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Friday, December 27, 2019 / Published in 52 Weeks 52 Communities, African Americans, Asheville History, Local History, Photograph Collection

Southside: 52 Weeks, 52 Communities

Henry Robinson wrote in 1992 about his childhood community of Southside–a mournful eulogy really, to a place that no longer exists–that the sprawling community “stretched over 400 acres from Biltmore Avenue westward to the French Broad River.” Robinson informs us today that it was “the largest residential area for African-Americans in Asheville and a melting
52 Weeks 52 CommunitiesAfrican American HistoryAfrican AmericansBrett SpiveyClaude ColemanCommunity HistoryGreen BookRabbit's Motel and RestaurantSoundSpaceSouthsideSouthside NeighborhoodSouthside RisingUrban Renewal
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Wednesday, April 03, 2019 / Published in 52 Weeks 52 Communities, African Americans, Asheville History, Buncombe County History, Forgotten People, Local History

Working Together on Burton Street: 52 Weeks, 52 Communities

“On the west side of Asheville between Patton and Haywood/A community holds on, tries to create a sustainable model, /Relationship-building between people/What can I say: Burton Street?” -DeWayne Barton “Burton Street Working Together” from 27 Views of Asheville, Eno Publishers, ed. We have discussed the Burton Street Community a few times this year, especially highlighting
African AmericansAshevilleBuffalo StreetBurton StreetCity of AshevilleCommunitiesCommunityCommunity HistoryDeWayne BartonE.W. PearsonEarly Asheville HistoryF.A. SondleyHood HuggersNorth CarolinaSchoolsStreetsUrban PlanningUrban RenewalWest Asheville
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Sunday, January 21, 2018 / Published in African Americans, Local History, Photograph Collection

How Black and White is Asheville?

Do you prefer to live in a segregated city? What could you do to change that? Would you seek out some people of the opposite race to go to dinner with–an idea, I believe, from Date My City? If enough of us did that, would it change what is happening in our city? If we
African American HistoryAsheville HistoryAsheville Race RelationsBlack History MonthBuncombe County HistoryCommunityDate My CityHood HuggersRacismSegregated CitiesUrban NewsUrban Renewal
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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.
Choctaw StDepot StEast Riverside Redevelopment ProjectHistoric PreservationHousing Authority of the City of AshevilleRich MathewsSouth French Broad AveSouthside AveSouthside NeighborhoodUrban Renewal

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