We love it when readers engage with Greensboro Daily Photo. As an example, yesterday, a reader helped us get to the bottom of the #seethegood initiative that we featured yesterday. See the good was an idea brought to life by Mary Crowder and her teammates at Barbout Spangle Design in High Point. Initially, they made and attached a sign, with the slogan, on the side of their business. See the Fox 8 segment here. Another example of reader engagement comes from one of our faithful readers, who doesn't get out as much as she used to. She suggested we do more to feature the growth and changes in Greensboro, and to feature the downtown more. We realized we tend to zoom in on people and one place at a time, but the next sunny day, will head into town to get some skyline shots.
As for today, this is the Tanger Center for the Performing Arts, a big change in downtown Greensboro. Tanger Center had to delay its 2020 opening due to the pandemic and is currently scheduled to open in April. The Tanger Center has been in the making since 2012 and, while some were against tearing down the War Memorial Auditorium at the Coliseum Complex, many in the city were ready for a change. Over 35 million dollars in private donations were received to make the Tanger Center a reality. This spectacular, $85 million facility is now complete. It was named after Steven Tanger, president and CEO of Tanger Factory Outlet Centers. The Tanger family has donated so much to community resources in Greensboro. Tanger Center seats 3,023 and is anticipating being able to open April 2021. The schedule of events is robust; many events are rescheduled from 2020. You can see if any interest you by perusing their website. Tanger Center is located at the corner of North Elm Street and Abe Brenner Way. Brenner, another local philanthropist, helped establish Brenner Children's Hospital at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.
Beautiful architecture.
Posted by: William Kendall | Monday, January 04, 2021 at 05:57 AM