Triad Photo of the Day

[DCMetroRaleigh]

cool pics

[cityboi]

Here is an image of Greensboro's skyline from the north tower of Moses Cone hospital now under construction. I would love to see Greensboro's skyline spread out to the right. A potential phase 2 of Greenway Apartments at Fisher Park near the ballpark could very well do that. But this is actually one of the best angles of Greensboro's skyline because of its density.

Edited May 8, 2012 by cityboi

[cityboi]

courtesy of 99 blocks.

The original O'Henry Hotel in downtown Greensboro. It was built in 1919 and demolished in 1979. The hotel had 300 rooms and currently the Bellemeade parking deck occupies this location.

In comparison to the new O'Henry built at Friendly Shopping Center

More photos including more interior photos can be seen at the link below

http://www.ebay.com/...-All-Categories

Here is the King Cotton Hotel at the corner of Davie and E Market St in Greensboro which was built in 1926. It was built the same year the 15-story Guilford Building and Carolina Theatre were built. Towards the end it was used as a dorm for NC A&T students and was demolished in 1973. Its a shame the News & Record building takes up that entire block. All those little store fronts would have been great for restaurants, shops and entertainment. The King Cotton could have been renovated and converted to luxury apartments. But the mindset in the late 1960s and early 1970s was "urban renewal".

the demo

The old Guilford Hotel. Currently the Woolworth building / International Civil Rights Museum is in this location

Here is the 10-story Self Help building.

Apparently there has been some discussion at one point to renovate the Self Help building and change the facade. Its needs a face life. Two sides of the building are completely brick with no windows or architectural detail. A pretty big eye sore. If the building doesn't get renovated I would suggest using the brick sides as a canvas for art or a mural similar to what Charlotte did in the 1990s with a big mural on the side of a building showing the Charlotte Hornets.

example

http://www.robl.w1.com/Pix-3/C980152.jpg

The building has an adjoining parking deck and a great re-use for the building would be apartments or a hotel. The building is located across the street from Center-City Park. Here are renderings from a UNCG Interior design student.

Very interesting and different. Its certainly not a conservative or traditional design.

Edited May 24, 2012 by cityboi

[cityboi]

courtesy of wfmy

Greensboro

[cityboi]

photos of some historic downtown Greensboro buildings.

photos courtesy of DGI

Scott Building

Myers Building

Biltmore Greensboro Hotel

Natty Greene's Pub & Brewery

Natty Greene's Pub & Brewery

Guilford Building

Dixie Building

Flat Iron Building

Community Theater of Greensboro

Carolina Theatre

Triad Stage (Pyrle Gibson Theater)

upstage cabaret at Triad Stage

Edited June 15, 2012 by cityboi

[LesterA]

Thank you for the pictures. Often overlooked, the flat iron remains one of my favorite buildings downtown.

[cityboi]

The Flat Iron is a kinda unique in Greensboro. I'm glad it was one of those buildings that escaped demolition. There is a bar/pub on the first floor and the inside has been converted to condos.

[cityboi]

The photos below are of the old revolution textile mill north of downtown. The old mill was renovated some years ago and is an incubator for small businesses and has space for meetings and events. However there are plans for more renovations. When completed, the Revolution Mill complex will consist of a mixed-use city-within-a-city, composed of office, retail, commercial, and residential space. The mill was one of three large mills the Cone brothers built. (Revolution, Proximity and White Oak). Moses and Caesar Cone established a textile empire in Greensboro thanks to the railroad. Textiles built much of Greensboro in the early to mid 20th century. There are also other mills across the city. One was demolished for UNCG student housing. That mill was turned into a mall in the 1980s (Cotton Mill Square). The Pamona Mill is located near the coliseum. More recent textile companies such as Burlington Industries and Guilford Mills called Greensboro home. Today the world's largest apparel company VF Corp. is headquartered in Greensboro. Its the parent company of Wrangler Jeans which is also headquartered in Greensboro downtown. VF Corp owns other brands such as Lee, JanSport, TImberland, Nautica, Eagle Creek and others. VF Corp is Greensboro's only fortune 500 company. Hanes, another Triad apparel company, is based in Winston-Salem The company is known for its Hanes underwear brand. There are a lot of national brands based right here in the Triad.

Revolution Mill Studios. The mill was built in 1900 and is located just south of the Cone Mills White Oak plant which is in operation today. Also nearby is State Street station which was a mill village shopping village in the early 20th century. The architecture of the shopping village resembles French Quarter New Orleans and today is an upscale boutique shopping village with restaurants.

Now if they can convert the old R J Reynolds cigarette plant in Greensboro into something special. That building ,currently being used for storage, is located across the street from the Lorillard Tobacco Company cigarette plant.

A chain of Cone textile mills

When you think of Greensboro, you think of textiles and when you think of Winston-Salem, you think of tobacco. But Greensboro has its own history in tobacco. Lorillard Tobacco Company, the third largest in the United States after Phillip Morris and RJR, is based in Greensboro. The cigarette plant on East Market Street opened in the 1950s. The company is known for its Newport brand.

Lorillard's corporate headquarters

Edited June 26, 2012 by cityboi

[cityboi]

photos of the Douglas Galyon Depot in downtown Greensboro. The depot was built in 1926. In the early 2000s the depot expanded to become the first major North Carolina city to have a multi-modal transportation station. The depot is the hub for city bus service, P.A.R.T. regional bus service, coach/greyhound and Amtrak. Greensboro is blessed to still have its historic train station but the city has another historic train station that still stands today. It's Greensboro's second railway station which was built in the 1899. Its located where the train tracks cross South Elm Street. Greensboro's first train station was built in the 1850s and it was called the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Greensboro Depot. It was turned into a freight depot.

Douglas Galyon Depot. The original part of the depot was designed by the same architects who helped design Grand Central Station in New York. Currently Greensboro has the largest train/transportation center in the state and is also the most attractive and grandest train station among NC's five largest cities. It's the closest thing to New York's Grand Central Station in NC. Once Gateway Station in Charlotte is built, it will be the largest transportation center in the state. Before Greensboro's Mutli-modal transportation center opened, the city's Amtrak Station was located about 2 miles west of downtown near the Greensboro Coliseum (Pomona Station) I could see that station be renovated at some point in the future and it could serve as the "coliseum" light/commuter rail stop. Local transportation officials have also envisioned a commuter rail station at Piedmont Triad Intl Airport. Currently a P.A.R.T. regional bus station is located near the airport but it would likely move to an airport commuter rail station. But this is many years away.

The old Pomona Amtrak Station near the Greensboro Coliseum. The exterior and interior could be redesigned for a future commuter rail stop.





Douglas Galyon Depot. Even though the main building of the depot was built in 1926, this is actually Greensboro's third train station. Greensboro was going through a building boom in the mid 20s (roaring twenties) The Jefferson Standard Building was built in 1923. The depot, The Carolina Theatre, 13-story King Cotton Hotel and 15-story Guilford Building (Greensboro National Bank) were built in 1926.

courtesy of Joe Architect





CityView Apartments in the background




























aerial of the depot complex






Greensboro's second train station built in 1899 still stands today.



Greensboro's first Depot (built in the 1857 it burned down in the mid 1980s) After the 1899 station was built it was used as a freight station. It was located where the railyard in Southside is today. In fact the foundation of the building can be seen on google earth today. Some of the cobblestones in the railyard from the 19th century are also still there today. If the station had not burned down, it would be among the oldest structures in downtown Greensboro. Most of the 19th century buildings that stand today were built closer to the end of the 1800s. When this structure was built James Buchanan was president of the United States. This was before the civil war and before Abraham Lincoln's presidency. Its a shame it burned down. The city has been trying to purchase the rail yard from Norfolk Southern so it can be turned into a park. That structure could have been renovated and turned into an entertainment venue (blues nightclub/restaurant) or park event space.

[DCB]

That's really interesting. I've never heard about the original depot. Am I correct in assuming that the original depot was located where this large foundation is on google maps? https://maps.google.com/?ll=36.067833,-79.788425&spn=0.001285,0.002064&t=h&z=20

Also, I guess they've also added helicopter imagery for Greensboro now, too.

[cityboi]

That's really interesting. I've never heard about the original depot. Am I correct in assuming that the original depot was located where this large foundation is on google maps? https://maps.google....002064&t=h&z=20

Also, I guess they've also added helicopter imagery for Greensboro now, too.

I didn't realize Greensboro had a much older depot than the 1899 depot until recently. I think it shows how important Greensboro was a rail hub.

You are correct about the google maps location. That's the foundation of the 1857 depot. Its a shame it burned down. Greensboro could have had three historic train station intact.

Edited July 9, 2012 by cityboi

[cityboi]

downtown Greensboro

[cityboi]

Just a little Triad rivalry humor!

 

[cityboi]

 views from two of downtown's newest luxury apartment complexes. Both will be undergoing major expansions. CityView will be the largest. CityView already expanded with its new four story "Greenline Building". Once the next round of expansion is complete, CityView will have over 400 apartments. The Greenway at Fisher Park was comlete at the end of last summer and plans for phase two should begin in late spring or summer of 2013.

 

photos courtesy of CityView and Greenway at Fisher Park

 

CityView at Southside

 

 

Greenway at Fisher Park

 

 

 

apartment photos of CityView at Southside

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  images of the  Greenway at Fisher Park

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 2, 2013 by cityboi

[kdub1]

My pictures of the recently opened 311 bypass...except that NCDOT chose to keep 311 on its old alignment between Sophia and U.S. 220.

[kdub1]

More pictures of the recently opened I-74

[cityboi]

King Cotton Hotel in downtown Greensboro. Built in 1926 and imploded in 1971. It was located at the corner of East Market and Davie St almost across the street from the site of the planned Wyndham Hotel which will be about the same height..

 

Edited March 21, 2014 by cityboi

[cityboi]

Greensboro skyline in 1978

 

 

Today

 

Edited May 18, 2014 by cityboi

[cityboi]

Sheraton Four Seasons Greensboro / Joseph S. Koury Convention Center.

 

Located at the I-40/ High Point Rd (future Gate City Blvd) interchange adjacent to Four Seasons Town Centre.

 

facts:

- the largest convention hotel between Atlanta and Washington DC with over 1,000 guest rooms

- the hotel has several restaurants and a night club.

- the tallest hotel in North Carolina with 28-stories

- tallest building in North Carolina not located in a downtown

- only major city in North Carolina with a privately constructed and owned convention center.

- there were once plans to expand the adjacent 3-story mall and connect it with the hotel and convention center.

- the smaller 15-story tower dates back to the 1970s with the convention center opening in 1990. The 28-story tower was built atop the convention center in 1994. The hotel just went through a $30 million renovation.

- The hotel use to be branded as the Holiday Inn Four Seasons

 

Edited January 17, 2015 by cityboi

[BullDurhamer]

[zalo]

http://i630.photobucket.com/albums/uu27/rmhpmi/7FDD2F71-8140-4FB9-8A84-3F7A56DA2406-143-000000300546C185_zps721c8d33.jpg

[cityboi]

Snow Pictures in downtown Greensboro (CityView at Southside Apartment Complex) Greensboro got 5 to 6 inches of snow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 pool area at CityView

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Downtown panoramic from CityView

 

Edited February 26, 2015 by cityboi

[cityboi]

Greensboro at night

Edited December 3, 2015 by cityboi

[cityboi]

Edited February 17, 2016 by cityboi

[zalo]

Nocturnal view of Main Street's skyscraper canyon, courtesy of Camel City Nightlife. These guys offer free rides throughout downtown, with only the request of a tip. Its a great way to connect the Camel City's various restaurants/bars w/out having to find multiple parking spots. Call 336-891-CART operating TUES-SAT 6:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.