Yesterday, we featured the Jefferson Standard Building from Festival Park. Today, we are a little bit more to the east on Homeland Avenue just off of Murrow Boulevard. If is a part of town near NC A&T, between downtown and the Aycock Historic District. It was a blustery Sunday afternoon this past weekend, and many of the families on this street had their laundry out to dry.
The vantage point shows you how quickly downtown turns to neighborhoods. Children were out riding their bikes, men were out washing their cars, and more people than usual were driving by due to a Sunday event at the Yanceyville Curb Market. Clothesline attract a range of folks, from those who have no other option to those who air dry their clothing to use wind energy as opposed to electricity.
As we look at this photo, we're left wondering how this sleepy little street got its name: Homeland Avenue. Does anybody know?
Nice parallel lines visually as well as philosophically with the generated power and wind power. Great.
Posted by: Mary Ann Johnson | Thursday, May 08, 2014 at 08:16 AM
Mary Ann: Those power lines are there just jumping out at us! Thank you for pointing that out to us!
Posted by: Janis & David | Thursday, May 08, 2014 at 09:18 AM
Quite a contrast between the back yard and office towers.
Posted by: William Kendall | Thursday, May 08, 2014 at 04:50 PM
Homeland Ave was part of ORD. (Overseas Replacement Depot) the WW2 US Army Base that was located here in Greensboro. Most of the housing on Homeland Ave was apartments intended for lower ranking officers and the highest ranking enlisted men who were stationed at ORD full time. Those same buildings built in the 1940s are the ones in your photograph after having gone through numerous remodelings.
Higher ranking officers and their families lived in the single family homes still standing in the area of Winston Street between Bessemer and Market where most of us recognize as being next to ORD where the rows of giant Quonset huts are located. The Quonset huts and other long houses were temporary housing for almost every Soldier who ever went to Europe during WW2.
I think almost every US Army base everywhere has a Homeland Ave. You'll note that the entrance ramps leading from Lindsey St to US29 South and Bessemer East to US29 North are both also named Headquarters Drive. The old headquarters building, I think, is located on Headquarters Drive next to the bridge on Bessemer Ave. US29 bisected it all in the mid 1950s and Bessemer was widened from 2 lanes to 4 lanes at the same time.
Posted by: Billy Jones | Thursday, May 08, 2014 at 10:14 PM
Correction: Those apartments were not built by the Army. The Army built at the other end of Homeland Ave.
Posted by: Billy Jones | Thursday, May 08, 2014 at 10:16 PM
As always, thank you Billy Jones for all this information on the east side of Greensboro!
Posted by: Janis & David | Thursday, May 08, 2014 at 11:11 PM
You're welcome! It is prison after all. A, I mean home.
Posted by: Billy Jones | Friday, May 09, 2014 at 03:13 PM