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Historically Greensboro has been a central location for freight movement. Dating back to the 1800's there was bustling train traffic, which was further enhanced by the Overseas Replacement Depot during WWII. Add to this things like Colonial Pipeline's huge tank farm around the Greensboro airport and you can see why the road network developed this way. Raleigh flat out refusing to have interstates go through the city back in the day pushed more traffic this way too. KJ likely has a better memory of this, but I want to say it was 1983 or '84 when Raleigh first became connected to the interstate network. For decades there was part of the 440 beltline, then a stub out into RTP that dead ended. https://www.ncpedia.org/overseas-replacement-depot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_Pipeline

I'll believe it when I see it. I have tangentially involved in this job since 2017 and have pretty much lost hope at this point. It almost seems the city's whole goal with this project is to drive Cincy's out of business.

It is so much fun to read y'all talking about the patterns and home sewing. My wife trained as a pattern maker and seamstress and has a knack for it. Most of my button up shirts are made by her off a custom pattern fit for me. I tell you few things make me prouder than to get a compliment on a shirt and they ask "Where did you get that?". Watching people's reaction when I say my wife made it is priceless. Windsurfer - A few of our friends kids have asked for her help with sewing projects as they have got into it as a hobby like your kiddo. She loves teaching them and spreading the knowledge.

I was just on that road Saturday and you are not joking. They have leveled a ton of trees. Given the state of the homes I saw I sadly think we all know what fate will await them. The buddy I was with lives down that way and was discussing the escalating house prices and the rocket ship they took during COVID.

Don't forget the years it took Carroll at Bellemeade and the Hyatt Place to be built. I think that was going on for 4, maybe 5 years. Construction in Greensboro is inextricably slow. If the city gov is involved in a job it becomes glacial. Case in point: downtown greenway

I have customers on Graham Street between 85 & Brookshire. Every time I am there I have the same feeling. I am by no means a road expert but I have to imagine that road would function better as one travel lane in each direction with a center turn lane

Back before Greensboro's depot was refurbished Amtrak used Norfolk Southern's (Southern Railway's) building at the Pomona Yard as the depot. Little one story building with the control tower for the yard. It was far from glamorous but it functioned. Along with many of y'all I sure hope the powers that be work to get a temporary depot setup in Charlotte. The last mile connectivity from Charlotte's current depot into uptown is atrocious. Greensboro's Pomona Yard had similar connection problems to downtown, but back in the 80's -early 2000's they rolled up the streets in downtown at 5pm. I would find it hard to believe even a temporary station in Charlotte would not boost ridership.

It's tough up in the Gate City. Sometimes we lost track of an interstate only to find it later under the couch cushion

When I first saw the plans for this building I was shocked. It is such a cool little structure and wildly modern looking. It will be a fantastic compliment to Greensboro's historic downtown building stock.

Nope, not new at all.

Exactly. The one proposed in Charlotte is on the other side of the city from the Catawba Two Kings casino, in a county Senator Craven represents. I can't help but think there is backroom dealing behind all three of these.

This project has felt weird from the start. Odd location, resident opposition, being in Berger's county. That the proposed location is directly next to a summer camp for kids with special needs is the icing on the cake.

A similar plot was proposed for a Lidl in downtown Greensboro. Yes at the moment this area South of Gate City Blvd is a bunch of empty lots but the sea of parking seemed so short sighted. The universities built a combined building across South Elm St a few years ago, and directly to the North of Gate City Blvd is the historic downtown area.

I've flown this route a few times to one stop into the Nordic countries. I was unaware the plane flew the W config, and I guess that could account for why the flight is often delayed (or canceled). I will say it's been a full house the times I've flown during/post covid.

Yeah office is the taller one on the right side of that rendering. Unsure on timeframe for the office. Last I heard they were waiting on an anchor tenant. The answer for how long that takes is far, far above my pay grade. I haven't been involved in the hotel/apt so zero knowledge there.

I assume it will be built in stages. The office has been bidding out separate from the hotel.

This hits spot on for me. I had an '02 Tacoma long bed, access cab. It was small enough to be easy to park, fit on mountain roads & down tight off road stretches. I now have a hatchback as the DD and a 2011 full size longbed 2500 series truck as the tow pig. I'd absolutely love a small truck/suv again for off road adventures, but a new Tacoma is only 4-5" smaller width than the 2500. The '02 was almost a foot. My theory is this the size difference is part of what has been driving the cost of older Tacomas/4runners through the roof. ...and don't even get me started on the ridiculously high hoods on the new trucks. My 2011 2500 comes to my shoulder. American truck designers are on record saying it's to make them look "manly". IDGAF about my truck looking manly. I want to be able to see the person/car/cow/tree/rock/gate post that I'm about to hit. Can't do that when you can't see the first 10' in front of the truck! I don't like regulations driving vehicle design (car size inflation is all due to MPG targets), but something has to be done about the sight lines on trucks/SUVs ASAP. A camera in the front is not an acceptable alternative in my book.

Yeah they're a bit optimistic about what qualifies as a tower. I agree it's a nice looking building

Sorry for the sidebar in a pedestrian thread, but that tax value jump is eye opening. It's been impressive to see the changes in Southend over the past 15 years.

I assure you there was enough shenanigans in the bidding process to fit the mold of a Cleveland Const job

Does anyone remember what material those blue panels are? I don't have the plans to this one on my server any longer to check. I hadn't noticed how much those had faded

Yeah they're so cool. Check out the Grand Rapids Airport canopy. That's where the architects drew inspiration from.

Should be Clark Construction last I heard

Man oh man that would have been cool for the Legacy Union parking garage to have a unique perf screening like these towers. Thanks for the pictures KJ!

Not to mention the greenway. How that project is still under construction bewilders me. Greensboro's government is incompetent, yet we keep voting the same people in time after time.