I couldn’t feel more than incensed when an article from the website CharlotteFive came across my twitter feed. For those unaware, the Southend area is quickly developing, with Luxury apartments sprouting up in every corner. As this gentrification continues, the last holdover of this are, The Brookhill Village apartments, remain threatened by its spread. According to Elly Portillo of CharlotteFive, “Apartment developer Faison was rumored to be looking at the site last year as a redevelopment possibility.”
Under my anger, I couldn’t help but feel as if history was repeating itself. It didn’t take too much research to learn that I was right.
In the 1950s, the area now called the second ward was home to Charlotte’s black population. The neighborhood of Brooklyn covered. In the 1960s, all residents were relocated to what is now . their homes razed to make way for new developments. The only structures that remain from that era are two structures on Brevard street: Grace AME Zion Church, and the Mecklenburg Investment Company Building.
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