Charlotte: Many Things, All at Once
Here are two of my favorite photos of Charlotte, which I think say a lot about the city. In the first, a train is stalled on a railroad overpass on North Tryon Street, framing the tall buildings of Uptown. A rusty old boxcar marked "Southern" is in the foreground, a reminder of Charlotte's roots. In the second photo, a Qué Pasa newspaper holder sits outside a Middle Eastern grocery, a typical scene in the multinational, multiethnic, multilingual landscape of Charlottean commerce and media. Charlotte is old and new, provincial and cosmopolitan, Southern and international - all at once.
Tears of Joy at Paw Creek Presbyterian
Sunday May 31 was a red letter day in the Paw Creek community along Mount Holly Road in northwest Charlotte.
Paw Creek Presbyterian Church celebrated its 200th anniversary with a remarkable ceremony. In the centuries old graveyard, new crosses marked the long-forgotten graves of enslaved African Americans who worshipped there before the Civil War.
