carolinaboy

May 1

Can someone post details for those of us who can't access Instagram at work?

April 26

8 hours ago, mintscraft56 said:

I really thought we would have a casino here by the time I was old enough to gamble. I still got 3 1/2 years but I dont see a casino in sight. Then again I think I should save up money before I ever gamble a dollar off...

If you're open to friendly advice.........don't bet your money at a casino...........anywhere........ever.

April 16

On 3/29/2024 at 9:04 AM, rancenc said:

Jobs and investment coming to Elizabeth City.

https://journalnow.com/news/local/business/development/polish-attic-ladders-manufacturer-selects-elizabeth-city-for-plant/article_373cf6ca-ed38-11ee-9ce0-2714ef556705.html

Any manufacturing jobs up here are rare. I hope they are successful and can expand later.

April 16

I'm still surprised Virginia Beach had a Wegmans before Charlotte. A city of a population around 500k (metro 1.7 million or so). The only things in Virginia Beach are people, roads, sprawl, sand and waves.

April 16

Tesla laid off 10% of their workforce. Don't know if that was company-wide or at a plant in Austin. Haven't had a chance to read the article.....just saw a headline.

April 15

On 4/12/2024 at 5:14 PM, vdogg said:

I mean, this thing is just screaming for a casino to be included.......parking, hotel, downtown proper.........

April 7

23 hours ago, KJHburg said:

Update on the Daniel Corp.'s new apartments in 4th Ward at Graham and 7th. As @QCxpat noted construction has begun and he found out that there was a spring discovered under the oldest building that was spewing water. That will have to be dealt with but they seem to be readying some of the buildings for demo. We need more apartments to be built uptown and quite honestly I dont care at this point if they are Southend style mid rises.

I think this is a nice infill project and will add to density and urban neighborhood.

April 5

I had to listen to a couple of their songs because I've never heard of them before...........no big loss in my opinion.

April 4

Who?

April 4

Could someone more knowledgeable than I about electric vehicles enumerate for us the benefits of EV's over traditional internal combustion vehicles?

March 15

3 hours ago, KJHburg said:

Here are some renderings of the new Daniel Corp. from a Biz Journal article for their new 4th Ward apartments.

""Daniel Corp. is planning a 241-unit, seven-story building that will offer studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments. The property will include an elevated pool deck, coworking space, state-of-the-art fitness studio, two-story resident social space, conditioned bike storage and repair room, resident-only market on site, and secured and covered parking.""

Alabama developer Daniel Corp. buys uptown Charlotte site for project - Charlotte Business Journal (bizjournals.com)

It is better than what is there now. Glad they are incorporating the facade or reconstruction of the facade. I think it looks very good.

March 13

If Norfolk wants to keep at least the current level of programming at Scope they need to get this done and not just sit on it. I'd even be for more modern amenities at the expense of no additional seating. A new arena is not going to be built so put some money into Scope and Chrysler already.

March 12

12 hours ago, BFG said:

I did find an old blog post from 2013 that outlined what the city wanted to do during a planned renovation. This is something I think needs to happen:

A new expanded glass concourse extending to the legs of the building that would wrap around the circumference of the structure. This would allow for more space and bring much better food and beverage options.

I think expanding the concourse gives the architects more leeway to expand the bowl and add a few more seats. They should aim for at least 13,000-14,000.

Now is the city's chance to do something special with Scope, Chrysler Hall and the plaza. The entire complex could be re-made to be truly special. That plaza needs to be a lush, green gathering spot downtown. So much potential. I love the idea of glass curtain walls on the Scope and a new glass enclosed entrance/lobby into Chrysler Hall. But, whatever is done please please please clean the damn concrete and budget money to give those buildings an annual cleaning.

March 11

1 hour ago, j-man said:

Thank you.

March 8

Downtown Chesapeake is looking good.

March 8

13 hours ago, CLT Development said:

Not to complicate things further but that rendering is 40 floors, and they announced 45.

Edit: Not to COMPLICATE IT MORE but I found the approved planning document that called the residential tower at 417 and the Office Tower at 535, and we all know that's definitely not right, considering the renderings.

One would hope the documents Planning/Permitting/Inspections uses is accurate since zoning and building code issues could vary based on the actual/real building height(s). I would think building elevations used for permit issuance would be public record, no?

March 6

2 hours ago, CLT Development said:

Yea I was thinking to make sure it doesn't go through the heart of The Pearl

Yes. I wonder if they'll eventually move the other ones near Wake Forest Medical School closer to the interstate.

March 6

Could someone get a shot or two of the Inlivian project uptown? I'd love to see the progress. Thanks in advance.

March 6

8 hours ago, go_vertical said:

What could be the reasoning for doing this? Is it possible this is being done to free up land for another construction project?

Might be to create more distance between the existing residential building and the power line. I would imagine that would be good.

March 6

16 hours ago, DonkeyKong said:

Not sure if the video on the Queensbridge Collective site is new, but I hadn't seen it. It's well done. Human and CGI/AI content merg.

https://queensbridgecollective.com/

Very encouraging that they're still showing the office tower in their marketing materials.

March 4

47 minutes ago, KJHburg said:

Aspen Heights apartment tower on W Morehead from uptown today.

Wow. That all of a sudden looks tall.

February 29

Charlotte has one of the busiest stations in the SE per this article.

Amtrak Stations

February 23

26 minutes ago, TCLT said:

So is this really the extent of improvements that this whole area is getting for the music festival? It's less than 3 months away now.

At least the festival map is more realistic for the area they have to work with... Here's the approximate layout with the festival map overlaid on an aerial.

It'll be an interesting experiment in taking over portions of Brevard for festival uses at the very least.

The term "Super VIP" on that map makes me cringe.

February 22

Neat to see the V columns being poured.

Just now, carolinaboy said:

Neat to see the V columns being formed.

February 20

Dumb question (from a non-urbanite): for retail/restaurant spaces like this, do the operators make some arrangement for employee parking or do employees just have to find a spot? The reason I ask is my daughter lives in UC but I think has applied to a couple of jobs in Uptown.

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