Charlotte Photo of the Day

[JacksonH 895]

On 10/31/2019 at 1:13 PM, hinsp0 said:

 

 

I like perspective, which sometimes means going back to the past and to a prior mindset.  I'm old enough that I have a sense of proportion now and in times past  Looking at the picture above, I'm thinking of a friend of mine back in the early 1980s.  He was a young man at the time who had moved from Morganton down to Charlotte, which was the big city to him.  I remember once when his company sent him on a business trip to Dallas.  This was around 1983 or 1984.  He came back and exclaimed, "Wow! Now THAT's a real city!"  The population of Dallas in 1980 was 904,000, and the Dallas metro population was between 2.9 and 3 million.  In 2019, the population of Charlotte is approximately 900,000 with a metro population of close to 2.8 million.  The picture above from hinsp0 is Charlotte in 2019.  Below is Dallas in 1984.  It seems to me that the Charlotte of today is very close to the Dallas of 1984 when my friend exclaimed "now that's a real city!"  In 1984, one of the most popular shows on television, which had been on the air for six years, was "Dallas."  All of America at that time thought of Dallas as a huge and important city down in Texas.  Now that Charlotte has come to that same point, where's the TV show?

 

 

Edited November 8 by JacksonH

[KJHburg 47610]

^^^ We have a Hallmark Christmas movie set in Charlotte coming out in December LOL that includes fake snow on a south Charlotte house and shots of uptown including Knight Theater.  

[tarhoosier 3234]

If it is the one with Kristen Chenowith my wife has ben waiting and talking about it for months.

[JacksonH 895]

2 hours ago, JacksonH said:

 

I like perspective, which sometimes means going back to the past and to a prior mindset.  I'm old enough that I have a sense of proportion now and in times past  Looking at the picture above, I'm thinking of a friend of mine back in the early 1980s.  He was a young man at the time who had moved from Morganton down to Charlotte, which was the big city to him.  I remember once when his company sent him on a business trip to Dallas.  This was around 1983 or 1984.  He came back and exclaimed, "Wow! Now THAT's a real city!"  The population of Dallas in 1980 was 904,000, and the Dallas metro population was between 2.9 and 3 million.  In 2019, the population of Charlotte is approximately 900,000 with a metro population of close to 2.8 million.  The picture above from hinsp0 is Charlotte in 2019.  Below is Dallas in 1984.  It seems to me that the Charlotte of today is very close to the Dallas of 1984 when my friend exclaimed "now that's a real city!"  In 1984, one of the most popular shows on television, which had been on the air for six years, was "Dallas."  All of America at that time thought of Dallas as a huge and important city down in Texas.  Now that Charlotte has come to that same point, where's the TV show?

 

Here's the opening of "Dallas" from back in the day, with that skyline we thought was so jaw-dropping. 

 

 

Edited November 9 by JacksonH

[Hugo704 791]

Last night 

 

 

[Mgelbach 1177]

From this morning, post Veteran’s Day parade. It might not look it, but the weather is finally starting to feel like fall

[KJHburg 47610]

Love that shot above of uptown ^^^  

Here are some ground  shots and one without the Legacy pyramid and one with the pyramid.  (last 2 photos) 

[KJHburg 47610]

My friend took this (y'all know I don't have  a drone)  Sunday around sunset.   What a city and skyline!   How this will change just with the new Lowes tech tower and other towers like Square. 

[DownEast 94]

Duke will be magically centered from this angle. Can't wait for this shot in a couple years.

[JorgiPorgi 4262]

Not the easiest shot from the freeway. 

[Hushpuppy321 792]

Hate to sully this thread but - just got back from a stay in Jacksonville and their Skyline was impressive by night.  I guess being on the Waterfront helps them a lot.   During the daytime (sat afternoon) the downtown was pretty deserted.  CLT Uptown seems to have more street activity.

Edited November 12 by Hushpuppy321

[KJHburg 47610]

@JorgiPorgi  bringing back memories when little KJ was taking photos like this almost at the exact spot   Throwback Tuesday   from the early 1980s and yes I was alive! 

10 hours ago, JorgiPorgi said:

Not the easiest shot from the freeway. 

 

[hinsp0 804]

Looking good this evening

[King of the Queen City 3583]

[Crucial_Infra 2915]

Via 

[mpretori 752]

1972

[southslider 1056]

10 hours ago, mpretori said:

1972

When Cars Ruled the Earth

[Bikeguy 635]

3 hours ago, southslider said:

When Cars Ruled the Earth

...as well as newspapers. 

[tarhoosier 3234]

This is great! This was my first year in Charlotte. Walton Building in lower left with no parking extending to McDowell, as is now. Second Ward High School facing across Stonewall, soon to be or perhaps under demolition at this time. Marshall Park is dirt and scrub. The location of trees in lower left gives truth to the neighborhood of Brooklyn which had recently been demolished. Convention Center at Stonewall and Brevard. It is easy to see here how streets leading east from Tryon had been lowered under the tracks in the decades prior to this photo. Until autos predominated all streets crossed on grade. On Stonewall and the rail overpass the asphalt expanse is from two large new car dealers. Young Ford , and across Caldwell was another, name unremembered, which later was Arnold Palmer Cadillac. 

[tarhoosier 3234]

One could go downtown to buy a new car then. Young Ford and the cross Caldwell dealer. Frank Woods Pontiac on South Tryon a block toward the square from Observer. LaPointe Chevrolet on East Trade across from City Hall (or maybe a block further in). A new Datsun place in a building at S Tryon and Morehead. Business Journal location today. That dealer was so small they parked cars on the roof of the two story building that were not in showroom. I told a story about that business on this site few years ago.

[Nick2 4219]

Source

[go_vertical 1045]

Took this one a few months ago in Romare Park. Just a rock with some writing on it but I found it endearing. Our little town made an impression on someone. 

 

[Boricua 125]

On 11/17/2019 at 6:59 AM, southslider said:

When Cars Ruled the Earth

Can anyone identity the 3 buildings where the jail is now? Especially the tall looking one

[ricky_davis_fan_21 19088]

1 hour ago, Boricua said:

Can anyone identity the 3 buildings where the jail is now? Especially the tall looking one

Looks like city government, courthouses, etc, which would have been moved across the street to where they are today.

[tarhoosier 3234]

8 minutes ago, ricky_davis_fan_21 said:

Looks like city government, courthouses, etc, which would have been moved across the street to where they are today.

Across 4th street.

That block has always been City-County services of all types.  Generally those buildings had lower (lowest) floor for places citizens frequented and upper floors for administrative, accounting and other maintenance of municipal activities. Elections, register of deeds, clerk of court, jurors and such on lowest floor(s) and the rest upper.

The current courthouse between 3d and 4th streets was designed by Harry Wolf, a "star" architect in Charlotte and was quite the architectural sensation at the time

Edited November 18 by tarhoosier