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10 hours ago, rancenc said:
Charlotte in the decade of the late 1960s!
I see a NCNB/NationsBank/Bank of America building. Where's First Union/Wachovia/Wells Fargo?
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Monsoon was the father of all contrarians lol. Comeback Monsoon!
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54 minutes ago, KJHburg said:
from Joe Bruno twitter
""Charlotte City Council voted 7-3 to restore all criminal penalties 6 ordinances: Soliciting from street or median strip, open containers, Trespassing on motor vehicle, Masturbation in public, Urination and defecation on certain property prohibited and Behavior (sleeping in parks) Council did not vote to restore criminal penalties for these two ordinances: Unauthorized people in parking lots and Loitering for the purposes of engaging in drug activity No votes: Brown, Johnson, Mayfield. Watlington absent""
Ok can someone tell me out of all the things on here the city decriminalized masturbation in public?
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9 hours ago, Professor said:
Some of my mom's family settled in Lincoln Co. in the mid 1700s and Surry Co. in the late 1700s. My dad and his family were from Europe. Like most back then, they were very religious and only drank whiskey. About uptown, there were a couple of large gambling/w-houses in 4th Ward and 3rd Ward. I don't recall the one on East Trade. I was very young and only went as a customer once when I was in high school. I remember the names of gay bars in downtown area being The Brass Rail, Anchor Inn, the Blue Note Lounge, one next to the Memorial Stadium, and others scattered throughout town, A few were on Morehead (no pun intended). I have no idea where or when the association between Charlotte and Edinburgh was made, but being very familiar with both cities, it sounds about right. Afterall, Charlotte is a highly Scots-Irish town. I was a bellhop as a teenager and got to know a lot about the hidden part of town. When my uncle returned from WWII (82nd Airborne) he became a bellhop at the old Barringer Hotel on Tryon Street. He had a group of prostitutes working for him and sold a wee bit of illegal whiskey. He was eventually arrested and actually ran out of town. I don't know why I mentioned this. Sometimes I just go on and on....... I'm sure I've offended someone. Have a nice day. Bearden Park is a nice addition. I love the buildings surrounding it and the gorgeous view.
Hey Professor I for one would love to hear more about Charlottes' seedier past. Or any Charlotte history pre 1980.
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Its just Line in Spanish.
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Maaan bring back the old JFG sign. It was so homey
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On 9/29/2023 at 2:40 PM, KJHburg said:
this was supposed to be a Throwback Thursday post but I forgot. Photo of the skyline from KJ's Vault of Old Postcards.
Late 1970s as the Charlotte Plaza is missing and that was completed in 1982. Notice the 4 story warehouse on N College where Holiday Inn old Wake Forest center is today. Many buildings lost and many added since this vintage postcard I purchased probably at Eckerds! (they always had great postcards)
Who remembers this Charlotte?
Does anyone know if the city needed the office space when the NCNB, Jefferson Pilot, and Wachovia towers were built in the early 70s??? Or were they vanity projects like the Bank of America Corporate Center.
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4 hours ago, kermit said:
^ My wife was visiting family in Scotland in July. She saw a kiosk and decided to get some for the fam. They were very impressed with them, but they were roughly the same price (after currency conversion). I guess the third trashiest NC snack (after 1) pork rinds and 2) moon-pies) has become a luxury item elsewhere in the anglosphere.
I know Honey Buns are a top 5 NC snack
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You’re our only hope Johno Harris!
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54 minutes ago, KJHburg said:
Bob Walton Plaza is one building I celebrate being torn down
How that name stayed on that building that long is beyond me
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On 6/4/2023 at 5:24 PM, KJHburg said:
from the old Levine Museum of the New South and yes once Charlotte was the budding country music capital of the USA
Charlotte and Nashville have been competitors for 100 years.
skyline shot from the 1970s one of those pyramids at the old Civic Center ended up atop the BOAT at Legacy Union
I went to a White Party back in the late 90s on the top of the Jefferson Pilot Building. Aka 2 First Union. Aka 2 Wells Fargo. 32 stories up. Highest I've been in any building in Charlotte. They should open that space back up again. Great views
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Does anyone have an update of what kind or when the lighting of this building will be on? Are they still testing?
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2 hours ago, TCLT said:
Wow a home improvement store is higher on the list then a bank in Charlotte.
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Does Atlanta not build high rise residential?
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On 5/18/2023 at 7:11 PM, kayman said:
Social district applications have been submitted for various areas of Uptown, SouthEnd, Lower SouthEnd aka LoSo, and Plaza-Midwood to the CoC. However, Charlotte is a huge operation compared to Raleigh with a council-manager form of government i.e., bureaucratic minutia. So don't expect quick moves like a mayor-council government, i.e., a mayoral executive order, which would be instantaneous for such large municipalities in other states.
Hey Kayman so what kind of city government would you like in Charlotte? Strong mayor? Mayoral veto? Council president? 4 year council terms?
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On 12/1/2022 at 12:46 PM, Mid South NC said:
Cred: The Crown Club (Facebook page)
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Circa 1980something
ps, check out the (photobomb) cute 80's CLT skyline
I have fond memories of this place. They had real good western NC BBQ. Now leaving after a Hornets game was a nightmare. What was the reasoning behind building it out in the "burbs"? Especially with Harvey Gantt being mayor at the time I think.
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6 hours ago, DMann said:
Is there a reason is says OHIO in the upper left?
First thing I saw was the bike in the park
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On 8/13/2022 at 7:49 PM, DJ8hep said:
No kidding! I have always been perplexed why LA doesn’t have a bigger skyline being in 2nd place!Los Angeles had a height restrictions on its buildings since 1904. No buildings over 13 stories. The ordinance was finally overturned in 1958. I think their city hall was the only exception in those 54 years.
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1 hour ago, Hushpuppy321 said:
Toll Lanes do suck but I for one hope that this Unsolicited Bid is strongly considered. This section of I-77 will be tolled either by a State Entity or Private Entity. Either way the work needs to begin ASAP and not in 2029 or beyond.
I just don’t get it. South Mecklenburg and North Meck same demographics. Didn’t hear a peep from the latter about their toll roads. How did North Meck expect new roads, capacity? The NCDot has stated multiple times it’s BROKE. Then I thought it was southern thing. But Florida, Georgia, Texas cities are covered with toll roads.
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6 hours ago, Windsurfer said:
One comment stands out: "every city in NC has this type of area or stretch...." . This is so true, and I submit one reason Odell and the others were so anxious to bring out the bulldozers was in order to differentiate ourselves from the old South. The same guys, remember, were the ones who lobbied for banks and headquarters.
I vividly remember Brooklyn. I'm sure it was home for many of those folks, but it's easy to romanticize. Anyone else remember the outhouses extended out over Sugar Creek? Anyone remember the murder rate? I went to First Ward Elementary in the early 70s. I can still remember the locals trying to scare us through the chain link fence.
Whenever someone has a plan, like Odell and those guys, it's going to affect others and often in a negative way. I sound like a broken record, but, one day we'll wake up and wonder why we didn't do more to save the trees. Even now, on another thread someone posted a picture of a beautiful 210 acre tract of wooded land that would make an awesome natural area for Rock Hill. Instead the voices are, "Great potential practice field!" We get all giggly when Google, Amazon, or Wamart and Beacon bulldozes another hundred acres......just like the urban planners in the 60s did with urban renewal.
Never got the love for Brooklyn. From pictures I've seen and what I've read the Brooklyn that was demolished was a slum that took up a quarter of uptown. Not the Brooklyn of vibrant shops, schools and churches that it was back in the day
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10 hours ago, MothBeast said:
Might look a little this this…
I never got why Ed Crutchfield at First Union didn't build One First Union Center, 42 stories, taller. It was only 2 stories taller then NCNB old headquarters, 40 stories
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6 hours ago, CharlotteWkndBuzz said:
When is the next tower going to implement some kind of restaurant or observation deck in their tower? Imagine BOAT having a wrap around observation deck out there with a nice restaurant and bar inside the pyramid with 360 views...I mean that would be awesome. Devon tower (50 stories) in OKC has a rooftop restaurant Vast and there's not nearly as much to see in OKC than Uptown. Our skyline is big/tall enough and now that it stretches into South End, we need some new tower in the future to step up and build something cool up there for all of us to see. We all dont work at BOA or DEC or live at the Vue...we need a public space to view these awesome sights & sounds from above (plus it would be a tourist attraction).
What ever happened to the space that Slugs 30th edition had? I went to a White party there in 1995 when I first moved here.
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CSA numbers. So close to 3m and top 20 CSA. Big surprise at Chicago no longer #3
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Queensbridge Collective - 1 tower, maybe 2
in Charlotte
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What was NCs’ get it done city before Charlotte? Or has it always been CLT?