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I definitely agree, I wasn't trying to say it was ugly. I guess like seeing shapes in clouds, I saw a shiny squid trying to grapple a box. Either way back to the normal programing, I'll put my weird thoughts away. Cheers and be safe tonight er'body.

For some reason, all I see in this rendering is a giant squid grappling a box. (Sorry, I've been trying to get the kids to watch more nature docs instead of gaming channels. But I can't un-see it.)

Yeah, I climb it 4 times before each shift.

Took this this morning after climbing stairs. Wish it would've came out a little clearer but my hands were still pretty shaky. I thought it was cool to catch the first of the sunrise on one side with it still looking like night on the other. Hope y'all enjoy it. Cheers.

Especially when directly across Tryon they nailed it with all your points. I was also shaking my head this past Sunday when tailgating. This is a problem in a lot of developments in the past 10 years or so. I don't buy the excuse that not every development needs to have retail/pedestrian focus. Because that excuse then gets used for most redevelopment resulting in bland and boring spaces instead of place making where people want to be. Bless

I thought CMS already owned the land for the middle school in Steele Creek? On Hwy 160 south of Hamilton near the border of Tega Cay? At least that was the property mentioned in the last community meeting. Edit: Not doubting your info because I'm sure you're probably way more in the know, but I was just hoping for clarification since this might be our neighborhood school for our boys.

Hear me out. Many, many of us here and elsewhere have mentioned how Charlotte needs to have a museum dedicated to the extensive gold history that greatly influenced the growth and development of our fair city. Could this be our last opportunity to do such with a combined underground portion leftover from that time? Now, I know to save any portion will take an enormous amount of planning and money. But maybe the majority of the museum could be above or slightly below ground level. Then, if the cost to "restore" the shafts is too high, maybe instead sink a reinforced elevator shaft or two down that intersects a few of the remaining tunnels. Those tunnels then could be lit up within so you can see down through them from the elevators windows as a guide discusses various parts of the history of the mines/ gold. There can be many restored historic/remade mining pieces placed in situ for visitors to visualize the conditions of the mines. Perhaps closer to the surface above the historic tunnels is a interactive mock / realistic tunnel visitors can walk through. To carrying this idea further, a good bit of the museum's pathways from exhibit to exhibit could be made to look like these mock mine tunnels giving the visitors a feel for what it be like being underground for extended periods (this part would have to necessarily be underground for obvious cost reasons). IDK, the details could be filled in later. But could this be the time to secure this concept and bring it to fruition? Certainly this would be a better way to anchor the names of these 2 new neighborhoods than a measly little sign that's says "here lies the site of the former St Catherine mine under this 6 story parking deck"? Plus give at least one more reason to bring visitors to our city? This is a concept I've latched onto pretty hard since I first heard it mentioned by one of you on this site. Though I'm not in either of these fields, my mom is the one who got me interested in geology and mining. She's an alumna of Colorado School of Mines. Personally I'd love to take her to this future museum and watch her geek out. What are y'allsthoughts on whether this could actually happen?

I passed by this morning on Steele Creek/ West Blvd/ Hwy 160 and can confirm that they've begun with clearing trees for the new runway.

There were multiple attempts to get them by a few different fire companies. But the most gut wrenching story I've heard so far was the crane operator's attempts to save them. If you notice in the photos there's a platform at the end of the crane's hook. He was using that to save some of his fellow workers. I was told (secondhand) that when he lowered it to the men that died, for whatever reason, they refused to get on it. The crane operator almost paid with his life to stay and try to help. Fortunately, Ladder 2 was sacrificed to keep water flowing on the base of the crane tower to prevent its collapse. By the time the last fire crew made an attempt to get them, the wind picked up and turned many windows into blow torches. As a side note, I do think this and similar fires need to spark a discussion of these type of structures. Personally, I think they're entirely way too big. I'd like them to be limited to the size of The Joinery at 22nd and Brevard. Obviously if you want to maximize the use of land you could put multiple of those. But for one building, please let's stop making them 200+unit behemoths.

Just one.

Here's the panoramic photo this time.

All the cranes within blocks of the NoDa business core. This was from this past week.

Good morning Charlotte. I guess I could've took a panoramic photo.

The slight anarchist in me says to stay mum on the issue. If I lived there, I'd claim a few flower beds for myself for flowers/ veggies. If they won't use them, I would. You could start a community garden group with your neighbors and have quite a few beds to work with. It might not be the best aesthetically, but it's no worse than now.

I also thought what was interesting about this was mentioned that routes could be changed or altered with need. Granted, 'changed' probably involves way more than just telling the vehicle to drive somewhere else. But could allow cities to test alternative routing to best serve the city in real time without having to commit to just one route. Perhaps if there is certain infrastructure needed to assist the vehicle along the its route, we can have several 'routes' set up that the vehicle can be altered to depending on circumstances (i.e. concerts, sports, festivals). Then after those events, it can be put back on its regular route. Very interesting article J-Rob. Thanks.

More so different agencies not working together, not maliciously, but more so incidentally. Fire department structures are guided within the department by the equipment we use. Most likely by my guess, a case of miscommunication. Things happen.

Lol, yeah. Urban firefighting is what got me interested in this site. There's similarities I swear.

Not an architect but I'm involved per say. 60,000 is towards the lighter end, Charlotte's engines are around 27 tons. The heavier trucks on the department are the ladder trucks (straight stick, mid mounts and soon-to-be tillers) and the heavy rescues. The straight stick ladders (the most common) are around 80,000ish lbs. Most of the weight, especially for the engines, is actually towards the back. The front axle is only the "hollow" aluminum cab and the front drive train. The rear axle is carrying the tank (500gal), piping, hose, ground ladders, and storage compartments. The designers not accounting for fire truck access and weight is also an issue for the fire department from time to time as well. I'm not sure about 10's driveway, I'll ask around. Cheers everybody.

Interesting, was it the Dilworth grille part or in the back where the big chill is? Either way I am taking my kids next month to a skate party. I still consider myself young-ish.

Totally agree here. And for at least half of NoDa it's walkable.

Honest question here; is the Food kitty and the penny not considered part of serving NoDa? So wouldn't the neighborhood already have 2? Granted, I definitely think there is room for another, as thousands of new neighbors are added to the hood. BTW is the county's plan for the entirety of Cullman to be a park or maybe one side? Just wondering because of the parrish tire plans noted above.

Kinda a stretch for the developer to call it NoDa lol. It's on Sugar Creek behind the Sugaw Creek Church. This area needs a new moniker with the renovation of the Asian Mall to kinda set it apart.

Yes, from what I understand it has along with the concrete plant across the street though I believe to different developers.

This is a screen shot of part of the Asian Mall redevelopment brochure showing a lot of the nearby developments underway and soon to be underway. This portion of town is about to change completely and dramatically. Hopefully this answers some of your questions Hushpuppy.