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[Cadi40]

Does anyone know if Fourth Ward will ever change? I love the houses and cottages but it doesn't have a good effect on the aerial shots of the city. 

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Cadi40 said:

Does anyone know if Fourth Ward will ever change? I love the houses and cottages but it doesn't have a good effect on the aerial shots of the city. 

I know the whiskey tastes good in your coffee, but you should cut it out a bit. It has an AWESOME effect on the aerials of the city. I personally LOVE that theres a village in the middle of uptown. You crazy Bro? 

There is plenty to develop in the rest of uptown, leave fourth ward alone.

Edited December 27, 2017 by Guest

[Cadi40]

21 minutes ago, ricky_davis_fan_21 said:

I know the whiskey tastes good in your coffee, but you should cut it out a bit. It has an AWESOME effect on the aerials of the city. I personally LOVE that theres a village in the middle of uptown. You crazy Bro? 

There is plenty to develop in the rest of uptown, leave fourth ward alone.

I like it from the ground don’t get me wrong, Just in my taste I do not like it from the aerial. I like that we have a village too, I just don’t think it’s helpful to our Skyline. But you are correct, There are the plenty more other places to develop then this village.

[go_vertical]

I believe the most 4th ward will see is a little bit of development along the periphery nearest Tryon and Trade. What really stands out to me is the drastic transition from 25-30 story towers to 3-4 story residential. I think a few 8-15 story buildings along the edge would make for a smoother transition. The meat of the ward has some better looking and higher quality stock than a good chunk of what is being built today.

[AuLukey]

There are tons of those houses still valued in the mid to low $300k’s right now. If a wise investor came through, they’d see the potential there. I’d wager that most, if not all, of those houses crack $500k in the next decade and approach $1m as soon as 2035 as Uptown densifies and land becomes scarce inside the loop. That neighborhood will be a gem in Uptown pretty soon and we’ll be glad to have it.

 

That may be one benefit of the stalling of N Tryon development. It has prevented a developer from land grabbing most of this residential. That gives the land and houses time to organically grow in value to the point where buying them out wouldn’t be financially responsible. Thanks to N Tyron’s lack of success up until recently, this neighborhood should survive the buildout of Uptown.

 

Also, I’ll second RDF, I LOVE it in skyline shots. So much green (rather than gray parking lots.)

 

[Nick2]

53 minutes ago, AuLukey said:

There are tons of those houses still valued in the mid to low $300k’s right now. If a wise investor came through, they’d see the potential there. I’d wager that most, if not all, of those houses crack $500k in the next decade and approach $1m as soon as 2035 as Uptown densifies and land becomes scarce inside the loop. That neighborhood will be a gem in Uptown pretty soon and we’ll be glad to have it.

 

That may be one benefit of the stalling of N Tryon development. It has prevented a developer from land grabbing most of this residential. That gives the land and houses time to organically grow in value to the point where buying them out wouldn’t be financially responsible. Thanks to N Tyron’s lack of success up until recently, this neighborhood should survive the buildout of Uptown.

 

Also, I’ll second RDF, I LOVE it in skyline shots. So much green (rather than gray parking lots.)

 

A friend's family has a condo in fourth ward. They bought it for a bit under 200k 6 years ago. It's valued at 350 now. Talk about a good investment.

@gman430Absolutely gorgeous shots. Thanks for sharing!

[J-Rob]

 

I love driving over 277 at night. Would be even better if the hornets were respectable when the city is lit up in their honor. Love ‘em anyway, and love this city.

 

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Edited December 28, 2017 by J-Rob

[15895]

I rather have funky lights than boring white lights.

 

but I wish 300 South Tryon would choose colors that mesh well. Blue balls on Tryon hotel with its orange lit crow then a lime green on the sail of 300 South Tryon with purple going up and down the rest of the building.... it’s odd, lol.

 

better than white, but a little color coordination would go a long way 

[Hunted]

^Those colors are because the Hornets had a home game last night.

[15895]

23 minutes ago, Hunted said:

^Those colors are because the Hornets had a home game last night.

I wast talking about last night. This is prettY much every night. And Lime Green & Orange aren’t hornets colors, lol

[KJHburg]

The CLT skyline from the CLT deck today. 

[Guest]

30 minutes ago, KJHburg said:

The CLT skyline from the CLT deck today. 

Darn, I thought Legacy Union would have a better impact here, Its almost lined up with DEC. Looks like only Tryon Place will make a big impact from this angle.  It'll be 100 feet taller than the Westin. Market 42, and Intercontinental should fill a gap though, each will be just under 400 feet. The only additional legacy union building that would make an impact would be the hotel I suspect will go on Hill and Tryon, and I doubt it'll be more than 350 feet tall. 

Edited December 28, 2017 by Guest

[Scribe]

^^ still, it is very exciting to watch the skyline grow and even with the Legacy Union only jutting out a bit, still gives depth.

Agree on InterContinental and Market 42 -- those are needed for N Tryon section of the skyline.

[Cadi40]

I kind of like the gap, Makes it look like a separate city. I sure hope South End gets some height soon so it makes the skyline appear more sprawling.

[stiluvclt]

I love this angle. You managed to put the "candy cane" videocam  in the foreground of The Vue. It makes it look like there are 2 "handles" on the Charlotte skyline. Nice work.

[R.Talbott]

On 12/27/2017 at 9:51 AM, Cadi40 said:

Does anyone know if Fourth Ward will ever change? I love the houses and cottages but it doesn't have a good effect on the aerial shots of the city. 

4th ward is probably my favorite part of the city.  That’s a big no from me dawg.

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3 hours ago, R.Talbott said:

4th ward is probably my favorite part of the city.  That’s a big no from me dawg.

Agree!  And 4th Ward Park is small but awesome (my favorite, just wish it was bigger).

[Nick2]

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Edited December 30, 2017 by Nick2

[Hunted]

Surprised the Hearst Tower isn’t poking through the fog ^ there. Just me?

Edited January 2, 2018 by Hunted

[15895]

35 minutes ago, Hunted said:

Surprised the Hearst Tower is poking through the fog ^ there. Just me?

I don’t even see Hearst poking through fog.

[KJHburg]

Gray last day of the year and cold.  Uptown shots. Today. 

[NCMike1990]

I'm trying to imagine how this view would look without the tree canopy. What would it resemble and would it look better or worse?

[GeauxCLT]

I think the tree canopy makes it look great. Don’t want to imagine Charlotte without it!

[KJHburg]

This is the KJ photo review of the year 2017  one from each month of various sites around town. Happy New Year Charlotte.  (and believe me I had a lot to choose from I took a lot of photos) 

[QCxpat]

With enormous gratitude to @KJHburg for his magnificent photos which inspire UPers day-after-day.  Tremendous work!  Tremendous art! 

Link:

https://www.google.com/search?q=gratitude+symbol&oq=gratitude+symbol&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.3590j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8  (Gratitude symbol)