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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 and…

This is the official letter and final draft to Charlotte Mayor Eddie Knox protesting the potential closure of the Second Engine Company at Fire Station 8. It is concise and contains the contact information for both the Mayor and Cindy Seaford, the…

By June 1983, Midwood School was no more. Residents worked to find a tenant for the empty campus. One such idea was for a neighborhood performing arts center.

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.

Paul Chatham utilized the storage battery streetcar, a technology developed by Thomas Edison, for his Chatham Estates street railway. However, the car was unreliable and uncomfortable for passengers. This photo shows a storage battery car used in…

This page form the 1937 Charlotte Directory has the first mention of Harris Market after it was first opened in 1936. You can see the entry in the second column. It reads: 1504 Harris Food Store gros.

This letter contains a complaint from the Charlotte Firefighters Association, written by James McLaughlin as President of the Association, to the Mayor and Charlotte City Council. In it he presents the possible consequences of cutting manpower or…

Maurice A. Weinstein gave a speech on WBT Radio in favor of the Midwood Park Project. This is a transcript of his speech.

On May 19, 1980, the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners met and discussed multiple issues. The bullet that pertains to the East Branch Library is entitled "Plans Changed For Library Relocation." In 1980, the library stood on the corner of…

In response to a proposed plan to widen and extend Matheson Avenue through established residential areas in the mid 1970s, the residents formed a neighborhood association. The Midwood-Matheson Neighborhood Association was successful in defeating the…