Sketches above are from the 1966 Greater Charlotte Central Area Plan by A.G. Odell Jr. and Associates. Map is from the 1960 Wilbur Smith Master Highway Transportation Plan.
!["Looking north along Convention Avenue [never built] with railroad tracks removed." (1966 plan)](https://ui.charlotte.edu/sites/ui.charlotte.edu/files/styles/gallery_slideshow/public/fields/gallery/image/sm_odell_eastrr%20copy.jpg?itok=EBA3oc_m "\"Looking north along Convention Avenue [never built] with railroad tracks removed.\" (1966 plan)")
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