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huey lewis

i haven't heard anything about a parking garage... i don't think conformity has said for sure what the plans are for auto verks site. i would suspect retail, people dwellings, possible office... but what do i know. i think a parking garage would be odd - seeing that there is an ocean of parking across the street between cvs and elizabeth billiards.

snatch

details

well, speaking of the "tubes"... i can confirm with positivity that it will indeed be 2 smaller tubes and not one big one. and of course, they will not have clear floors. this is going to be an incredible project... that said i do think some here are going to have problems with the street level. i don't have major issues considering the site they are working with. street level isn't perfect but, not bad either.

strangelove

well, the "lips" were in town last night playing @ amos... i actually ran into one of the owners of zadajanes @ the show. he said they would be opening very, very soon. in other exciting plaza-midwood news - a friend of mine bought a hotdog stand and sets up shop right in front of snug harbor on fridays and saturdays. he calls his new enterprise "boners" and i must say, when your coming out of bar @ 2am - it's nice to have the hotdog option. (no double entendre intended)

well, i have always been fond of the letter M - and it's obvious how i feel about the number 5... so, i think a visit is in order. plus you are the third source that i've heard good things. *note to self* do not eat out on the patio during rush hour.

what is so wrong about this dollar general? do you guys think it's too low-brow? i know it isn't glamorous or exciting but, it is used by many and it hasn't attracted crime to the area. i remember when it was stanleyville drug and they had a food counter in the back.... i do miss that. however, i don't see anything wrong with the dollar general. elizabeth is one of the best neighborhoods in charlotte (imo) but, it runs the risk of gentrifiaction to the point of white-wash blandness. i am OK with something like a DG thrown in the mix.

today

and the bilderberg group... oh yeah - raintree already said republicans.

i don't know anything about the status of this project - whether it will be built or not. hopefully it will and hopefully to it's full extent. if it is - rest assured it will be more impressive than trump chicago... IMO... and i really like trump chicago.

^ but yet, these same people have no problem with people coming in and destroying old "historic" homes to replace them with gaudy nouvo riche mcmansions. if the showdown gets ugly and boulevard centro wins the case... we might just have ourselves another pink glass tower. beware myers park NIMBYs.

marinate

casu marzu

judging from these latest renderings... i'm not seeing what your describing. from this rendering - it looks like 2 wonderbread pipes not one large one. i guess i'll just have to wait for more info. however, i can assure you that there will not be glass floors that gawkers can stand under....

weaver

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being a fan of the modernista... i love this tower!! hopefully this and the new bofa tower will swing some more momentum to this side of tryon. i must say when these 2 towers are built - north tryon is going to be a collection of wonderful architecture. * is it just me - but, i am not able to tell if this project is indeed going to use the old theater facade. i'm not talking about the sign - rather the actual brick that was carefully dismantled and stored... which wasn't cheap.

^ i'm sorry to keep this off topic but i can't believe what i keep reading... i must have gone into situl indian restuarant on an incredibly off day - because it was hands down the worst indian food i've ever experienced. my co-worker agreed. now, to be fair it was buffet during lunch and hardly anyone was there (which is not a good sign for buffet food)... but it was so bad that i would be hard pressed to go back. i think maharani has the best indian lunch buffet around. also, a little place called bombay off hwy 51. to reign this thing back in... i think charlotte is on the right track to portraying a favorable perception nationwide. i mean charlotte WILL inevitabley be easily recognized nationwide... that's only a matter of time. my hope for the city is that we continue to progress our transit system and that we start to implement initiatives (perhaps laws) -that promote more sustainable growth. charlotte is "green" in the sense that we have lots of lush vegetation, we enjoy decently varied seasonal climate.... it is one our greatest assets and we need to really put some momentum behind protecting this. it saddens me to see charlotte's skyline in a brown haze on so many summer days. charlotte has tons of trees, but in my lifetime i've seen it diminish quite a bit... developers cannot be allowed continue to rape our area of trees. this disregard is most rampant in our suburbs. which brings me to my next point. i think the way we grow our 'burbs will certianly effect our perception nationwide. currently we are headed in the general direction as atlanta and we all know atlantas perception in this regards. i feel if we mandate regulations that promote "smart" development and abandon the cul de sac model for better connectivity - we could go along way in enhancing our perception.

static

yes... i had heard many rumors that dale jr. was going to open his club @ the NCMF. i doubt that he is opening up two different clubs - he just went with the location with better traction. of course, i am only speculating... NCMF has been very unsuccessful in delivering. a dale jr. club would have helped tremendously - in a project where isolationism is a big factor. btw, what in the sam-pete is going on with the little late night diner... that was discussed here years ago?

transcendental

zissou

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