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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.

Few years back I was discussing this job with a person closely involved in it. They were mentioning their distaste for what the deck had become design wise. Greensboro had a chance to rebuild some of the street facade that was lost in the 1985 fire and squandered it. Sadly that's typical of projects the City is involved in. The property line debacle that delayed this was astonishing. I'm happy this is happening, but it's such a lower bar than what could have been achieved.

If they do it'd be interesting to see. That would have to be one heck of a generator array.

It's the white roofed building North of N Graham St, and to the left of Crave Dessert Bar (W 5th St). There's a road to the North side of 500 West Trade Apt's that separates it from the highlighted area. (Note my cardinal directions are based on the layout of that screenshot, not true North)

Right you are. I read @atlrvr's comment too quickly and miss read the dimensions. Thanks for the correction!

The view from Little Arch's balcony of 400 S Tryon was fantastic before DE2 rose up. I thought it was a fun "link" from their early years to current. While I'm not normally in sync with 70's architecture I happen to love the look of 400 S Tryon. The juxtaposition with the newer buildings is nice. Now the view from Little's office of that vinyl fence excuse of a crown on top of Ally.... KJ that's an interesting note about residential vs office floor plates. I'd be OK with a reskin of 400 if it was converted to residential. Would be a cool project to watch progress

It's going to be interesting to see how (if) this one progresses. From what I hear their budgets vs real cost of material is stark. Architects drew a Ferrari and they have Lexus budgets. I'll 2nd what KJ is saying; the office tower may come out shorter than expected.

Does anyone know the tentative schedule on installing trusses for the roadway canopy? Those things are massive and I'd sure love to see them being lifted into place. I figure it's still a long way out but worth the ask. Lord knows the last schedule I had eyes on is way out of date by now

Is that a handrail & footrest so you can stop for the (presumed) traffic light while seated on a bike? If so that's pretty slick.

DCB - you nailed it. Hopefully the new baseball stadium, food hall, Ziggys Space, etc will help to kickstart activity. Downtown High Point has the feel DT Greensboro did 20+ years ago.

This building has incredible handrails in it. There's two divided showrooms, one lighter and one darker in color scheme. They both have ultra tight twist helix stairs with glass railing. Those lead up a few levels where it combines into a much wider monumental helical stair with a very elaborate metal rail. Stunning design.

The plans I saw had retail on College side B1 level, and Level 1 (2nd level on College side). Per those B1 is smaller spot nestled by the parking ramps, and Lvl 1 is wider, and double height. Nothing was well detailed so unsure on specifics.

Would the 1938 aerials have what you need? These seem to be the images that might contain the area you mention 13-210, 13-212, 14-17, 14-19 (edit: 13-214 might have closest coverage) https://library.unc.edu/data/gis-usda/wake/1938

Correct. European roads are also designed quite differently than US ones. It takes more concentration to drive as lanes are narrower, etc. My wife is from Sweden so we've spent a lot of time driving around to visit family & friends over there. I'm always in awe of their road design, and wish the US could copy some of their design principles.

I know some of the backend "drama" to this job and can say it's amazing it's going up as fast as it is (be that speed hilariously slow)

Yup! The recent ped bridge projects in Columbia & Winston-Salem (post bid), and Greenville, South (under design) all have 8 to 12' "screening" to prevent just that. I'm hopeful given the design shown in the renderings the screening will be non-obtrusive on this one

This right here. I work more with aluminum than steel. Mills are rationing supply of aluminum and generally the auto manufactures get top priority as they are buying high grade aluminum. Building product manufactures are lower on the chart and have to do with the limited supply. The biggest constraint we are facing is the labor shortage. It's quickly headed to crisis levels. I can personally attest some building product factories are operating with half their normal staffing levels. In the past 4 months we've seen lead times go from 6-8 weeks to 12-14 weeks. It's creating a mess for onsite job progress.

If memory serves me correct I think that is a quadplex. Very good example of historic "missing middle housing". The neighborhoods around UNCG & NC State have a bunch of these old homes that are broken up into 3-6 units. UNCG area has a good handful of stacked fourplex buildings