mbsurf

I just checked the project description of the Church St. "widening" today and the Begin date has been pushed back to Winter 2011.

Thanks!

Has anyone heard anything about the Church St improvement project? The last article I could find from a search on The Greenville News shows that it cleared a 'hurdle', but the article is dated from Feb.

My 'parking ticket' from over the holidays...

It would be cool to see them do a new building similar to the Smoke/Mellow building. They would create a bigger space for themselves as well as add space for other tenants to help offset the cost of the renovation. It would also be an opportunity to combine the two parking lots behind the building and give them easier access to their trucks.

Didn't they recommend *not* turning it into a cloverleaf... I thought they mentioned doing something like the Hwy 14 exit in the report they commissioned. It's been a while since I read it, though.

Yesterday, I noticed the Fox Carolina van and the boarded up windows when I came into work. I got the story from some co-workers. I'm not surprised that something like this has happened because it is hard to see left coming out of the parking lot across the street from the restaurant. I did find it a little bit of a coincidence, however, that Pomegranate is putting up a new roof over their patio today. Expected insurance check maybe??

I know the West End is an historic district, but is that a blue DeLorean on the right?? On a more serious note, I believe that behind the currently proposed building is a dirt lot. are the buildings they have behind the proposed building just fluff to make the rendering look nice? Where do they draw the line (sorry), between made up 'what could be' buildings and that which currently exists.

EDIT: Were you putting the link to the photo page in the tag or the link to the actual picture? I usually link to my photo page, but use the medium or small image as the reference: So I go to the All Sizes page and copy their html to start with: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbsurf/2352932731/" title="Courtesy of Same @ Smiley's by mbsurf, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3219/2352932731_ac50acc2dc.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Courtesy of Same @ Smiley's" /></a> Then I use UP's buttons: You put the src attribute of the img tag (link to the actual picture on flickr's site) as the URL when you click the UP image button. Highlight your image and click UP's link button. Put the href attribute (link to your photo page) [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbsurf/2352932731/"][img=http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3219/2352932731_ac50acc2dc.jpg][/url]

Yep. They've switched names to Climbing@Blue Ridge -- http://www.brclimb.com It stinks that they are so far away. I used to be able to walk from work. PS - Way off topic, but did they just push a new look out to the forums?

I believe. I went to the BBQ once and it was no Smoke and Stokes or Smoke on the Water, so we didn't return. I glad that this side of town is starting to fill out more. When we moved our office to this it reminded me of Clemson when the good food was on the opposite side of campus. Ten of us used to make the trip a few times a week. Plus, now I've replaced Atlanta Bread Co. breakfast with Saffrons breakfast. I think their breakfasts are one of the best kept secrets over here (Oops!). That would have been awesome.

Have you been to Smiley's Acoustic Cafe yet? It's a smaller place than the old Rocks and Ropes, but they have at least one live band every night. The food is decent+ and the staff is really friendly. I believe the owners used to run a similar type of venue before they opened this one. It's in the same building as the Life is Good store. On a side note, I'm bummed that Rocks and Ropes couldn't stay if there isn't going to be another tenant in the near term. I bought a membership there instead of a traditional gym. It was much more fun and still a great workout. Here's a pic of the inside:

It looks like they are paving behind Munchies.

I agree totally with the upper section. I use this publix often as it is on my way home from work. When more businesses have leased units, it will have some very nice curb appeal. However, I don't particularly care for the apartments. I drive to work on Broad everyday and have seen them as a finished and unfinished product. I am not an architect or in construction, so take this with a grain of salt; however, as an unfinished product, they looked very cheaply made, especially for 'Luxury' apartments. I like the brick that is on the bottom, but from the top up is plywood/particle board, a thin layer of insulation (that sat in the rain forever), and a paint job. Visually, from the top of the brick up, they are boring: the same paint job across the same shaped buildings one next to the other. To me, the brick that lines the bottoms (and the rest of McBee Station) will age very well (as brick tends to do). However, the bland tops will not. I think they will require more maintenance and whomever owns the apartments will end up refinishing the tops. Since this is only my second post on these forums, I do want to say that I do love Greenville and it's downtown. These apartments just happen to be one of my least favorite parts of the downtown because I drive by them everyday; and, despite what I think of the apartments themselves, McBee Station as a whole is a huge improvement to what used to be there.

It looks much cleaner, and I don't mind the rotating stories if they were done correctly. The first time around, it removes the previous story from the page, gets the new story from the server, and then puts the new story in place. This disrupts the page layout considerably during the replacement. Kinda nitpicky, but other than that it looks very professional.