110 East: 23 story Tower by Stiles/Shorenstein

[Richhamleigh, DC]

Why isn't there a vomit emoji?

[tozmervo]

2 minutes ago, Phillydog said:

Why isn't there a vomit emoji?

[Reverie39]

16 hours ago, tozmervo said:

[KJHburg]

I am going to wait until this building is done and I can see the retail space before I pass lots of judgements.  

[Norm2]

I am really disliking the fact that the retail will seem to be hidden under that behemoth of a parking deck. I'll wait until it's finished before I make my final judgement, but so far I'm not feeling it.

[Professor]

17 hours ago, KJHburg said:

I am going to wait until this building is done and I can see the retail space before I pass lots of judgements.  

Me too. I don't care what they say, it's better than a parking lot. 

[15895]

A parking lot is a pretty low bar, lol. 

[Reverie39]

21 hours ago, AirNostrumMAD said:

A parking lot is a pretty low bar, lol. 

Sure, but have you considered that it's also better than having a coal plant in the same spot? 

[15895]

2 hours ago, Reverie39 said:

Sure, but have you considered that it's also better than having a coal plant in the same spot? 

ha. Nope. But is a coal plant better than a parking lot? I think so. Would reinvigorate the economy & CLT could become Dubai but with coal money.  

Edited December 11, 2023 by AirNostrumMAD

[DMann]

Cough, cough!

[kermit]

On 12/11/2023 at 12:50 PM, Reverie39 said:

Sure, but have you considered that it's also better than having a coal plant in the same spot? 

it actually was a coal plant for a while, Edward Latta built it to power his Southend mills.  Coal was initially brought in on barges floated on the Camden Branch of the River Belk (second photo). The Camden Branch was filled in the 1970s for parking.  After the railroad (now the Blue Line) was completed most coal was delivered by trains coming from Eastern Kentucky via Erwin Tennessee (first photo). Hugh McColl arranged for the steam plant to be replaced by a new one on the Catawba, so it was shut down in the early 1980s to stop the soot being spread over Uptown (the NCNB pressure washing bill was a negative for share price). The closed plant attracted the attention of artists who set up warrens of studio space in the plant’s husk -- the hungry artists were what kept the Fuel Pizza across the street in business for many years. When the plant was finally razed in the 1990s in order to build the parking lot that was there, the artists fled to NoDa and the long-gone ‘NoDa -- Arts-District’ brand was born. 

In the mid 1980s their were a few Punk shows, three regionally televised Jim Crokett production's pro wrestling events were held in the coal shed (across East blv where the Walgreens once stood) and a popular dance club was in the building for at least a year. If I remember correctly, both Hootie and the Blowfish and Superchunk did album cover shoots on the river side of the plant.
 

 

Edited December 12, 2023 by kermit

[Windsurfer]

3 hours ago, kermit said:

it actually was a coal plant for a while, Edward Latta built it to power his Southend mills.  Coal was initially brought in on barges floated on the Camden Branch of the River Belk (second photo). The Camden Branch was filled in the 1970s for parking.  After the railroad (now the Blue Line) was completed most coal was delivered by trains coming from Eastern Kentucky via Erwin Tennessee (first photo). Hugh McColl arranged for the steam plant to be replaced by a new one on the Catawba, so it was shut down in the early 1980s to stop the soot being spread over Uptown (the NCNB pressure washing bill was a negative for share price). The closed plant attracted the attention of artists who set up warrens of studio space in the plant’s husk -- the hungry artists were what kept the Fuel Pizza across the street in business for many years. When the plant was finally razed in the 1990s in order to build the parking lot that was there, the artists fled to NoDa and the long-gone ‘NoDa -- Arts-District’ brand was born. 

In the mid 1980s their were a few Punk shows and a popular dance club was in the building, If I remember correctly, both Hootie and the Blowfish and Superchunk did album cover shoots on the river side of the plant.
 

 

Sure resembles London's

[kermit]

42 minutes ago, Windsurfer said:

Sure resembles London's

Its not widely known that Sir Pearce borrowed many design elements for Battersea Power Station from Latta's Southend Power Plant. Charlotte was known world-wide for its architecture back then. 

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Edited December 12, 2023 by kermit

[Windsurfer]

19 minutes ago, kermit said:

Its not widely known that Sir Pearce borrowed many design elements for Battersea Power Station from Latta's Southend Power Plant  design when Battersea was being designed in the late 1920s. Charlotte was known world-wide for its architecture back then. 

[that last sentence is actually even darker blue than the first one]

When pigs fly...

[carolinaboy]

19 minutes ago, Windsurfer said:

When pigs fly...

Animals.........one of the most overrated albums in the history of music. No blue font.

[Guest]

7 hours ago, carolinaboy said:

Animals.........one of the most overrated albums in the history of music. No blue font.

The album cover however- still iconic 

[QCxpat]

Today 9:30 a.m. - 110 East, 23-story office tower, height: 305 ft./92.9 m.

Edited December 13, 2023 by QCxpat

[Genesis704]

On 12/9/2023 at 4:24 PM, KJHburg said:

I am going to wait until this building is done and I can see the retail space before I pass lots of judgements.  

Tall 90s suburban airport office building.

 

are they going to clad the rest of the deck? Because that is atrocious.

[Guest]

No they will not be. That naked corner is on purpose

[Genesis704]

Im trying to hard to like this thing,  I still have some hope, but knowing that will never be cladded just irks the hell outta me when I see in person, VS what we got in the Renders.

[Reverie39]

1 hour ago, MothBeast said:

No they will not be. That naked corner is on purpose

Why would they not just wrap the design all the way around rather than leave that corner exposed lol

[Miesian Corners]

On 12/12/2023 at 2:05 PM, Windsurfer said:

When pigs fly...

And it's now a shopping mall (no blue font).

[Guest]

17 minutes ago, Reverie39 said:

Why would they not just wrap the design all the way around rather than leave that corner exposed lol

Because it saves them money and it was approved by the planning commission

[CLT Development]

21 minutes ago, MothBeast said:

Because it saves them money and it was approved by the planning commission

Hi, it me, member of planning commission, we do not look at elevations, and parking decks have a screening % requirement, of which this surpasses by a sizable margin. But again, we are not asked to opine upon design, and are rarely shown much more than a site plan.

57 minutes ago, Genesis704 said:

Im trying to hard to like this thing,  I still have some hope, but knowing that will never be cladded just irks the hell outta me when I see in person, VS what we got in the Renders.

That corner will be at least partially obscured from most views by the second phase of this project.

Edited December 15, 2023 by CLT Development

[Guest]

1 hour ago, CLT Development said:

Hi, it me, member of planning commission, we do not look at elevations, and parking decks have a screening % requirement, of which this surpasses by a sizable margin. But again, we are not asked to opine upon design, and are rarely shown much more than a site plan.

That corner will be at least partially obscured from most views by the second phase of this project.

I meant more that the board approved the whole shebang, but thank you for the education as always, it’s great to have a commission member be so accessible. I hope most residents would agree that the UDO should have a higher screening % requirement, but I know that wouldn’t get it any closer to reality. 
 

The worst angle is coming up the rail trail and that won’t be covered up unless a historic landmark is redeveloped (so certainly possible). 

Edited December 15, 2023 by MothBeast