"Before the leaves changed and the temperature dropped, before most people began thinking about their Halloween costumes and before midterms, the Greensboro Fire Department began burning down houses owned by UNCG to make way for the school’s expansion into the Glenwood neighborhood.

The controlled burns, which were used as training for the department and saved UNCG demolition costs, started in late September, and UNCG initially planned to begin fencing off the area in mid-December.

For over three months, the rubble from burned down properties clustered on a few blocks just south of Lee Street on Union, Silver, Gregory and Highland has remained. Six houses have been burned in total, with some turning into unofficial dumpsites for trash and yard waste, insulation blowing across the street and a few wooden staircases remaining in place."

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Yes! Weekly (1/11/2012)