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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.

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

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

Southern Public Utilities Company began integrating buses into its transit system in 1934. Full implementation was complete in March 1938. This photo circa 1936 shows the buses parked in front of the company car barn on South Boulevard.

The first automobile came to Charlotte on December 5, 1899. The gasoline-powered vehicle, purchased by Dorr and Charles F. Wadsworth, cost $600.

The jitney, the forerunner to the modern motor bus, first appeared in Los Angeles, California, in late 1914. The following year, this new form of public transportation began service in Charlotte.

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…

Charlotte was serviced by streetcars until 1938. One of the many routes was along Central Avenue into Plaza Midwood. This photograph shows North Tryon Street and the many businesses that populated the downtown business district, including Bon…

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…

Plaza-Midwood wasn't the only neighborhood threatened by proposed roads. The adjacent areas of Chantilly and Elizabeth, directly attached to PM before the construction of Independence Boulevard, were endangered by a rerouting of that highway. …