Photography

They built this city, and they’re still going

9 Charlotteans in their 80s and 90s, and the parts their resumes leave out.

The baton’s been passed: The state of aging in Charlotte

Don and Sally Olin spent a decade helping Charlotte families care for their aging parents. Then they became the clients. On growing old in a young city, and who catches you.

It’s been 10 years since Keith Scott, and the bullet that missed us

Ten years after Keith Scott, an essay on the night at the Omni and how Charlotte’s changed in the decade since.

Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth in Charlotte

A photo essay of the last remaining pay phones in Charlotte, and the many ways people still use them to communicate

The Six Months That Reshaped Charlotte’s City Hall

Photographer Logan Cyrus spent six months finding the human moments inside Charlotte’s strangest season of governance. A photo essay.

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