Local Area

Greensboro, North Carolina

Downtown Greensboro has experienced new construction over the past several years with new developments such as First Horizon Park, and numerous condominiums, apartments and townhomes. The Southside neighborhood in downtown examplifies this reinvestment as a formerly economically depressed neighborhood has been redeveloped into an award-winning neotraditional neighborhood. Many architectural styles are present resembling architecture from cities such as Charleston and New Orleans.

Downtown has also seen a dramatic change in nightlife with the opening of numerous nightclubs, bars and restaurants. In 2006, Elon University opened a law school in center city. Downtown attractions include: the Carolina Theater, Triad Stage (Pyrle Gibson Theater), Blandwood Mansion, International Civil Rights Museum, Center-City Park, First Horizon Park, Greensboro Historical Museum, Greensboro Cultural Center, the Greensboro Children's Museum, and the Center City Park. One project under construction is the International Civil Rights Museum, which is to be located in the former space of the Woolworths where the first sit-ins were held.