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As of fall 2012, the Midwood School building is vacant as evidenced by the empty signposts in front of the school.

The growing area around Chatham Estates quickly outgrew the new Lawyers Road school. A school building program in 1941 funded the addition of an auditorium designed by local architect Charles W. Connelly.

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…

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. …

This aerial photo shows several businesses that populated the commercial corridor of Plaza-Midwood.

This undated aerial photo, likely from the 1930s, reveals the sporadic development that plagued Plaza-Midwood during its first decades. Although the arterial street on the left is paved, many of the roads are compacted dirt.

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.

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.

Student members of the Midwood Elementary School orchestra pose on the front steps of the school.