Ideas for Creating Culture, Temporary and Permanent, in Charlotte

[Spartan]

3 hours ago, ricky_davis_fan_21 said:

Theres a couple spots in brooklyn too. One of the developers I've spoken to about this container idea wants to do retail topped with residential shipping containers. I just don't know who would buy a place uptown with 0 included parking. 

It will be interesting to see how and if ZipCar changes the car ownership dynamic in Charlotte - particularly in uptown.

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Spartan said:

It will be interesting to see how and if ZipCar changes the car ownership dynamic in Charlotte - particularly in uptown.

That's a fair point. I have both a ZipCar and Car2Go membership, trying to weigh which is better. The problem for me with ZipCar is that you have to drive the car back to where you picked it up, which means I wouldn't be able to use it for driving to the airport, which would be my primary use for a car. Car2Go on the other hand, you can just drop it off anywhere within the queens/brooklyn boroughs, but its a Smart Car so it has 0 cargo space. 

[rockhilljames]

1 hour ago, ricky_davis_fan_21 said:

It'd start at grade. and Cascade down So no need for a ramp, since you could enter at grade from Church St. 

 looks good, speaking as someone who is now in a wheelchair, having a single or narrow point of entry is often less than ideal. During a festival or especially busy times, people seem to unconsciously congregate in those spaces, making it hard for anyone in a chair or any type of other device to get through. Having multiple points of entry often solves that and gives us choices.

[caterpillar2]

I would like to see the old Eastland Mall Land be used as an international grocers/goods area. Perhaps the Asian businesses at the old Tryon Mall could relocate there and make use of containers. The grocers at the present Tryon St. location are tremendous and the restaurants are gem. I vision a great, easier to get to, place at Eastland.  The Tryon Mall area is in horrible shape (like a warzone) and  should be cleared and used for for something different that what it is at present. It could be our own China Town but with other nationals as well?

[Guest]

39 minutes ago, rockhilljames said:

 looks good, speaking as someone who is now in a wheelchair, having a single or narrow point of entry is often less than ideal. During a festival or especially busy times, people seem to unconsciously congregate in those spaces, making it hard for anyone in a chair or any type of other device to get through. Having multiple points of entry often solves that and gives us choices.

You will have a second ramp, just for you "Reserved for Rockhilljames"

[rockhilljames]

3 hours ago, ricky_davis_fan_21 said:

You will have a second ramp, just for you "Reserved for Rockhilljames"

Hell yeah!

[JoshuaDrown]

20 hours ago, Spartan said:

It will be interesting to see how and if ZipCar changes the car ownership dynamic in Charlotte - particularly in uptown.

As this develops in the urban rental market in Charlotte, I'd like to see apartments begin to separate out "car storage" from rent. For renters to truly understand the costs associated with their cars, they should clearly understand how much of their total rental expense is for livable square feet and how much is for the concrete where the car is stored. At some point they should have the option to "opt-in" to car storage or "opt-out". 

[DMann]

Catalyst tried this when it was still a condo with mixed results.

[Spartan]

I think the bigger challenge is that people who live uptown frequently do not work uptown, and that usually means they drive.

[CLTranspo]

1 hour ago, JoshuaDrown said:

As this develops in the urban rental market in Charlotte, I'd like to see apartments begin to separate out "car storage" from rent. For renters to truly understand the costs associated with their cars, they should clearly understand how much of their total rental expense is for livable square feet and how much is for the concrete where the car is stored. At some point they should have the option to "opt-in" to car storage or "opt-out". 

I actually moved to Denver for work recently and was pleasantly surprised that my new apartment in downtown takes $250 off my monthly rent for not having a car. 

[ah59396]

Ive been thinking about what to say in this thread for a while.  I imagine I won't be able to articulate this well through text, but I'm going to try anyways.

You can't "create" culture.  You can try, but it's generally disingenuous and plastic, something our fair city is notorious for.  Culture comes naturally and is defined by the people and places that make it.

Charlotte to me, is in a special place.  It isn't defined by old labels that force its narrative.  What makes it wonderful is that it can be whatever it wants to whomever experiences it.  Boston is Irish and Las Vegas is casinos and Los Angeles is Hollywood.  Charlotte is Charlotte.  

The culture of Charlotte is that it constantly has to prove its worth to everyone looking for culture.  It can't be lazy.  

Take its beer.  Portland or Seattle or San Diego are known for it.  As a result, people assume and maybe unfairly rate poorer quality breweries simple because of the address.  Charlotte can't afford that.  Charlotte's breweries have to break the mold just to make noise.  And they do, resulting in incredible quality.

I guess my point is, ask yourself what you love about where you live.  Those are the things that make Charlotte what it is.  

My favorite thing about Charlotte is that I always believed it's best day was tomorrow.  Nobody beats our aspiration.

[SgtCampsalot]

8 hours ago, ah59396 said:

 My favorite thing about Charlotte is that I always believed it's best day was tomorrow.  Nobody beats our aspiration.

[caterpillar2]

16 hours ago, ah59396 said:

Ive been thinking about what to say in this thread for a while.  I imagine I won't be able to articulate this well through text, but I'm going to try anyways.

You can't "create" culture.  You can try, but it's generally disingenuous and plastic, something our fair city is notorious for.  Culture comes naturally and is defined by the people and places that make it.

Charlotte to me, is in a special place.  It isn't defined by old labels that force its narrative.  What makes it wonderful is that it can be whatever it wants to whomever experiences it.  Boston is Irish and Las Vegas is casinos and Los Angeles is Hollywood.  Charlotte is Charlotte.  

The culture of Charlotte is that it constantly has to prove its worth to everyone looking for culture.  It can't be lazy.  

Take its beer.  Portland or Seattle or San Diego are known for it.  As a result, people assume and maybe unfairly rate poorer quality breweries simple because of the address.  Charlotte can't afford that.  Charlotte's breweries have to break the mold just to make noise.  And they do, resulting in incredible quality.

I guess my point is, ask yourself what you love about where you live.  Those are the things that make Charlotte what it is.  

My favorite thing about Charlotte is that I always believed it's best day was tomorrow.  Nobody beats our aspiration.

Wouldn't Charlotte be "banking?" or "racing?? To many, maybe not the  progressives, there is a culture, just not a culture that many today wish to have. But, I believe that it is all relative in what an individual wishes their culture to be. There are enough options to go around. 

[Nick2]

Charlotte still is in the south believe it or not. Nascar, sweet tea, biscuits, holding the door open for each other, smiling and saying hi to each other when eyes meet, the phrase y'all, and so on are some examples of the "southern culture" that is present in Charlotte. As well as being the epitome of the "new south." With a unique mixture of people relocated from the north and locals. We also have a very real culture of of being very trendy or hip without going as far as being overrun with hipsters. I know many of these things aren't only present in Charlotte but over time, I think that Charlotte can gain it's own identity with a combination of these things. And like it was already stated, culture isn't something created, it happens organically.

Edit: I forgot a big one-- local breweries. 

Edited July 17, 2017 by Nick2

[QCxpat]

Good story in the August, 2018, issue of Charlotte Magazine regarding the future direction for Street Art in the Queen City.

Link;  http://www.charlottemagazine.com/Charlotte-Magazine/August-2018/Charlottes-Street-Art-Scene-Growing-But-Without-Direction-Future-Seems-Unclear/

LOGAN CYRUS - Work by Nick Napoletano seen in Plaza Midwood.

LOGAN CYRUS - Matt Hooker and Matt Moore’s work on the side of the Nook in Plaza Midwood.

[elrodvt]

I really loved the car2go in denver. They were everywhere. Especially nice for a night on the town. Car2Go there then Uber back. I would not have used it nearly as much if I had to return it and/or pay while it sat.

[QCxpat]

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[Hunted]

On 7/30/2018 at 11:42 AM, QCxpat said:

 

LOGAN CYRUS - Matt Hooker and Matt Moore’s work on the side of the Nook in Plaza Midwood.

Not sure if it's been mentioned yet, but Charlotte has tons of power lines. Anybody else ever notice this?

[elrodvt]

It's all relative:

[Guest]

13 minutes ago, elrodvt said:

It's all relative:

imagine if most weren't tied together in the middle. haha. It'd be 10x worse

[videtur quam contuor]

New developments never have poles and wires. These are legacies of our past and can be eliminated if we but choose to do so. Most of Europe rebuilt in the post WWII era and buried their lines. Hell, most of historic Charleston has aerial lines. They do have a plan for burying them which involves neighborhoods taxing themselves.

https://www.postandcourier.com/archives/lowcountry-slow-to-bury-power-lines/article_c00cdf19-bf44-53e8-9fef-6deac8556ad3.html

[kermit]

Its certainly not as bad as politics creeping into threads on transit (mea culpa), but I find it funny that a thread about ‘creating culture’ has drifted into a discussion of... powerlines?

Edited August 1, 2018 by kermit

[Hunted]

I guess I should have used blue text to make it obvious I was being sarcastic.

[QCxpat]

16 minutes ago, Hunted said:

I guess I should have used blue text to make it obvious I was being sarcastic.

There's actually some hope for fewer overhead power lines in Charlotte's future.   As previously reported by UP's Correspondent Extraordinare  @KJHburg  in the Good News Report thread  posted April 17, 2017.

"Something talked about  a lot on these message boards is finally going to happen.  Duke Energy is spending $4.9 Billion to bury power lines in their service area over the next 10 years."

Link:  http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2017/04/12/duke-energy-plans-13b-in-new-infrastructure.html

[elrodvt]

8 hours ago, ricky_davis_fan_21 said:

imagine if most weren't tied together in the middle. haha. It'd be 10x worse

Actually that is how the entertainment district looks.  I just couldn't find a picture I liked.