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The Midwood area did not have a neighborhood park, so the Midwood Men's Club worked to create one. This drive to raise money and get support from the city is one of the early examples of community activism in the neighborhood.

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This brief neighborhood newsletter discusses the upcoming home tour, discusses the Midwood Library, and has a calendar of events.

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This is a photograph of the original Harris Teeter on 1704 Central Avenue from 1982.

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This Sanborn fire insurance map, page 222, shows the size of the Midwood School campus along Central Avenue.

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The Plaza once connected to Clarice Avenue in Chantilly. Now all that remains of its southern terminus is a dead-end overlooking Independence Freeway.

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The construction of Independence Freeway in the 1980s created a stark barrier between Plaza Midwood and Chantilly.

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This cartoon highlights Charlotte's reputation as a destroyer of historic properties. It was included in a leaflet protesting the proposed routes of Independence Freeway that would plow through either Plaza Midwood or Elizabeth.

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A CATS bus servicing route 17 (Commonwealth Avenue) waits at a stop sign on Thomas Avenue to turn onto Commonwealth Avenue.

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A photo of W.T Harris from the Charlotte Observer when he was 30 years old.

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A photograph of the map shows that the Plaza Midwood area was taking its modern shape. Much development had yet to occur beyond Morningside and Masonic drives. Notice Independence Boulevard runs through the Chantilly neighborhood to the south.
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