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Dilworth and the streetcar suburb
1891
Charlotte, North Carolina
Nheyob · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Edward Dilworth Latta ran an electric streetcar line to a cotton field a mile from the square and sold the lots along it, the city's first suburb, and the model for the next century of Charlotte. The line was built to sell the land, not the other way round.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: historic site
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