Today for ABC Wednesday, we feature "U" is for "Urban Greensboro."
With an estimated population of 260,083, Greensboro is the third largest city in North Carolina. In 1808, we were known as Greensborough, a town planned around a central courthouse square. Greensborough was developed so that the Guilford County courts could be located closer to the county's geographical center. Since our pragmatic start two hundred years ago, if you consider our extended Piedmont Triad community, the Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem area, we are than a million people strong. The above sign still stands today at the corner of Elm and Washington Streets. Someone feeling a little urban pride, PLEASE replace that "2"!
Other "U's" for Greensboro include the United Way, universities (University of North Carolina Greensboro, NC A&T University), the Undercurrent Restaurant, & Urban Loop. Can you think of any more?
Ah, I didn't know that Raleigh wasn't one of your tri-cities. My mom's in Charlotte, and those cities seem always to be mentioned w Greensboro & W-S.
A planned city - what a concept!
ROG, ABC Wednesday team
Posted by: Roger Green | Wednesday, December 08, 2010 at 06:28 AM
Roger: Raleigh is part of the Triangle: Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill. Greensboro is 80+- miles west and known as the Triad. Both "tri's"!
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Posted by: Greensboro Daily Photo | Wednesday, December 08, 2010 at 06:34 AM
Happy to say, I drove by this morning and the "2" has been replaced. Way to go Greensboro!
Posted by: Greensboro Daily Photo | Wednesday, December 08, 2010 at 08:59 AM
Thanks to our Tweeps for RTing today's post tweet. The "2" is fixed!
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Posted by: David T | Wednesday, December 08, 2010 at 11:47 AM
Oh, things like that missing '2' annoy me, as well! A nice pic for the subject though! And on behalf of the team, thanks for taking part this week!
Posted by: Jay from The Depp Effect | Wednesday, December 08, 2010 at 02:44 PM
A missing 2 - oh, I see it's been replaced! Amazing technology. To Twitter, to twitter.
Posted by: Tumblewords | Wednesday, December 08, 2010 at 07:05 PM
Some day when I'm NC, I've just got to visit Urban Greenboro. I tend to spend a night in the subUrban part once a year but never quite make it into town.
Posted by: Cheryl | Wednesday, December 08, 2010 at 08:44 PM
Very unique....no one else chose Urban Greenboro...and very interesting.
Posted by: Wanda | Thursday, December 09, 2010 at 12:59 AM