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March 17, 2020

Bridge work continues...

March 13, 2020

March 13, 2020

14 hours ago, Tyree Ricardo said:

This was mentioned a few years back on this board by someone that works for the church. I’ve heard parking requirements are a big hurdle for this project, the city is requiring $20M worth

Oh man what a huge mistake. Hopefully the City can make changes quickly. I think if they could offer transit passes to residents instead, the optics of that would be *excellent* as a move that is pro-urbanism, pro-environment, and pro-affordable housing. Reducing the need for working class people to buy, maintain, and park expensive vehicles should be a completely compatible goal with affordable housing in Uptown.

February 26, 2020

18 hours ago, KJHburg said:

what they should do is make the driver's insurance company paid for a replacement. Their insured hit it for whatever reason and they should be held responsible.

I wonder if there's some threshold that makes it worth the city's while to go after a driver. If a motorist destroys a sign, those are pretty cheap and easy to fabricate and replace, maybe not worth the legal effort/expense. For a bike counter, maybe? A traffic signal cabinet that costs >$10,000? I'd be curious to learn more if anyone on this forum has any insight.

In this case, a commercial vehicle with a (presumably) professional driver jumped a 4' curb to mow this thing down. Police responded to the scene and can provide a crash report with all details. This looks to me like complete negligence and it seems to me like a no-brainer that the driver's insurance company should have to pay out.

February 1, 2020

January 31, 2020

Phase 1/phase 2 tie-in! Hawthorne Lane and 5th St tracks and concrete work.

January 30, 2020

January 26, 2020

Crane city on one site

January 23, 2020

NC by train!

January 15, 2020

33 minutes ago, tozmervo said:

Years ago (when the HD Design Store closed), I heard that Target's lease blocks there being a full grocery down there. Dunno if there's truth to that or not.

TBH I think a Costco would have done fine there. To me the problem is BJs as a brand is just overshadowed by other club stores, and no one wants to pay for more memberships.
* That's also Target's highest sales store in the Carolinas, so the location certainly isn't the problem.

I would love to see a Costco in this location. I currently bike from Center City ±8 miles each way to Costco (or take my bike on the light rail to Tyvola station when it's not too crowded).

I wonder if REI would ever consider this for an urban location. Uptown provides lots of young residents and workers nearby, and the whole Metropolitan area is pretty active and lively on the weekends when they could get a lot of "foot traffic" from the greenway adjacent to this location.

December 6, 2019

Stations are starting to come together...

December 3, 2019

51 minutes ago, KJHburg said:

the new Starbucks in Johnston Bldg 212 S Tryon is open and the Chopt seems to be in the hiring mode.

Plus check out the Barings 300 South Tryon Christmas village and train display. Really nice and they might be the winner of KJ 2nd annual award for best uptown Christmas décor. Last year Hearst Tower won it. Multiple trains in this display freight and passenger and even a streetcar.

KJ is the Hearst lobby open to the public? I'd love to take a Christmas model train tour of Uptown CLT.

Thanks!

October 29, 2019

October 17, 2019

October 4, 2019

Green and Red:

October 4, 2019

8 hours ago, ricky_davis_fan_21 said:

Can't believe this thread fell to page 3. Grubb has filed a presubmittal for Herrin Ice, which is 6.8 acres of prime real estate along 36th Street, next to the choo choo. This could be MEGA for NoDa.

Wow, that is a big deal. Since the City has been planning an extension of Philemon, does that mean the developer would have to provide the right of way in order to rezone?

September 13, 2019

August 16, 2019

August 7, 2019

First Siemens streetcar vehicle has arrived...

July 18, 2019

5 hours ago, Cadi40 said:

If I had any bit of talent in me I would attempt to create a mock up, I may attempt to but nobody get even remotely excited as it might look like Charlotte was invaded by aliens.

Fire up the MSPaint, Cadi40

July 18, 2019

July 3, 2019

Per the update on this Charlotte project page, looks like construction on The Plaza street conversion is imminent. Some nice bike, ped, and streetscape improvements coming through here.

May 31, 2019

23 hours ago, ajfunder said:

Some construction shots and a Gomaco appreciation shot. Those things have been worked way past what they were originally built for in daily revenue service.

What do you mean by that? From what I've read they've been very unreliable and have lead to longer headways than planned for Phase 1. Now that the line is shutting down for the rebuild of all stations to match Siemens streetcar vehicle boarding heights, I'm really wishing we had bypassed the short-term replica trolleys altogether.

April 26, 2019

Charlotte skyline looking good for the official ribbon-cutting of the 6th Street Cycle Track (Phase 1)!

April 11, 2019

This is exciting:

https://www.wfae.org/post/atrium-wake-forest-plan-charlottes-first-four-year-medical-school

Quote

Atrium Health and Wake Forest University announced Wednesday that they plan to open a new medical school in Charlotte, the city's first in more than 100 years.

...

There are five medical schools in North Carolina — they are located in Chapel Hill, Durham, Greenville and Winston-Salem, and a school of osteopathic medicine at Campbell University in Harnett County.

Charlotte is the largest metro area in the country without a medical school.

Anyone have thoughts on potential locations? Doesn't Wake Forest have some space on College St. Uptown currently?

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