Story by thisisaaronkeck
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We all know that Chapel Hill is a town with a very rich history, and there’s nowhere in Chapel Hill with more history than Franklin Street.
Now, a pair of organizations has joined forces to share that history with you – in a brand new way.
I’m walking with Missy Julian Fox along the 100 block of East Franklin Street, where every storefront has a story to tell. She’s telling me about the Carolina Theater, a movie house that got its start where the Varsity Theater is now – then moved across the street in 1942, at the height of World War II.
“The only reason it got finished is because we had the Navy pre-flight school here,” she tells me. “During the war, all the building materials went to support the war effort, (but) this theater was allowed to be finished – because it supported those Navy Cadets.”
We’re talking about the stories featured in “Welcome to Franklin Street,” a joint effort of the Chapel Hill Downtown Partne...
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