Street Guide
Piedmont Row Drive
Piedmont Row Drive is part of the SouthPark commercial frontage that edges Barclay Downs.
Piedmont Row Drive runs roughly 510 metres (about 550 yards) through the SouthPark commercial section of Barclay Downs in Charlotte, North Carolina (ZIP 28211). Measured from the middle of the street, SouthPark Mall is 0.5 miles away — about a 9 minutes at a typical walking pace in a straight-line distance model — with Symphony Park 0.4 miles off and Uptown Charlotte roughly 8.3 miles north. By length it reads as a medium-length run.
| Neighborhood | Barclay Downs, SouthPark, Charlotte, NC 28211 |
|---|---|
| Street section | SouthPark commercial |
| Approximate length | 510 metres (about 550 yards) |
| To SouthPark Mall | 0.5 miles straight-line · ~9 min walking estimate |
| To Symphony Park | 0.4 miles straight-line · ~9 min walking estimate |
| To Uptown Charlotte | 8.3 miles |
| Cross streets | Bulfinch Road, Carnegie Boulevard, Fairview Road, Piedmont Row Drive South |
| Typical era of construction | Commercial / mixed-use |
Character
Piedmont Row Drive carries retail, office or mixed-use frontage rather than the neighborhood's residential grid. It is one of the corridors that makes Barclay Downs what it is: an established residential area immediately beside a major shopping and employment district.
What's here
Expect some combination of shopping, restaurants, offices, hotels and structured parking, with pedestrian infrastructure that improves noticeably closer to the mall and Symphony Park.
Living nearby
Residential streets that back onto or feed into Piedmont Row Drive trade some quiet for a great deal of convenience. Buyers sensitive to traffic noise should visit at a weekday evening peak and again on a December weekend before deciding.
Research notes for Piedmont Row Drive
Street length and straight-line distances on this page are calculated from OpenStreetMap geometry. Walking estimates use a typical pace and are not turn-by-turn route times. Parcel boundaries and addresses can be checked through Mecklenburg County GIS. School assignments must be verified for the exact address through Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
Where Piedmont Row Drive connects
Piedmont Row Drive meets 4 other mapped streets in and around Barclay Downs. Following them is the fastest way to understand how this part of the grid is stitched together:
- Bulfinch Road — interior residential
- Carnegie Boulevard — SouthPark commercial
- Fairview Road — SouthPark commercial
- Piedmont Row Drive South — SouthPark commercial
Closest restaurants to Piedmont Row Drive
Straight-line distance from the centre of Piedmont Row Drive to the nearest places to eat and drink in the SouthPark district:
- Milk Cha-Cha — 63 yards straight-line (~1 min walking estimate)
- First Watch — 186 yards straight-line (~2 min walking estimate)
- McCormick & Schmick's — 0.3 miles straight-line (~6 min walking estimate)
- Suffolk Punch Brewing — 0.4 miles straight-line (~7 min walking estimate)