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[dubone]

I drove by yesterday, also. The sad thing is that the side that appears like large blocks of limestone is just sections of stucco. In a building that architecturally appears like it should have clean smooth lines has that fuzzy stuccoy appearance. Very disappointing. However, that side will not be seen nearly as often, and I really like the glass side.

[crispin]

That is sad. But fortunately, I don't think I've ever used the street that passes by the stucco side. So I'll just pretend it doesn't exist.

[dubone]

Here are some photos from earlier today

You might be able to see the cheap EIFS effect closer in:

[TowerRooster]

man, i wish they'd outlaw that stuff

[peaceloveunderstanding]

why didn't they make the whole thing with that cool glass? The glass part is great.

[UrbanCharlotte]

It's looking pretty much done. Pretty cool looking when you drive down kings.

[Mobuchu]

You might be able to see the cheap EIFS effect closer in:

I was told that those are actually prefab blocks. It looks pretty good, we'll see how it looks years from now...

[dubone]

That is good news.

I do agree with comments, though, that they should have made it all from glass. There was actually a WCNC story about how it looks like a jail.

[Rickydavisfan21]

that'd be a pretty neat looking jail, I'm gonna go rob a bank now... haha, I can definately see that tho

so I'm assuming that the areas on the side facing kings drive that appear to have no glass are just not reflective completely seethrough glass, to create that affect/pattern. I like it tho.

[dubone]

Well, it does look almost exactly like the style of Jail Central at Mcdowell and Trade uptown.

[turbocraig]

I absolutely love this building; all sides of it. Fortress-like and forboding juxtaposed with total glassy transparency, complete with exposed structural elements. It's just freaking beautiful, and long overdue.

[cinco]

I absolutely love this building; all sides of it. Fortress-like and forboding juxtaposed with total glassy transparency, complete with exposed structural elements. It's just freaking beautiful, and long overdue.

here, here! i drove by this past saturday... they had the visors on the windows and everything. very nice indeed.

[Mobuchu]

I was told that those are actually prefab blocks. It looks pretty good, we'll see how it looks years from now...

Well, I dont want to give false info, so as it turns out I was wrong. Not prefab blocks, but hey, it still looks great...

[cltheel.sdl]

It's a nice, different building. We need more variety of buildings in Charlotte.