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Dilworth
 Dilworth is a neighborhood located just South of Uptown Charlotte. Dilworth was first founded as a streetcar suburb of Charlotte by Edward Dilworth Latta in the 1890s. Edward Latta moved to Charlotte in 1876 from New York City and found quick success first in retail clothing and then in manufacturing men’s clothing. Grading and excavating began in 1890 on the 442 level and treeless acres which would become Dilworth. When the neighborhood began sales of land in 1891, a grand opening party was held to commence the sales. The first piece of property was conveyed to the finder of the deed that was released in a tin box tied to a balloon. Since the neighborhood was thought of, at the time, as a distant suburb of the city, Latta provided a quality of life and a connectivity to attract home owners that was unparalleled. Today, the neighborhood carries on the tradition of high quality of life standards as one of the most prestigious Uptown neighborhoods. Dilworth featured the city’s first electric streetcar which provided transportation into the city. With the streetcar, middle-class people and the wealthy could own a "country house" and still commute to work. The first streetcars began operating in 1891 and provided the much needed connectivity from the suburb of Dilworth the city of Charlotte. Sales of homes in Dilworth began 2 days following the introduction of the electric street car. This transportation would prove to be vital to the success of the neighborhood over the decades. While the streetcar no longer services the neighborhood, evidence from this important piece of history can be seen in the neighborhood as poles from the old electric lines can be seen scattered throughout the neighborhood.  One of the most distinguishing features of the neighborhood is the recreational area appropriately named Latta Park. The park was originally designed by a landscape architect by the name Joseph Forsyth Johnston . The park consisted of a lake for boating, a lily pad pond, fountains, terraced flower gardens, and walking paths. Opening in 1891, the park was an immediate hit and gained regional recognition. In 1897 the park expanded to include a bicycle racetrack, a horseracing course, football field, and baseball diamond. Today the park stands as the centerpiece of the neighborhood. Though its form has changed greatly from the original, the park is still a centerpiece of the neighborhood. Annually, a bike race held at this park to commemorate the first bicycle racing track of the city. At the time of the neighborhood’s founding, the city had begun to show great industrial promise. The city was already abuzz with The Charlotte Cotton Mills, the first cotton mill, Latta's 1883 trouser company, and the Alpha Cotton Mills (1889). The Dilworth neighborhood received a new neighbor in 1893 when the Atherton Cotton Mills opened just south of Dilworth. Later in the 1910s, another manufacturing neighbor was added with the opening of the Lance Company located on the 1300 block of South Boulevard. Today, the Atherton Cotton Mills and the Lance building have been converted to residential mixed-use buildings and still stand as landmarks in the community. These buildings offer loft style homes with century old wood beams and exposed brick and tend to be in high-demand.  Originally the prices of lots ranged from $350 to $500 per lot. Today, the prices of homes are much higher with the average home running from $600-$800k. With the mature trees, pedestrian friendliness, community focused retail and great restaurants, parks, schools, connectivity to the Uptown, and proximity to the area’s largest hospital, Carolinas Medical Center, Dilworth is one of the most popular neighborhoods in the city.Dilworth offers many different desirable housing options from condominiums from the $150s up to beautiful historical brick mansions over $1 million. The most prevalent styles of homes are craftsman bungalows and age of homes range from newly constructed to early 1900s. (Historical information gathered from various websites as well as articles on the Dilworth Neighborhood website. )
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