Plaza-Midwood
Plaza-Midwood is Charlotte's most diverse streetcar-era neighborhood.
Its earliest avenues were platted in 1903 and its newest date
from after the Second World War. Buildings range from turn-of-the-century
factories and blue collar housing, to one of Charlotte's largest
pre-World War II suburban shopping strips, to the city's most
prestigious country club.
Plaza-Midwood did not formally come into being as a neighborhood
until 1973. Residents who had organized to stop a highway through
the neighborhood decided to form a permanent community organization,
and chose a name that combined those of the area's picturesque
main street and one of its larger subdivisions. Official boundary
lines were drawn in 1979 by the Charlotte Planning Commission,
part of a city-wide effort to define Charlotte's neighborhoods
for the first time. The post office has been moved and updated,
the library is a stunning showplace, a major grocery chain has
expanded and updated its store, and homeowners are taking on "fixer-uppers",
restoring bungalows to their previous beauty. The area's stores
and restaurants are eclectic, with hidden bargains especially
in the antiques shops. Within this area you will find Charlotte
County Club. In 1910 a group of Charlotte businessmen organized
the Mecklenburg Country Club. Charlotte was still a small city
of only 34,000 people, but its newly wealthy industrialists and
developers felt they merited the era's symbol of wealth and prestige,
the golf course. They purchased a tract of farmland far out in
the country, straddling Briar Creek on the north side of Central
Avenue, and turned the old farmhouse into their clubhouse. Today
it is known as one of the premier clubs in town. Along Central
you can find a wide variety of funky shops and restaurants including
the The Penguin and Fuel Pizza.
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