UNCG’s Historic Quad To Be Preserved!
Joe Killian reports good news from UNCG related to the historic Quad! The Quad is composed of several building, many of which are among the oldest on the UNCG campus.…
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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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Fisher Park Demolition May Loom, But Optimism Remains
The future of the Holleman House in Fisher Park does not look promising, but some who rally in support of Greensboro’s historic places remain cautiously optimistic. The 100-year-old house is…
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Preservation Greensboro’s 2009 Watch List
UNCG’s university quad, our classic American ballpark, Greensboro’s grandest house, and a mid-twentieth-century modern icon represent just a few of the diverse sites named to the Preservation Greensboro’s 2009 Treasured Places Watch…
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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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Our New Linear Park, A Path To The Future
We can only imagine what Greensboro’s Downtown Greenway will be like when completed, though workers have laid asphalt for the path through the Warnersville neighborhood already. The complete experience remains a few…
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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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South Elm Street Makes Greensboro Cool
I have never heard someone from Charlotte say “I went to Greensboro the other day and their roller coasters are so cool.” I have never heard someone from Raleigh say…
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