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That was who grodney was referring to. Also, he is resigning effective July 16 (this Sunday) to take a job with the NCDOT, so I doubt he's interested in dealing with this issue now. http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article152828429.html

AA is adding a Saturday-only winter seasonal flight on an A319 to Montrose, CO (MTJ) starting in mid-December. If this is successful, it would be great to see CLT get similar service to other Western ski destinations like Aspen, Eagle/Vail, and Jackson Hole in future winter seasons. https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2017/07/07/american-airlines-adds-seasonal-route-at-clt.html

I just want the groovy 1980s geometric light panel on the Stonewall side of the building saved and relocated. I'm not sure why, but it's always been one of my favorite public art installations in Uptown.

Really? Uptown's four wards are the most easily-definable neighborhoods in Charlotte. Wholly within I-277 and divided into quadrants by Trade and Tryon with clockwise numbering.

USA Today is very late to the game. These routes were announced weeks to months ago, and we've discussed them here.

AA is adding an additional daily flight to PDX (Portland, OR), SMF (Sacramento), OKC (Oklahoma City), TUL (Tulsa), LIT (Little Rock), XNA (Fayetteville/Bentonville, AR), and SGF (Springfield/Brandon, MO) this summer. Great to see CLT get more service to the West Coast and the Midwest. Hopefully SJC (San Jose) becomes year-round and ICT (Wichita) finally gets added.

Can we at least get it covered in Panthers murals?

Don't knock 1996, RDF. It was a good year. There was a Clinton in the White House, an affable and pragmatic Pat McCrory had just been elected Charlotte's youngest mayor, the Summer Olympics were just down the road in Atlanta, Blackstreet gave us 'No Diggity', the Panthers made the playoffs for the first time in franchise history, and the Hornets drafted and then immediately traded future 18x NBA All-Star Kobe Bryant to the Lakers for Vlade Divac, a move that would ensure the team's status as a perennial championship contender for the next two decades.

August 22nd. Both are twice daily on PSA 50-seat CRJ-200s.

I'll chime in... 21/300ish is disappointing given the lofty expectations, but I'd rather have two of those with a 'transformational' (or at least better than a surface parking lot) street-level retail component than one 40/600ish tower at this point. Charlotte has an amazing skyline for a city of our size, but we are still way behind many of our peers (and most cities we aspire to be more like) in street-level presence and urban livability.

I have a strange fascination with Soviet architecture (something my Russian boyfriend can't understand, haha), but some of the new apartment buildings in the working class suburbs of both Moscow and St. Petersburg look better than what we're getting here even though they're definitely still built for function over form (no gourmet kitchens with wine coolers, leashless dog parks, yoga studios, or heated saltwater pools there).

ViaAir will also begin service to Clarksburg, WV and Parkersburg, WV under the Alternate Essential Air Service program starting October 1st. https://www.regulations.gov/contentStreamer?documentId=DOT-OST-1997-2761-0122&attachmentNumber=1&disposition=attachment&contentType=pdf

It's an EAS (Essential Air Service) flight that is government subsidized.

ViaAir is adding a daily flight to Greenbriar Valley Airport in Lewisburg, WV starting October 1st pending DOT approval. http://www.gvairport.com/greenbrier-valley-calendar-of-events/event/24/2016/august/new-non-stop-charlotte-service

On a positive note, the C/D Admirals Club has gotten some new chairs. CLT is the red-headed stepchild when it comes to Admirals Club refurbishments (even AA employees at other hubs have commented on how CLT has been left out), but the new, more modern chairs (grey with white piping) at least make the space feel less run down. However, after enjoying the oneworld lounges (and service from Cathay and JAL) in Asia a few times in the last couple weeks, the Admirals Clubs (and really everything AA does) seem like a Super 8 compared to a Ritz-Carlton.

Except the food at all Bottle Cap Group's restaurants is pretty terrible. They're all bars that just happen to serve food, and they rely on the fact that when most people order food they're already drunk(ish) and can't tell or don't care that what they're being served is bad, overpriced bar food. No way I'm going to Ink & Ivy for an actual meal, and you couldn't pay me to go there at night for drinks no matter how nice the view may be from the bro tat-covered patio.

Call me a crotchety old man, but I don't get this whole Pokemon Go craze. Someone finally explained the concept to me a few days ago, and I'm still trying to understand the point. And it's potentially dangerous.

Yes, please on adding murals around the city. I've been lamenting the lack of street art in Charlotte for years, especially when we have so many blank (and so many beige) walls and parking decks in Uptown and South End. And I love the idea of involving students and hosting competitions for local artists to design murals in prominent places. In Bogota (which has an amazing street art scene), property owners are actively encouraging local street artists to paint murals on their buildings to prevent tagging and vandalism and attract visitors to transitional neighborhoods, something that has also transformed Wynwood in Miami and parts of the former East Berlin. http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/biz-columns-blogs/development/article85608867.html

That's correct. The former Director of Development and General Counsel for The Peebles Corp. are friends of mine.

Maybe I need to start wearing earbuds to pretend I'm listening to music. You've seriously never had homeless guys try to get in your way while running or panhandle you when you get slowed down trying to cross an intersection? Maybe I'm just running at the wrong times and/or need to stay away from the areas where the homeless and vagrant populations tend to congregate. I run after I get home from work (which is often late), so I typically stick to the best-lit streets and most populated areas in Uptown after dusk for safety reasons.

North Carolina National Bank. The name was changed to NationsBank after the purchase of C&S/Sovran (also a large regional bank formed from the merger of banks headquartered in Atlanta and Norfolk) in 1991.

I have also been panhandled in the Overstreet Mall on several occasions, and I absolutely agree the police need to crack down on this. Removal of the bus shelters and benches on Tryon and on Trade beween College and Church would do wonders as they have been completely overtaken by the homeless and vagrant populations and are occupied almost 24/7. Aggressive panhandling, verbal assaults, litter, brown-bagged malt liquor, bags/shopping carts of personal belonings, and the smell of body odor and urine are adding the wrong kind of "character" to Uptown in my opinion.

From my experience, yes. I run through Uptown daily, and there is rarely a day I don't get aggressively panhandled and/or followed in the warmer months. I'm not sure where the homeless guys and/or vagrants think I'm keeping my stash of small bills (they've gone from asking for change to asking for dollars) in my pocketless running shorts. I don't typically wear a shirt, so I guess they assume I run with singles in my shoes?

When I saw the renderings, I was hoping it would turn out a little more like Swine in Coral Gables. Very similar space, but Swine just feels more "complete" than 204 North, and I also feel like I'm seeing this same repurposed/semi-industrial/exposed brick/reclaimed wood/faux vintage lighting/metal chair design concept everywhere now. http://www.runpigrun.com/category/gallery/ Also, while the cocktails were fantastic, the food was rather disappointing. I joined three friends for dinner on Friday (I got home from work late, so I didn't get to try any of the appetizers which they all said were good but not great), and three of us had issues with our proteins. My salmon was overcooked, one friend's mahi mahi was undercooked (almost raw), and the other friend's pork chop was flavorful but VERY tough. It was busy, and I understand there are still kinks being worked out, but I was underwhelmed, especially given all the praise here. That said, I will and do plan to give it another shot.