Named after Lutheran Elizabeth College, Charlotte’s Elizabeth neighborhood began rapidly growing after a trolley line was completed in 1902. Five years later, it was established as a part of Charlotte.
Miscellaneous
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Since its founding in 1886, The Charlotte Observer has been delivering “what people need to discover and understand the region” to Charlotte and surrounding counties.
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To secure favor with King George III, the settlers of present-day Charlotte named the area after the king’s wife, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, in 1775, giving birth to the nickname “The Queen City.”
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Located on the grounds of Charlotte Museum of History, the Hezekiah Alexander House is the oldest surviving structure in Mecklenburg County.
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I used to eat sandwiches daily. Lately, my tastes migrated away from bread, but I’ll never forget three sandwiches I…
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When Porsche introduced the Cayman in 2006, many wrote it off as a hardtop Boxster or an underpowered 911. However,…
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In Germany during the 1880s, Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler were perfecting the first high-speed car engines independently of each…
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MLBM’s Brand Intimacy 2015 Report names BMW as the second most loved brand in America, behind Apple and ahead of…
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Businesses can no longer ignore their lack of mobile-optimized websites – or they themselves will be ignored. Google has been…
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Ranking highly in Google should be the goal when creating a website. But with algorithms constantly changing and an unclear…
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This week, Netflix made my high school self’s (and millions of other girls’) dream come true by announcing a revival…
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As a child, my mother envied others: those growing up with a stable father, whose moms didn’t pawn jewelry to buy their daughters dresses or whose families could afford to send them to college to make lifelong friends.
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SPR Atlanta and The 100 Companies moved to new offices Monday. Not only did we migrate from old to new loft-style in building type, we’ve ordered new desks – replacing our antique partners desks with sleek hydraulic tables, which allow us to sit or stand with a lever.
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One of the many ways to show public relations’ effectiveness to the csuite is by measuring sentiment – how your audience feels about your brand – via a media audit.
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This week they buried Helen Jackson, 92, gracious mother of activist Jesse Jackson – recalling my conversation with her 30 years ago.
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The women of Jackson Family Fine Wines could focus solely on its many wineries across six continents. But its members…
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Before Ryan Gravel dreamed up the BeltLine, my Atlanta perspective was linear: Peachtree, MARTA, I-75, 85 and 20. Now I…