Greensboro Daily Photo

Old Presbyterian Graveyard

As we close out the month with a Sacred Sunday photo, we thought we'd share a photo of one of Greensboro's most famous cemeteries, The Old Presbyterian Graveyard. It is located behind the Greensboro Historical Museum. Formerly, the museum's building was the original Presbyterian Church with the cemetery beside it. The graveyard and church were established in 1831 when Jesse H. Lindsay donated the money for the land. This confined space contains about 300 graves dating between 1834-1926. North Carolina Governor Moorehead is buried here as are soldiers from the 1) Revolutionary War; 2) Civil War; and 3) the War of 1812. Short story writer O. Henry has relatives buried here. 

Many people consider cemeteries to be "creepy" places as they remind us of DEATH. However many religions and cultures incorporate cemeteries into their holidays and rituals. In Mexico, the Day of the Dead (Nov 1 &2) is a time when you visit the graves of loved ones, remembering fondly their time on earth. In the mountains of North Carolina, Decoration Day, is especially popular. This is usually held in October when families tend to the graves of loved ones, making sure that nature doesn't reclaim the land. Alan and Karen Singer Jabbour have written a fabulous book on Decoration Day (here).

Today, we urge you to pause and remember your deceased loved ones-- even if you can't, literally, be at the gravesite.

On Greensboro Daily Photo, we featured the cemetery in March 2009 (here).

The Spandex Trio-- SEE no evil; HEAR no evil; SPEAK no evil!

On Thursday afternoon, three guys in unitards were posing near Ben & Jerry's and the fountain in Friendly Center. They said they attend Grimsley and Page High Schools. Sitting around, costumed from head to toe, must have seemed like a great thing to do after a rigorous end to the first nine-weeks of classes, on a teacher workday just before Halloween! They were very entertaining and polite. We titled the photo "see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil," after the 17th century Japanese maxim which implies for us to be of good mind, speech, and action. At first sight, we weren't sure; however, in talking to the Spandex Trio, we concluded they were of good mind, speech and action. (The expression has a lot more meaning and symbolism in Japanese than in English where we tend merely to ascribe the meaning of looking the other way or feigning ignorance [reference and more details here]).

For the next 48 hours, Halloween costumes will be everywhere. If you see the Spandex Trio please let them know they are being featured on Greensboro Daily Photo and thank them for this creative endeavor. As for offering them candy, we're not sure how they would consume it! Trick or treat? This is our contribution to Newton Area Photo's Weekend Reflection-- notice the sky reflecting in the shades of Mr. Cobalt Blue.

Orange Maple and Old Oak on Odell Place

Only a parking lot separates this old tree on Odell Place from the Odell Memorial Building on the campus of Greensboro College. Most of the year, the decrepit tree looks tired and on its last leg (trunk)? However, when the leaves change to red-orange and the sky is blue, it stands out like the lone, brilliant icon of fall. Nearby, at the west side of the parking lot is a giant oak tree. The oak is sturdier and more massive, but the leaves are nothing more than a dull, leathery brown. Park under the oak and you will hear thud.....thud.......thud with acorns landing like bullets on your car. Across the street is a ginko biloba tree planted in 1981 in memory of Howard C. Wilkinson, a former president of Greensboro College. Don't you just love it when trees have pedigrees, when they are a part of the landscape of a school's collective memory?  Surely, "Meet me by the old maple on Odell Place," has been uttered at least once. 

To enjoy the view, we stood directly under the maple tree, with the sun to our back, looked straight up and snapped. If you are out on a walk this weekend, head to a college campus and "read"  the trees! In you are in Greensboro, visit this one! Shel Silverstein would be proud! (If you have 9 minutes & 44 seconds, listen to him read The Giving Tree here).

This is our contribution to Sky Watch Friday. Thank you for visiting Greensboro Daily Photo! We're here for you-- 365 days a year!

Old Greensborough

The Old Greensborough Gateway Center is located at 620 South Elm Street, at the corner of Lee Street, in the heart of "Olde Greensborough." At one time, the building was owned by Greensboro's blue jean giant,  Blue Bell, Inc. Currently, it is a renovated, mixed-use space with offices, storage, shop areas, studios, light manufacturing available for rent (here). 

The façade was renovated, 2000-2004, by Jo Ramsay Leimenstoll. Professor Leimenstoll is Director of Graduate Studies for the Interior Architecture Program at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In 1982, the Olde Greensborough district was placed on the National Register. We would like to learn moare about the history and lore of this building. Today, our "O" is for old, as in Old Greensborough.

"O" is for the Odell Memorial Building

"O" is for the Odell Memorial Building on the campus of Greensboro College in Downtown Greensboro. The building was constructed in 1922 with the "munificent" gift of local merchant J.A. Odell.  $100,000 is a generous donation by 2010 standards; imagine its impact in the early 20th century. The façade of the brick and concrete building remains as it was when it was built; the interior underwent renovations in the 1990's.  Odell Memorial is the nucleus of Greensboro College's fine performing arts program (reference here). For years, it was the meeting place for The Book Club of North Carolina's Town Meeting on Books.

If you are interested in the history of Greensboro College, you may know about the Odell Famliy. They were actively involved in the running of the college and female family members were schooled there. J.A. Odell was a local merchant who, in 1884 was elected president of the Durham Cotton Mill. Additionally, Mr. Odell mentored and raised a young man by the name of William H. Branson. Mr. Branson went on to be a prominent businessman. You can learn more about Mr. Odell and Mr. Branson by reading Mr. Branson's genealogy (here) and in another article (here). They both lived by the work ethic of their day: "Men rule best who have served most faithfully in every sphere to be ruled." 

If you want to support the performing arts at Greensboro College and see the Odell in all its glory, we suggest attending this weekend's performance of the musical, "Little Shop of Horrors." (336-217-7220 for tickets).  If a romantic musical about a man eating plant is not your cup of tea, we're sure the theater program would accept your donation to be used for theater scholarships.

A big thank you to ABC Wednesday for inspiring to find an "O" with historical significance in Greensboro. A heartfelt thanks to the faithful readers of Greensboro Daily Photo!

Obama Mobile

This may not be Cadillac One; however, Greensboro has its very own Obama Mobile!! "Don't hate, appreciate"  seems very appropriate in this early-voting time of tension! What if we all took that slogan to heart, Democrats and Republicans alike? As you can tell from the signs around town, election time is near! Tuesday, November 2nd is the general election this year. Don't let it sneak up on you. Do your homework and know the candidates (and don't just "know" what they or their opponents tell you).

We've been saving this photo to use since the Summer Solstice Festival in the arboretum and are using it long after the autumnal equinox! We'd love to talk to the patriotic driver to learn his/her reason for painting this slogan on the van. By the way, we're featuring the letter "O" all week! So far, it has been Orrell Design and Obama-mobile. Stop back often.

This RED, white and blue is one for Ruby Tuesday.

Orrell Design

Orell Design, established February 2003 in downtown Greensboro, is the kick-off photo for our week of "O's" (inspired by ABC Wednesday here). We've wanted to feature Orrell Design for a long time because of the quality hair cutting, coloring, styling, etc. and fine spa experiences available at Orrell Design. Owner Kerrie Orrell, when not at the shop, is busy doing fine community work. She is always donating products, services and time to worthy causes. Likely, in the summertime, if you see young swimmers running around town with stripes of pink in their hair, Kerrie has donated her time for a breast cancer fundraiser! If you see a child whose hair was shortened by 10 inches overnight, chances are, one of the stylists at Orrell Design cut it for Locks of Love. Kerrie, as energetic as the Ever Ready Bunny, also manages to care for her three children. This Greensboro-grown proprietor is a role model for us all.

Orrell Design, located at 440 North Eugene Street is our contribution to Mellow Yellow Monday (see that yellow building to the right?).

 

Serpents in Religion

Little did this unassuming serpent at Greensboro's Natural Science Center realize that he would be featured on Sacred Sunday!  Sacred Sunday is not only people and buildings, but also thoughts that cause us to pause and reflect on spirituality. The serpent is a recurring symbol in mythology and many religions. In the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:4-5 & 3:22/Old Testament), it is the deceptive serpent who tempts Eve to eat fruit from the Tree of Knowledge. In the Book of Revelation in the New Testament, the serpent is analogous to Satan (see this Wikipedia site to learn more). In Abrahamic religions, the serpent is largely associated with deceit. Snakes can also be guardians and in Buddhism, a snake shielded the meditating Buddha from the elements.

In the play, Brother Wolf, written by Greensboro's own Preston Lane (Triad Stage) with original music by Greensboro resident Laurelyn Dossett, Rattler Man, spreads terror with his box of serpents. Rattler Man is a foil to the charismatic traveling preacher in this Beowulf-inspired play. While snake-handling exists in Appalachia, we don't know of any snake-handling religions in Greensboro. According to our internet "research" North Carolina has laws restricting the practice. As you pause and reflect, what does the serpent represent to you?

Where is Chris Smith?

This photo was taken beside the train tracks near Church Street, under Morrow Boulevard. We've been accused of always making Greensboro look even more beautiful than it is. Well, here is a photo of the less glamourous side of our city. Yes, we have our share of homeless people.

Given the garbage piles, this area looks like a popular place. Given the signed graffiti, we conclude Chris Smith was here. Who is Chris Smith? Does he look like his self-portrait? This is a Saturday mystery for the 12 oz. Prophet (a blog for graffiti aficionados). If you love photos of graffiti, one of the artists at Winter Light Gallery on Blandwood Avenue has some amazing photos for sale. Unfortunately, we don't see his name; however, his studio is on the second floor in the back room! 

If you enlarge this photo, you can see reflections in the pieces of garbage; we can't resist joining the Newton Daily Photo meme (Weekend Reflection) this week. For some reason, we thought James was away.

Suburban Fire Pits

Country folk in North Carolina like to burn a barrel; suburbanites love their fire pits. Here we see a fire ring burning during the last minute before the sky turns from sapphire to black. The other night, we were mesmerized by the warmth and the view.

This is a fast way to get rid of yard waste. Fortunately that is not much of an issue in Greensboro; the city will take just about any yard waste what a city resident can drag to the street. If you haul your yard waste to High Point, they give you credit for when you purchase their mulch. Plus, Greensboro has curb service for leaves, you just blow or rake them into the street and the city will haul them away. So many options that the old-timey choice in North Carolina-- to burn yard waste-- is going by the wayside.Charming as it seems, several restrictions apply to starting open fires. Our recommendation is to check your local ordinances; plus, we recommend taking a fire safety class like the one the scouts offer! 

This is our contribution to Sky Watch Friday.

Littlest White House

It has been a while since we've featured a house. This little white house is located on Boulevard Street just down from the intersection of High Point and Holden Roads. You can tell from the size of the house in relation to the trees and garbage cans that it is tiny. However, the humble abode, across from Blessingdale's Thrift,  looks so clean and cozy, as if it should appear in a fairy tale. What we didn't capture in this photo is how this house is an enclave unto itself. With noisy roads nearby and businesses like Krispy Kreame Donuts, McDonald's Restaurant, Border's Bookstore, and scenes like this one just around the corner, one has to wonder how this little house has survived. This type of house was so common to Greensboro in decades past. Even today, yards like these are known to fill with children, tables of foods, and charcoal grills on the weekend for family reunions and other celebrations of life.

We felt the same about this little house on Church Street that we posted about a year ago (here). Of course, we love Greensboro's GIANT and HISTORIC houses too! If your home were to be featured, what would you say about it?

N is for Night Deposits

This is the night deposit safe of the Guilford National Bank at the corner of Elm and Washington Streets. Guilford National Bank opened in 1934. At one time, the building also housed the Greensboro National Bank. Neither Greensboro nor Guilford National Banks are still in existence; however, the safe remains-- another artifact of a bygone era. The safe evokes the era when everyone carried large bags of cash to the bank. We were a cash and carry society. The bank building is still a dynamic and vibrant rock solid place.

By chance, we stumbled upon an interesting case that the Guilford National brought against the Southern Railway Company on behalf of the estate of Jesse Coble in 1963. This week in N on ABC Wednesday and some more "N's" on our to-do list: N is for News & Record. The N&R has compiled an interesting list of history related to our Greensboro banks (here). N is also for Nido (Qubein), president and powerhouse fundraiser of High Point University. N is for New Garden Nursery! We are working remotely today. If we get a chance, we will share this with our fellow bloggers at ABC Wednesday. As you can see from Monday and Tuesday this week, on days we don't link to our international viewers, local viewers tend to look without commenting :(

Tracey Marshall & The Art House

Today, we feature another great woman of Greensboro, local artist Tracey J. Marshall. Tracey, a graduate of UNCG and former student at Savannah College of Art and Design, is photographed above in her latest art venture, Art House. Art House is a dynamic art gallery and studio located at 600 North Church Street where, Tracey, Dawn Ashby, Denise Landi, and other working artists maintain studios and teach lessons to the young and old alike. 

Through a strong and weak economy, Tracey has held strong in her determination to work as an artist full-time. Her other gallery, Marshall Art Gallery is located in the Village of North Elm on Pisgah Church Road. Even if you don't recognize Tracey, you may know her advertising-on-the-go van which we featured last year here. Above, Tracey is standing in her own studio in front of some of her pieces of art. However, her range and style is even more diverse than seen here!

Dolley Madison Slept Here

Here we see a portrait of Dolley Payne Todd Madison (1768-1849) that is housed in the Greensboro Historical Museum. Not only did Dolley Madison, wife of 4th President James Madison, sleep in Greensboro, she was BORN here. She was born in Greensboro's New Garden Community to Quaker mother Mary Cole and soon-to-convert father, John Payne. About a year after her birth, the family moved back to their native Virginia; however, Dolley Madison's connection to Greensboro and the thriving Quaker community was strong. As we began researching Dolley Madison for GDP, we concluded that she is underrepresented in our community. We would only find information about her at the Historical Museum. To our knowledge there is no statue of this vibrant, active, First Lady. We would like to start a "Fund a Statue of Dolley Madison Campaign" right here. Perhaps a local organization could take on this effort as we don't have a way to collect money!

According to the plaque at the Greensboro Historical Museum, the above portrait is attributed to John Vanderlyn, painted around 1850.

Metropolitan United Methodist Church

The Metropolitan United Methodist Church is located in East Greensboro on at 1701 East Market Street. It is very close to the campus at NCA&T University, just west of Lorillard, Inc.  We wish they had their own website so we could share more information with you about the congregation, its history, beliefs and leadership.  We do know that in May, they held a community event called, "Fry Dem Fish." Perhaps this is an annual event and we can stop by next time to learn more about the church. Being situated almost on the campus of NCA&T University, we're betting they have a large population of students attending services. 

In the absence of easy information, we have to focus on that which meets the eye. From the exterior, we were struck by the modern architectural roofline, the triangle, the trinity! The church doesn't have a marquee-- with changing messages-- outside. They do have a brick sign with a bell in it. This is our feature for Sacred Sunday. How will you spend your day?  If you are out for a Sunday drive, we encourage you to drive past MUMC. Come on, find it for fun! Have suggestion for something "spiritual" to photograph in Greensboro, let us know. In the meantime, does your place of worship have a website? Does it have an archives? A history posted? You know how much we love history!  If you are interested in church architecture over the centuries, *here* is a good link. 

Potty Humor @ Green Bean Coffee House

Green Bean Coffee House in downtown Greensboro on Elm Street actually encourages its patrons to write on bathroom walls. They also insist that the chalked words remain family friendly. This chance for self expression is all great fun-- unless someone is waiting desperately to use the restroom! We resisted writing on the walls because we were anxious to get back to drinking our great cup of coffee! This coffee shop is known as a downtown community center because of all the art exhibitions, concerts, and gatherings that take place at the Green Bean. We've featured it before ( here  and here). We've also featured toilets before, here! Let's play "where's Waldo." Time yourself and see how long it takes you to find the quote, "All women are beautiful except Joan Rivers."

Enjoy this lighthearted Saturday post which we are sharing with Weekend Reflections!

Ubiquitous Pumpkin Patches

 

This is the time of year that church youth groups sell pumpkins as a fundrasier. The above stand, located in Oak Ridge, is sponsored by the youth group of Oak Ridge Methodist Church. It is so fun to see small children delight in the selection of the family pumpkins. Increasingly, white, green, and ornamental pumpkins and gourds are becoming available.

Noteworthy in this photo is the canopy provided by Forbis & Dick Funeral Home. Our local funeral homes are generous to loan out these canopy/tents. They are a much friendlier sight over a pumpkin patch than over a cemetery plot! This glorious North Carolina sky, at the corner of Highway 68 and Oak Ridge Road near McDonald's Restaurant, is our contribution to Sky Watch Friday. If you don't want to drive to the far reaches of the county, you have plenty of in-town options. Here is the one at Mt. Pisgah Methodist Church that we featured last year.

To Kevin B @ UNCG

Based on the decoration of "the rock" on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Kevin B @ UNCG aspires to become a teacher. He is visualizing himself as a teacher. This rock is located near The Caf, the fountain, and the clock tower. The photographed area is a great meeting place for UNCG students.

Let's hope Mr. B's dream is realized. We love these spirit rocks as they are such a public way to display memories, issues, to commemorate, and to dream. In essence, they are controlled-graffiti. This is the first time we've seen one dedicated to a living individual.

M is for McNair, Dr. Ronald E. McNair

Ronald E. McNair, Ph.D., was a physicist and NASA astronaut. While Dr. McNair was from South Carolina, his connection to Greensboro is a strong one. Dr. McNair eearned a bachelor's degree in physics, graduating magna cum laude, from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical University. He was selected from a pool of 10,000 applicants for the NASA astronaut program. Unfortunately, his life came to a quick end on January 28th 1986 when he was one of the seven crew members on the space shuttle Challenger when it exploded above the Atlantic Ocean 73 minutes after takeoff (Wiki). This bust is placed on NCA&T campus inside the McNair engineering building. Additionally, a bust and plaque can be found just outside the East Market Street building. Today is "M" day on ABC Wednesday and "M" is for McNair. This past weekend was homecoming at NCA&T University. NCA&T contributes so much to the Greensboro community both intellectually and financially. Dr. McNair would be pleased at the progress and growth in his alma mater.

Other Greensboro M's include: MARKET and MENDENHALL Streets; Edward MURROW;  MAESTRO (Sitkovetsky of the Greensboro Symphony); statue of MINERVA (at UNCG); METHODISTS;  and Dolley MADISON. 

Name that Berry

Last week, we were hiking the rail trail just north of Bur-Mil Park and stumbled upon these ripe berries. This photo is straight from the camera with no adjustments. We were in awe of the pink casings that released the red berries; however, have no idea what kind of berries these are. If you know, please post the answer in the comment below. Likely, they are poisonous!

We took so many photos on the rail trail. It is such a wonderful community resource for Greensboro and Guilford County. On the weekends, families, couples, cyclists, and walkers (with and without canine companions) can be seen taking advantage of our greenway. Bur-mil Park is located on Highway 220 (Battleground Avenue) about a mile north of the Horse Pen Creek Road intersection. According to its website, Bur-mil was established in 1989 when Guilford County purchased this 250-acre recreation facility from Burlington Industries. Gone are the Greensboro days when companies like Jefferson, Pilot, and Burlington Industries had their own recreation areas. It is always nice when all or part of the acerage, like Bur-mil, becomes available to the public. This photo is for our friends at Ruby Tuesday.

Yellow Dawg Construction

Yellow Dawg Construction is a local Greensboro business. According to their website, owner Gray Clark has been doing home repairs for over 35 years-- since his graduate school days. The Lake Jeanette-based business is named after the family's yellow labrador dog, Gracie. Mr. Clark is also an ordained minister and contributes to mission projects like Habitat for Humanity. We haven't met anyone from Yellow Dawg. We just stumbled on their truck when we parked next to it at the Apple Computer Store in Friendly Center. For those of you from elsewhere, "dawg" is southern for "dog." 

We specifically took this Photo to share with Mellow Yellow Monday.

Cathedral of Faith: Christian Center

Cathedral of Faith Christian Center is located on the corner of Summerfield Road and Oak Street on Highway 150 between Oak Ridge and Summerfield. The Pastors are Harry and Jeanette Buckner. According to their website, they started with a congregation of three in 1990. In looking through the website, while they are God-based and Christian, there is no obvious affiliation with a specific denomination. For our readers in other countries, the denomination-less churches are becoming increasingly popular in the United States. Is this the case in your country? We're not sure if there is significance to the red roof and absence of a steeple.

We love the marquee of the Cathedral of Faith. This weekend, it reads: The beauty of nature is God's greeting card. That statement is so appropriate for the fall season on the east coast as the leaves begin their splendid transition from green to red, orange, yellow, ochre, and burnt sienna. This is another edition of our Sacred Sunday inspiration. Bluegrass musician Ralph Stanley has a CD entitled, Saturday night, Sunday morning. After our Saturday night post, we need this one on Sunday morning!

Saturday Afternoon Intrigue a la Guy Noir

A few Saturdays ago, we were walking around State Street in Greensboro on a photo shoot and stumbled past a woman waiting in the driver's seat of her SUV. Legs kicked up, lit cigarette, music from her radio surrounding the vehicle, the whole scene seemed more like something from the 1940's than 2010. The images evoked  Guy Noir and A Prairie Home Companion. Can't you just hear Garrison Keeler with his booming bass voice describing this scene? Kevin Kline playing Guy Noir, out solving a crime with leads to this scene?

In reality, likely, this young woman was waiting for someone in her family to finish shopping. Since we featured Lorillard, Inc., the tobacco company, in the middle of this week, we thought this picture would be a good way to end the week. The photo was cropped to protect the innocent as we're releasing it to the "wire service" also known as Weekend Reflections.

 

 

Cone Boulevard Underpass

This underpass below Cone Boulevard, at the corner of Battleground Avenue, is part of our greenway system. Walkers and cyclists can now ride without being in traffic. It is bright and clean. The blue walls have dark blue line drawings that will eventually become a wall of public art. The mural of mostly flora and fauna is being developed under the supervision of Greensboro College art teacher Ray Martin and his students. What a wonderful community effort.

The Cone Boulevard sign above is a nice touch as it orients people on the greenway to their location. According to the News & Record, the Yadkin & Atlantic Greenway, its official name, has been under discussion for nearly a decade and it cost over a million dollars and is Phase 1 of the rail trail project. The federal government funded $970,000 of it. By the third phase, we will have a premiere rail trail in Greensboro. We're sharing with Sky Watch Friday. If you live in Greensboro, let's ride. If you are from elsewhere, bring your bicycle when you come to town!

 

Fall Harvest Time in Greensboro

Here we see our native persimmons, diospyros virginiana (translates as fruit of the gods). The leaves on this particular specimen are more leathery than we are accustomed to seeing and the plant looked more bush than treelike. Most persimmons are best eaten when fully ripe and after the first frost when the tannic acid taste is less pronounced. The female trees produce fruit and, of course, they need a male tree nearby to produce fruit. Isn't nature fascinating? Some trees are self-fertile, producing a fruit that ripens as early as August. 

In North Carolina, we are famous for our persimmon pudding. Making it is hard work; between the skin and the bulky seeds, not much flesh is extracted from each fruit. One has to sieve and sieve and sieve to get enough pulp for persimmon pudding. However, nothing tastes more like fall or earthier than persimmon pudding. Persimmon trees are hardy, adaptable, and drought resistant. Let's all run out and plant some today! For more information and a map of the growing area in the US, look here.

"L" is for LORILLARD

Greensboro's own Lorillard, Inc. is the nation's oldest, continuously operating tobacco company and the 18th oldest company of ANY KIND in the USA. Pierre Lorillard I, founded our first tobacco company in New York in 1760. His son, Pierre Lorillard II took over the family business and when he died in 1843, the word "millionaire," appearing in the obituary of Lorillard II, was used for the first time in the United States-- although Mr. Lorillard was not actually the first American to have a million dollars worth of assets. The East Market Street plant, photographed above, opened in 1956. In 1997, the company moved its headquarters from New York to Greensboro. On the days of gentle breezes, the smell of tobacco floats through east Greensboro. One day, we were in east Greensboro and smelled a distinctly chocolate scent. Children were saying "yum, ummmm." A young lady told us that Lorillard uses a chocolate flavor/scent. We haven't substantiated that claim and don't smoke to find out firsthand; however, if that scent was coming from Lorillard, indeed, it was CHOCOLATE!

While we aren't endorsing tobacco products by any means, we feel compelled to present an important part of Greensboro's history. Historically, North Carolina has been a leader in tobacco production and Lorillard has been a leader in cigarette manufacturing. Originally, the Lorillard family came from Montbéliard in Eastern France and Montbéilard and Greensboro are sister cities. Today is "L" day on ABC Wednesday and we salute the business acumen of the Lorillard family across the centuries. Finally, for our local friends who want us to be Greensboro Daily History, we provide the following historical "L's" to be featured later: Latham Park, Lindley Park, Lindley Field, Lowe's Home Improvement Store, Lee Street, Leftwich Street, Lewis Recreation Center, White Street LANDFILL, LIBRARIES, Land Conservancy, Little League, and loose leaf collection, to name a few!!!!!

(A hint for "M" next week. The photo was taken on MARKET street, not too far from Lorillard, Inc.!)

Page High School Stadium

Greensboro city residents know the depth of the rivalry between Grimsley and Page High Schools. Last week, we featured the stadium at Grimsley. This week, we offer a view of the stadium at Page High School, home of the Page Pirates. On Friday, the Grimsley Whirlies will host the 51st regular-season meeting of these two teams. Students on both campuses are putting a crazy amount of energy into theme dressing and expressing school spirit. Revenue from the events centered around this game significantly helps the athletic program. We seem to recall reading the Page High School is slated to receive a new stadium. However, Google searches on Page High School are hard. There are not many Grimsleys out there; however, page is a tag for everything from where you are in a book to what you do when you are trying to contact a doctor in a hospital! Also, we didn't readily find any information about building plans on the Pirates' website. Does anybody know?

If you are an alumnus, you may not know that both schools have impressive Wikipedia sites (linked above). 

We share this today with Ruby Tuesday, the place for all things red.

Feelin' Groovy on Southside

The Southside of Greensboro has experienced a healthy dose of regentrefication and has its very own Wikipedia entry (here). Southside is located conveniently within walking distance to downtown Greensboro. Southside has won many awards, including the Sierra Club's designation of one of the top 12 new developments of 2005. While not visible here, the neighborhood also has several Victorian homes from the late 19th and early 20th centuries-- some are grand! If you enjoy architecture, notice the New Orleans-style ironwork balconies built in the mixed-style neighborhood.

Today we feature a street scene of some interesting vehicles. As we were walking along Martin Luther King Drive in the urban neighborhood, we saw the groovy watermelon van with a vintage, lemon-colored VW beetle parked behind it.  On the other side of the street, you see a modern, conservative car. The vehicles in Southside are as diverse as the residents!  We're tossing this post in the ring with the other Mellow Yellow Monday entries.

Holderness Presbyterian House

Holderness Presbyterian House opened last week at 409 South Mendenhall Street. It is a campus ministry for Greensboro College and The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. It is sandwiched between the two institutions of higher education on the corner of Walker Avenue. According to their Facebook page, they welcome college students from any campus. This is the Presbyterian version of St. Mary's Episcopal House a block away. Holderness House was built on a vacant, asphalt parking lot and the architecture is in character with that of their College Hill neighbors-- a great improvement!  March 2009, we featured the adjacent house on GDP. This is our Sacred Sunday feature where we offer something spiritual weekly. If you are local and have an idea of a person, place, or thing to feature, leave us a comment. We are open to celebrating all faith groups in the Greensboro/Guilford County community.

Addendum:  My dear friend Jane ferreted out background information. UNCG benefactor Adelaide Holderness and her family provided a  $75,000 gift that made this project a reality.  Additionally there were other individuals, groups, and congregations that sponsored individual rooms in the house. See the “donate” page for more information and a list of donors here!

http://www.pcmgreensboro.org/PCM/Donate.html

Woolly Worm Time in North Carolina

People have been using woolly worms to predict winter since pioneer days. To determine the severity of the winter, you look at the brown band of color on the woolly worms, or pyrrharctia isabella. The thinner the brownish-red ban, the harsher the winter will be. If the colors on the wooly worm in our yard are a prediction, winter will be pretty mild this year. Much brown, little black!

If you are fascinated by this topic, then consider attending the 33 Annual Woolly Worm Festival, just west of Boone, in Banner Elk North Carolina the third week in October. Last year's winner of the Woolly Worm Race was a young boy from Chapel Hill. Maybe we'll pack up our woolly worm and head west!

We're sharing this with Camera Critters and Weekend Reflection.

Cathy Gray & Dig Pink!

Cathy Gray was the breast cancer survivor recognized last night at the annual Dig Pink volleyball match between Page and Grimsley High Schools. Many of the women in Cathy's family have suffered from cancer and she talked of not only losing family members but also surviving cancer herself. Cathy spoke with such passion and grace. She shared her story with the audience last night during the recognition ceremony. After chemotherapy and multiple operations, Cathy has been cancer free for nine years. Thank you so much for stressing the importance of mammograms and self examination to help fight a disease that touches the lives of so many. To be sure, the young athletes were paying attention to you! As stated last night, long after the score of the game is forgotten, the young women will remember that they played for a very special cause.

The Dig Pink fundraising event raised several hundred dollars for the Side Out organization and their efforts towards providing breast cancer awareness and helping patients directly. Here's to Greensboro resident Cathy Gray for all that she does do contribute to our community. This award is much deserved.