Tag Archives: Charlotte

FAQ City: Fit For A Queen

The name “the Queen City,” the crowns on everything from street signs to trash cans — there are just some common things associated with Charlotte. We look into why these things represent Charlotte and answer questions about the city’s origins.

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Libraries Use Cloud and Other Tech to Reimagine Traditional Services | EdTech Magazine

An Amazon Echo Show helps visually impaired students use the library catalog at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Photography by: Peter Taylor.
An Amazon Echo Show helps visually impaired students use the library catalog at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Photography by: Peter Taylor.

From cloud services to smart assistants, campus libraries are rewriting the book on innovation.

“A few years ago, for example, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s J. Murrey Atkins Library moved all its infrastructure to Amazon Web Services. It has never looked back, says Bob Price, the library’s associate dean of technology and digital strategies.”

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WhatWorks: The $37 Million Streetcar – POLITICO Magazine

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What Works
The View From a $37 Million Streetcar
Visions of race, poverty and politics in the ‘two Charlottes.’
By November 20, 2015

The most howled-about public transportation vehicle in the South’s most spit-shined city feels like an amusement park ride as it trolls through town. Its wheels click and clack, its bell rings at a pitch just higher than cute and its wooden seats are as quaint and uncomfortable as they can be.

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When Cars Ran On Rails; Charlotte’s Streetcar Past | WFAE

When Cars Ran On Rails; Charlotte’s Streetcar Past

via When Cars Ran On Rails; Charlotte’s Streetcar Past | WFAE.

English: Photograph of the Old Court House, Ch...
English: Photograph of the Old Court House, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1888. Image reprinted in “Cotton Mill, Commercial Features,” written by D. A. Tompkins, p. 22, published by the author, Charlotte, N.C., 1899. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)