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Mae Israel

Stories by Mae Israel

Two cities, two mills to be reborn
July 1, 2013

Mae Jones looks out her front door every day at the empty, massive Loray Mill, about a mile from downtown Gastonia, and remembers the rumble of machines, the acrid odors and her hard work there...

Neighborhood schools? More city parents are taking a fresh look
February 27, 2013
In at least a half-dozen older Charlotte neighborhoods many white, middle-income families avoided sending their children to neighborhood schools with a majority of low-income, minority students. ...

Can Charlotte learn to love Modernist homes?
January 8, 2013

The house at 1154 Cedarwood Lane in Charlotte once sat on the eastern outskirts of the city, a wooded, secluded haven in the 1960s where artists would gather on Sunday afternoons.

Latte-free zones hint at demographic shifts
August 1, 2012
Looking at where some upscale retail companies locate provides a way of highlighting income and demographic disparities. Charlotte's Starbucks-free, Panera-free and Harris Teeter-free zones coincide...