Lexy

State Representative, Republican Beth Harwell's brother-in-law (and author) Jim Harwell is the money man behind this group. He's a VOCAL opponent of Mayor Barry and isn't afraid to let you know it according to his facebook. Ask to see their books and they'll block you on their facebook page. I asked for transparency with their "volunteer" funding and they blocked me.

So you all know who's behind the Better Transit page, right?

Good looking building! This will be a nice addition and welcomed density!

We could always put a giant cut-out of the planned (but never built) City Center II in the plaza!

Of course! When you can't have New York City, go for its smaller cousin up north in Boston. I'm not a fan.

Travel to Europe is historically low during the winter months. This isn't anything to worry about.

My hopes: Light Rail. More density and less flat roofs. Taller than 20-25 floor buildings in SoBro (the height restriction is stupid). Another International non-stop flight to Asia, Mexico, or Europe. My wishes: Reconstruction of major interstate interchanges (I-24, 40, & 440 comes to mind). Expanded Music City Star services More creativity with designs and less "cookie cutter" architecture. Beat the hell out of Raleigh and Austin in every single ranking conceivable. (Raleigh is just a GIANT suburb-like city and Austin...it's in Texas and that's all that needs to be said). My predictions: I don't do predictions. Happy 2018 friends!!

I'm in love with this place.

Construction workers look on as de-construction workers make some room in downtown. What those ladies and gentlemen were watching was painfully obvious yesterday.

I've always thought this would be a good idea personally. I mean, do you really think there's another similarly sized city that could pull it off? Raleigh isn't exactly a tourist draw and Austin is cool, but only on the surface.

It either happens now, or we stop the growth and it never gets done because of one reason or another. Bottomline is it has to be done and now is as good a time as any. When it's too late, it will be impossible to implement and the growth numbers will not justify it.

Charlotte

Thank you! If I may, I'd like to submit this view as well. The density within West End and Midtown is really starting to go up along the major roads.

As the husband of a realtor, I'll be honest with you, a LOT of these "names" for neighborhoods come from the developers themselves and their affiliated marketing teams. I hate it too, but they have to have something to hang their hats on when marketing these gentrified spaces.

One that I think bears mentioning is this perspective...