tarhoosier 1734 Report post Posted January 10 These houses are at the Little Rock AME Zion Church and I knew the wife of James and visited this site when the houses were relocated. James did some of the final work himself. North McDowell Street at 7th. 1 hour ago, SpiritOf76 said: 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King of the Queen City 803 Report post Posted January 11 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KJHburg 26186 Report post Posted January 11 ^^ Love the Capt. Jack statue and Marshall Park as many problems as it has shows a small lake makes a great reflection. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KJHburg 26186 Report post Posted January 11 (edited) newly released photos from the KJ Vault of old photos a younger KJ took. From 1988 the Queen City I present you with the briefly tallest building in town the One Wells Fargo Center under construction (aka One First Union at the time) before the Bank of America Corp. Center was NOT around yet. We have come a long way baby! One thing to think of this was 30 years think of all the office towers just office towers added. San Antonio for example approx. same size of Charlotte and fast growing is just adding its first one since this time period the new Frost Tower. Let that sink in the next time you complain about the design of this tower or that one. How many did we add since 1988? I don't have time to count now. Edited January 11 by KJHburg 18 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nick2 3074 Report post Posted January 11 View from the top of Crowder's mountain. Source 22 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hinsp0 225 Report post Posted January 11 I remember when One First Union was finished and enjoyed a special trip to the top floor. The view was better than the previous best (the old Slug’s restaurant). Anyways, there was no Ballantyne in 1988, but here’s a picture of uptown from Ballantyne today. 13 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King of the Queen City 803 Report post Posted January 12 (edited) 7 hours ago, KJHburg said: ^^ Love the Capt. Jack statue and Marshall Park as many problems as it has shows a small lake makes a great reflection. Yeah, the water features are the best part of Marshall Park, one of the classic vantage points of the Charlotte skyline. Though the fact that BOACC, Hearst, and a number of other buildings are largely blocked from there have lessened its prominence in recent skyline shots, it still showcases buildings like One Wells Fargo and DEC well. I was mainly interested in seeing how LU1 looked from there. Trees and the board of education block it from being reflected in the lake, but you get a nice view of it from the fountain. Looking forward to seeing how the new Duke Power tower will look from there. By the way, building a large moat around Uptown that you can travel by boat is part of my master plan for Charlotte. Imagine skyline reflection shots from every angle! Edited January 12 by King of the Queen City 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J-Rob 2048 Report post Posted January 12 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JFerreira91 111 Report post Posted January 12 Folks, your city is Booming. Last time I was around was in May 2018, and I’m impressed how many more buildings are finished or popping up around uptown.I had an amazing lunch next to the railtracks.Also, you should see people in the plane when we were landing, most of them were breaking their necks looking to see the skyline, I was one of them lol.Really, I’m having a nice time!!!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 20 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hushpuppy321 457 Report post Posted January 12 17 minutes ago, Jeanf1991 said: Folks, your city is Booming. Last time I was around was in May 2018, and I’m impressed how many more buildings are finished or popping up around uptown. I had an amazing lunch next to the railtracks. Also, you should see people in the plane when we were landing, most of them were breaking their necks looking to see the skyline, I was one of them lol. Really, I’m having a nice time!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk That speaks volumes. Thanks for sharing! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JFerreira91 111 Report post Posted January 12 Here are my 2 cents.. I’m new with TapaTalk, so I’m not sure how this pictures looks when using a computer.Btw, there’s a small Trump demonstration at the Bearden Park.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpiritOf76 615 Report post Posted January 12 Blast from the past - August, 2010 I took these when I visited Uptown for the first time. My company had sent me here on a site visit, as they had asked me to relocate to our new location in Lancaster SC. (I currently live in Commonwealth) My initial reaction to Charlotte was that it was "too clean". Having lived in Baltimore City (Fell's Point) for a few years prior to the move, living in Charlotte was going to be a hell of an adjustment. So I wandered about and took these pics of third ward. How things have changed... My only regret - not visiting Eggheads Bar in Brevard Ct. 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SgtCampsalot 3283 Report post Posted January 12 52 minutes ago, SpiritOf76 said: Blast from the past - August, 2010 I took these when I visited Uptown for the first time. My company had sent me here on a site visit, as they had asked me to relocate to our new location in Lancaster SC. (I currently live in Commonwealth) My initial reaction to Charlotte was that it was "too clean". Having lived in Baltimore City (Fell's Point) for a few years prior to the move, living in Charlotte was going to be a hell of an adjustment. So I wandered about and took these pics of third ward. How things have changed... My only regret - not visiting Eggheads Bar in Brevard Ct. Thank you so much for these! It is incredible how easily a park could have been wrapped around the Virginia Paper mill. What a shame. But it is an incredible transformation. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
navigator319 1178 Report post Posted January 13 15 hours ago, SgtCampsalot said: Thank you so much for these! It is incredible how easily a park could have been wrapped around the Virginia Paper mill. What a shame. But it is an incredible transformation. That is not Bearden. Virginia Paper building would be center field of BBT 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SgtCampsalot 3283 Report post Posted January 13 2 hours ago, navigator319 said: That is not Bearden. Virginia Paper building would be center field of BBT Ahh, well then it is a shame they decided a run-of-the-mill ballpark was more creative and useful than a re-purposed mill... heck, extend Romare Bearden past Mint St and continue the park around the Mill. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hunted 1028 Report post Posted January 13 When someone posts tons of pics, can we agree to not include all of the pics when we quote it? Am I the only one who finds this incredibly annoying? Sorry, but I'm sick of seeing fellow users do that. Bring the hate, but I couldn't resist and I'll stand by this post. 11 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KJHburg 26186 Report post Posted January 13 Today another foggy rainy weekend. With our tallest skyscrapers cut off at the top the city skyline reminds me of Nashville. Did I say that aloud? LOL 10 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KJHburg 26186 Report post Posted January 14 (edited) couple random photos of Uptown. Edited January 14 by KJHburg 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crucial_Infra 1271 Report post Posted January 14 (edited) Crepuscular rays over uptown this afternoon (via WSOC tower cam) Edited January 14 by Crucial_Infra 24 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tozmervo 4519 Report post Posted January 15 6 minutes ago, NY+SC=NC said: Did you just take this photo? You shot it over my head. 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NY+SC=NC 171 Report post Posted January 16 Early morning Does anyone know what that is? 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KJHburg 26186 Report post Posted January 16 That is at the Southwire cable plant in Huntersville (the white tower) 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tarhoosier 1734 Report post Posted January 16 This is from a Nov 2018 thread about 485 development: "As it was explained to me, ABB, now Southwire, makes products for ultra high voltage environments, among other products. Such products must have as perfect as possible insulation as the voltage will find and exploit a weakness. The technology of applying the insulation evenly and predictably to the wire or other apparatus while hanging straight using gravity was the ABB specialty." As RDF replied at that time, How else do you think they make all the wires that show in our photos, or something to that effect. For those occasional photos from the Air Quality camera in South Charlotte: https://www.mecknc.gov/LUESA/AirQuality/AirQualityData/Pages/default.aspx it is often visible. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
