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Tuesday, December 10, 2019 / Published in 52 Weeks 52 Communities, Architecture, Asheville History, Buncombe County History, Friends of the NC Room, Houses, Local History, Postcard Collection, Volunteers

St. Dunstan’s Circle: 52 Weeks, 52 Communities

Asheville’s real estate boom in the 1920’s fostered the growth of many neighborhoods: Lakeview Park, Malvern Hills, Horney Heights, and Kenilworth, just to name a few. Biltmore Avenue borders Kenilworth on the east and across the avenue, on a knoll overlooking Biltmore Village, is the pocket neighborhood of St. Dunstan’s Circle. A Mr. Roebling first
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Friday, April 29, 2016 / Published in Architecture, Buildings, Events, Local History

People Flocked to “Save Downtown Asheville & The Wrap”

The North Carolina Room, Pack Memorial Library kicked off with a full house the first of a six part series, “Asheville in the 1980s: A Formative Decade Told by Those Who Shaped It” on Wednesday evening April 27. The series is sponsored by the Friends of the North Carolina Room. There was a current of
Ashevilleasheville city councilAsheville HistoryAsheville Planning and ZoningAsheville Revitalization CommissionHistoric PreservationJan schocetttLarry HoltNorma Pricepeggy gardnerSave Downtown AshevilleStrouse Greenberg Co. Mall Proposalthe wrapWayne Caldwell
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Wednesday, April 20, 2016 / Published in Architecture, Buildings, Events, Local Heroes and Heroines, Local History, Manuscript Collection, Photograph Collection

The Fight to Save 11 Acres of Downtown

 The North Carolina Room, Pack Memorial Library presents a six part series Asheville in the 1980s:  A  Formative Decade Told by Those Who Shaped It The first program of the series kicks off Wednesday April 27, 2016 from 6:00 to 7:30 in the Lord Auditorium, lower level. All events are free and open to the public.
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Friday, April 15, 2016 / Published in Architecture, Buildings, Local History, New Donations
February 1980: The Demoliton of an Entire City Block
As the North Carolina Room prepares to launch a 6 part series on Asheville in the 1980s with the first program April 27, 2016 on the fight to save 11 acres from being demolished for a mall, we wanted to take a look at what preceded that duel. Right before the Strouse, Greenberg and Co. mid-city
AshevilleAsheville HistoryAsheville in the 1980sAsheville Revitalization CommissionGrand Central Hotel AnnexHistoric PreservationImperial Theater BlockSondly BuildingStrouse Greenberg Co. Mall Proposal
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Saturday, February 15, 2014 / Published in African Americans, Architecture, Buildings, Events, Houses, Local History

Restoring Our Memory of Southside

Wednesday, February 26th, 6:00 until 7:30 PM Pack Library Lord Auditorium Rich Mathews, historian and researcher for Mathews Architecture, will present a slide presentation about the Southside Neighborhood in Asheville Here Rich gives us a preview of his talk. Join us on Wednesday night for MORE! I’m a preservationist. I love old buildings and historic neighborhoods.
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