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Got a picture of possible the most gorgeous sunrise yesterday morning!

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I meant to post this picture last week from our Bday trip to NYC.  The picture came out pretty cool, but it was absolutely amazing from inside the plane.  The sun beams shining through the clouds onto

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New dukes neighbor 

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35 minutes ago, KJHburg said:

^^^ there are many great photographers on this site including yourself I have gone coastal but I am coming back really soon and my photos will return! 

When you return we meet  at beaver 

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Charlotte video of the day, great shots of Uptown in this vid.

Some of the comments are positive toward the city and its cleanliness.  Unfortunately, some are hating on Charlotte. Here are some examples:

"Been there plenty of times. Charlotte does have a nice downtown but outside of that, it still feels like a large rural southern town. I seriously don’t understand the hype about Charlotte."

"Same, I am from Asheville and go there a bunch but it usually disappoints. Raleigh and even Greensboro are way cooler and so was Asheville before it became this lame hipster mecca. Charlotte's inner city is crammed into a couple blocks with some urban neighborhoods around it but it quickly becomes this boring southern suburban area. I thought Charlotte was some huge city as a kid but after going to places like Chicago, NYC, Philly, etc it feels so small and uncultured."

It really annoys me when uninformed people dog this city. If I were to live in any city, I would hands down choose Charlotte over any other.

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That's an awesome photo.  Are there more of the Park Road area?  That dogleg bend to the left (at bottom of the page) must be near where the Red Cross building is now.  I can see my dad out there in the field shooting quail  He would've been 13 when this photo was taken.  He grew up hunting all around there. (Born on Princeton Ave)

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KJHburg Ecumenopolis

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^^^ this above photo shows how small Charlotte was when my parents were growing up here.  When my mom lived in what we call Oakhurst now on McAlway  in the 1940s it was the edge of the city and a trip to Matthews was WAY out of town.  (Her aunt Belle lived out there)  If you look at population history of Charlotte we were much smaller than Richmond and Nashville at this point in our history.    and yes my mom and dad both picked cotton in Mecklenburg county.  

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54 minutes ago, Windsurfer said:

That's an awesome photo.  Are there more of the Park Road area?  That dogleg bend to the left (at bottom of the page) must be near where the Red Cross building is now.  I can see my dad out there in the field shooting quail  He would've been 13 when this photo was taken.  He grew up hunting all around there. (Born on Princeton Ave)

Seems like that team is working on adding these photos to their time machine as they have time. Right now it's just back to 1978: http://timemachine.mcmap.org/#16.29/35.215965/-80.861108

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51 minutes ago, jjwilli said:

Seems like that team is working on adding these photos to their time machine as they have time. Right now it's just back to 1978: http://timemachine.mcmap.org/#16.29/35.215965/-80.861108

Did Carowinds have some kind of monorail thing back then? There's what appears to be an elevated track of some kind winding around the park, across the parking lot and over toward where the shiny-new I-77 is. 

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15 minutes ago, tozmervo said:

Did Carowinds have some kind of monorail thing back then? There's what appears to be an elevated track of some kind winding around the park, across the parking lot and over toward where the shiny-new I-77 is. 

Oh yes one of little KJ's favorite rides I loved the monorail!  I heard it was sold many years ago and went to Mexico at a hotel there. 

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18 minutes ago, KJHburg said:

Oh yes one of little KJ's favorite rides I loved the monorail!  I heard it was sold many years ago and went to Mexico at a hotel there. 

It was pretty cool.  At one point there was discussion about running it uptown.  That might have been where Bruton Smith got the idea to run one out to his speedway prior to the light rail.

I still don't understand the disdain for monorails.  It's un-obtrusive and has a small footprint.  In the case of Carowinds, probably a boat-load cheaper since that one was basically steel girders.

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The now leafy parts of Dilworth, Mt Vernon, Berkeley, Dilworth roads and with houses but bare of trees. Note the rail line goes to downtown and the sidings and loading docks at Third Street with the white covered landing near top right, a legacy of cotton in our area. Cotton brokers, factors, and graders met the goods there, did their work then it was transported onward. Great photo and thanks.

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22 hours ago, SpiritOf76 said:

When you return we meet  at beaver 

We should meet at the Beaver the little bar that stood.  Just rolled back in town today but we should start a monthly meetup for those who can and we discuss such exciting topics as who loves Legacy or not,  take bets on when the Levine parking garage will open if ever (for safe keeping I will keep all the bets LOL) ,  to dome or not to dome any new Panthers stadium etc.  It would be great and I am not kidding.  Or some other place with at least a few parking spaces. 

Flashback Friday 

From the new KJ digital archives I present a different city from long ago May 2016.      Some how all these photos got out of order.   New tower rises above Brevard Ct the Barings 300 South Tryon tower,/ Tthe hope of the Ascent with its lush vines that would cover the garage      Hmmm historical shot of Stonewall St in May 2016 anyone remember this desolate area??

 

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