Today for ABC Wednesday, we feature “U” is for “Urban Greensboro.”

With an estimated population of 260,083, Greensboro is the third largest city in North Carolina. In 1808, we were known as Greensborough, a town planned around a central courthouse square. Greensborough was developed so that the Guilford County courts could be located closer to the county’s geographical center. Since our pragmatic start two hundred years ago, if you consider our extended Piedmont Triad community,  the Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem area, we are than a million people strong. The above sign still stands today at the corner of Elm and Washington Streets. Someone feeling a little urban pride, PLEASE replace that “2”!

Other “U’s” for Greensboro include the United Way, universities (University of North Carolina Greensboro, NC A&T University), the Undercurrent Restaurant, & Urban Loop. Can you think of any more?