I live near Charlotte! She probably wouldn't would not want to quote me since my husband works for the Observer, though. Interestingly, I've never heard of her and I read the paper cover to cover each day -- I'm guessing a summer intern.

arob414 -- Charlotte is very much a new South city, and, unfortunately, it tore down a lot of its history. A lot of the buildings are new. Two of the country's five biggest banks -- Bank of America and Wachovia -- are headquartered here and have huge new buildings. The building projects at the moment include the NASCAR Hall of Fame, a new Wachovia building of some sort and an art musuem.