Chantilly Neighborhood
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The Chantilly Neighborhood is located between the Elizabeth and Plaza-Midwood
neighborhoods, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Originally developed in the mid-1940s, additional streets were added in the 1950s. Neighborhood boundaries consist of Independence Boulevard (NC Hwy 74) to the northeast, CSX Railroad Tracks to the west and south, and Briar Creek to the east. Chantilly is jokingly referred to as "Little Elizabeth" locally because of the similarities between the two neighborhoods. These similarities include historic homes, streets laid out in grid plan
form lined with mature trees, and a location close to downtown Charlotte (Chantilly is positioned adjacent to the northeast of Elizabeth). Chantilly contains a seven-acre public park called Chantilly Park. Maintained by Mecklenburg County, Chantilly Park is accessed at the southern end of Wyanoke Avenue in the southeastern portion of the neighborhood.
Plaza-Midwood
Plaza-Midwood, is a neighborhood located approximately one mile to the northeast of Uptown in Charlotte, North Carolina. The neighborhood is roughly bound by Hawthorne Lane to the west, The Plaza to the north, Briar Creek Road and the Charlotte Country Club to the east and Central Avenue to the...
neighborhoods, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Originally developed in the mid-1940s, additional streets were added in the 1950s. Neighborhood boundaries consist of Independence Boulevard (NC Hwy 74) to the northeast, CSX Railroad Tracks to the west and south, and Briar Creek to the east. Chantilly is jokingly referred to as "Little Elizabeth" locally because of the similarities between the two neighborhoods. These similarities include historic homes, streets laid out in grid plan
Grid plan
The grid plan, grid street plan or gridiron plan is a type of city plan in which streets run at right angles to each other, forming a grid...
form lined with mature trees, and a location close to downtown Charlotte (Chantilly is positioned adjacent to the northeast of Elizabeth). Chantilly contains a seven-acre public park called Chantilly Park. Maintained by Mecklenburg County, Chantilly Park is accessed at the southern end of Wyanoke Avenue in the southeastern portion of the neighborhood.
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