The Avenue

[A2]

thx for the pics ^^^ I think it would be kind of scary to sit on the bacony in one of those condo towers. The one with the exposed concrete slabs just seem so, shall I say, breakable. It would definately be interesting to be "hanging off the side" of your building sipping on a glass of wine with a friend 34 floors up and all of a sudden you start to to a cracking sound.

Of even worse yet, have a stumbling drunk friend get a little too excited and fall off. I am not afraid of heights, but I bet sitting on one would feel kind of wild. JMO.

A2

[origin.clt]

I got a little bored and put this together

progress slideshow

Its a 1.2 mb movie file of progress on the building as seen from the webcam. It can be played in quicktime.

[uptownliving]

Awesome, thanks for putting that together. I think that video shows just how fast most UPers would like these towers to be built. I think that 14 stories in about 30 seconds should satisfy just about everyone

[Charlotteman]

Now that is really cool! What a treat. Thanks!

[AuLukey]

Nice job, it also shows how quickly the higher levels are being built compared to the lower levels. It's amazing the difference in speed.

[Mobuchu]

Awsome Mugen, I hope you have more slow days at work...

[rockhilljames]

SWEET!!

[cltheel.sdl]

Nice! Thanks a lot!

[krazeeboi]

Cool Mugen682!

[dxartist]

very cool....

I'm also glad the webcam was zoomed out a little since the tower is rising pretty fast

[graydog]

Nice.

[cltheel.sdl]

Here is an update from the 19th:

Inside the parking deck:

[krazeeboi]

Cool; this project looks like it's really on the move now. Thanks for sharing.

[Charlotte_native]

Has there been any indication of what will be in the commercial / retail spaces in Avenue?

[uptownliving]

I havn't heard anything but I believe Lincoln Harris is in charge of leaseing it.

[DigitalSky]

[A2]

I love the way it looks from this angle

[appatone]

I'm excited to see this building have an impact from the pedestrian perspective on Tryon.

[ScottCLT]

I love the way it looks from this angle

[Mobuchu]

View of Avenue coming down Church st., will make quite an impact from this angle.

11-3-06

[UrbanCharlotte]

Best angle of the ave.

[atlrvr]

Well, the 18th floor is complete....this thing is officially half-way there......looking good so far.

[kpryde4u]

What are some of the proposed retail going in The Avenue? If possible, I would rather a decent size Barnes and Nobles or Borders perhaps?

[swh1972]

Don't know what's going in, but I would doubt that a Borders or B&N would go there...not now at least. Until Uptown is a retail destination, or grows significantly in population, I would see it as a big risk for a larger retailer to take. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see a good bookstore Uptown, but I don't see a large national chain going in anytime soon.

Not sure if either of the suggestions you made have smaller "urban" store concepts, but I could see that as an alternative.

[Bled_man]

I noticed the other day that the Ave is now readily visible when traveling north on 77. It won't be much longer at the rate they are going until it is visible from other parts of the city and truly begin to make an impact on the skyline.