1951 Map of Greensboro

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The higher-education landscape of the mid-century Piedmont is exceptionally well-defined here, anchoring the city of Greensboro with institutions like A & T College, Bennett College, Greensboro College, and the Womens College Univ of N C. Settlement patterns radiate outward from the central business district into industrial and residential hubs like Nocho Park, Terra Cotta, and McAdoo Heights. The Southern Railway corridor acts as a spine for early industrial development, passing through Pomona and near the Waterworks. On the urban periphery, the transition from city to country is marked by smaller communities such as Sedge-Town and Vandalia. This survey, revised in the early 1990s from 1951 photogrammetry, details a period of significant growth before modern interstates fully restructured the city's western and southern edges, preserving the locations of local landmarks like the Masonic Home and Sternberger Hospital Sch.