comfortably next to the old-school shops, creating a vibrant urban edge for the neighborhood.
DetailsThe neighborhood was rediscovered in the 1970s by artists and designers who sought spaces with large rooms and modest price tages. Often seen as the funky alternative to “over-the-railroad-tracks neighbor Fisher Park, the Summit/Aycock community has worked hard to progress the neighborhood while preserving its edge.
DetailsCaptain Basil J. Fisher turned a swamp into Greensboro’s most fashionable Gilded Era address in 1901 when he donated the lowlands for a city park that bears his name. Residents…
DetailsOne of the last of downtown Greensboro’s neighborhoods to escape gentrification, Bellemeade is on the cusp of coolness. The area is named after one of the city’s most treasured, and…
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