[Perception of Charlotte Nationwide]

22 hours ago, archiham04 said:

 

This might have been noted before, but Charlotte shows up on Google  maps rather prominantly at large scale.... and Raleigh is not even there.  Might be a cartography thing, where it competes with the "NORTH CAROLINA" text, but man.  Big snub to Raleigh.

 

 

of course it could also be a algorithm thing where google knows I'm biased toward Charlotte and showing me what I want to see, so it can sell me something.

Ok im not trying to ruin your fun but I think Raleigh is missing because North Carolina is covering it, the algorithim probably has some minimum distance between lables so it isnt too cluttered looking, same thing for the other missing cities @QCxpat mentioned

[SouthPark neighborhood Projects]

3 minutes ago, KJHburg said:

^^^These new luxury townhomes next to the Hilton Garden dual brand hotel on Sharon are across from the 2 story Starbucks and walking distance to Whole Foods too.  

A 2 story Starbucks and a 2 story McDonald's? Wow, Southpark really is the definition of elegance and luxury 

[Traffic Congestion and Highway Construction]

I just drove back from the triad recently. They have finally opened up part of the 4 lane highway near to where that large ACN building overlooks the highway and south. The rest of the southern part of the expansion it looks brand new and ready to be opened any day now(probaby painting and removinf the temporary lane paint if i had to guess) In regards to the northern part of the expansion, it looks like the southern part did a year or year and a half ago did, its still a concrete base with exposed barrier holders and half finsihed bridges, probaby a year or 2 off until the whole thing opens to 4 lanes. But when it does it'll be a whole new world, i can go 85mph all the way to Greensboro and not sit behind a 50mph minivan in the 2 lane section anymore, I cant wait!

 

[Amazon HQ2]

1 hour ago, Dale said:

 Or they could take a train! We’ve got a freaking train! 

 

 

Honesty this is how I imagine Charlotte brands itself in presentations to companies like Amazon or others looking to move here

 

CLT: We have a train

AMZ: What?

CLT: We have a train

AMZ: Ok a lot of cities have trains, what else you got, education? taxes? culture?

CLT: I dont think you get it, we have a train *winks*

AMZ: Ok.... ummmm..... we'll get back to you *crosses Charlotte off list*

[Charlotte's Light Rail: Lynx Blue Line]

41 minutes ago, nicholas said:

Just my opinion, but if you're incapable of telling the difference between Tryon St and the light rail, you don't need to be driving.

That was the consensus in the car i was in

[Optimist Park / Belmont Projects]

I think the city could get it cheaper than the $680k per acre @cltbwimob estimated. Could probably get it declared a Superfund site and eminent domain the entire place for around 150-200k an acre since a reasonable price for a federally declared hazard would be much lower than not. and give NS somewhere near the airport to put a new one it, plenty of space out there. Get it cleaned up and redevloped with highest bidders for a plan similar to the UNCC one @Desert Power shared above. The city would make money and we would get a new core

[Charlotte's Light Rail: Lynx Blue Line]

So today while riding past the entrance to the CRI campus of UNCC at about 9:15pm I see cops all around the tracks where it starts to go down towards the tunnel. Looking around confused I see a car looks like it was tring to make a left turn onto Tryon from the shopping center and turned onto the tracks instead and got stuck in the gravel. Driving down a ways 3 trains were stopped a few hundred yards from each other. Was cleared up by 11 when i came back through though. Car was about where they grey car is but on the tracks in this Google Maps pic. I tried to get my own but with traffic/rain/night they ended up bad.

[UNC-Charlotte Construction]

The new rec center under construction 

[210 Trade | EpiCentre]

42 minutes ago, Temeteron said:

My statement wasn’t necessarily income driven. It was moreso for the taste and clientele.  Foot locker draws a very trashy crowd. It’s like putting a KFC or McDonald’s in the epicenter.  

How does Footlocker draw in a trashy crowd? Most of their shoes are > $120 and I'm sure that bankers and other uptown types all wear shoes other than dress shoes at some point so why not give them a convenient store for that?

[210 Trade | EpiCentre]

As long as it keeps Moe's I'll keep going

[Charlotte's Light Rail: Lynx Blue Line]

I think they chenged the station announcements at UNCC at least. It mentions "having your ticket ready for fare inspectors" or something along those lines, which i dont remember being announced in the past

[Charlotte's Light Rail: Lynx Blue Line]

1 line? Blue + gold = 1?

[Legacy Union (former Charlotte Observer redevelopment)]

Got this nice photo on this beautiful day

[Legacy Union (former Charlotte Observer redevelopment)]

4 hours ago, CTiger said:

Here is another picture of the brick going up.  They are bringing these brick panels in on flatbeds and installing piece by piece with that crane .

 

The good ol UNC Charlotte method. Put brick on everything and hope that it looks good 

[Charlotte's Light Rail: Lynx Blue Line]

Thisbis a plot by CATS to show us how them being slowed down or stopped affects our everyday lives. They will continue to be slow and "break down" until we pay for their 3 new lines. This is secret blackmail

[FNB Tower 401 S Graham St (29 floors - 365 feet)]

3 hours ago, QClifer said:

all they could come up with was 60k?  Try again FNB

Where is your > $60000 donation then if you can criticize them for "only" 60k

[Charlotte Bike / Scooter Sharing]

1 hour ago, nakers2 said:

Great, so now we're just gonna have people running over scooter riders.

I mean if one flies in front of my car, im not trying to pay for another person's stupidity, and since the law doesnt mention scooters that means cars have the right of way

[Charlotte's Light Rail: Lynx Blue Line]

Service out between New Bern and 36th Street Stations, there is a bus bridge connecting the 2 and in between, my friend had to wait over 40 minutes for the bus from CTC to 36th this morning, apparently long lines

[The Bad News Report]

49 minutes ago, CLT2014 said:

They kind of have a point. Our role in flight was geography. Not intellectual capital.  Everything was designed and built in Ohio. We just had wind. 

Motion to banish @CLT2014 from NC

[The Good News Report]

16 minutes ago, jednc said:

All of Florida, Ga, SC, NC, Va, Tenn, AL, MS, LA, TX, AR were part of the Confederacy. In addition, MD, KY and MO were slave states that were not allowed to secede for strategic reasons. They certainly considered themselves part of the South.

Good points in general. But not all of VA, the north west counties of VA were totally against succession and formed the state of WV which was formedand admitted to the union before VA proper was readmitted 

[Ideas for Creating Culture, Temporary and Permanent, in Charlotte]

11 hours ago, cityboi said:

Charlotte planning iconic pedestrian art bridge over I-77. I prefer design 1. Its more dramatic

 

Charlotte Planning Massive "Iconic" Pedestrian Bridge Over Independence Blvd and I-77 - Charlotte Stories

Design 1 

Imagine they did #1 and put colored lights on it, it would be all over Instagram

[Legacy Union (former Charlotte Observer redevelopment)]

3 hours ago, KJHburg said:

So I guess the question is who is anchoring this Legacy 2 tower?  I have heard lots of rumors out there from suburban based companies to existing uptown tenants.  any clue? 

KJ says something is coming in here from the burbs? Wr already know he is the CEO of Krispy Kreme, new KK HQ confirmed, forget the tower in Cherry, the donuts are going uptown

[Legacy Union (former Charlotte Observer redevelopment)]

It's a missile silo, no one would order a building this bad except for the US government, the pyramid will be on a hinge and will open up when it is time to launch.  They are doing it in plain sight to avoid suspicion for the upcoming alien invasion when this building will save Charlotte with its secret payload

[History of Charlotte]

1 minute ago, nakers2 said:

My parents lived in the neighborhood behind Bojangles Coliseum, their first house, near Monroe Road and Eastway. They were extremely lucky, that neighborhood had a lot of pine trees, and while the house was surrounded by fallen trees, the doghouse and shed were smashed, the house itself saw no damage whatsoever. They were some of the last people in the entire city to get power back, 28 days if I remember correctly. 

Was the dog ok?

[Ideas for Creating Culture, Temporary and Permanent, in Charlotte]

One question I have about this thread is what is temporary culture? Culture is something that is made over a long period and isnt some temporary thing. So how do you create temporary culture?