11/7 Class Pt 5: Wrap up

so we covered all the different types of areas seen in Greensboro, or any town really. we talked about the retail and its importance in providing food, clothes, entertainment, and other odds and ends to the people, both who live here and visit from other places. the residential and its purpose to house the people, mainly the ones who live here but some who visit or pass through. the roadway and its use as a sort of free advertising for the retail part of town while some of them lead to the homes of the Greensboro natives. they all lead somewhere that had a use one way or the other. the open space we saw was very important because it is in rememberance of those who fell in the American Revolutionary War. it also shows that Greensboro see its natural environment as an important asset. i think Greensboro is a lovely little city and has a lot to offer those around and in it.

11/7 Class Pt 4: Open Space

for the November 7th class, one of the last places we visited was Battleground Park. this is where Nathanael Greene fought in the Battle of the Guilford Court House in the American Revolutionary War. the park is a beautiful peaceful place to have a picnic, take a walk, or go for class.






throughout the park, there are statues commemorating different historically important people in Greensboro. Joseph M. Moorehead who dealt with the train depot and the transportation. Nathanael Greene, which should be obvious. William Hooper who was a big supporter of the American Revolution and was a delegate in the First Continential Congress and then in the Second as well. he was one of the signatures on the Declaration of Independance and his remains were permanently buried here at the Battleground Military Park. John Penn who served on the Continental Congresses with William Hooper and is buried along side of him in the park.















i think that it is very important for Greensboro to acknowledge that something great happened here at the park. it also helps preserve nature and give us an idea of what Greensboro was like before all the buildings went up. it is a beautiful area and should be embraced and remembered.

11/7 Class Pt 3: Residential

throughout the course of November 7th, we passed and visited several residential areas specifically we visited the Loewenstein Residence and the Cone Mills/White Oak Mill Village.

the Loewenstein Residence was designed and built in 1954 by Edward Loewenstein for his wife and two daughters. he was very into the modern architecture so he incorporated the modern look and the desired 'homey' feel into a beautiful home for his family. the house sits flat on the ground without a boosting base. i think this is to try to blend the structure with the landscape rather that have it pop out as the other houses do. it is quite open and spacious while giving designated areas for different room with support beams in the ceiling and the way the furniture is organized. the wall of the living/gathering room are bookshelves full of books. the whole back wall is glass allowing the sun to light and warm the house. the walls in the hallways are cabinets and drawers to provide extra storage.

the neighborhood itself is quite pretty. there are a lot trees that were left in the yards of the homes, giving it shade and a nature feel. the houses are spaces nicely apart to give each house a decent sized front and back yard. unlike the neighbor hood in downtown, each house has a driveway and street mailbox. this neighborhood clearly was built to serve families rather than college students and professors.

the Cone Mill was an old jean fabric factory that was started in the late 1930's. the White Oak Mill Village was built as worker cottages. the village was just that--stores, schools, churches, jobs, and even a local cemetary were provided for the residents so that they would have easy access to work and affordable living. the village is a mini-town within Greensboro. the streets that run through the village are numbered rather than named after historically important people as the streets in town are. the houses are spaced enough to provide a decent sized front and back yard but there are barely any trees or foundation plantings around. the village was built in a huge open feild so the only trees or plants there now are the one planted by the residents to try for more privacy. there are street mailboxes and driveways for each house. there arent any sidewalks. the houses were built very modestly, frankly pretty boring. as time went on the residents added on the original structures, giving the houses a little more shape. when the village was built, there was definitely only practicality in mind--not socialization.

11/7 Class Pt 2: Roadway

while we were go to and fro for the November 7th class, we traveled on a lot of roads. specifically we rode on the interstate between the High Point Road exit and Wendover Avenue, High Point Road, Wendover Avenue, Summit Avenue, and Battleground Avenue.

the roadways we covered had residential, retail, or open space views. the interstate just had resisential on either side behind the borderline of trees. Summit Avenue was mostly residential
neighborhoods. High Point Road and Wendover Avenue were mostly retail--with restaurants, car

dealerships, and hotels along the side of the street. Battleground Avenue was some residential and some retail but mostly it was open space leading to the Battleground Park.

along certain roads, Greensboro wants to give a different impression. the roads with residential--this is a community and this is where you could raise a family. the roads with with when traveling through. the roads with open space--this is were you and your family can come to have good quality tme together and to experience nature along with being in an historic area. retail--this is where you can but the things
needed for raising you family or even just to get by

11/7 Class Pt 1: Retail

for the November 7th class we covered many different areas.

for the retail section we went to the Friendly Center and the Four Seasons Mall.

the Friendly Center has many different types of shops and serves several age levels. they serve college students and middle age working class mainly. the shops range from clothes to pets to food to electronics. there are a couple pharmacies thrown in there too. the specific types of shops aren't put together, they are all intermingling through out the area. the Friendly Center is considered a strip mall so there are several buildings that have been split into a lot of spaces where the stores are. they all face outward around the building, even at the back of the building. the buildings full of stores fill the area from Friendly Avenue to Northline Avenue and from Greenvalley Road to Pembroke Road. there are parking lots in between all of the buildings and sidewalks along the sides of the buildings. in between some of the parking lots there are little pedestrian sitting/picnicking areas. security has a high value at the Friendly Center--there are little cameras set up and security guards forever circling around the parking lots and buildings.

the Four Seasons Mall has the same types of stores and targeted age groups. they have a couple extra types of shops such as there post office, the game room by the food court and the independent vendors throughout the store. the setup is what differs the Four Seasons Mall from the Friendly Center. the mall is all one big three story building with the stores side-by-side with the walk ways in between. the parking lots surround the building in a full 360. the elevators and escalators provide transportation to and from each level.

on the other side of the tracks

as you walk along S. Elm Street you will see a lot of building, in use or empty, and empty spaces, used as parking or allies. coming from Spring Garden St. towards the Lewis Street intersection, the buildings on the right side of the street are the odd numbered and the ones on the left side are even numbered. there are only several buildings on either side of the street but each building is split into 3 or 4 sections.

in 1925 most of the buildings were used as businesses, a few were vacant or residents. a lot of the second levels of the shops were used as homes for the shop keepers/owners. from the Southern Railroad:Captain of Police Office to the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. just about every type of business is covered. a couple of the businesses occupy two of the sections such as the Coble & Starr Motor Co. which is in Suite 531 and Suite 533.

in 1975 the economy must have dropped---a lot. the whole sections from Suite 401 to Suite 511 and from Suite 533 to Suite 601 weren't listed so we have to assume that they had been removed from S. Elm Street. a lot the odd side was missing and spacey. a couple of the addresses are missing from the even side of S. Elm Street but most of the buildings are still standing and in use. some of the second levels of the shops were still in use as homes as well.

in 2000 the economy still must have been low or the the people of Greensboro just didn't care enough to keep up that part of town because even more of the addresses were not listed--on both the left and right side of S. Elm Street.

in 2009--present day--the Greensboro people must have started to appreciate the older part of town more because more of the buildings are in use. the addresses that aren't listed are definitely parking lots and back streets.

some of the buildings have been in use by the same company since 1975. most havent though.

i think that the Greensboro people have realized the historic value of the old downtown part of Greensboro. and with this in mind they have focused on restoring and using the original buildings rather than replacing them with more modern buildings.

tracing the tracks: opening the gates

the greensboro train/bus station has been used for a long time. it stretches all over the eastern part of the USA. moorehead built the train station because he thought it would help bring people to greensboro plus it was really useful to the industrial side of town. now it still used for the industrial part of town and is widely used to bring people to and from greensboro. i think that in the future, it will still be useful for both reasons.

the Piedmont Triad International Airport brings tons of people from all over the eastern side of the USA. the mutual arrivals and departures : memphis, atlanta, dallas, detroit, hebron, philadelphia, washington, new york, charlotte, houston, chicago, newark. the arrivals: birmingham, miami. the departures: poanoke, lewisburg, leesburg.

greensboro has several non-western european culture institutions.

-Cultural Center

-http://www.greensboro-nc.gov/Departments/Executive/events/hosting/culturalcenter/

-Greensboro Symphony Orchestra

-http://www.greensborosymphony.org/

-Reed African American Heritage Museum

-http://www.ncat.edu/~museum/collect.html/Mattye

-Weatherspoon Art Museum

-http://weatherspoon.uncg.edu/

-Natural Science Center of Greensboro

-http://www.natsci.org/