Charlotte, NC Neighborhoods- Cherry Traditional Cache
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Charlotte, NC Neighborhoods- Cherry
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This is the seventh cache in our Charlotte, NC Neighborhood series. We hope that you read the text and "take in" the neighborhood during your search.
Few neighborhoods in Charlotte generate as much debate as Cherry, which is the tucked between Uptown and Myers Park. From its beginning Cherry always seemed to be a hot-button topic. Misconceptions abound, but the story of Cherry shouldn’t be missed. Cherry shares much of its history with another well-known neighborhood in central Charlotte: Myers Park. Though their housing types differ greatly, their locations and origins are quite similar.
John Springs Myers inherited a 306-acre tract of land just south of the city in 1869. They named their subdivision Myers Park and their plans included a small separate neighborhood to be built on part of their acreage which became Cherry. According to the Charlotte Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission the idea was “to provide good, low-cost housing for black laborers and craft workers well before development began in Myers Park in 1912…” These workers lived near, and helped build and shape, what is now Myers Park.
Today Cherry finds itself in the midst of redevelopment on all sides and within its borders. This phenomenon isn’t unique to Cherry, but it’s apparent that Cherry is special for historical reasons. What ails the neighborhood today is a combination of factors. Its close proximity to a rapidly growing center city in a rapidly growing region is the main one. Whether Cherry can retain its character and historic fabric remains to be seen, but it's obvious that change has arrived and will continue.
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