What Can Greensboro Learn From Detroit?
The Gate City and the Motor City enjoy some similarities in terms of history and architecture. Today, the Gate City might benefit from a few lessons to learn from Detroit…
Walter Gropius in the Gate City
“Less is More” is the well-known edict of the German design school Bauhaus, and Walter Gropius was Bauhaus’s founder. In Greensboro, one building is attributed to the world famous designer…
The Jefferson Standard Building: Lower Manhattan Comes to Greensboro
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company president Julian Price sought for his office tower to be the highest building between Washington and Atlanta because the recognized the manner in which the public sought “to identify their financial institutions with impressive buildings that inspire confidence.”
South Elm Street: North Carolina’s Urban Edge
North 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.
Summit Avenue: On the Road to the Future
The 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.
Fisher Park: Our Classic Streetcar Suburb
Captain 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…
Bellemeade Neighborhood: Living on the Cusp
One 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…
College Hill: Where History Meets Urbanity
College Hill has the distinction of being Greensboro’s best-preserved example of a late nineteenth century neighborhood. The narrow streets lined with commodius Queen Anne residences and charming bungalows are enhanced…
Historic Railroad Stations of Guilford County
Guilford County’s hometown hero was John Motley Morehead, who used his role as governor to advance a number of social and economic causes that led to his nickname “The Father…
Best Practices in Urban Design: What Greensboro Can Learn From Princeton, New Jersey
Greensboro is a community that enjoys a strong education system, a healthy transportation network, and a vibrant center city. Though we face challenges in terms of the economy and social…
What Can Greensboro Learn from Butte Montana?
Butte goes by many nicknames – The richest hill on earth; The Gibraltar of unionism; The ugliest town in the world; The most pictorial place in America, and most recently,…
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