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Greensboro's neighborhoods have no "official" borders, such that some of the places listed below may overlap geographically, and residents are not always in agreement with where one neighborhood ends and another begins. Historically, many neighborhoods were defined by platted subdivisions.
The Greensboro Urban Loop is a 39.5-mile (63.6 km) Interstate Highway beltway that surrounds Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. The Urban Loop carries I-73, I-85, I-785, I-840, and US 421. It is primarily located within Greensboro city limits, though it often crisscrosses the city line.
In 1996 the Greensboro City Council approved a bond package that included funding for the redevelopment of the neighborhood and an intensive community planning process followed. This resulted in the Southside Plan—a blueprint that follows the principles of "new urbanism." Existing historic houses are being renovated for owner-occupied residences.
The Woolworth's store is notable as the site of the Greensboro sit-ins of 1960. [2] [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, with a reevaluation in 2003, and boundary adjustments in 2023. [1] The most recent changes included adding city and country government buildings completed by 1975. [4]
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Americans will be paid to play in the Ryder Cup for the first time under a new PGA of America program announced Monday that gives them a $200,000 stipend and $300,000 for them to distribute to ...
The irritation in Eric Davis’ voice was apparent as soon as the Hall of Fame was mentioned during a recent conversation about Lou Piniella, the World Series-winning manager for the Cincinnati Reds.
Fisher Park is a neighborhood in the north central section of the United States city of Greensboro, North Carolina.Captain Basil J. Fisher turned a swamp into Greensboro's most fashionable Gilded Era address in 1901 when he donated the lowlands for a city park that bears his name.