On the Corner of Tate & Gate City

This building, at the corner of South Tate Street and West Gate City Boulevard, has housed many businesses over the years. It is located in a part of town that is changing drastically. With UNCG's expansion across Gate City to the edge of the Glenwood neighborhood, college students are seen regularly, walking to and from the two parts of campus.

It is amazing when walking, what you see that you might otherwise miss. For example, on foot, one notices the set of stairs behind the building. Why were they put there? Was it to load and unload inventory or to make it easier to get from Point A to Point B? Also, on foot, the poster on the side of the building invites curiosity: "Civil Rights: Forward and Upward." Did the owner of the building put it there or the last person renting? Was there an event related to Civil Rights in the building?

The photo has a "then/decades later" photo of the Greensboro Four, the four North Carolina A&T students who were instrumental in the Sit In Movement with their refusal to give up their seats at the lunch counter at Woolworth in 1960. While the photo was taken recently, being published in black and white makes it look like could have been taken decades ago. Wonder what the young men walking on the other side of the street noticed the stairs... the poster...

Comments

[William Kendall]

Excellent shot!