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- Abstract:
- Imprinted "Charlotte is an open gateway to the new and progressive South. It is located in the center of the rapidly developing Piedmont section of the Carolinas."Completed in 1941, the Union Bus Terminal was a modern monument to the heyday of bus travel, before interstate highways, large commercial airliners, and the glut of automobiles caused ridership to fall continually throughout the 1970s and 1980s. In the years after it opened, the terminal housed over half a dozen bus companies (including Queen City, Atlantic Greyhound, and Carolina Coach Company) that ran inter-city routes through Charlotte. By 1950, the five carriers, four interstate lines, and one local line used the terminal, and thousands of passengers came through the building every day.Architecturally, the Charlotte Union Bus Terminal is significant as one of the best examples of Art Moderne architecture in Mecklenburg County. Designed by local architect James A. Malcolm, the terminal displays the rounded forms, clean lines, and subtle, almost starkly minimal ornamentation that are the hallmark of this design.
Postcard Information
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