Paisley Street... Quietly Endures

Paisley Street is located downtown, near the Smith Street Diner and the First Presbyterian Church-- vestige of early 20th century Greensboro. The street is named for the Reverend William Paisley who was born in Guilford County in 1767, forty one years before Greensboro became a city. The Rev. Paisley was involved in early real estate transactions in the county. He purchased lots on West Market Street from Thomas Caldwell. The lots were located just beyond the western town limit, perhaps not too far from this street that bears his family name.  

If you look closely, you will notice the JP Building peeking through in the background. If you are local, likely when you were little, you believed that all roads led to the JP Building, the city's time-and-temperature revealing epicenter. This sleepy little residential area of downtown is quite charming. Hopefully, it will survive the current construction boom at nearby Eugene Street. We're sharing this with Skywatch Friday, so that the world can see the sky over Greensboro.

Comments

[ann nz]

I went back to the Smith street diner, the food must be very good to have a long queue.

I like the sloping roof of this building.

In two days time, I will be Chinese/Lunar new year, I dug up an old post as I haven't done one for this year's.

Yes, Cyber space is amazing. It is past mid night here.

[Tanya]

neat little houses.....my husband has some ancestors from guilford county..one day i'll get down there for genealogy!

[Jewaicious]

I like the contrasts of tones and textures in this beauty.

[Kim,USA]

That's beautiful. I like houses like these painted in awesome colors.

SWF

[Peter B]

Very quaint, hope it does survive! Love the colors.

[Jack]

Mixed use streets like this have a tenuous existence in an age like this. There is a clash between the relentless march of commercialism, on the one hand, and between a small trend toward moving back into the city to shorten commutes, etc. It will be interesting how these forces play out here.