SouthEnd High-Rise Projects

[RANYC]

9 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

That looks really nice.  Where is that?

Ithaca, NY I believe.  The plaza you see down the center used to be a road with street-side parking.

[SydneyCarton]

It’s interesting because smaller cities in the NE that no one really thinks about have gorgeous urban cores.  New Haven, Syracuse, Albany, Portland, Maine, Providence, etc. have stunning old buildings and a lot of potential to be vibrant.  I think that newer Sunbelt cities can learn from these older places.

That being said, SouthEnd is very vibrant.  When I eventually move back to Charlotte, that’s one of the areas that I’d like to live in.

Here’s a random example in Syracuse.

 

 

 

Edited October 9, 2022 by SydneyCarton

[Durhamite]

20 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

It’s interesting because smaller cities in the NE that no one really thinks about have gorgeous urban cores.  New Haven, Syracuse, Albany, Portland, Maine, Providence, etc. have stunning old buildings and a lot of potential to be vibrant.  I think that newer Sunbelt cities can learn from these older places.

Here’s a random example in Syracuse.

 

 

 

I disagree to an extent, most of us southerners/sunbelt natives have visited, lived or spent significant time up norf.  Most of our cities are being built during a different era so it is virtually impossible to replicate that style, basically, it ain’t gonna happen.  Myself,  having  spent significant time in the Northwest, if anything, we should take note of Portland, Ore and Seattle.  Now that type of  “new urbanism”  is possible for pockets of sunbelt cities, which in my opinion, is just as good if not better than the quaint old Northern or New England urban architecture. 

Edited October 9, 2022 by Durhamite

[SydneyCarton]

25 minutes ago, Durhamite said:

I disagree to an extent, most of us southerners/sunbelt natives have visited, lived or spent significant time up norf.  Most of our cities are being built during a different era so it is virtually impossible to replicate that style, basically, it ain’t gonna happen.  Myself,  having  spent significant time in the Northwest, if anything, we should take note of Portland and Seattle.  Now that of type “new urbanism”  is possible for pockets of sunbelt cities, which in my opinion, is just as good if not better than the quaint old Northern or New England urban architecture. 

That’s a good point too.  

Edited October 9, 2022 by SydneyCarton

[Windsurfer]

1 hour ago, Durhamite said:

I disagree to an extent, most of us southerners/sunbelt natives have visited, lived or spent significant time up norf.  Most of our cities are being built during a different era so it is virtually impossible to replicate that style, basically, it ain’t gonna happen.  Myself,  having  spent significant time in the Northwest, if anything, we should take note of Portland, Ore and Seattle.  Now that type of  “new urbanism”  is possible for pockets of sunbelt cities, which in my opinion, is just as good if not better than the quaint old Northern or New England urban architecture. 

Unfortunately, Portland is changing toward the sprawl model now.  I live up here now, (In The Gorge), and were it not for The Gorge being a protected area it would look like California with houses built on the canyon walls. There are a lot of developers lobbying the small areas of Hood River, White Salmon and Stevenson to do just that. Camas and Vancouver are taking off.  If you travel #99 southwest from Portland you can see it happening. It's now being developed all the way down to Mc Minnville., Looks just like parts of Charlotte but with a few more hills. All this while downtown Portland converts the food truck rows to skyscrapers.  There're still pockets left of the Portland we all love, but it's changing. Sadly.

[atlrvr]

On 9/24/2022 at 1:20 PM, DJ8hep said:

Definitely, and since it is a designated historic landmark I think that in the next couple of months the HDC will have a project involving the Leeper Building.

Ahhhh...and there it is.

Proposal to relocate it to the now empty lot at 300 E Worthington.

https://charlottenc.gov/planning/HistoricDistricts/Documents/HDC_Cases_2022_2022-00596.pdf

 

[DJ8hep]

Ahhhh...and there it is.

Proposal to relocate it to the now empty lot at 300 E Worthington.

https://charlottenc.gov/planning/HistoricDistricts/Documents/HDC_Cases_2022_2022-00596.pdf
 

It got on the agenda sooner than I expected! Now to see how the commission and the neighbors react to the proposal during tomorrow’s HDC meeting…

[DonkeyKong]

What’s up with the lowes building?  The south side has a tarp or Something over a portion of the glass.

Edited October 16, 2022 by DonkeyKong

[kermit]

On 10/16/2022 at 12:19 PM, DonkeyKong said:

What’s up with the lowes building?  The south side has a tarp or Something over a portion of the glass.

Walking home today it looks like they are turning the Lowes tower into a giant movie screen / temporary light show. This morning it looked like a movie crew was setting up a shoot (a huge generator was set up in the alley). But this afternoon a bunch of equipment was being loaded onto roof of Barcelona and the screen had been expanded since your photo yesterday. In hindsight, I would guess this is too much stuff for a movie screen, so I bet a light show is more likely.

 

Edited October 17, 2022 by kermit

[DJ8hep]

Walking home today it looks like they are turning the Lowes tower into a giant movie screen. Equipment was being loaded onto roof of Barcelona and a huge generator was brought in and put in the alley.
 
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If it is a movie screen, that will be so interesting! I thought it was going to be some advertising type of poster.

[DonkeyKong]

28 minutes ago, kermit said:

Walking home today it looks like they are turning the Lowes tower into a giant movie screen. Equipment was being loaded onto roof of Barcelona and a huge generator was brought in and put in the alley.

 

Interesting and very cool!  Is there some type of event in the area soon?

[SentioVenia]

A Lowe's tech employee told me they were doing the grand opening this week.

[jjwilli]

17 hours ago, SentioVenia said:

A Lowe's tech employee told me they were doing the grand opening this week.

I have seen a Facebook ad promoting the Lowe's Tech Center Grand Opening this Friday from 5-9pm. Seems open to the public.

[Reverie39]

I don't know if this is permanent or not, but I think having a few large screens in our urban core (visible from street level) could be really nice and add to a big-city feel. Obviously such a screen would be partially used for advertising which can get obnoxious fast, but if you mix in enough other things it can be nice too. A year ago I was walking about Raleigh's North Hills and a big screen on a tower above the street was showing some Panthers players with the announcement "PANTHERS WIN!!!". Showing off local sports team accomplishments, posting fun facts about the Charlotte area, and keeping advertisements limited to local interesting events (like concerts) would make for a nice experience imo.

[hinsp0]

Grey star today:

 

[kermit]

On 10/17/2022 at 4:48 PM, SentioVenia said:

A Lowe's tech employee told me they were doing the grand opening this week.

Turned out to just be an ad on the building.

It was moderately cool, they used all of the muntins (between the windows) for the videos, but still just an ad. Somewhere between lighted billboards on the Ginza and beside the interstate in Cabarrus county.

Edited October 22, 2022 by kermit

[tito_m9]

5 hours ago, kermit said:

Turned out to just be an ad on the building.

It was moderately cool, they used all of the muntins (between the windows) for the videos, but still just an ad. Somewhere between lighted billboards on the Ginza and beside the interstate in Cabarrus county.

and times square isn't just a bunch of blinding ads?

[JRCLT]

Insta: @mattshdr

Awesome view!

[NCMike1990]

What a shot! I like how you can see Fury 325's lift hill in the background.

[JRCLT]

What a shot! I like how you can see Fury 325's lift hill in the background.

He takes so many good shots! This photographer spams my feed sometimes, but they’re all so good that I don’t mind it all haha.

[15895]

4 hours ago, JeanClt said:

Insta: @mattshdr

Awesome view!

I love pics that include SouthEnd because it always has such eye-catching structural density. 

Good view indeed. 

[RANYC]

On 11/24/2022 at 3:38 PM, AirNostrumMAD said:

I love pics that include SouthEnd because it always has such eye-catching structural density. 

Good view indeed. 

From the air, south end looks vital/high-energy, with density to rival any international city.  On the ground, however, it’s not quite there.  Very quickly off the rail trail, density becomes quite patchy.  

[JRCLT]

From the air, south end looks vital/high-energy, with density to rival any international city.  On the ground, however, it’s not quite there.  Very quickly off the rail trail, density becomes quite patchy.  

To be expected from a developing neighborhood from mainly industrial area.

[Reverie39]

18 hours ago, RANYC said:

From the air, south end looks vital/high-energy, with density to rival any international city.  On the ground, however, it’s not quite there.  Very quickly off the rail trail, density becomes quite patchy.  

Dilworth is a beautiful area but it is a vast region of single family homes that back right up to the downtown of a major city. And it will never go away aside from the Morehead corridor because it's obviously old and a major part of Charlotte. I think South End feels constrained because of the sheer size of Dilworth right next door. I wish I could pick it up and move it just like a mile further from Uptown.

[Hushpuppy321]

Definitely a blessing & burden (Dilworth) in some ways - Does take up a major part of Center City Charlotte from more dense construction but I think it does raise Charlotte’s overall appeal in Livability.