Talk:Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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i grew up in winston-salem and have never, ever, ever heard it referred to as "The Camel City." --jeffatkins
- I grew up there, I've heard it... a whole heck of a lot. Try a google search, http://www.google.com/search?q=%22The+Camel+City%22+winston-salem The winston salem journal, various clubs, "camel city cafe", all use it. Dankstick 19:43, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
- In the opening paragraph it stated:
and home to the tallest building in the area, the Wachovia Center.
I thought that the tallest building in the area was in Charlotte,NC. The Bank of America building in uptown Charlotte is the tallest building between Phelidelphia and Atlanta...right? Someone plaese change this or revise it to prehaps state that it is the tallest building in the imeadiate metro area.
Aren't Winston and Salem two separate cities? –radiojon 05:20, 2003 Sep 30 (UTC)
No: they used to be. They merged quite some time ago, however. I should edit this with details... my hometown and all that.
Fennec 21:20, 20 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Updated with a brief history of the city, and a list of some of the city's attractions. I might add more later...
-Fennec 22:41, 20 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Merged quite some time ago indeed :), 1927 if memory serves. Winston is my hometown too! (North Forsyth, 1981) Elde 03:32, 27 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Ive added features and attractions, economy, along with general improvements. More coming soon hopefully Lookitzatree 20:50, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
Suggestions (for new categories or additions to features and attractions): Hospitals and medical care, Parks, Historical Sites List, Weather.Lookitzatree 02:49, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
This article reads like a Chamber of Commerce promotion. It ignores the "Barbarians at the Gate" trauma and other economic dislocations caused by companies abandoning the city. The new Dell plant is not high tech; it is manufacturing. The city has showed up on lists of some of the worst urban sprawl in the country. The new economic model, in truth, is based on road building and strip development. I'm making a call for honesty here before I make any changes to the page. And yes it's my hometown -- Reynolds High School class of '67. --Daltoni 05:44, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
http://www.cityofws.org/bethabara250th/history/history.html says that the Winston and Salem post offices were merged in 1899 (not 1889), with the hyphen in the new postmark. "The hyphen became permanent in 1913 when Salem and Winston joined, and the "Twin City" of Winston-Salem emerged."
The Dell info is nice, but it's news not data. It will be irrevalent soon.
Unless there are any objections, I'm taking the cleanup tag off. The article looks fine, better than a lot other city articles. Gooday.1 17 April 2006
I changed "fouth" to "fourth" in the first paragraph. "Fourth largest city in NC" -- Punchinelli 14:58, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Tre 4
Isn't Winston known as the "tre four?" Somebody edit the article to include that and say why.
- It's already under the "slang" section, but it needs some source to back it up. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gooday.1 (talk • contribs) 01:33, 5 February 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Reynolda House Museum of American Art
It is my understanding that the house and museum are not owned by Wake Forest University. It is an independent nonprofit. The grounds around the museum are owned by the University. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 167.7.6.14 (talk) 21:24, 14 March 2007 (UTC).
