The Charlotte neighborhoods of Belmont and Villa Heights are experiencing an influx of white, professional residents in search of affordable housing close to uptown. Piedmont Courts, a housing project that dates to the 1940s, is gone, and crime is declining.
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Villa Heights: Renovated large house at Grace and Parson streets.Villa Heights: Interesting architecture on Allen Street.Villa Heights: House-turned church on Harrill Street in Villa Heights, a common sight in the neighborhood.Villa Heights: Sherman Memorial Church of God in Christ on Parkwood Avenue.Villa Heights: Neighborhood fixer-upper for sale across from renovated houses, at Grace and Parson streets.Villa Heights: Fixer-upper at rear, vacant lot in foreground.Villa Heights: Fixer-upper at Grace and Parson streets.Villa Heights: Crumbling wall, vacant lot where a house once sat, near Allen and Grace streets. Belmont: Barbara Harlow and her son, Robert Smith, are fairly new residents. Their home is near Little Sugar Creek Greenway. Belmont: Belmont Community Development Corp. project on Umstead Street.Belmont: Note three houses in a row with arched porches, on Pegram Street.Belmont: Renovated houses and yards on Allen Street near 20th Street.Belmont: Northside Corner store at Kennon and Pegram streets.Belmont: House on Kennon Street near Hawthorne Lane.Belmont: Renovated houses and yards on Allen Street near 20th.Belmont: Many corners in the neighborhood have small stores such as this one at Hawthorne Lane and Kennon Street.Belmont: Mural on a former barber shop on Pegram Street.Homes in Belmont seem to be right beneath the uptown skyscrapers. Belmont neighborhood association president Vicki Jones, fourth from left, at a get-to-know-your-neighbor event.Belmont: Renovated house on Hawthorne Lane.
