Ascent Uptown - 33 stories (3rd and Poplar)

[Guest]

47 minutes ago, tozmervo said:

How do you distinguish between art and aesthetics? who do you trust to make that decision for you? I might like a little neon pink in the city for some color, lord knows we complain about beige enough. maybe we should have banned all those tacky flashing led lights going up on all the buildings in uptown. 

In any event, you picked one of the areas in Charlotte protected by a historic overlay district. http://charlottenc.gov/planning/HistoricDistricts/Pages/Home.aspx

 

 

wait you ate the tacky LED lights too?! I thought I was the only one.

[grodney]

On 5/15/2017 at 0:44 PM, atlrvr said:

I keep hoping they put small 1"x1" glass tiles on those concrete columns....would really finish it off. 

Well, not tile, but they're being painted.

 

[jednc]

On 5/22/2017 at 10:52 PM, Seabrooke said:

Well my days of aimlessly wandering uptown taking photos for urbanplanet have finally paid off. My photo made it as a finalist for the #uptownstunner contest!!!! Finally one of my photos of uptown has been noticed. Am I allowed to shamelessly request your votes ? 

http://www.charlottestories.com/ascent-uptowns-uptownstunner-photo-contest/?contest=photo-detail&photo_id=13057

I missed out on the voting. Did your pic win?

[Guest]

9 minutes ago, jednc said:

I missed out on the voting. Did your pic win?

Some super cracked out photoshop job won. 

[QClifer]

where can we see the cracked out photo?

[KJHburg]

It looks like someone was on LSD I think the one submitted by Seabrooke was much better. I don't like images like this. Here is the link http://www.charlottestories.com/ascent-uptown-rented-bbt-ballpark-honor-best-photographers-charlotte/   it has some kind of death rays shooting out of the parking garage! 

Edited May 31, 2017 by KJHburg

[Guest]

45 minutes ago, KJHburg said:

It looks like someone was on LSD I think the one submitted by Seabrooke was much better. I don't like images like this. Here is the link http://www.charlottestories.com/ascent-uptown-rented-bbt-ballpark-honor-best-photographers-charlotte/   it has some kind of death rays shooting out of the parking garage! 

This was a classic Rdfan21 photoshop circa 2004

Edited May 31, 2017 by Guest

[SentioVenia]

I think the winner was literally the worst of all 20.

[jednc]

7 hours ago, Seabrooke said:

nope, the winning picture was way bizarre. Had some great beer and got to meet a lot of cool people, was a fun event!

 so true.... I do not understand how it won

Just looked at the winner. Yours was MUCH better.

[Norm2]

7 hours ago, KJHburg said:

It looks like someone was on LSD I think the one submitted by Seabrooke was much better. I don't like images like this. Here is the link http://www.charlottestories.com/ascent-uptown-rented-bbt-ballpark-honor-best-photographers-charlotte/   it has some kind of death rays shooting out of the parking garage! 

I just checked out the winning photo and I don't think it was really photoshopped. Basically, the person took a longer exposure photo, and during the exposure, they quickly zoomed in on the photo to get that effect with the lights. I have done the same thing with fireworks. I never post my pics on here for fear that someone will steal them.....

[Nick2]

What a shame. Out of all the great shots and creativity, they pick that. 

[CLTProductions]

6 hours ago, Nick2 said:

What a shame. Out of all the great shots and creativity, they pick that. 

Rather indicative of the project in general I'd say

[elrodvt]

^LOL

[atlrvr]

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/living/food-drink/article153796539.html

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William Dissen, chef-owner of The Market Place, a fine-dining restaurant on Asheville’s Wall Street, plans to open Haymaker in Ascent Uptown, 225 S. Poplar St., the new apartment high-rise on Romare Bearden Park.

Haymaker will serve morning coffee, lunch and dinner with a focus on locally sourced and locally grown food, similar to The Market Place. The restaurant will have more than 150 seats, a bar and lounge, an upstairs mezzanine and an outdoor patio.

Dissen, who has been involved in sustainability initiatives, including the Monterey Bay Aquarium and the James Beard Foundation’s Chefs Bootcamp, is also working with Charlotte Center City Partners to include space in Romare Bearden Park for a community and restaurant garden.

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/living/food-drink/article153796539.html#storylink=cpy

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/living/food-drink/article153796539.html#storylink=cpy

 

[lewy2000]

16 posts (and counting) about a social media contest. These guys are g*% damn marketing geniuses! #UptownStunner

[Matthew.Brendan]

3 hours ago, atlrvr said:

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/living/food-drink/article153796539.html

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/living/food-drink/article153796539.html#storylink=cpy

 

While that is great, there is no mention of hours. Any chance this will be open anything more than M-F 8-5 ??? Not holding my breath

[CLTProductions]

13 minutes ago, Matthew.Brendan said:

While that is great, there is no mention of hours. Any chance this will be open anything more than M-F 8-5 ??? Not holding my breath

Well seeing as how its competitor next door is open 7 days a week pretty much morning to late night, I will assume 7 days a week here as well and at least til 11pm or midnight. Not to mention almost everything in 3rd ward is open longer than business hours. I wouldn't worry

Edited June 1, 2017 by Jayvee

[nonillogical]

29 minutes ago, Matthew.Brendan said:

While that is great, there is no mention of hours. Any chance this will be open anything more than M-F 8-5 ??? Not holding my breath

I think that assumption about Uptown dining is way outdated at this point. Every new restaurant in the last 5 years that isn't in the overstreet mall or latta arcade has reasonable weekend and evening hours. 

[Guest]

35 minutes ago, Matthew.Brendan said:

While that is great, there is no mention of hours. Any chance this will be open anything more than M-F 8-5 ??? Not holding my breath

No mention of hours?? It says open for Morning Coffee, Lunch and Dinner. That suggests 7 days a week all day.

[CLTProductions]

1 minute ago, ricky_davis_fan_21 said:

No mention of hours?? It says open for Morning Coffee, Lunch and Dinner. That suggests 7 days a week all day.

Perhaps he thinks the article was dated 2007?

[CharlotteWkndBuzz]

Yesterday, was walking to the Charlotte Symphony concert at Romare (movie scores, pretty awesome btw) and saw that they did a unique, beachy themed, painting on the side facing Ink n Ivy's patio.  I'm not sure if they're are done with it or not, but looked pretty cool walking by it (better than the blank wall previously).

[Guest]

[AuLukey]

The cutouts in the screening with the planters I actually like. All of the random ones strewn about make it look like a hurricane just rolled through and they haven't gotten around to fixing it yet

 

[KJHburg]

It is an #UptownStunner and I noticed the plants on the parking garage. As my mama says if you dont have anything nice to say then don't say it. I will let you judge. 

[nonillogical]

Glad to see they followed through with the greenery. I think once that fills in, which looks like it might happen fast, a lot of people's opinions on this building will soften.