Photos of Asheville

[rooster8]

If you've got to do that to build a house, it probably shouldn't be done. Heaven forbid there's ever a earthquake in that area.

[sfmartin]

It seems like you wouldn't be able to get a permit for that - perhaps the "West Asheville Homeowners Alliance" could direct their abundant energies into pushing for code revisions like slope restrictions.

[Neo]

I can't imagine that would be structurally 'sound' but I'm not an architectural engineer. I'm sure they wouldn't be able to build it if it wasn't to code, but it would certainly be an eerie feeling to live in a house built in that situation.

[orulz]

There are actually quite a few houses built like that on Town Mountain on Sunset, Macon, etc; they just don't stand out that much because the trees have had 50-80 years to fill in around them. Nothing unsafe at all. Steel is extremely strong, and the materials used to build homes (wood, drywall, etc) are pretty light.

[burt]

In your second pic, jr7777, the structure on the left looks like the stage house of a theatre. Is it a theatre, and if so, what is its name and is it still used for theatricals or movies?

Great pictures of Asheville by you and others on this board. Thanks.

Here's some photos I got a few days ago, on the top level of the Civic Center garage.

[orulz]

In your second pic, jr7777, the structure on the left looks like the stage house of a theatre. Is it a theatre, and if so, what is its name and is it still used for theatricals or movies?

Great pictures of Asheville by you and others on this board. Thanks.

[artworks1437]

From the top of the Kress Building

From Jackson Building

From the City Building

[hauntedheadnc]

Those are sweet! How'd you get up into those buildings to take the pictures?

[artworks1437]

Those are sweet! How'd you get up into those buildings to take the pictures?

[zen]

Dysfunction Junction from the air

[archiham04]

...and the patton ave weave connection. Were the traffic engineers drunk?