Bearden Park in Third Ward, Uptown Charlotte

[Guest]

Grand opening Jun 14, right?

 

 

 

Woah!!!! Its looking like a park! I really don't think the red clay on this side of the park is long for this world. I'm so excited! I'll be there on Saturday!

Edited April 17, 2013 by Guest

[Guest]

I flew in from the city on Saturday to go to a party at Bentleys on 27. The glare was horrendous, but the park looked amazing! 

 

I also stayed at the hyatt house (which was actually great) and got a horrific sunburn at Triple C. I can say I'm very proud of my hometown, we are growing in all the right ways.

[UptownCLTwalker]

An image from this weekend.

 

[nowensone]

At this rate the stadium will be finished first.  

 

Sodding/planting is I agree a quick task, but they just don't seem on pace with everything else.

[nonillogical]

Yeah the Church side is looking pretty close but the big moon green side near the stadium still has a lot of dirt to move into steps/tiers and some hard construction of the "ballpark plaza" area hasn't even begun. The "evocative spine", the main walking path, doesn't look like its reached this half of the park yet, so I'm betting we can expect a slightly postponed opening.

[Guest]

Yeah the Church side is looking pretty close but the big moon green side near the stadium still has a lot of dirt to move into steps/tiers and some hard construction of the "ballpark plaza" area hasn't even begun. The "evocative spine", the main walking path, doesn't look like its reached this half of the park yet, so I'm betting we can expect a slightly postponed opening.

I wouldn't doubt if they opened it in phases. Thats what they do with parks up here.

[nonillogical]

I wouldn't doubt if they opened it in phases. Thats what they do with parks up here.

I don't see that happening...the delineation would be a bit awkward, with the main green space being the unfinished portion, and put quite the damper on the big grand opening that everyone is expecting. I'm sure they can still hit a summer opening with everything completed as planned, just maybe not June. 

[HopHead]

There was a press release of some sort in the last week or two that indicated they were still on target for a mid-June Grand Opening. Supposed to have live music, food, etc... So maybe it is still on. 

[nonillogical]

I went and checked out the Mint St. side of the park yesterday and its progressed a lot farther than I thought it had. The steps leading up to the big moon green are done, and it doesn't look like there is much stone work left to do, although I couldn't see the "evocative spine" walking path, and I think they are building another gazebo type structure for the "baseball plaza" near Mint/MLK.

[DMann]

The parking lot on the corner of Third and Tryon is screaming for a signature development.  I can't wait to see what goes there.

[MilZ]

The parking lot on the corner of Third and Tryon is screaming for a signature development.  I can't wait to see what goes there.

 

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ls3p.com/wp-content/themes/ls3p/includes/timthumb.php%3Fsrc%3Dhttp://www.ls3p.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/300SouthTryon09.jpg%26h%3D400&imgrefurl=http://www.ls3p.com/projects/mixed-use/300-south-tryon/&h=400&w=611&sz=44&tbnid=cJSfuh8wspdDiM:&tbnh=80&tbnw=122&zoom=1&usg=__nNB9fHUxktjtKevHyGTkjixxeMo=&docid=CCuflPO0Yo4HhM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=0IJ6UY-DMtao4AOYm4DoBg&ved=0CEAQ9QEwAg&dur=427

 

I wish

Edited April 26, 2013 by MilZ

[ScottCLT]

 

 

 

 

Oh my God....did they seriously spell it "ROMARE BEARDEN PARK"????????

[nonillogical]

Oh my God....did they seriously spell it "ROMARE BEARDEN PARK"????????

...is that not correct? Every search result I find uses that spelling. 

[ssh214]

...is that not correct? Every search result I find uses that spelling. 

Yea I looked it up too that's how I saw it as well. I don't see the mistake??

[ah59396]

Agreed. Everything I see is "Romare".

[ScottCLT]

Wow, I feel like an idiot now  

 

All this time I thought it was Romane Bearden, not Romare Bearden. I literally have been saying/spelling his name like that for years. I'm really surprised that I haven't been called out previously by someone or noticed the difference in spelling somewhere else. I think my brain has been incorrectly auto-correcting what I've been reading for years. But sure enough, it's Romare. You all are correct. Damn, I feel enlightened now.

[nowensone]

I've googled his last name at least 3 times so far as "Rearden", and was then frustrated I couldn't find links, so don't feel bad.  

[Norm2]

Wow, I feel like an idiot now  

 

All this time I thought it was Romane Bearden, not Romare Bearden. I literally have been saying/spelling his name like that for years. I'm really surprised that I haven't been called out previously by someone or noticed the difference in spelling somewhere else. I think my brain has been incorrectly auto-correcting what I've been reading for years. But sure enough, it's Romare. You all are correct. Damn, I feel enlightened now.

I almost thought you were talking about Romaine Lettuce! It is amazing how our eyes will auto-correct words for us.....or misspell words for us.

Oh btw, I have hit 1,000 posts and am now officially a Burg!

[Guest]

Wow, I feel like an idiot now

All this time I thought it was Romane Bearden, not Romare Bearden. I literally have been saying/spelling his name like that for years. I'm really surprised that I haven't been called out previously by someone or noticed the difference in spelling somewhere else. I think my brain has been incorrectly auto-correcting what I've been reading for years. But sure enough, it's Romare. You all are correct. Damn, I feel enlightened now.

I read this post at least 10 times before I saw the difference between Romare and Romane, damn r's and n's look so much alike, so I give you a pass this time... This time...

[ScottCLT]

It's crazy...even though I don't know any of you personally, I feel like we are all friends on this board since I read your posts so often so I wouldn't take too much offense even if you somewhat offensively called me out completely on that mistake. But that of course wasn't the case. Nice little online community we have here. Thanks for letting me off the hook on this one...

Edited April 27, 2013 by ScottCLT

[Guest]

It's crazy...even though I don't know any of you personally, I feel like we are all friends on this board since I read your posts so often so I wouldn't take too much offense even if you somewhat offensively called me out completely on that mistake. But that of course wasn't the case. Nice little online community we have here. Thanks for letting me off the hook on this one...

Interestingly enough my wife and I always refer to Union Square as "Onion Square" 100% jokingly, so maybe I'll call it Romaine Lettuce Park from now on :-P. 

[navigator319]

First bit of grass has gone in.... the roof of the bathroom building

[UptownCLTwalker]

Would be cool to see an updated aerial shot with the grass. Any takers?

[grodney]

Here's about the best I can do with a phone through dirty windows from 400ST19.  The arbor has been painted, I believe, but not the kiosk yet.

 

 

Edited May 1, 2013 by grodney

[tozmervo]

There's probably a turf manufacturer somewhere that has giant rolls of sod ready to put on trucks, drive up along side the park, and turn this green in a matter of a couple of days.