Friday, April 29, 2016 / Published in Architecture, Buildings, Events, Local History

People Flocked to “Save Downtown Asheville & The Wrap”

The North Carolina Room, Pack Memorial Library kicked off with a full house the first of a six part series, “Asheville in the 1980s: A Formative Decade Told by Those Who Shaped It” on Wednesday evening April 27. The series is sponsored by the Friends of the North Carolina Room. There was a current of
Wednesday, April 20, 2016 / Published in Architecture, Buildings, Events, Local Heroes and Heroines, Local History, Manuscript Collection, Photograph Collection

The Fight to Save 11 Acres of Downtown

 The North Carolina Room, Pack Memorial Library presents a six part series Asheville in the 1980s:  A  Formative Decade Told by Those Who Shaped It The first program of the series kicks off Wednesday April 27, 2016 from 6:00 to 7:30 in the Lord Auditorium, lower level. All events are free and open to the public.
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Friday, April 15, 2016 / Published in Architecture, Buildings, Local History, New Donations
February 1980: The Demoliton of an Entire City Block
As the North Carolina Room prepares to launch a 6 part series on Asheville in the 1980s with the first program April 27, 2016 on the fight to save 11 acres from being demolished for a mall, we wanted to take a look at what preceded that duel. Right before the Strouse, Greenberg and Co. mid-city