Ally Charlotte Center (f/k/a Tryon Place) - 26 floors - 427'

[GoingUptown]

Here’s a view probably not seen too much; taken this morning.

 

[SydneyCarton]

Between this, the new Duke Tower, and 650 S. Tryon, this area is going to be very impressive.

[GoingUptown]

Going up... up to floors 5-6 now. 

[KJHburg]

^^^ for a minute I thought Legacy 2 was underway but it was just the way the construction wrap was and where the photo was taken I am guessing up Stonewall by DEC. 

[SydneyCarton]

On ‎12‎/‎13‎/‎2018 at 9:00 AM, GoingUptown said:

Here’s a view probably not seen too much; taken this morning.

 

That great view will be even better when the Duke Tower is rising!

[Matthew.Brendan]

[KJHburg]

Yep up to about 5 today.   There is so much construction uptown and in South End you can hardly go a block with a lane closure or passing by a construction site.

 

[KJHburg]

Pouring down rain today but I did get these photos from my perch.  2nd one shows where the new 39+ story Duke Power Tower will rise. 

[SydneyCarton]

The plot of land on which the Duke Tower will be is huge.

[DeleteMe]

4 hours ago, KJHburg said:

 

These are awesome pix K-burg.  Thank you.  I think to fill in that parking lot between Gantt Center and St. Peter's is one of the most important developments for Uptown.  As important to south Tryon as is the parking lot on Trade next to the Presbyterian church.  

Along Trade, these are the parcels, in ranking order of importance(IMHO) to the urban fabric of Trade Street.  Feel free to disagree.

 

Edited December 21, 2018 by MACyr

[J-Rob]

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[SentioVenia]

Edited December 22, 2018 by SentioVenia

[GoingUptown]

Snapped this panoramic photo a little while ago, on a beautiful Christmas Eve day here in the QC.  The job site was quiet.  Not a creature was stirring.  Not even a mouse. 

 

[DMann]

"And all of a sudden there arose such a clatter....."

[Tyrone Wiggum]

13 minutes ago, DMann said:

"And all of a sudden there arose such a clatter....."

As up from the asphalt rose a giant brown shatter?

 

[TheOneRJ]

On 12/20/2018 at 8:42 PM, MACyr said:

These are awesome pix K-burg.  Thank you.  I think to fill in that parking lot between Gantt Center and St. Peter's is one of the most important developments for Uptown.  As important to south Tryon as is the parking lot on Trade next to the Presbyterian church.  

Along Trade, these are the parcels, in ranking order of importance(IMHO) to the urban fabric of Trade Street.  Feel free to disagree.

 

#3 is owned by JWU, so I doubt anything will come of that lot other than it’s current use. 

[KJHburg]

Had a lot of energy this afternoon maybe it was the copious amounts of homemade chocolate chip cookies or the huge piece of chocolate fudge cake or the Christmas Kringle I had for breakfast but walked late this afternoon from N Tryon and 9th to Hill St and S Tryon and back uptown.   Today Tryon Place.  

[atlrvr]

Updated rendering on the project website.

www.allycharlottecenter.com

- Shows enhanced office entrance fronting Tryon

- Shows a bit more articulated set of retail facades

- Includes JW Marriott in rendering as opposed to massing only in previous version

- The mechanical screening now looks more like screening and less like glass additional floor

All in all, except for the top, it's a marginal improvement

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, atlrvr said:

Updated rendering on the project website.

www.allycharlottecenter.com

- Shows enhanced office entrance fronting Tryon

- Shows a bit more articulated set of retail facades

- Includes JW Marriott in rendering as opposed to massing only in previous version

- The mechanical screening now looks more like screening and less like glass additional floor

All in all, except for the top, it's a marginal improvement

Edited December 27, 2018 by Guest

[CTiger]

31 minutes ago, ricky_davis_fan_21 said:

I think the street-scape and retail look good here.  It will be interesting to see what kind of retail gets put in, and if it is anything that can draw people into the courtyard.  I hope I'm wrong, but I have a hunch it will be $$$$ high dollar restaurants and not much else given what else is going on the plot and all the neighboring clientele.

The grid on the Ally Center looks nice, and I think the JW looks sleek in this view.

Anyone know if the mechanical screening is going to have any lighting effects?  It looks like it has a glow in all the renderings I've seen.

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, CTiger said:

I think the street-scape and retail look good here.  It will be interesting to see what kind of retail gets put in, and if it is anything that can draw people into the courtyard.  I hope I'm wrong, but I have a hunch it will be $$$$ high dollar restaurants and not much else given what else is going on the plot and all the neighboring clientele.

The grid on the Ally Center looks nice, and I think the JW looks sleek in this view.

Anyone know if the mechanical screening is going to have any lighting effects?  It looks like it has a glow in all the renderings I've seen.

It will absolutely be LED lit. That was a big deliverable from the very beginning for Crescent.

[videtur quam contuor]

The J. P. Caldwell historic marker is not on these renderings. It is on a post in the sidewalk on the Tryon side of this site facing the (former) location of the newspaper he edited and later owned. 

http://www.ncmarkers.com/Markers.aspx?sp=search&k=Markers&sv=M-19

(The Goodyear shop was my walking distance auto shop and I had time to kill walking around the block there and reading the marker)

Edited December 27, 2018 by tarhoosier

[KJHburg]

It looks like a small balcony on the 2nd or 3rd level and that is a nice touch.  All this and the 2 Legacy towers so far of course will make for a new second Main and Main location for uptown. 

[videtur quam contuor]

The Carolinas AAA auto club had its offices in (perhaps) the last surviving house on South Tryon until the early 1970's. I recall it facing the Observer building so it was on this site or perhaps across Hill Street.

 

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/retro-charlotte/article123362299.html

Edited December 27, 2018 by tarhoosier

[CLT704]

It looks taller in that rendering but that’s probbaly just me. 

Its a shame that the very top will be set back and, based off the rendering, translucent; otherwise, it’s a very nice building! Can’t have it all though... sigh.