[SouthPark neighborhood Projects]

Is this the first/only place in SouthPark with lights? 

[Optimist Park / Belmont Projects]

On 9/8/2020 at 3:24 PM, mazman34340 said:

Okay so I saw the facade to 2020-05 and I don't like it. It's not ugly, it's just really generic and I think Belmont deserves a little better.

It looks appropriate for garden apartments farther from the core of the city than in a neighborhood like Belmont. Worse, it's the vanguard for the main-street that might be forming on Parkwood.

The biggest problem is the roof, it's too large and throws the building's proportions off, especially on the multi-family section of the building. A flat roof is completely appropriate for a three-four story building. I also talked to some architects or folks with design backgrounds. There's too much visual clutter. One of the biggest secrets of architecture is that simplicity can look gorgeous. The developer might actually save a little money by reducing the details on the building and yet it will still look okay if not better.

Finally, most developers screw up the brick portions of their apartment building. The brick detailing should have a consistent height across the facade. This tip given to me by a lovely architect. I'm not very good at affinityphoto but I'll show what a few small changes can do.

I think adding something like this closer to the core of the city gives the area a more "family friendly" (for lack of a better term) feel. While the style may not be great architecturally, it will, prices permitting, attract more "regular folk". It's the regular folk that bring in those neighborhood, lived-in atmospheres we want in these areas. As much as today's youths drive me bananas, seeing them walking around these core neighborhoods means we have reached new levels of the places people call "home". I see them trickling in to uptown and Noda and this will increase them to Belmont as well. They'll go out with their crappy music, ridiculous slang, unoriginal outfits, dad's money, and signify that this is a good place to live and invest. 

As long as the whole area doesn't turn into this, a little drop here and there is good yeast.

[The Ellis – 33 Floor Apartment Tower – Lennar does what Levine couldn't.]

On 3/14/2020 at 7:24 PM, QCxpat said:

 

What exactly is that gigantic shoe for?

[Charlotte Off Topic]

I've been getting ads for luxury assisted living for months now. I'm 41 and super broke. It's not appreciated in the slightest. 

[SouthPark neighborhood Projects]

These pictures are great, but nothing does justice to how it looks in person. I drove through the other day trying to avoid the President's traffic jam. It is like a whole new city out there. I have only been down Barkley Downs to Fairview or Fairview to Park. I knew this construction was happening, but it is SO DIFFERENT. 

If you have the time, take a drive through the area. And take me with you so I can look without having to watch the traffic.

[NoDa (N Davidson St Arts District) Projects]

5 hours ago, Tyree Ricardo said:

Owners of Johnson Mill have begun engaging the NoDa community. Should have. An apartment building announced soon, tucked into the outparcels facing 36th station with street level retail. Not sure about the rest have a call next week.


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Does that mean I'm addition to the mill itself?

[FreeMore Projects (West Morehead, Freedom Drive, Bryant Park)]

3 hours ago, turbocraig said:

Has anyone been to Pinky’s lately?  I think I read elsewhere here that they closed briefly around the holidays, but hadn’t been since then. Same menu (thankfully), but it’s really gentrified inside now.  Two-tone and curated.  All the found objects, flea market finds and NASCAR hood are gone.   Painted bar, stained wainscoting, and trendy light fixtures are the thing now.  We asked our server how people liked it and he said it’s about half and half.  The soul is gone but food and service still great.  Just sad to see it lose the authenticity.   The crowd was different too.  Used to be a wiiiide mix.  But tonight not a tattoo or trucker cap in the place.  Very SouthEnd feeling.  I don’t know if that’s the new norm, but it felt a little alien to all at our table. 

Did the ownership change?

[MLS in Charlotte - 2021]

4 hours ago, CharlotteWkndBuzz said:

This post is for Rufus...I'm sensing negative vibes in this (off-topic) thread lol jk.  So, let's be happy like these people for claiming the 30th spot:

On a more serious note, I could definitely see us going the ATL United route and having a similar color scheme to the Panthers.  Black and Blue.  Also, I think it really depends on what they name the team too...If they incorporate "Carolina" in the name, I can almost guarantee it will be some shade of blue.  If the team name is "Charlotte" something, they have more flexibility (but still think we go the blue route).  I'm ready for that info too (and a call from a season ticket rep lol), dylan!

If Mint City is the equivalent to the roaring riot, does Tepper take their input on color scheme?  

I really hope they keep the colors they are using here, that Panther blue and the mint green. Looks good, different, won't clash with the black, not too far off from hornets teal (if that matters), and actually has something to do with the city.

[UP Forum Meetups]

7 hours ago, Seabrooke said:

I thought it was financial too but staff explained it was bc it was found through surveys that ppl though it promoted a “bro” environment and a woman was assaulted by a drunk employee at a location. They aren’t getting rid of taps at the location, but switching the taps from beer to a variety of cold brew coffee, Kampuchea , and nitro tea.

Awesome, anyone interested put a comment here by Thursday and I’ll get some sort of group chat together where we can coordinate a time

Wait...what??

I wasn't aware that alcohol there was a thing. These kids today.... Sometimes it's OK to be old fashioned and not let people get all schwasty at work.

 

[MLS in Charlotte - 2021]

I confess to not knowing much about college conference sports, but there is another university in town with a basketball team if you just want to go watch college basketball. 

[Grand Bohemian Hotel – 15 Floors – 254 Rooms – Boutique Hotel]

18 hours ago, KJHburg said:

those awnings are HUGE great pics. 

They really are, and the black trim on them is a nice touch.

[Stonewall Street Projects in 2nd Ward - Northwood Ravin, Proffitt Dixon, Walton Plaza]

At least they got rid of that Super 8 Motel looking sign they originally had.

[B Tower (5th Street Retail Infill Building)]

That does seem like a long time to not have finished the outside since the last update. I don't know how much the owner of the building has to do with it if anything at all, but I know there was a family issue that may have thrown him off his game.

[University City Projects/News]

It's weird up there. There really is a lot of land available, but it's just....weird. I stated how much I love the look of those Verde apartments  (I hope they can replicate them in another part of town), but they face a Shomars and a plasma donation center. Some other new apartments down the street have a nice view of a Waffle House. Not necessarily suburban, but not necessarily desirable. It's not sexy up there, and that's something I don't see changing.

It would take decades, but I could definitely see that area being more developed than Southend if they start jamming stuff in and being smart with the space. Some of the new developments have way too much parking. If you factor in all the worthless buildings that no one would miss (Famous Mart) there's nothing but room for growth. I'm interested in seeing what happens. 

[First Ward Urban Village / North Tryon Vision Plan]

4 hours ago, turbocraig said:

He’s right.  Besides, the handful of times I’ve found myself driving on that little section of street I get the immediate feeling like I’m not supposed to be doing this.    

I tried to quote him to say exactly this, but your post popped up. Glad I'm not the only one.

[The State of Higher Education in Charlotte]

I think the fact that he's even still under consideration at Harvard shows he knows how to be an academic success. The rap video shows tenacity and out of the box thinking. He will be a success no matter where he goes.

[Good New Restaurants]

5 hours ago, tozmervo said:

Tried Goodyear today - I think the 485 review is pretty spot-on, though I think I had a better time with food. Service seemed much slower than it should have ("sorry! kitchen is backed up!"), and the menu is... odd. I think everyone at the table was like, is this the full menu? Are you hiding another menu? 

That said, I think this place will rocket once they work out the kinks. The design is phenomenal. I will definitely go back this spring on a nice evening. 

I looked at that menu online and it doesn't seem very appealing. It does seem odd and lacking. Nothing I see makes me want to go try it immediately. 

[University City Projects/News]

I was driving around up there the other day and those Verde apartments look nice from the street along with its neighbors.  Hopefully a preview of more urbanity to come.

[University City Projects/News]

5 hours ago, Rufus said:

Looks like only the weird corner spaces will eventually be left after Phase 1 and 2? There's a lot of "park" space, or just green space, which doesn't make me feel super excited. This should be as urban as South End, and instead it looks like what is already overpopulating UC. 

Intrigued to see more. 

The "fake lake" really isn't that big and it's much more of a chill and stroll area than hustle and bustle. The latter needs to be crammed along the desolate main streets to start. What's proposed here will probably fill the space out nicely as long as they don't leave all the parking lots in the future. 

I'm assuming you weren't referring to the parking lots when you said park space...

[Square at South End - Mixed Use Project @ West and Tryon]

Very interested to see how that leasing goes. That is absolutely not worth it unless you are just dying to be in that neighborhood. 

[Carolina Panthers Facilities]

On 1/31/2020 at 2:30 PM, jednc said:

Mine are clearly higher than yours. 

He seemed drunk to me, but I know that passes as ok for most.

Do we have to talk to each other like this over the owner of one of our sportsball teams?  For any reason, really, but it's just some guy none of us really know doing stuff with our few-months-a-year sports. 

[Traffic Congestion and Highway Construction]

I'm always mildly offended riding through the triangle area. We can't get beautiful highways here in Charlotte (or working streetlights) because we're a superior city? Jealousy is ugly even if their interstates are not.

 

(Partly joking)

[Atherton Mill Redevelopment]

Yeah. But the apartments look nice.

[Atherton Mill Redevelopment]

I think these are some darn fine looking apartments. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/B7_XWWNnG_2/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

[125 Baldwin Tower and Hotel Cherry-Elizabeth area]

Will this thing have a buddy at some point? It looks weird out there all by itself.