The central business district (CBD) of Greenville, North Carolina / Haywood Denard Harris.
| Author/creator | Harris, Haywood Denard author. |
| Other author | Birchard, Ralph E., degree supervisor. |
| Other author | East Carolina University. Department of Geography. |
| Format | Theses and dissertations |
| Production | 1975. |
| Description | iii, 107 leaves : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Access via ScholarShip |
| Subjects |
| Summary | The purpose of this study is to identify and evaluate the changing physical and functional structure of downtown Greenville, North Carolina. The study will discuss the primary factors influencing these changes and analyze to what extent they have affected downtown composition and spatial arrangements. An assessment of typical role and characteristics of both large and small city CBD's forms the basis for this study. The approach used in this analysis involves a sequential review of changes in type and location of shops over a fifty year period beginning in 1918. A study of this evolution provides the background for forecasting the future of Greenville's CBD. The future viability of this area may not be the most critical problem facing the city, but it probably affects the most people. Being an area to which all citizens can lay claim, empty stores, unsightly structures, congested streets and sidewalks, and all other results of the inability of the CBD to adapt to new conditions, are causes of remorse to the urban population. The problem of the CBD in continuing as the dynamic center of the city appears to have been an inability and/or unwillingness to respond to changing conditions. The fact that the city and its inhabitants have changed requires that a new look be taken of the downtown center. The success of the current urban renewal program indicates that downtown merchants and the city government have recognized the aforementioned problem and have taken initial steps to correct it. The growth of East Carolina University on the east and southeastern edge of the CBD and the development of a large suburban shopping focus along the by-pass have greatly affected the downtown area. The outside shopping facilities, particularly Pitt Plaza Shopping Center, have served to pull away a large portion of potential downtown traffic; while the University, with its large on-campus student population, has served to draw traffic toward the downtown area. Many downtown merchants recognizing this potential have adjusted decor and merchandise catering to the growing University market. Office buildings and new financial facilities are also changing the image and role of downtown Greenville. Through the urban renewal program, rehabilitated property to the north and west of the CBD is rapidly being developed primarily for these types of uses. Considerable daytime traffic will be generated by these activities and the proposed office complex planned for construction south of the CBD. The county courthouse and other government offices have and will continue to influence traffic to the downtown area. |
| Local note | Joyner-"Presented to the faculty of the Department of Geography ... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts in Geography." |
| General note | Presented to the faculty of the Department of Geography. |
| General note | Advisor: Ralph E. Birchard |
| Dissertation note | M.A. East Carolina University 1975 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliography and abstract. |
| Genre/form | dissertations. |
| Genre/form | Academic theses. |
| Genre/form | Academic theses. |
| Genre/form | Thèses et écrits académiques. |
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