Center City Neighborhoods
Dilworth
Dilworth, Charlotte’s original “streetcar suburb”, is located southwest of Uptown. Originally the eighth district, Dilworth is one of the more prestigious real estate areas of Charlotte. Many of the condos, lofts and townhomes here have Uptown skyline views giving you the feel of being in the center of it all. In the Dilworth real estate area, you are close to shops, restaurants, parks and entertainment.
Dilworth is known for it’s large oak trees that are found everywhere in this neighborhood and beautiful homes that date back to the 1930’s and 1940’s.
Check out these Dilworth Neighborhood links ...
Charlotte Dilworth South End Rotary Club - www.charlottedilworthrotary.org
Dilworth Elementary - pages.cms.k12.nc.us
Dilworth News - www.topix.net
Dilworth Online - idilworth.org
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Elizabeth
Elizabeth is one of the older neighborhoods in the center city of Charlotte’s landscape. The neighborhood was developed back in the late 1800’s and named after Anne Elizabeth Watts. In 1897 there was a small Lutheran College that was established in this neighborhood and named “Elizabeth College”. Elizabeth College stayed in Charlotte until 1915 before moving to Salem, VA.
Over the years the Elizabeth neighborhood has gone through a major transformation and today is now home to most of the major hospitals that are in the center city. It was also recently known as part of the arts district (not to be confused with No Da ) and boasts beautiful / unique architecture that dates back to the early 1900’s.
There is a major push currently underway in the Elizabeth neighborhood for developing additional retail at the Metropolitan and the Elizabeth Avenue Re-development pictured below. For more information about the wonderful Elizabeth Neighborhood in Charlotte center city real estate, please email me or call.
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Myers Park
Myers Park is a well established affluent neighborhood in Charlotte. The Myers Park neighborhood is that area bounded by Queens Road on the north; Providence Road on the east; Sharon Road on the south; and Colony, East Woodlawn and South Kings on the west.
Commonly speaking. it's located between South Park Mall and Uptown just to the south of the downtown business district.
Myers Park is one of the most prestigious neighborhoods in all of Charlotte and in NC for that matter. Myers Park is an area of breath taking homes, tree-lined streets, and boasts a 98 acre park…Freedom Park. www.freedomparkneighbors.org
Few realize that the neighborhood's importance extends far beyond Charlotte. Myers Park is of statewide significance because it was the home of many of the textile, banking, and utility leaders responsible for developing the Piedmont Carolinas into a major American manufacturing region in the early twentieth century.
Architecturally, Myers Park is largely a product of the building boom of the 1920s, though there are residences dating from 1912 to the present year. The primary style is Colonial Revival, especially the red brick Georgian Colonial borrowed from the Virginia colony. Bungalow influences are also important, particularly in the few dozen houses dating from the 1910s. The Tudor Revival of the twenties is a third major architectural mode, and it is likely that Myers Park holds the finest collection of Tudor Revival dwellings in North Carolina. In addition to these types of home, new mansions are constantly popping up within this amazing neighborhood.
Then there’s Myers Park Country Club. Myers Park Country Club reinforced the neighborhood's prestigious image, for this was the era when golf was becoming America's most fashionable executive sport. Today the Club is still an important component of the neighborhood, though it has seen some physical changes over the decades.
When Myers Park was originally developed, the neighborhood had many competitors trying to attract the wealthy out to the suburbs. When Myers Park opened in late 1911, South Boulevard in Dilworth was lined with fine new mansions, as was Elizabeth Avenue in Elizabeth and Central Avenue in Piedmont Park. To a lesser extent, East Boulevard and Morehead Street in Dilworth, Clement Avenue in Elizabeth, and The Plaza in Chatham Estates (now Plaza-Midwood) were also desirable suburban addresses for the well-to-do in the early 1910s.
Few of these streets have retained any desirability as residential areas. South Boulevard and Elizabeth Avenue are dreary commercial strips with almost no reminders of their once-proud past. A handful of houses remain on Central, Morehead, and more on East Boulevard, but they have largely lost their residential appeal. The early large residences on Clement and The Plaza are interspersed with small bungalows built when demand for the streets did not meet developers' hopes.
Only Myers Park and Dilworth have steadily retained their original prestige and are still much sought after neighborhoods. People who know nothing of its history want to live in Myers Park for its sheer beauty. It is no accident that developers with high density projects eagerly eye sites on Queens Road and ignore Elizabeth Avenue only a few blocks away. The area's long term success is a powerful economic argument for the lasting benefits of good and thorough planning.
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No Da (also known as the Arts District)
North Davidson (NoDa) real estate is a historic district just 2 miles away from Charlotte's Center City real estate. What was once home to several textile factories and warehouses, NoDa has be reborn into Charlotte's art community. North Davidson real estate is now commonly referred to as NoDa or The Arts District real estate, and has become an active community full of culture with its great restaurants, galleries and shops. The old warehouses and mills from the 1900's are being converted into chic residential high rises and townhome communities, making North Davidson real estate an exciting and inspirational place to call home.
How to Get to NoDa:
From Uptown, travel north on N. Tryon St. approximately 2 miles and turn right on 36th Street. Travel a half mile to N. Davidson St.
Dining in NoDa:
Cabo Fish Taco
Cabo features authentic south-of-the-border taste at great prices.
3201 N. Davidson St.
Charlotte, NC 28205
704-332-8868
Boudreaux's Louisiana Kitchen
Boudreaux's features low-country favorites like shrimp and grits and cajun staples like etouffee and jambalaya
501 E. 36th St.
Charlotte, NC 28205
704-331-9898
Things to Do in NoDa:
NoDa Gallery Crawl
On the first and third Friday of every month from 6-9:30 p.m., meander through NoDa's endless array of art galleries featuring original work by artists in all stages of their career. Parking is free on most side streets or $3 at The Neighborhood Theatre.
Live Music
NoDa is home to several live music venues like The Evening Muse, Neighborhood Theatre and Wine Up which showcase up-and-coming as well as established musicians and vocalists of all genres.
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Plaza Midwood
Plaza-Midwood area real estate is one of Charlotte, NC’s most diverse and historic neighborhoods.
Plaza-Midwood area real estate is located to the northeast of Charlotte's Uptown/Downtown area real estate. The neighborhood actually gets it name from the two larger subdivisions, The Plaza and Midwood, whose residents takes pride in the neighborhoods historic routes, which can been seen amongst the tree-lined streets and charming bungalows that have been restored to their turn of the century beauty.
The Plaza-Midwood area in Charlotte, NC real estate also has an active business district that includes antique and consignment stores, as well as several art galleries, clothing and furniture boutiques that add to the historic element of the neighborhood. Plaza-Midwood is also home to one of Charlotte's most prestigious country clubs. And there are many family owned restaurants in the area that offer Southern home style cooking and various authentic ethnic cuisines.
(* Information gathered from the Plaza-Midwood Neighborhood Association)
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Sedgefield
The Sedgefield Neighborhood is located just south of Dilworth, between Park Road and South Boulevard.
According to Wikipedia, "Many of the homes there have been renovated, and it is a popular area for young professionals....Property values have been increasing faster than average due to the development along South Blvd."
The creation of Sedgefield Neighborhood Charlotte, NC area real estate started in the early 1900's when a man named G.A. Marsh purchased 160 acres of farmland for his family. The farm was converted into the Sedgefield community shortly after WWII as one by one brick houses sprouted along Park Road. Residential growth continued to persist into the 40's and thereafter, and by the mid-80's the Sedgefield community also included a park, several churches, and an elementary and middle school.
Today there are several transitional style, transit oriented condo and townhome developments under construction in the Sedgefield Neighborhood real estate area that are being fueled by the new Light Rail transportation system.
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Southend
Historic South End, often referred to as The South End, is a neighborhood immediately south of Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina.
The South End has its beginning in the 1850's with Charlotte's first railroad line, connecting the Queen City to Columbia and Charleston, SC. As time passed a thriving manufacturing community sprang up along the tracks, centered on the booming textile industry. The industrial area declined during the 1970s and 1980s, only to be revived in the early 1990s as restaurants, shops, and design-related industries discovered the old mills and warehouses.
The area is notable for the number of renovated factories and eclectic mix of retail, commercial and high end residential construction. – source wikipedia
Notable Links to some of Southend’s points of interest:
Amos Music Hall - http://www.amossouthend.com/
Canine Cafe - www.k9treat.com
Charlotte Running Company - http://www.charlotterunning.com/
Mill Bar and Restaurant - http://www.ginmill.biz/
Pewter Rose Restaurant - http://pewterose.com/
Tavern on the Tracks - http://www.tavernonthetracks.net/
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Wesley Heights
Wesley Heights is located just outside the 277 Beltway to the immediate western part of Uptown. In 1911 the first home was originally built in the Wesley Heights neighborhood and back in the day, Wesley Heights was a thriving center of commerce for trades people and the residents that formed old downtown Charlotte.
Wesley Heights continued to prosper as a strong neighborhood until a large urban flight took place back in the 1970’s.
Now Wesley Heights is undergoing a process of rejuvenation as evidenced by the new in fill projects and many rehabs of some older homes that are taking place. As you drive into the Wesley Heights neighborhood you will notice a variety of architectural styles and exterior designs that can be likened to homes you might find in Dilworth, Elizabeth and Myers Park areas of town.
Wesley Heights is just one of six Historically Zoned Districts in Mecklenburg County including the Fourth Ward, Dilworth, Plaza-Midwoods, Elizabeth and downtown Davidson.
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