Charlotte Photo of the Day

[thateasta]

I don't comment much, but this is one of the best skyline shots I've ever seen!

[gman430]

Edited August 20, 2017 by gman430

[KJHburg]

I like this angle of the skyline and I took it a little further back from 8th St today. 

[CarolinaCrown]

couple rooftop shots. 

[KJHburg]

Still love the DEC and the new 300 South Tryon tower's sail. Earlier today before our near daily rainstorm. 

[Vitamin_N]

Did anybody snap any eclipse photos in uptown on Monday?

[CarolinaCrown]

20 hours ago, CarolinaCrown said:

couple rooftop shots. 

 

Ran back up for the approaching storms, ran back down when I saw lightning. Wish I had a camera I could have left set up.

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[KJHburg]

5 hours ago, Vitamin_N said:

Did anybody snap any eclipse photos in uptown on Monday?

I do but they are all from Charleston under totality. Even with 98% coverage here in Charlotte that 2% sun was enough to make it look like a t-storm was coming up. Everyone I talked to who saw it here said we have been darker during the daytime with an impending storm.  However in Charleston for about 90 seconds it was completely dark and it was amazing to see how quickly it became dark and how quickly it became lighter again. 

[KJHburg]

Couple from today including the tallest building outside the loop the desert rose glass clad Arlington condo tower.in South End. Notice the new townhomes underway by the Camden Grandview apartments. Look for a peek of everyone's favorite apartment tower the Uptown Stunner Ascent.  

[QCxpat]

Fantastic how @KJHburg captures the Blue Line LRT (the steel & wheels central nervous system of the QC) barreling across 277 into the heart of Charlotte!  Wow!

Edited August 26, 2017 by QCxpat
Insert LRT in place of LYNX Blue Line train

[Nick2]

This was during the eclipse although you can't really tell.

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[tozmervo]

Edited August 27, 2017 by tozmervo
Linked to original instead of regram

[cha]

[videtur quam contuor]

15 hours ago, tozmervo said:

Great photo!

At lower left is the Hearst Annex with the giant top floor window on what was originally(?) the trading floor for BOA. Is this till the use? There are lots of desks in lines in there.

 

 

[SgtCampsalot]

23 hours ago, tarhoosier said:

Great photo!

At lower left is the Hearst Annex with the giant top floor window on what was originally(?) the trading floor for BOA. Is this till the use? There are lots of desks in lines in there.

I don't know, but I've always thought it looks like a hangar from Star Wars:

 

[DMann]

Or the Shutltle Bay from the Enterprise!

 

[15895]

If even just a couple projects in 2nd Ward can get off the ground, The Charlotte skyline will be so big and compact unlike our southern peers that have clusters of skyscrapers in different areas. I'm fine keeping skyscrapers confined to uptown and low/midrise to the rest of center city. 

 

 

 

[go_vertical]

I think getting first ward going would have the biggest impact in expanding the skyline. Second ward does have a number of under utilized lots but first has the largest contiguous blank canvas.

[15895]

29 minutes ago, go_vertical said:

I think getting first ward going would have the biggest impact in expanding the skyline. Second ward does have a number of under utilized lots but first has the largest contiguous blank canvas.

Eh. 3rd ward was a blank canvas too. I'm going to include Duke Tower and the Stonewall Corridor (even though it stretches to 2nd ward) as being part of that 3rd ward blank canvas. 

There will have to be some catalyst in 1st ward to get the ball moving. 3rd ward/South Tryon portion of uptown is building on its own momentum at this point mostly because of those game changing projects (Knights stadium, Romare Park, DEC tower).

i wish I could find the rendering put out by Center City Partners or whoever who had a rendering of the 277 loops reconfigured with building lining Stonewall (and had 210 trade, Vue, and DEC even though I think neither were completed at the time). Crazy how spot on the Stonewall Corridor came to be 

 

2nd ward has lots of buildings, a park, schools, structures, churches that it would be cool to see new developments form around these established places, bring life to them, etc. It wouldn't be just mega block apartments. 

Edited September 5, 2017 by AirNostrumMAD

[NCMike1990]

10 hours ago, AirNostrumMAD said:

If even just a couple projects in 2nd Ward can get off the ground, The Charlotte skyline will be so big and compact unlike our southern peers that have clusters of skyscrapers in different areas. I'm fine keeping skyscrapers confined to uptown and low/midrise to the rest of center city. 

 

 

 

ClearSky has the best aerial photography of Charlotte around.

[KJHburg]

Beautiful fall day in the QC here in late summer.  Even the N. Tryon St corridor looks good with the skyline in the distance.  Random skyline shots this morning. 

[KJHburg]

Another one  today and I love the variety of building styles in this  photo even Darth Vadar aka Charlotte Plaza. 

[Nick2]

Oh man that shot from North tryon is gorgeous. The pyramid shape from the north looking at clts skyline is stunning.

[Nick2]

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[HighRiseHillbilly]

On 9/7/2017 at 10:06 PM, Nick2 said:

Oh man that shot from North tryon is gorgeous. The pyramid shape from the north looking at clts skyline is stunning.

It has a nice throwback look to it. Granted, some if that may be the 8,000 antiquated power lines in your face, but it's a nice way to step back into the old to better appreciate the new.