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Building boom spans Baltimore to El Paso in 1922
A survey tracks urban growth across southern cities. Baltimore adds large industrial plants and schools. Washington sees private and public work including the Ritz hotel and a million-dollar national academy project. Richmond and Norfolk report major office, hotel, and school projects. Greensboro, Charlotte, Asheville, Wilmington, Winston-Salem, Raleigh, and other towns show extensive hotel, school, and public building plans, with totals reaching into the millions as postwar expansion accelerates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Washington
National Capital
Riggs National Bank
National Academy, of Sciences
Richmond Richmond
Richmond Trust Company
Miller & Rhodes
George Withe, Jr
News-Leader
Union Theological Seminary
Norfolk
Richmond
W National Bank of Commerce
Lst
Third Christian Church
Lynchburg
Newport News
Ihs
Rivermont Grammar School
Virginia
West Virginia
Bimefield
W. Va
Charleston
Kanawha Investment Company
Greensboro
Carolina
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance
Charlotte
Efird
Asheville
Tropolis
Chamber of Commerce
Lakeview Park
Oteen
Biltmore Forests
Champion Fiber Company
Canton
Wilmington
Wrightsville Beach
Texas Oil Comany
Winston-Salem
R. J. Reynolds
Francis Marion
Columbia
Greenville
Spartanburg
Imperial
Ottaway
South