Episode Details

Segment 3, January 11th, 2024

Providence Road Corridor

Charlotte is everchanging.  The Carolina Outdoors has existed and covered the Carolinas and beyond for a long time.  During this segment we head to the Providence Road Corridor at Queens/Queens, Providence/ Providence Road area with Charlotte History Project founder, Christopher S. Lawing.

Show Highlights:

• This area included the Manor Theater, Myers Park Hardware, & the Buttercup
• The roadway splits Myers Park and Eastover neighborhoods
• Mecklenburg Furniture is becoming a training center of Charlotte Pipe and Foundry
• The 250th Anniversary of the Meck Deck (May 20th, 1775)

Things You’ll Learn by Listening:

The corridor travels between Queens University and Novant/Presbyterian Hospital.

The Carolina Outdoors is powered by the hiking boot department at Jesse Brown’s.  Stop by and check out the winter jackets, too.