INTERESTING CHARACTERISTICS
THIS MASCOT HAS INTERESTING HISTORY.
WHAT IS A HORNET?
THESE ANIMALS CAN BE SEEN ACROSS EVERY PART OF CAMPUS BY LATE OCTOBER.
WHAT ARE GEESE?
THIS PART OF TOWN GREW FROM A TEXTILE MILL VILLAGE TO THE CITIES HISTORIC ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.
WHAT IS NoDA?
THIS DEPARTMENT STORE BECAME PRESENT IN CHARLOTTE, AS PART OF "THE NEW SOUTH."
WHAT IS BELK?
THIS SECTION OF THE LIBRARY IS ENTIRELY DEDICATED TO INNOVATION, CREATIVITY, AND TECHNOLOGY.
THIS LOCATION DIFFERS FOR A LOT OF OTHER TOWNS WHO MAY USE THIS DESCRIPTOR FOR THEIR FANCY AND BUSIER AREA.
WHAT IS UPTOWN?
THE FOUNDER OF UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE.
WHO IS BONNIE CONE?
THE CHARLOTTE MOTORSPEEDWAY IS ACTUALLY LOCATED IN THIS TOWN JUST OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMIT.
WHAT IS CONCORD?
THIS GROCER WAS FIRST TO BE LOCATED IN CHARLOTTE AS PART OF THE "NEW SOUTH."
WHAT IS FAMILY DOLLAR AND HARRIS-TEETER?
WHEN ATKINS LIBRARY WAS FIRST MOVED ONTO CAMPUS, IT WAS ORIGINALLY HOUSED IN THIS CAMPUS BUILDING THAT STILL STANDS TODAY.
WHAT IS THE W.J. KENNEDY BUILDING?
OUR CITY MIRRORS THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THIS CITY.
WHAT ARE MINNEAPOLIS AND ATLANTA?
UNC CHARLOTTE ORIGINALLY OFFERED EVENING CLASSES TO ACCOMODATE FOR THIS AUDIENCE.
WHAT ARE RETURNING WAR VETERANS?
THIS UNIVERSITY IS LOCATED IN THE HISTORIC WEST END OF CHARLOTTE AND IS THE ONLY HBCU IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA.
WHAT IS JOHNSON C. SMITH UNIVERSITY?
THIS POPULAR CHICKEN FAST FOOD BUSINESS ACROSS THE SOUTH WAS FOUNDED IN CHARLOTTE ON JULY 9TH, 1977
WHAT IS BOJANGLES?
ATKINS LIBRARY SHARED ITS FACILITIES, BOOK COLLECTION, AND STAFF WITH THIS HIGH SCHOOL WHEN IT WAS FIRST ESTABLISHED.
WHAT IS CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL?
THIS COMMON MODE OF TRANSPORATION SPANS 19.3 MILES AND ENDS JUST NORTH OF I-485.
WHAT IS THE CHARLOTTE LYNX BLUE LINE LIGHT RAIL
THIS GOLD MINE IN CABARRUS COUNTY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR MASCOT, THIS LOCATION BEING THE FIRST DOCUMENTED GOLD FIND IN THE U.S. IN 1799.
WHAT IS REED GOLD MINE?
THIS AREA IS KNOWN FOR ITS ARTS-AND-CRAFTS-STYLE BUNGALOWS, ECLECTIC STREETSCAPES, AND THE HISTORIC VANLANDINGHAM ESTATE. IT IS A PREMIER AREA OF CHARLOTTE'S EAST-SIDE DISTRICT.
WHAT IS PLAZA MIDWOOD?
THIS FOOD HALL WAS ORIGINALLY CHARLOTTE'S HIGHLAND PARK GINGHAM MILL FROM 1895 UNTIL 2016.
WHAT IS OPTIMIST HALL?
THIS IS THE TITLE OF THE FIRST VOLUME ACQUIRED BY THE LIBRARY.
WHAT IS "PREFACE TO PHILOSOPGY: BOOK OF READINGS"?
THIS SYMBOL IS BEST USED FOR BRANDING OF OUR CITY.
WHAT IS A CROWN?
THE UNC CHARLOTTE BELL WAS ORIGINALLY HUNG AT THIS PUBLIC SCHOOL BEFORE IT WAS GIVEN TO CHARLOTTE COLLEGE TO RING DURING GRADUATION CEREMONIES.
WHAT IS ELIZABETH SCHOOL?
THE "RAIL TRAIL" IS A 3.5-MILE LINEAR PUBLIC PARK AND PAVED PATH THAT WINDS DIRECTLY ALONG THE LYNX BLUELINE. IT IS ALSO MOST COMMONLY ADDRESSED AS THIS NICKNAME.
WHAT IS THE SOUTH END TRAIL?
THE EPICENTER IS A 267,000-TO-936,000-SQUARE QUARTER MEANT FOR MIXED USE AND NIGHTLIFE AND WAS BUILT ON THE FORMER SITE OF THIS COMMUNITY STRUCTURE.
WHAT IS THE CHARLOTTE CONVENTION CENTER?
THE CONSTRUCTION OF DALTON TOWER WAS COMPLETED DURING THIS YEAR.
WHAT IS 1971