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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…

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…

Thomas B. Hoover driving one of the horse and buggies from his livery stable. Behind him is the Parker House, located at 901 Central Avenue. It was built in 1904, shortly after this photograph was taken. Before the development of Chatham Estates,…

Photograph of the intersection of The Plaza at Parkwood Avenue. This is the northern entry to the Plaza-Midwood neighborhood.

The Charlotte skyline dominates the view from the busy intersection of Central Avenue and Pecan Street. By turning onto Pecan Street, one may access the Chantilly and Elizabeth neighborhoods.

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. …

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…

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…

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…

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.