Museum Tower - 31 story Childress Klein Apartments

[CLTProductions]

I'll be at the topping out event today but it doesn't really look like they're ready to top out. But whatever. Looks great. 

[AP3]

Looking good from South End

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The view is stunning! 300ST will look good from up here! Just a friendly tip to those moving in, don't forget to wear pants!

Edited March 11, 2016 by Piedmont767

[CLTProductions]

 Here are some more views from the 35th floor. 

[CarolinaCrown]

[grodney]

From in front of the Panthers' House:

[CarolinaCrown]

 

27 minutes ago, grodney said:

From in front of the Panthers' House:

Giggity

[CarolinaCrown]

[Silicon Dogwoods]

On 3/10/2016 at 8:56 AM, AP3 said:

Looking good from South End

Except for the ghastly creosote poles and sagging wires.

[ah59396]

52 minutes ago, Silicon Dogwoods said:

Except for the ghastly creosote poles and sagging wires.

[Silicon Dogwoods]

3 hours ago, ah59396 said:

Charlotte isn't an impoverished town in India.

Edited March 22, 2016 by Silicon Dogwoods

[tozmervo]

Figure ground photo from Kyoto, ca 2008. 

[Silicon Dogwoods]

3 hours ago, tozmervo said:

Figure ground photo from Kyoto, ca 2008. 

Or even Kyoto.

Obviously, best practice is to bury power lines. That's why starting with Beverly Woods East in 1966, Charlotte developers started burying power lines.

But Charlotte has lots of legacy poles and wires that will likely never be buried.

Everyone will have converted to solar before Duke will bury the wires.

David Frum, FWIW:

http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/02/opinion/frum-buried-lines/

One other thing, in the spirit of putting money where mouth is: I buried the power line to my house not long after I bought it in 2007. Duke charged me $800 for that and I had to beg them to do it. But at least it's buried and I didn't have to punch a new hole in my roof when I had it re-shingled (old hole no longer met code.)

 

Edited March 23, 2016 by Silicon Dogwoods

[Miesian Corners]

 Sorry to continue the conversation about this, but developers should bury the utilities in new projects. If there was a program that partnered developers with the city and Duke, they could have produced a profound positive impact on South Blvd and North Davidson in the last five years. CDOT should, at the very least, bury lines at signalized intersections (and use mast arm poles for signals) when new road projects/improvements occur. 

 

We now take you back to your regularly scheduled programming.   

[KJHburg]

This morning from Romare Bearden Park 

[KJHburg]

a couple of photos from my walk around uptown today from a couple of angles. This tower has a commanding presence for sure. (on a side note what happened with the discussion about 300 South Tryon?) 

[CarolinaCrown]

[navigator319]

A different angle...

[Guest]

18 minutes ago, navigator319 said:

A different angle...

I've shared my distain for the Tryon facing side of the buildings "crown" or lack there of on Social Media, now I will on here. Its perplexing to me that only the West facing side of this building has a feature to it. The other side is just a big box. This side will look awesome, other side, will be SO forgettable. 

[Rufus]

1 minute ago, ricky_davis_fan_21 said:

I've shared my distain for the Tryon facing side of the buildings "crown" or lack there of on Social Media, now I will on here. Its perplexing to me that only the West facing side of this building has a feature to it. The other side is just a big box. This side will look awesome, other side, will be SO forgettable. 

I get what you're saying, but it is still world's better than some other developments.  At least it is complete glass on all sides.  Plus, the Tryon side does have the Mint in front of it to give it some heft.  Essentially, this is a Church St facing building, and I think that speaks volumes to the current swath of development -- it's no longer about Tryon. 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Rufus said:

I get what you're saying, but it is still world's better than some other developments.  At least it is complete glass on all sides.  Plus, the Tryon side does have the Mint in front of it to give it some heft.  Essentially, this is a Church St facing building, and I think that speaks volumes to the current swath of development -- it's no longer about Tryon. 

Its also no longer about the Southeast view of the skyline. The northwest side view is becoming just as iconic as the Southeast. It just frustrates me. 

Not that i've seen this building in person since the Arizona and Seattle Panthers Playoff games. 

[15895]

I have no complaints, aesthetically. It's a filler building to me.

[cltbwimob]

12 minutes ago, AirNostrumMAD said:

I have no complaints, aesthetically. It's a filler building to me.

It's a filler building and a pretty good looking one at that.  Much better, in my opinion, than the original plan and certainly better than nothing at all.

[KulBC]

The top is starting to take shape: 

[alb1no panther]

2 hours ago, KulBC said:

The top is starting to take shape: 

 must've missed the memo . . . what do final renderings of the roof look like? that looks pretty damn awesome from that angle.  and i agree, Tryon already has enough attraction, add to it that the museum also faces tryon, it's nice to have the building "look" the other way, and draw attention to other parts of uptown.