The Force Sleeps

Dear lord that looks bad.

Dang dude - way to pull out the big guns. RDF for prez!

I wonder if this thing is gonna come close to what I'm picturing in my head... So about that picture

I was just going to say the same thing. I feel like there's a snowball effect building, especially in 3rd ward.

Yes, yes, yesssssssssss.

I can definitely relate to this. I don't want to come across as the "righteous white guy" trying to fix the problem and as a result I trip over my words. I just want to talk about it openly and honestly. And I really just want more black friends

It seems that as of this morning, many news and media outlets are reporting on a much more peaceful night. I don't know about you guys, but I felt a lot of pride in our city last night and this morning looking at images of protestors and the national guardsmen shaking hands and hugging (among many other similar images). I think this week really provides Charlotte a unique opportunity to grow as a community in ways other cities might not have. I hate how it happened, but I'm really optimistic. Does anyone know of ways to keep this dialogue going? Public forums? Workshops? Any info would be great. (And maybe this topic warrants it's own thread...)

County approved N. Tryon Vision plan: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/biz-columns-blogs/development/article103051157.html

Wasn't there in the original article.

In what way is the media being irresponsible? Which outlets? I noticed Andrew Dunn in the agenda this morning highlighted the fact that the victim was black in his headline, but failed to report the officer that shot Scott was also black. To me that's irresponsible. NPR did a much better job at laying out the story: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/21/494844130/after-police-shooting-protesters-in-charlotte-n-c-shut-down-interstate Maybe have Andrew take a read of some of these stories for pointers. Unless of course the agenda is more about headline grabbing and clickbait.

So I just read through the vision plan and I loved some of the ideas in there. How closely will Levine adhere to what's in the plan? Or maybe what I'm asking is this: Is the overall plan more of a "Here's what our dream state would be..." or is it an actual planning document created with the intent to build and develop as close to the plan as possible?

So is this as high as its getting?

Some more views to add to the recent pics. You can really see the curves on the main tower now.

View from the front yesterday.

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View from 20 in the Corp Center

Can you share the architect designing the building?

Make MoRA great again!

Can you draw us a picture?

Is there any standard criteria around what constitutes a "superstructure?" Example: Over 25 stories, Less than 50 - something like that? Or is it some ill-defined catch-all for "big building?"

Progress as of Thursday 5/26

Is there going to be some sort of dynamic light display above the retail spaces? In the renderings on the fences they show some blue light looking thing above the shops. Anyone know anything about that? If something like that is going in, it would go a long way to liven up trade and tryon even more.

Can someone translate for the layman? What am I looking at here?

Check out this piece on CA this morning: https://www.charlotteagenda.com/35974/charlotte-guerilla-street-photographers/ Lots of amazing Charlotte shots.

This may be semi off-topic, but couldn't find a better place to ask: What do most of you do for a living that you're all really "in-the-know" about Charlotte projects? I'm just your friendly neighborhood banker with a passing affinity for development projects (and frequent agenda reader), but you guys all have the top shelf details on what's going on around town. I'm very jealous, but glad you all share openly here. I'm also considering pursuing a Masters in Urban Design from UNCC, which is why I'm curious. It may be a good idea for me to come to a meet up one of these days to discuss this more Thanks guys!