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This is a newspaper clipping from October 22, 1982, announcing the Miracle Mile Street Fair. The purpose of this fair was to remember Plaza-Midwood's past and its then current revitalization efforts.

Always a steward to the local community, Harris Teeter donated a percentage of sales from its Central Avenue store to the Neighborhood Housing Services.

Midwood Elementary School closed after the 1982-1983 school year. Concerned residents of Plaza-Midwood worked to find uses for the vacant building. In 1984 the Neighbors for an Improved Community Environment (NICE) solicited ideas from the…

This 1949 map shows the bus routes that service the Plaza-Midwood area. Route 10 runs from the Square to Central Avenue and makes a loop through the neighborhood. It turns left on Club Road, then Belvedere Avenue, then The Plaza, before retracing…

Paul Chatham's street railway for his Chatham Estates development went bankrupt in 1918. Residents of that neighborhood and around the Charlotte Country Club hired automobile drivers to transport servants and other workers from Belmont switch of the…

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

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission created this map as part of the revitalization and design planning for Plaza Midwood. Major locations can be seen and the positions of the Fire Station 8, the Library, and the Central Commercial Strip…

Chatham Estates was developed by Paul Chatham beginning in 1914. He envisioned a broad boulevard flanked by large estates enjoying the most modern amenities, including both automobile and streetcar access and full utilities.

These are notes of the some of the efforts to save the Second Fire Engine and Company at Station 8. Here we can see some of the major players involved in saving the Engine Company such as Captain Jerry Holmes and the resources utilized. It also…

This is the rough draft of a letter to the mayor of Charlotte, Eddie Knox, from the President of the Plazamidwood Neighborhood Association, Cindy Seaford. Here she argues that the city should follow the recommendations of the Operations Committee…