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You cannot go wrong with Tavern On The Tracks - South End! They have a Sat/Sun Brunch (11-2 only), and excellent Bloody Mary's in a carafe! p.s. - They pull HEAVILY for Michigan on Sats and Bills on Sun. Enjoy.

Anyone know where we stand with the Gateway Intermodal Station?? I haven't heard anyone discussing this in some time.....is it dead or still alive but on-hold? I believe this was a necessary component of the proposed super-rail to D.C., right?

Sooooo many accessible angles for this guy!

Anyone know if the Winter Garden will be opened before BOA gets the LEED out (pun intended )?

Welcomed addition, but I have always been a fan of Hearst and unfortunately it will be mostly blocked from this angle.

Kind of lonely out there, but no doubt quite impressive.....

Still learning my camera and how to stitch, but nevertheless........

I fly weekly with US Air and this was something I was looking forward to again.....well sad to report that no free soda (or coffee) on this morning's flight!! However, we were offered some of their fine water (prob tap water) while we waited to get de-iced. This is only because it took forever to get de-iced... and why did it take so long you ask? Well, because by 10am, only 1 out of 9 of their de-icing trucks was even functional......CLT was NOT prepared for mother nature at ALL yesterday and this morning.

Check out this new video.....the PBS show "NOW" has featured Charlotte! It covers many things.....from how the Stimulus/Politics affects Transportation projects, to the growth of South End, and especially how McCrory put his career on the line for the development of the Lynx Blue Line! check it out: http://www.charlottecentercity.org/nav.cfm...b=0&id=2361

What stands out to me compared to a lot of airports I have been to lately......CLT has no shortage of a variety of restaurants and bars to hang-out in during a layover! Chicago and LA have nothing on us.......then again, I am comparing CLT to just the US Airways Terminals in the other cities. Just remember to think twice about ordering that last beer if your flight is at the end of the E Concourse......it's like running a short marathon!!

Let's just hope the city can afford to keep our emerald city glass cleaned on a regular basis. damn pigeons.

Another couple shots of 440 S Church rising.. So we can expect a rendering from Novare for TWELVE any day now, right?! Probably smart to sit back and watch how Aloft and Ritz-Carlton perform before making any rash construction decisions!

Progress, Indeed! Enjoy some of these angles:

I have been flying out of CLT every week for the past few months. There for a while I was amazed at how fast the third parallel runway was getting paved. Unfortunately this has slowed considerable over the past 1+ months......hopefully this is just due to weather. I remember thinking back in November how much they seemed to be ahead of schedule and whether we would have to wait until Jan 2010 for it to open....now that date is seeming more realistic. Nothing started yet on the expanded ticketing check-in, or demoloshing of the old hourly parking deck......expecting to see this start happening any week now!

Has this been here for very long? Perhaps old news, but this is the first time I have seen this.

440 South Church Height Comparison to Parking Garage/Catalyst/Wells So, 2-3 floors to go?!

Core buildup: Steel integration: Ped Bridges (oversized!) Founders Hall Renovation:

Blending into the skyline: Glass rising:

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Apologies for switching back to an older topic, but....... Anyone know the status of this $32M request? I would have thought this would have been either granted or denied by now?

I've been an avid fan of Mo's keen eye for photography, his quality of shots, and his seemingly never-ending "access" to paces in the city I assumed were off-limits to the general public for a couple years now.........so when can we expect an Autumn 2008 edition to your galleries Mo? Those last series of shots you took were awesome, but that's been like 2 1/2 months ago!!

Does anyone else feel that the portion of $32M they want allocated for more interactive non-static displays is just a part of a chess game they have been playing since Day 1 just to get the project off the ground? With that said, they do have a valid point.......I travel all over the U.S. and visit Museums and one of the biggest things that I get a laugh about is when I see them show prices for "Annual Memberships" when I'm bored stiff half-way into my very FIRST visit!!

I can tell you when the Nation is going to get a wake-up call that Charlotte is truly becoming..... 12/8/08 Hey, I'm a football fan, but more than see the Panthers crush the Bucs I more interested in seeing what kind of television coverage of our skyline that we will get that Monday Night!! I can almost see Madden pulling out his marker......"so you got a crane here, a crane there... and and and.....when you have a lot of cranes......you got a heckuva lot of skysrapers coming"! I've lived here for 10 years, but I have traveled nationwide with my job for a good while....it's just now getting to the point where you can say "I'm from Charlotte", and not have to follow-up with "North Carolina"!!!

I'm looking forward to checking out G&G. I think due to it's obscure location it may take a while to catch on but I'm hoping QC will embrace this type of music scene.......so did you see any places for 5-0 to be waiting for unsuspecting people to come out of the club in the wee hours on Seabord? I just hope it doesn't turn into a B.Y.O.E. (any guesses on the "E") party that you are constantly reading about in the paper Monday mornings of yet another Rave "bust"! Only time will tell......regardless...."let this house be PROGRESSIVE!!!"

Anyone know if at least a portion of the Office Tower has come above street level yet?? If not, we should be getting close to seeing it right?