Hosted by the 黑料头条 North Carolina Chapter
Join the 黑料头条, North Carolina Chapter for a wine & cheese reception and talk!
Historian Tom Hanchett offers an overview of Charlotte鈥檚 development from its Colonial beginnings to the present, emphasizing the city鈥檚 rapid early 20th-century growth as the center of the south鈥檚 textile manufacturing region. Guests will learn about neighborhood design in Myers Park by the prolific Boston-based planner John Nolen, and in Eastover by his Charlotte-based, yet regionally and nationally influential protege, Earle Sumner Draper. The lecture also highlights historic landmark homes by key Charlotte architects Louis Asbury, C.C. Hook, and Martin Boyer.
Dr. Tom Hanchett enjoys working with community groups on neighborhood histories, museum exhibitions and walking tours. Educated at Cornell, University of Chicago and UNC Chapel Hill, he is best known for his Charlotte history books Sorting Out the New South City and Affordable Housing in Charlotte. Check out his lively website HistorySouth.org for fresh perspectives on topics ranging from the South鈥檚 Rosenwald Schools to Charlotte's international food scene today. Charlotte Magazine calls him 鈥淐harlotte鈥檚 Dr. History" and named him a Charlottean of the Year.
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