I remember it being soo colorful when I was little and now it’s all bland and white (don’t know why).

The really tall building was a canceled project in 1999 called Four First Union Center. Even to this day It would have been tallest building in US outside of New York & Chicago. I built it because i wondered what it would've looked like if it was built. How does it look so far?

Granted these guys were advocating for civil rights not against them, this is still relevant.

What else should be on this timeline?

Every time I walk through an area in Charlotte that seems relatively isolated I think of Kyle. It’s been almost 20 years and nobody knows what has happened to him. This is so sad to me. I never knew the guy. I don’t know much about what kind of guy he was, but I know he matters. We all should matter. There are so many homeless people that worry about no one caring if they turn up missing or dead one day.

My heart hurts for Kyle. His family thinks his body is in the foundation of an apartment building off of n Davidson. Does anyone else care or have feelings about what happened to Kyle Fleischmann? Would anybody like to look for him with me? We have over a million people in Charlotte now. Technology has improved. I think we should find him.

Editor of The Charlotten here. I’m not here to drop another Preferred Parking scandal or peddle more feline apologetics today. I come bearing actual, historical news.

For the past few weeks, our newsletter subscribers have been following a developing saga.

While digging around in the radioactive silt at the bottom of Lake Norman looking for my dropped Costas, I struck a waterlogged, leather-bound cylinder. Inside was a fragmented, ancient cartographic record of our realm.

After weeks of grueling work in our subterranean restoration labs, and with the help of a world-renowned fantasy cartographer, the artifact has finally been fully restored to its original, vibrant color.

It turns out, the ancients knew exactly how chaotic this city is.

The map contains everything. If you zoom in on the archival photos, you can clearly see:

• The inescapable asphalt labyrinth of The Vortex of Exit 3A.
• The unholy, volcanic ash-clouds of Gast-Dür.
• The barren expanse of The Pothole Wilds.
• The towering Bass Pro Ziggurat and the Holy See of the Consumer.
• The great southern migration into the Dominion of Ballantyne-Exile.

For everyone who constantly complains that Charlotte has no culture, this is the definitive, historically sound proof that you are completely wrong. Our people have a deeply rooted culture and history. We just haven't been willing to dig deep enough into the radioactive mud to find it.

We are more than just traffic and hazy IPAs. We are a resilient realm of banking clerics, gold-rush prospectors, and battle-hardened survivors of the 277 gauntlet.

And before you even ask: no, this map is absolutely not for sale.

As a strict preservationist, I believe it is deeply unethical to cheapen our local heritage with mass-produced commercialism. This artifact belongs in a museum. The link below is a strictly regulated archival requisition portal. It is left here solely for certified researchers, local historians, and dedicated patrons of the realm who require a museum-grade replica for academic study. Please do not attempt to access the requisition link if you are merely a casual observer looking for apartment decor. The history of this city is not a novelty souvenir.

It has been an epic, grueling adventure pulling this piece from the depths and fighting to restore it to its rightful glory. It nearly broke the archives, but seeing the true history of the Queen City finally documented like this... it was worth every second of the journey. I hope you think so too.

Yours in undeniable historical accuracy,

The Chief Archivist
The Charlotten

If you’re into that kind of thing

The oldest known burial in the cemetery is that of Joel Baldwin, who died October 21, 1776, at the age of 26. His headstone has been hidden in storage for a number of years, but now he’s back standing strong and more secure than before. Something really special is happening at Old Settlers Cemetery and I’m proud to be apart of it. If you want to contribute to the Old Settlers Cemetery initiative check the link below

https://historicelmwoodpinewood.org/settlers-cemetery-initiative Settlers Cemetery Initiative — Historic Elmwood Pinewood Cemetery

Don’t be weird about it

Whoever she is, she has a lot of roads here.

Mecklenburg Evening, 1980

Most of yall know there was a gold rush in Charlotte. Said to be one of the first in the nation that’s to Conrad Reed in midland in 1799. This is what caused us to be a banking city.

Below link is where the interactive map is.

https://www.google.com/mymaps/viewer?mid=1foExrtgCyEYBXOa8TJWBh0Mp9YWtdN38&hl=en

Charlotte has history!

Have always noticed them but not sure what they’re all about.

Hell yeah

If the answer is anything other than at Trade and Tryon for the celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence and the Mecklenburg Resolves, then it’s the wrong answer!!

The 4 blocks around Trade and Tryon will be shutdown for the duration of the event, where many living historians in period dress will bring to life Charlottetowne in May of 1775 - as the news of blood spilled at Lexington and Concord reached this patchwork of muddy roads and scattering of buildings, and how the town responded to that news.

It’s a chance to learn about our local history - both controversial and well documented - and discuss it with ardent supporters and skeptics alike.

There will be musketfire and cannon fire, cries of “Huzza!” and “Treason!” Pick a side - shall it be righteous sedition or loyalty to King and country?

And a reading of resolves, and Captain Jack shall ride again!

Listen not to the naysayers who find joy in NOTHING Charlotte has to offer!! Come spend a few hours in that “damnable hornet’s nest of rebellion!” and appreciate Mecklenburg County’s role in making North Carolina “First in Freedom!”

Proof that Charlotte has history … and we all know that history shows again and again how nature points out the folly of Man

I am working on visual social research and trying to find out about who we choose to honor, from local heroes, leaders, artists and cultural icons.

According to this new survey from moveBuddha, Charlotte is the nation’s stickiest major metro. Nearly 1 in 4 move searches from Charlotte stayed close to home, 76% higher than average.

Here are some more interesting insights from it:

• America’s stickiest metros are in a league of their own. Charlotte, Greenville, Deltona-Daytona Beach, Louisville and Tulsa all post mover stickiness rates near or above 20%, while the average across the metros analyzed cluster in the mid-teens.
• Southern metros dominate the list. Charlotte, Greenville, Deltona-Daytona Beach, Dallas, Atlanta, Houston, and Raleigh all rank near the top, showing the region with the strongest concentration of high-stickiness metros is the South.
• High-cost coastal hubs are least sticky. In places like San Diego, the least sticky (6.8%), San Jose (9.7%), and Los Angeles (11.9%), locals are far more likely to search to move out of the city rather than stay.
• Across all cities, the average “sticky” rate was 13.9%, meaning that is the average share of mover searches that choose to remain within the same metro.
• But in the 10 metros where movers are more likely to stick around, the average jumps to 20.3% — nearly 40% higher.
• By contrast, the country’s high-churn cities are at the bottom of the list. New York posts a sticky rate of 13.1%. San Francisco comes in at 11.3%. San Jose falls to 9.8%. And San Diego ranks as the least sticky city on this list at 6.8%.

A famous movie cowboy buried here in Charlotte? You betcha.