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Ballantyne (Charlotte neighborhood) Ballantyne is a neighborhood and developing edge city [5] on the southside of Charlotte, North Carolina, occupying a 2,000-acre (8.1 km 2) area of land adjacent to the South Carolina border. The neighborhood is home to St. Matthew Catholic Church, the largest Catholic congregation in the United States.
Frying Pan Shoals Light Station is a decommissioned Coast Guard lighthouse located near the end of the Frying Pan Shoals 32 miles (51 km) SE of Bald Head Island, North Carolina. [1] The Frying Pan Tower™ rises 135' above the Atlantic Ocean is being restored by volunteers through FPTower Inc., a 501 (c)3 nonprofit whose mission is to help ...
Uptown Charlotte, also called Center City, is the central business district of Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. The area is split into four wards by the intersection of Trade and Tryon Streets, and bordered by Interstate 277 and Interstate 77. The area is managed and overseen by the Charlotte Central City Partners, which is one of the ...
Raleigh (/ ˈrɔːli / ⓘ; RAW-lee) [ 8 ] is the capital city of the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Wake County. It is the second-most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte. Raleigh is the tenth-most populous city in the Southeast, the 41st-most populous city in the U.S., and the largest city of the Research Triangle ...
Matthews is located at 35°7′1″N 80°42′59″W (35.116851, −80.716409). [3] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 17.2 square miles (45 km 2), all land. Matthews is situated approximately 11 miles (18 km) southeast of uptown Charlotte.
Lake Norman of Catawba, Davidson, Cornelius, Westport. 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. Lake Norman is a man-made fresh water lake in southwest North Carolina. The largest lake in the state, it was created between 1959 and 1964 [1] as part of the construction of the Cowans Ford Dam by Duke Energy.
Parkwood is a light rail station on the LYNX Blue Line in the Optimist Park neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. It opened on March 16, 2018, as part of the Blue Line extension to the UNC Charlotte campus. [1] The station features a pair of side platforms and is the first station outside of Uptown Charlotte to the north.
Discovery Place Science is a science and technology museum, located in Uptown, Charlotte, North Carolina. Discovery Place Science operates The Charlotte Observer IMAX Dome Theater, also referred to as an OMNIMAX theater. It is the largest IMAX Dome Theater in the Carolinas. [1] The museum opened in 1981 and was renovated in 2010.