Did sunbelt cities actually have "real" downtowns pre-WWII? (loans, hotel)
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Dope pics of Atlanta , Macon, & Birmingham back then. It somewhat confirms my previous statements about cities reaching a large size when surpassing 100K. Downtown development reflects it and especially when a city is 1/4 of a million or above within the proper.
https://www.rentcafe.com/blog/rental...orth-carolina/
Here is an article with a photo slide of what downtown Raleigh used to look like, and what it looks like more recently (not exactly today). One thing that I notice is that downtown used to have blocks of many small lowrise buildings while now many of those have been replaced by much larger footprint structures.
https://www.rentcafe.com/blog/rental...orth-carolina/
Here is an article with a photo slide of what downtown Raleigh used to look like, and what it looks like more recently (not exactly today). One thing that I notice is that downtown used to have blocks of many small lowrise buildings while now many of those have been replaced by much larger footprint structures.
#8 is NC State's campus, but for some reason they labeled it downtown. But cool link.
https://www.rentcafe.com/blog/rental...orth-carolina/
Here is an article with a photo slide of what downtown Raleigh used to look like, and what it looks like more recently (not exactly today). One thing that I notice is that downtown used to have blocks of many small lowrise buildings while now many of those have been replaced by much larger footprint structures.
That's pretty cool. Poor Martin Street though, lol.
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