These days, it’s common to hear people decrying the high rate of development pushing out green space in Wilmington.
Such sentiments, however, aren’t exactly new.
In Beverly Tetterton’s 2005 book “Wilmington: Lost But Not Forgotten,” the historian cites a 1900 story from StarNews predecessor The Morning Star about a large textile mill that had been built next to an idyllic spot off present-day Wrightsville Avenue that locals used to call Mineral Spring…