Optimist Park / Belmont Projects

[CLT-704]

That's complete BS.  At the Villa Heights community meeting a few months ago Eggleston  said that the 25th street stop was one of the lowest performing stops.  I'll be blown way if this is permanent.

EDIT:  I'm having a hard time trying to figure out why the city asks for planting strips and on street parking for almost all new development. But for this development they elected for only planting strips where parking would be such a necessity for the overall use. 

Edited August 24, 2019 by CLT-704

[kermit]

4 hours ago, SgtCampsalot said:

Any ideas?

Rail-trail? Taking out part of very-low traffic Brevard to put in a high-capacity multi-use trail combined w 25th street bridge would do wonders for pedestrian activity between Optimist Hall and NoDa.

Edited August 24, 2019 by kermit

[SgtCampsalot]

In an unrelated topic, I love this old brick building at the corner of Harrill St and E 17th St (St Paul Baptist Church's senior affordable housing apartments to the left).

Someone once told me the owner uses it as a private music studio. Seems like they at least use it as a house 

Edited August 25, 2019 by SgtCampsalot

[Desert Power]

16 hours ago, CLT-704 said:

That's complete BS.  At the Villa Heights community meeting a few months ago Eggleston  said that the 25th street stop was one of the lowest performing stops.  I'll be blown way if this is permanent.

I guess I will use the light rail even less.  Being able to park near the stations was a good option with the 25th street bridge still at least a year out.  What a joke.

[jtmonk]

To everyone upset about the parking situation on N Brevard Street, please understand that the City can't just let people park whenever and wherever they want to on public streets.  There are rules and procedures the City must implement in order to allow parking on Brevard and I am certain that the City is looking into this but it takes time.  Trust me, as a city planning I wish we could get things done quicker but there are always a lot more things to take into account than people realize when doing things as simple as adding on street parking to an area.   Additionally, if the City isn't planning to add on street parking here, reach out to your council member or the City's Planning Department and talk to them about it, maybe you can help move things along.

[Guest]

FYI, per DOT, so call off the dogs.

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These signs are posted to ensure everyone's safety during some upcoming power line work. The anticipated completion is around the first of the year.

 

Edited August 26, 2019 by Guest

[KJHburg]

the Alexan apartments and the other complex across the street.  Between Optimist Hall and I-277.   Today. 

[CLT-704]

8 hours ago, ricky_davis_fan_21 said:

FYI, per DOT, so call off the dogs.

 

I prefer our current state..

[Desert Power]

It's frustrating when new things start while existing projects are chronically delayed.  Creates a clusterfudge to get around in.

[SpiritOf76]

Quick drive by 10th at Brooklyn. Looks like they started landscaping 

[videtur quam contuor]

When did Seigle Avenue become Brooklyn?

[fortibus]

4 hours ago, tarhoosier said:

When did Seigle Avenue become Brooklyn?

Funny story. After I read your comment I was shocked because I loved Seigle. In a town with seemingly no Jewish presence I always liked to see Seigle, a common Jewish surname. 

I confirmed that Google changed the name. So I called the city and got a hold of the person responsible for street name changes. Turns out Pulte named one of their internal streets Brooklyn and it got messed up in their system. 

BIG snafu. Potentially confusing to emergency services to say the least. They’re fixing it!

[Desert Power]

4 hours ago, fortibus said:

Funny story. After I read your comment I was shocked because I loved Seigle. In a town with seemingly no Jewish presence I always liked to see Seigle, a common Jewish surname. 

I confirmed that Google changed the name. So I called the city and got a hold of the person responsible for street name changes. Turns out Pulte named one of their internal streets Brooklyn and it got messed up in their system. 

BIG snafu. Potentially confusing to emergency services to say the least. They’re fixing it!

Very interesting.  Just noticed that on Google last night

[AP3]

[KJHburg]

well Google better it get it straight as it is Brooklyn Ave which is really Siegle on their maps.

How does this happen so easily this is really a problem that a few clicks and Google maps changes the name?

 

[kermit]

3 minutes ago, KJHburg said:

well Google better it get it straight as it is Brooklyn Ave which is really Siegle on their maps.

How does this happen so easily this is really a problem that a few clicks and Google maps changes the name?

 

Given its complexity Google maps is remarkably accurate. However, given its complexity it should never be taken as gospel, the number of errors (like this) per square mile is alarming.

[this is also one of the bigger challenges for self-driving cars. It’s impossible to have 100% accuracy on maps at this scale but we gotta have them for autonomous cars to work]

[carolinaboy]

No municipality or county should be using Google street data to dispatch 9-1-1 calls. I do this for a living and have never known that to happen. Imagery? Yes. Authoritative street or address data? No.

 

Google maps (and similar) is for public consumption. Some companies use it for routing/delivery, etc. but Charlotte/Mecklenburg PSAP should be using in-house data that's not editable by the public at large.

Edited September 13, 2019 by carolinaboy
can't spell

[fortibus]

1 hour ago, carolinaboy said:

No municipality or county should be using Google street data to dispatch 9-1-1 calls. I do this for a living and have never known that to happen. Imagery? Yes. Authoritative street or address data? No.

 

Google maps (and similar) is for public consumption. Some companies use it for routing/delivery, etc. but Charlotte/Mecklenburg PSAP should be using in-house data that's not editable by the public at large.

The person with the city said that the county's GIS data was wrong. I assume Google Maps has a live connection from city/county governments around the country into their GIS data, so whenever a street name change occurs they get it instantly.

[kermit]

12 minutes ago, fortibus said:

The person with the city said that the county's GIS data was wrong. I assume Google Maps has a live connection from city/county governments around the country into their GIS data, so whenever a street name change occurs they get it instantly.

I don't believe they are live connections -- I think we would see many more 'brownouts' if it were live. Data updates from localities are likely much more sporadic.

[might be wrong]

[Urban Cowboy]

Does anyone know what’s going up here? 

Between North Tryon and the Blue Line. West side of optimist hall. Big dirt lot with the site work shown below.

Edited September 15, 2019 by Urban Cowboy

[KJHburg]

^^ I thought someone said a mini warehouse storage place. 

[SgtCampsalot]

Today:

 

[KJHburg]

from the Charlotte O about Chadbourn Mill redevelopment via Twitter

 

[KJHburg]

another full service restaurant to Optimist Mill.  https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2019/09/19/new-to-market-restaurant-snags-space-in-optimist.html

[jcummings138]

New restaurant coming to Belmont
https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2019/09/25/upscale-restaurant-owners-cooking-up-a-new-concept.html?ana=e_ae_set1&j=84028251&t=Afternoon&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTlRJM01EVmlabUZoT0RkayIsInQiOiJuOFVyRGQwajNFZ1RWQ2ZiTDNhamIwZHVTNHNaNE85djdtSDZxSFJhMmdUaDE0eHE0TjFqUmtNQ3ZFUU9yRWI4NG1zelwvc2ZOXC9JVEs0QnZFazM1NDhHTnV5VkExZkFiZ2FYVTU5bWRQaEdUSHVKWGNkNzhwUDduYTA3b2c4MldcLyJ9


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