Happy 201st birthday Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman was an amazing woman. The heroic emancipator’s life was the perfect embodiment of both African American history and Women’s history.
Harriet Tubman is a lofty name to bestow on a tiny side street off the Liberty Corridor that runs a short distance from East 16th Stree… More
“To build, first you must destroy.” That’s the old adage. But when it comes to the redevelopment of the Cleveland Avenue Homes, apparently, they must be preserved on paper, at least before they can be demolished. That’s what a recent public notice from the City of Winston-Salem says, anyway.
“The pr… More
The storefronts at the 1400 block of North Liberty were recently discussed at length by the W-S City Council. Councilmember Annette Scippio bemoaned their destruction. Councilmembers D.D. Adams and Barbara Burke both acknowledged at the February 6 Council meeting that the Liberty Corridor (Liberty Street, Cleveland Avenue, an… More
“It sounds like a good idea, but it’s outrageously expensive if you were to do the whole neighborhood… I think that’s a huge amount of money to pay six graduate students.”
“They are not building anything. They are just studying. I don’t mind the concept, but I just think we are being taken … More
“How do these buildings get into this type of condition? It looks like years of neglect and deterioration.” -John Larson
“City Council Members approved the demolition of several vacant buildings along Liberty Street. But councilwoman Annette Scipio questioned why the City can’t restore the buildings … More
The W-S Journal’s Wesley Young estimated a hundred people crammed into HAWS’ tent at the former Brown Elementary School on a chilly Tuesday afternoon. HAWS’ modest-sized tent was packed with local politicians, non-profits, and developers. Outside the tent, a group of protesters demanded that public housing … More
The W-S Journal’s Scott Sexton criticized the City’s utilization of Union Station recently (Union Station provides context at a cost-11/20/2022). But as usual, Sexton was far too easy on the City of Winston-Salem. Sexton asked, “for $11.1 million – and counting-was the renovation of a building that hou… More
Former Winston-Salem Councilmember and state representative Derwin Montgomery accepted a plea deal earlier this week. Montgomery pleaded guilty to “one count of program fraud in connection to allegations that he embezzled more than $26,000 from the Bethesda Center for the Homeless.” According to the W-S Journal&… More
In 2016, the City of Winston-Salem partnered with North Carolina A&T’s Landscape Architecture program. Seniors in the program (with the input of local residents) created various adaptive reuse plans for the Nissen Wagon Works complex. Undoubtedly, these plans would have been expensive to implement. But that is the co… More
The Arts Based School has been successfully operating in Downtown Winston for two decades, just behind Lloyd Presbyrtian, in what used to be the old Depot Street neighborhood. This year, they began operating a second school at the former Diggs Elementary in the historic Happy Hill neighborhood. Recently they requested that the Cit… More
