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Am I a horrible person for disliking funeral processions? They clog up traffic and take the police away from patrol. The person in the hearse does not care...since they are dead! I don't want one when I die. They are being banned in some states because they have caused accidents. I suppose the idea of a motorcade is to honor the deceased but I just don't see it that way. My parents want to be cremated and tossed into the ocean, I am thinking that's a good idea for me as well. A traffic jam is not my idea of a noble sendoff to wherever we go after our time here is up.
The procession is more about allowing the group to arrive at the funeral site together. It really sucks to hold up a burial because someone was caught up in traffic; even worse to proceed without someone.
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I appreciate the history info DubOne. However, I do not believe the history related to WBT or the car dealership rise to the level needed to impose limits on someone else's property rights. Regarding the architects' work and era related impact, I believe documenting the building through photos would be important.
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You know all those buildings that we tore down that we wished we still had? Well, this is one of them, and it is still standing and just needs some amigos to put up the bricks again with some new mortar. Give me a break.
Perhaps I am unaware, but what historical significance does this building carry? I generally prefer to save buildings with historical events tied to them. However, I wouldn't want to save it simply because it is old.
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Umm, dead bodies are not so pleasant.
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A friend of mine who works for Parks and Rec was telling me last night that they are really going to be leaning on this park to be a major entertainment venue with concerts and events. Hopefully this will really bring 3rd Ward alive.
For Speed Street, it will almost have to be a concert area. There are fewer and fewer lots available.
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I do think it will really help the upper part of the 4th Ward shed the bad trend that Spectrum started with its J&W Apartments. If 4W can get higher quality towers on its remaining surface lots instead of low quality lowrise projects, I think everyone benefits.
I was ok with the J&W development. I believe the rotating cynergy of youth offsets the building.
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Having this building torn down only reinforces Charlotte's stereotype as a city lacking tangible traces of its history, and sad to say, to a certain extent it is true.
I prefer to say that History does not stand in the way of Progress....
Charlotte's history is now.
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The N Club in Greensboro is an old theatre converted to a bar/nightclub. It has been a staple nightclub for some time now. The dance floor actually has the phased slope which works well for concerts. Charlotte could actually take a few notes from what the owner has done with that club and a couple others in Greensboro.
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Citibank announced today that they are moving 9,500 jobs to lower cost locations...
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^ or it could be the project for the winner...
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This will do wonders for the connectivity of College from the convention center to the College/5th intersection. Too bad right across College will be a blank wall, though.
Maybe BofA will allow some large scale marketing on that wall...
or at least a mural of Omeka, May, and Felton!
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It would be an interesting play to mention Charlotte. The state already supports 2 of their minor leauge affiliates... The Grasshoppers in Greensboro (A) and the Mudcats is Zebulon (AA), just east of Raliegh. Both have very nice stadiums.
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The rendering I was referring to is now online.
You can see the retail, the fancy materials, the fountain, the planting box, and the windows into the lobby. I think that with those details at the ground level, that this will be pedestrian friendly. The rendering shows lots of people milling around, so that must be true
.That will make my walk home from work a little more enjoyable... Do you know what buildings are going to fill in the remaining 3/4 ths of the block? You mentioned the firehouse, any midrises?
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the lobby entrance faces Pine and the teeter. The deck faces cityview and 5th. in the closeup/streetlevel rendering at the sales office, you are right, the deck looked really plainjane.... (MC says it is almost as bad as the holidayinn/trade center deck... but no way imo.) It is basically just open with a 4' tall brick wall on every floor to hide the cars.
Will there be first level retail in the deck... ala, Stool Pigeons?
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Would people really want to live right next door to an open air ballpark?
Heck, Greensboro had an initiative last election trying to prevent one from being built.
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I voted for the stadium.... It was privately funded. This was another case of a few people shouting real loud to force an issue. The stadium passed 2 to 1 by the voters.
What still gets me is that the most vocal opposition to the stadium were those who lived on the edge of downtown! Downtown comes with a bit of noise and light, even without a stadium.
I would very much like to see the new baseball proposal in 2nd ward go through.
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This is only an editorial, but the vision is hopeful....
http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stori...editorial2.html
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Actually Cotton Mills is outside the historic district as well.....that block and the Polk Bldg.......however the blocks of the west of Graham and north of 6th are in the district.......not sure why, especially since the Cotton Mills building is the most historic commercial building in uptown IMO.
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Would that lead you to believe the Polk Bldg is a possible site?
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