Legacy Union (former Charlotte Observer redevelopment)

[atlrvr]

32 minutes ago, Cadi40 said:

... and a  Massage Envy.

Will be convenient for someone when Patriots come to town...

[nicholas]

On 6/5/2019 at 10:06 AM, ricky_davis_fan_21 said:

I really like the bottom 7/8 or so of the building, and I think the brick will be an excellent contrast to the rest of uptown. Not as wild about the top part, where the glass slants in at an angle, and the roof drops down in the middle. Just looks really bizarre, like a different architecture firm designed the top part without knowing what the rest would look like.

[Matthew.Brendan]

Edited June 6, 2019 by Matthew.Brendan

[queensguy06]

Not a terrible building, but I do think I would like it better without the top box.  I'm assuming it's for mechanical - but boy would that do wonders to the overall design.

[Urban Cowboy]

16 minutes ago, queensguy06 said:

Not a terrible building, but I do think I would like it better without the top box.  I'm assuming it's for mechanical - but boy would that do wonders to the overall design.

Agreed.

[Dale]

LU keeping the 90’s alive.

[kickazzz2000]

1 hour ago, Seabrooke said:

I wish we could have the height and shape of the proposed building with the black steel accents and window design of this proposal from Brooklyn. I prefer a brick building with a more broken up window scheme like Railyard or the warehouses in Dumbo NYC.

 I still bet this building will look amazing at sunset with the brick brightening and and the glass picking up the colors from the sunset, and then transitioning into some nice lighting scheme at night. 

That would require actual creativity.

 

LOL and to think at some point we were thinking the retail in this project would resemble Brickell City Centre.

[CarolinaDaydreamin]

13 hours ago, Tyrone Wiggum said:

I heard BB&T is going to build a tower so ugly we'll be wondering how we ever shat on LU1 so hard.  Supposedly, Kelly  King is enamored with the beloved grayish-black glass cardboard box design.  And, at  1,080 feet - in honor of BB&T's leadership's obsession with Atlas Shrugged and objectivism - Charlotte will be stuck with an ugly new tallest that dominates the skyline till global warming makes The Southeast mostly uninhabitable.

And only slightly non blue font in my response... when the ice caps are melted everyone from Florida will have to move to Charlotte. Charlotte will be the new Tampa. 

[King of the Queen City]

1 hour ago, CarolinaDaydreamin said:

And only slightly non blue font in my response... when the ice caps are melted everyone from Florida will have to move to Charlotte. Charlotte will be the new Tampa. 

Or the new New York when Wall Street is under water and Charlotte is the center of the financial universe... 2100?

[orulz]

And only slightly non blue font in my response... when the ice caps are melted everyone from Florida will have to move to Charlotte. Charlotte will be the new Tampa. 

Charlotte's elevation is too high, so the entire metro area will stay high and dry even if all the ice melts. Raleigh will be half underwater and the remainder will be a beach town.

We're at *least* a decade or so from anything like this actually happening though.

[SydneyCarton]

1 hour ago, orulz said:

Charlotte's elevation is too high, so the entire metro area will stay high and dry even if all the ice melts. Raleigh will be half underwater and the remainder will be a beach town.

We're at *least* a decade or so from anything like this actually happening though.

Given its elevation, I guess Chapel Hill will be an Island.  UNC will be more popular than ever.

[kermit]

Nice to see some movement in this direction:

 

[King of the Queen City]

The Romare Bearden ice caps are melting and all that water has to go somewhere... 

Not that the water will rise like this in Charlotte, but we might get closer to the coast.

[Urban Cowboy]

I was served an ad on Reddit and it's the first instance I've seen of LU1 incorporated into an illustration of our skyline. I love seeing different artist's interpretations of our skyline around the city. And I figured given LU1's height - it was only a matter of time that it was incorporated in the big 5.

[J-Rob]

What is the tower/flag in between LU1 and the Carillon supposed to be?

[Bruco72]

2 minutes ago, J-Rob said:

What is the tower/flag in between LU1 and the Carillon supposed to be?

Carowinds moved uptown? 

[videtur quam contuor]

Calvary Church is on the right side also

[SydneyCarton]

7 minutes ago, tarhoosier said:

Calvary Church is on the right side also

I didn’t even notice that.  I was going to send my son there for preschool, but we chose Charlotte Montessori instead.

[urbanlover568]

Always a fan of parking downtown, but this is a little bit much. What are we at now, million spots now and counting? May as well call it mixed use parking development at this point. 

[KJHburg]

Loved or hated they just keep building office towers and leasing them up Charlotte rising and Legacy 2 is now heading upward.  Today.   with the 3 towers we now have 1.5 Million square of office space at Legacy.  That is incredible! 

[SydneyCarton]

It’s a great affirmation of Charlotte’s rising clout!  I think that Charlotte is also gaining momentum and will edge out Atlanta for future corporate relocations since no one wants to deal with the traffic there.  (We didn’t.) 

Edited June 10, 2019 by SydneyCarton

[go_vertical]

I think you may be right about that. I'm sure the powers that be in Atlanta are coming to the realization that Charlotte has risen to become a legitimate competitor in the region. 

[Niner National]

5 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

It’s a great affirmation of Charlotte’s rising clout!  I think that Charlotte is also gaining momentum and will edge out Atlanta for future corporate relocations since no one wants to deal with the traffic there.  (We didn’t.) 

Ours will be just as bad eventually.

[KJHburg]

More shots of Legacy today and some of the last ones of huge parking garage from MInt as the world headquarters of Honeywell will block it.  Charlotte rising! 

Legacy 2 up to 2.  the blue sky and clouds reflected beautifully in Legacy 1.  I noticed the Ally Tryon Place glass is more grey and that is okay 

[Urban Cowboy]

Tharrr she blows!