Today's photo was taken in East Greensboro on East Bessemer Avenue, formerly the main east-west corridor leading into Greensboro from the east- the pre-1970's Wendover. Today, this little section near Summit Avenue is quite an enclave of Hispanic businesses.... peluquierias, taquerias, and llantas usadas. The Mexican flag flies high at Tamayo's Used Auto Sales. The above photo (at 2301 East Bessemer Avenue) offers used cars and used tires in a semicircular building that probably has quite a history.
Prior to 1957, Bessemer used to be a thriving town with Bessemer High School, located in the heart of this part of town from 1911-1963.* The neighborhood was so cohesive that to this day, the school has a Facebook page. In the high school's fifty-two year history, it only had 3 principals. It was the kind of place where everybody knew everybody's name and the principal made sure you towed the line, long after you graduated. Lets hope that sense of community still exists,today..... in two languages.
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