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Originally Posted by CravingMountains
How are people saying Charlotte? That city has been populated since the 1700s. Maybe even the 1600s. I am sure there is some OLD architecture in the city.
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Not really.
Mutiny nailed it.
It was a very small city if not a town for a long time.
It wasn't even that big when urban renewal came around just a few hundred thousand people, which was about the time it started to boom. The few small old buildings didn't stand a chance.
Now if you drive through Uptown almost everything is shiny and new. It is a very clean, new feeling city.
Take a stroll down Tyron St in google Street view.
Then look at the aerial photos. 2 blocks from there it is almost entirely surrounded by surface parking.