Posts Tagged as ‘Burlington NC’

October 18, 2009

Overhead Illumination at Cum-Park Plaza on Church Street (Hwy 70) in Burlington North Carolina

 

April 24, 2009

Shade in Yanceyville North Carolina

 

 
 

 
Top: View under one-story metal carport, looking toward now empty building that housed an automotive dealership / mechanic shop.  Though I am not sure, the metal structure providing shade, from similar structures I have seen nearby in Burlington and Hillsborough, was built to house automobiles for sale.  The structure would provide respite from rain and high [...]

February 12, 2009

Alamance Battleground, near Alamance North Carolina,Trois

 

Alamance Battleground, 3 miles south of U.S. Highway I-40 as it runs through Burlington North Carolina, is an old farm field bisected by the old state highway 62.  On May 16 1771, two thousand armed local men of the Regulator Movement crossed paths with one thousand men who had answered the call of raising a militia by North Carolina’s [...]

October 21, 2008

Midway Variety Store

 

816 Sidney Ave. Burlington, NC 27217, (336) 570-0906
Though suburban sprawl, new construction and this overarching need to have a Michael’s, Best Buy and Ross store right beside each other in every town across the U.S.A. is doing a great job wiping away every man-made manifestation of why I love North Carolina, some pockets of resistance remain.  One such pocket [...]