V is for Valley, Greensboro's Green Valley

This house on Hobbs Road is located in the Green Valley neighborhood. As we struggled to find a "V" neighborhood for our ABC Wednesday series, we realized that it would be nice to feature Green Valley. It is such a nice neighborhood with a great location; it has a wonderful swim and tennis club (The Swamp) and a great sense of community. Green Valley is a diamond shaped neighborhood extending from Westridge in the northwest corner to Green Valley in the southeast. It covers a little over a square mile and encompasses the Bog Garden and Tanger Family Bicentennial Garden. Green Valley backs up to Friendly Center and the majority of the homes were built in the 1960's and 1970's, after Friendly Center opened.

Driving around the Green Valley neighborhood, you do notice Greensboro's hills and valleys . From the top of Cascade to where it becomes Cornwalis, to Hobbs Road, you reach a low elevation near the Bog Garden.

The above brick cape home- 1410 Hobbs Road- at the corner of Alderman Drive, was built in 1966. The home has an understated simplicity, from its rectangular shape and dormerless roof to the unadorned holiday greenery. The home evokes the concept of discernment, something that is important in our Quaker community. Discernment is the ability to judge well, to get at that which really matters. To the builders of this home, it was important to be efficient with space (5 bedrooms 2.5 baths) while providing a good roof over a family's head and without unnecessary embellishments. 1410 Hobbs represents the neighborhood well.

Today is ABC Wednesday and V is for Valley, Green Valley. See Greensboro A-U neighborhoods, here.

Posted at 05:30 AM in 2012, 2012: 4th Quarter, ABC Neighborhoods 2012, Houses, Neighborhoods, Street Scenes | Permalink

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Great idea to feature this neighborhood for V. Carver, ABC Wed. Team

Posted by: Carver | Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 07:19 AM

Infinitely better choice than Vandalia which I had suggested. Green Valley is a solid neighborhood right in the heart of the city. Clever Janis!

Posted by: Jane Mitchell | Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 07:40 AM

You sure do have a Variety of neat neighborhoods in your Village! :-) Being a huge fan of the tidy, solid look of brick houses, I love this place. And I really love the beautiful simplicity of their holiday decorations. My neighbors all have flashing lights and animated geegaws and giant illuminated inflatables, but my Christmas decorating tastes were formed in New England so we just have a wreath on the door, a white candle in every window, and little white lights on our Christmas tree in our large front window. I'd love to put a little evergreen wreath on each window too, like the residents of this pretty house did, but fear our Wyoming winds would blow them away the first night! :-)

Posted by: Laloofah | Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 11:51 AM