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East Charlotte

6 entries

Elizabeth

The neighborhood east of Uptown built around what is now Independence Park and Central Piedmont’s campus, with the Gold Line streetcar on Elizabeth Avenue and a…

Single-family bungalows, condos $600k–$1.4 million

Hickory Grove

One of the most diverse parts of the city: the Albemarle Road corridor with grocers, restaurants and places of worship from a dozen countries, and affordable…

Single-family ranches and split-levels, apartments $275k–$475k

NoDa

North Davidson and 36th Street, built as a mill village and reinvented as the arts district: galleries, music venues, breweries and a Blue Line station at…

Mill cottages, townhomes, converted mills $400k–$900k

Oakhurst

A quiet post-war neighborhood built around Winterfield and Oakhurst schools, with bigger lots than Plaza Midwood and an easy run to Independence Boulevard. Oakhurst is the…

Single-family brick ranches and cottages $400k–$750k

Plaza Midwood

Central Avenue and the Plaza: dive bars next to wine bars, thrift stores next to new apartments, and a bungalow grid behind all of it. Walkable,…

Single-family bungalows and Tudors, townhomes $500k–$1.1 million

Villa Heights

A small grid of early-1900s cottages with the Little Sugar Creek Greenway on one side and NoDa within walking distance on the other. Villa Heights is…

Cottages and infill single-family $400k–$800k