Located about a mile east of Uptown Charlotte, the neighborhood on and around North Davidson Street ("NoDa") and 36th Street has become a popular and developing arts district. With the extension of Charlotte’s light rail line allowing commuters easy access to the commerce, employment and entertainment centered in Uptown, NoDa has seen a boom in development and redevelopment of residential and multifamily housing. It is known by locals for its eclectic mix of contemporary arts, trendy restaurants and increasingly upscale housing.
Like
so much of this region of North Carolina, NoDa began as a textile mill
community. Historic architecture is typified
by small, single-story mill cottage homes and larger two-story Victorian residences. After the depression, the textile mills never
recovered and much of NoDa fell into disrepair, its historic buildings often
suffering abandonment. But by the
mid-1980’s, as Charlotte in general began to see enormous growth and development,
young artists took advantage of depressed real estate prices to revitalize and
beautify much of the old mill town, one building at a time. By 1995, artist Steve Holt had established
Studio 23 and WrightNow galleries as home for exhibitions by
renowned artists, and the transformation of the community into a trendy arts
district was well under way.
Due
it its close proximity to Uptown and its artistic vibe, many of the older mill cottages
are disappearing and being replaced by larger
upscale custom homes and condominium residences, with prices generally ranging
from the low $300,000’s for properties in need of some renovation to the upper
$600,000’s. New construction projects
tend to favor mixed use, with retail shops at ground level, and condominium
apartments above. Demographics favor
well educated younger professionals, but the community still retains much of
its historic and artistic feel.
Activities
unique to NoDa include popular “gallery crawls” on the first and third Fridays
of each month, NoDa outdoor movie nights, NoDa Pumpkin Carving, Charles Avenue
Block Party and NoDa All-Arts Market. For those attracted to a distinctly
artistic environment, while retaining easy access to Uptown Charlotte and all
it has to offer, NoDa provides an interesting and eclectic alternative to other
Charlotte neighborhoods.
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