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I say this has been up for almost 2 weeks now.

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anyone know if the brick pavers will be replaced? You'd think with a name like "Rail Trail" that separate 'lanes' for bikers and pedestrians would be provided.

A "fanboy" of eminent domain? I don't think that word means what you think it means, either. You picked an odd hill to die on.

I don't think that word means what you think it means

^ dude wtf are you gumming on about? Give it a rest. You make no sense and are being obtuse about eminent domain. Meanwhile nobody really cares to argue with you bc they realize what foolishness you're driveling. Wise men and whatnot...

D'oh! I logged on this morning, saw the comments, did a quick perusal...eyes glanced right past it. For posterity:

If the Duke thread got removed intentionally b/c of big business interests....wow. Terrible terrible look for this place.

My take is they exercised their right before the contract voided even though they didn't have the necessary funds, thinking the capital would be provided at one point or another. Shoot-first-ask-questions-last.

I was thinking more of a water hose to all 4 sides. This is center city, not Burning Man.

So, this is a thing:

I'm an old soul, and really appreciate and support this kind of thing. As the oldest in a single-parent household growing up, I know from experience that having men in the community reach out and show compassion, interest, and positivity opens a young man's world bigly. Hopefully this continues in Charlotte, instead of the wasted energy and focus on perceived past wrongs.

Yeah Abbeydale moved into Tryon Plaza. Now this shop is taking the old space. Seems to be men's clothing as before. Interesting little pipeline developing.

Maybe this has been commented on way back in this thread. But does anyone know what the greenery is supposed to look like once matured? Are we talking full on Hanging Gardens of Babylon or Snoopy Christmas tree?

It was a great game-day landmark meet-up spot back in the day

and how much podium parking is used

Tech scene's humble beginnings--needing cheap floorspace & years of hours of coding and living on nothing--are the antithesis to what exists now. Now, land values reflect the IPOs. Tech beginnings are fundamentally at odds with tech fortunes. The ability to iterate to demand in a 20 year monopoly generates $$$$$; spread over the multitude of companies there now relative to space, it creates high entry barriers that never existed before. Combine this with the fact that youth academia has embraced coding, and that creates an entire sea of young entrepreneurs banging at the gate w/ their next big idea or line of code. (This really is a sea-change in the history of computer science from a business pov.) If you are one of the lucky few coders out there to get bought up by Oracle or Apple for the patent, you stay and enjoy being able to afford that cost of living. If you're idea requires a longer gestation period, then you either move or die--competition isn't always the best driver of success; indeed, it kills. Which brings us to Charlotte...and its leadership. So, we are getting spill-over, but are we generating anything homegrown? Charlotte leadership needs to put its foot on the gas IMO. The future is here. Right now.

Yeah my first thought was: start building and add floors. That doesn't work if there are architectural and design changes. Would also reset the negotiation table re: naming rights and other contracts.

Perhaps the desire for a taller tower has postponed digging?

Anyone know what's going on here: A steel-framed structure has appeared suddenly. Seems to be only 2 floors.

Noticed fencing up at the Omni's Black Wall.

bump since we're talking about this again with reference to Orlando

OR it could just be that good folks across both aisles decided this as something worth attempting but were wise enough to put a hard tether on the deal.

Around high noon

Witnessed a sell/buy at the Kangaroo on 3d/Charlottetowne just the other day. Budget for policing has to be cut in some areas.