Duke Energy Center - 48 Story Office Tower in Charlotte

[JayGee]

I saw the picture earlier and didn't even notice Spidey hanging on it.

I think I beat him to it (Sept. 9 post in this thread).

[swampfox43]

According to the article today, the roof will include a huge, automated window-washing unit, built in Australia. That sounds pretty cool.

[nashbill]

I think I beat him to it (Sept. 9 post in this thread).

Whatever they pay these guys is not enough.

[Shempster]

Some online Observer article about the Panthers today reads like construction has mysterious stopped on the building??? These guys are something else!

[SentioVenia]

^^I think he was talking about The Vue, but I agree, it wasn't written very clearly.

[HopHead]

Well, it hasn't mysteriously stopped. There has been a slowdown on the exterior though b/c there is a lot of custom welding that has to be done up towards the top of the handle (there was an article in the O about that this week). That is supposed to wrap up at the end of October. They are actively fitting the floors, about one every 4 days.

[DigitalSky]

Pics from a rarely seen angle

(taken from camera phone, I wasn't the one driving)

Links to the pics if those links don't work

http://a.imagehost.org/view/0024/0927091359b

http://a.imagehost.org/view/0671/0927091359a

[AuLukey]

The handle is becoming a very prominent feature in the skyline now. Yesterday my friend and I were driving south down 29 in Concord and as we hit the crest of the hill next to S&D coffee I noted to my friend that you could see straight through the handle even from that distance and he instantly knew what I was talking about. I'm really impressed with how this building turned out. Hopefully the lighting scheme will be bright enough to be seen from a distance as well.

[uptownliving]

I noticed they have the top of the handlebar lit up with the alternating color LEDS. Only the side facing 277 is lit up...so if you are downtown tonight make sure and check it out!

[ScottCLT]

I noticed they have the top of the handlebar lit up with the alternating color LEDS. Only the side facing 277 is lit up...so if you are downtown tonight make sure and check it out!

In case you can't see it tonight, I took a video. It's a little shaky - I was zoomed in, but you get the idea...

[JayGee]

I saw it from 485, so took a ride up 77 to check it out. Very cool.

[Norm2]

That is pretty! Charlotte needs more color at night!

[QCnative]

Wow! That is cool. I wonder if its going to be like that all the time or one solid color but change every now and then.

[JayGee]

Wow! That is cool. I wonder if its going to be like that all the time or one solid color but change every now and then.

I suspect solid and change once in a while. Probably just testing all colors now.

Or it may change gradually through the night. That's pretty cool. Speed Channel HQ has interior lights that do that. They just gradually change color throughout the day.

[Spartan]

Saw the lights tonight. As long as the multi-color thing goes away in favor of one solid/rotating color, this will be pretty sweet.

[InitialD]

[krazeeboi]

A little bit of Hong Kong comes to Charlotte. Nice.

[JayGee]

So where are the lights, on the handlebar, or shining on it? I don't see any on it.

I think there are going to be lights on the angles also. There are dots there that are probably junction boxes, spacing is the same as the verticals.

[Neo]

As I was listening to NPR on my way to work this morning, they were reporting on the new lights. Looks like it will be done tastefully, but they're plan is to offer something unique in the Charlotte skyline. They mentioned lighting it up blue for Panther games, candy cane colors for Christmas, etc. I'm happy to finally see some color in the skyline and hope that they put on some sort of display more often than not.

[DigitalSky]

that's so great, the lights are a much-needed addition to the Uptown skyline. It's like a bigger version of the color-changing lights at the Ballantyne Village theater

[Eastman]

It's so funny, the guys in my office are like "Oh I hate it, to many colors yuk!" I'm like "Guys can they test them a little bit, can they get finished with it first?" I think it will look great when complete.

[southslider]

I think it would be befitting if Mayor McCrory's former employer had a "rainbow tower" as their signature headquarters.

[jednc]

As I was listening to NPR on my way to work this morning, they were reporting on the new lights. Looks like it will be done tastefully, but they're plan is to offer something unique in the Charlotte skyline. They mentioned lighting it up blue for Panther games, candy cane colors for Christmas, etc. I'm happy to finally see some color in the skyline and hope that they put on some sort of display more often than not.

Agreed. I like it when the BoA tower changes the crown lighting, but it doesn't happen often enough.

[JayGee]

Agreed. I like it when the BoA tower changes the crown lighting, but it doesn't happen often enough.

DEC lighting is obviously automated, BofA CC is probably not.

So it should make for some very interesting lighting schemes. It would be very cool if they could do something when we score at home night games. Like flash or do a chasing pattern. That would be the talk of the NFL!

[eastsider]

DEC lighting is obviously automated, BofA CC is probably not.

Correct, they have to manually place some kind of film over the lights at BofA.

Some recent pics of the Duke: