Miesian Corners

Denver is in the middle of a $1 billion renovation.

Sure it can. Truist only passed by a 4-3 vote.

I just came here to post the same thing. Awful. Absolutely awful.

So the long empty lot (former Citgo station) at the corner of Park and Woodlawn is going to be.... wait for it.... a Chipoltle. <insert Debbie Downer "womp womp" music here> Per the Charlotte Ledger: Chipotle decision: The Charlotte City Council is expected to approve a rezoning that would allow a Chipotle on a prominent corner on Park Road, at the intersection with East Woodlawn Road.

I looked at the proposed and final site plans. Looks to be the same to me.

There are a bunch from the 1980s that never got built. Barclay-American Square was a twin tower complex slated for what is now Barings/Kimpton. One Wells Fargo was planned to have an exact twin (flat side facing northwest and was to have been built where the Hilton stands). The (former) Carolina Room at the old uptown library had tons of newspaper clippings in filing cabinets.

If only. Concourse A (the old one) flooring on one side was completely partitioned off during installation for six months. It still looks like merde. I'm just really curious as to how the new sections of flooring in the terminal expansion will look when all is complete. Also, the new restrooms adjacent to the parking garage tunnel already look as if they haven't seen a mop or maintenance in many years (they're a year old).

AA gives British Airways all of its international biz. With 26 daily non-stops from its hubs (and non-hubs) to LHR, it's easy to see what's going on.

I wish they'd spend as much effort inside the actual terminal building as they have with this bloody overlook.

I know I'm beating a dead horse here, but when I arrived in CLT yesterday, the moving sidewalk from D to the atrium wasn't working, the moving sidewalk in the atrium wasn't working, the escalators to baggage in the terminal expansion (in front of United) weren't working , one of the two new elevators to baggage was inop, and one of the elevators in the parkng garage had a barricade in front of it and a line of 15 people from the tunnel waiting to take the only one that was operational. Our cheap (to operate) airport is just sad.

BoHo's never been to Akron or Erie.

All powered up. And a sneak peak at LED lighting for the tower (green corner).

All I see are power lines.

I can't speak for all of it, but data centers don't need windows, they need security. As for the narrow windows found in the others, it was the 1970s and there was an energy crisis. A lot of buildings like these exist globally because windows equaled heat or a/c loss.

I've spent the better portion of the day looking at property reevaluation (YIKES!). I will never understand Daniel Levine; his his never-opened parking garage has a tax bill of $454,000.00. Meanwhile, it just sits and rots. Not a dime of revenue coming in.

I'm torn on the benefits of HD status. As a person who once owned a home in Dilworth AND who sat on the DCDA board, I saw the benefits and shortcomings firsthand. My plan to add a small covered roof over the front door of my house was quickly shot down by HDC, even though nearly every five-over-four-with-a-door house from the late 1930s has one. Replacing old windows for energy-efficient ones was another fight, even though there would be no way to tell the new ones were replacements. I was told "Building materials must be ones that would've been used in the period your house was built." My retort, that got laughter from others in the room seeking changes to their houses, but scowls from the HDC board was, "Gee, can you please tell me where I can find decent asbestos siding in Charlotte? I've looked everywhere and all I'm told is that it's illegal." Our older neighborhoods need to be protected, but Charlotte's HDC borders on puritanism on acid.

The Illusion museum is already looking rough. Many of the installations are in poor condition (they all take a beating with the barrage of children who control the space on any given day). I took three kids to experience it last month, and while they had a good time, it's definitely a "once is enough" kind of place, as the exhibits don't change. It ain't cheap, either.

I was told the C gate (international) renovation would occur after Delta moves its operations to the A expansion (that's when AA will get all of old A).

I assume the tarmac level of the new structure will be an FIS corridor.

I'm not referring to "scuffs." I'm referring to poorly poured terrazzo with embedded stains.

You can order gate delivery in CLT via the American app.

The new MCI airport is incredible. Meanwhile at CLT, still no moving sidewalks and two-year old terrazzo that looks like it was installed in 1942.

I flew in last night and noticed self-service kiosks and flight information display systems (FIDS) have been installed in the new ticketing area for Frontier, United, and Southwest.

I’m still waiting for all those cascading plants which were supposed to cover up much of that screening.

First section of ticketing is nearing completion.