Charlotte Photo of the Day

[KJHburg]

This home in Charlotte was built in 1774 and has stood ever since then.  You can tour this house at the Charlotte History Museum in east Charlotte off Shamrock.  This was quite the nice house for the day 4 bedrooms, all stone,  large foyer.   The separate kitchen building is still standing as is the spring house on the creek.  yes Charlotte was around in the 1700s and became a city in 1768 before the Independence War broke out. 

here is some history about it

https://charlottemuseum.org/about/1774-alexander-homesite/

Most of the homes in this area at that time were log cabin type homes so this was one of the finest homes in this entire region.

Happy Independence Day!   If you have never toured do so and step back in time right here in Mecklenburg County.   Be sure to visit the Colonial herb garden and see what they grow and still grow there today. 

[Hushpuppy321]

On 6/30/2022 at 6:58 PM, Mid South NC said:

Took my most fav and least fav wives, and we had a blast! All my other wives were ticked, but two was company and any more would have been a crowd lol

Beautiful ladies indeed!

[JRCLT]

This home in Charlotte was built in 1774 and has stood ever since then.  You can tour this house at the Charlotte History Museum in east Charlotte off Shamrock.  This was quite the nice house for the day 4 bedrooms, all stone,  large foyer.   The separate kitchen building is still standing as is the spring house on the creek.  yes Charlotte was around in the 1700s and became a city in 1768 before the Independence War broke out. 
here is some history about it
https://charlottemuseum.org/about/1774-alexander-homesite/
Most of the homes in this area at that time were log cabin type homes so this was one of the finest homes in this entire region.
Happy Independence Day!   If you have never toured do so and step back in time right here in Mecklenburg County.   Be sure to visit the Colonial herb garden and see what they grow and still grow there today. 
http://content.invisioncic.com/x329420/monthly_2022_07/IMG_7172.thumb.JPG.c6fb7b6f6799155409b38cdea413d2de.JPG
http://content.invisioncic.com/x329420/monthly_2022_07/IMG_7173.thumb.JPG.7e207eae7da791773ad6e8818c687fa6.JPG
http://content.invisioncic.com/x329420/monthly_2022_07/IMG_7175.thumb.JPG.54ca6bedc4add01e488746adeb0142ba.JPG
http://content.invisioncic.com/x329420/monthly_2022_07/IMG_7176.thumb.JPG.d5a491109311c31e567eb58fdf0c6753.JPG
http://content.invisioncic.com/x329420/monthly_2022_07/IMG_7177.thumb.JPG.c729620d9e6671760265c3568cf3b3e3.JPG
http://content.invisioncic.com/x329420/monthly_2022_07/IMG_7178.thumb.JPG.6e6bd05d085388271aca4595ccd9662d.JPG
http://content.invisioncic.com/x329420/monthly_2022_07/IMG_7179.thumb.JPG.550aa57a9d2c959e9cd265335d51786a.JPG
http://content.invisioncic.com/x329420/monthly_2022_07/IMG_7180.thumb.JPG.441b88f9a98ab51487a7bdf76c711a96.JPG
http://content.invisioncic.com/x329420/monthly_2022_07/IMG_7224.thumb.JPG.b056b5339799062d5b725c65dd921701.JPG
http://content.invisioncic.com/x329420/monthly_2022_07/IMG_7183.thumb.JPG.2f17dbb62ec92ff04270398197fc9fb8.JPG
http://content.invisioncic.com/x329420/monthly_2022_07/IMG_7184.thumb.JPG.8f9fcedb92ef3a2735e53f13e85bc533.JPG
http://content.invisioncic.com/x329420/monthly_2022_07/IMG_7186.thumb.JPG.8e98d42c19ea3871d3192c78fe95b45f.JPG
http://content.invisioncic.com/x329420/monthly_2022_07/IMG_7191.thumb.JPG.9b55bd8c50ef7dd47897f0beee23588d.JPG
http://content.invisioncic.com/x329420/monthly_2022_07/IMG_7192.thumb.JPG.c8c191c0f8099f920f82c95b6ee89604.JPG
http://content.invisioncic.com/x329420/monthly_2022_07/IMG_7194.thumb.JPG.b643a18f6b4a63ebd8ab9bca5a2c75ca.JPG
http://content.invisioncic.com/x329420/monthly_2022_07/IMG_7196.thumb.JPG.7b8cdfbd158e90742ce56a6db318d8aa.JPG
http://content.invisioncic.com/x329420/monthly_2022_07/IMG_7197.thumb.JPG.9e807b49a14addcdffd33fb7fe59b08b.JPG
http://content.invisioncic.com/x329420/monthly_2022_07/IMG_7200.thumb.JPG.16e900d364ce0b8606f6fc997105f04f.JPG
http://content.invisioncic.com/x329420/monthly_2022_07/IMG_7201.thumb.JPG.3909800bcc3951d063b382b0b83c0ce2.JPG
http://content.invisioncic.com/x329420/monthly_2022_07/IMG_7202.thumb.JPG.e3088e0060eafda75ab47f150ea408a5.JPG
http://content.invisioncic.com/x329420/monthly_2022_07/IMG_7204.thumb.JPG.bafbc9acfc8cf18f58322ecf65a864a7.JPG
http://content.invisioncic.com/x329420/monthly_2022_07/IMG_7209.thumb.JPG.8af68b97b2a75edadb97c0ed281829a1.JPG
http://content.invisioncic.com/x329420/monthly_2022_07/IMG_7216.thumb.JPG.c7ce48d7d7fc20d1865db4a46eb6a762.JPG
http://content.invisioncic.com/x329420/monthly_2022_07/IMG_7219.thumb.JPG.6631b7f499cc9c38d4761dac8567ced5.JPG
http://content.invisioncic.com/x329420/monthly_2022_07/IMG_7225.thumb.JPG.77b4af844cef0e3798eee3a21d4f969d.JPG
http://content.invisioncic.com/x329420/monthly_2022_07/IMG_7228.thumb.JPG.1d5e4632709b247363e399e281d36450.JPG
http://content.invisioncic.com/x329420/monthly_2022_07/IMG_7230.thumb.JPG.50fd2f9b06718e7f65e5171e62b807e6.JPG
http://content.invisioncic.com/x329420/monthly_2022_07/IMG_7232.thumb.JPG.8a2b53e7e8dba387389f8698f1d83ace.JPG
http://content.invisioncic.com/x329420/monthly_2022_07/IMG_7236.thumb.JPG.1ab7696456b991061e2d142e965cad00.JPG

I remember my Elementary school (I think?) taking us there on a field trip. It was interesting to see.

[SpiritOf76]

Transport disaster waiting  for a taxi. Apparently so many flights were canceled tonight at CLT. More reason for a direct link to light rail at the airport 

Edited July 6, 2022 by SpiritOf76

[CLT2014]

Typically during weather cancelations (like last night), I find most passengers gravitate towards the cheapest "decent" hotel possible as they are responsible for the cost of accommodations. Light rail definitely would have helped some passengers get to Uptown that are willing to spend $150+ per night, but I suspect most would have still gravitated towards the more affordable "airport" hotels clustered nearby off Little Rock Road, Billy Graham Parkway, Woodlawn, et... that range from $65 - $110 a night (Hyatt Place, Hilton Garden Inn, the Doubletree Airport, Aloft Airport, et...).  People become VERY price conscious when absorbing unplanned travel costs and they often just have 6 - 8 hours at the airport hotel before needing to return for their rebooked flight in the morning. The majority of our airport hotels aren't off the future light rail route and while I think we'll get some new hotels right off a Wilkinson light rail route, there will always be a lot of stranded passengers that will wait for a ride to these cheaper hotels in the non-transit friendly Billy Graham corridor. 

Edited July 6, 2022 by CLT2014

[Mid South NC]

[Mid South NC]

Fellow men and women of culture may appreciate the unexpected benefits made possible by the amenities of the new condo buildings of South End lol

[KJHburg]

Not as interesting as the above photo just some skyline shots from N Tryon. 

[carolinaboy]

2 hours ago, Mid South NC said:

Fellow men and women of culture may appreciate the unexpected benefits made possible by the amenities of the new condo buildings of South End lol

That's great advertising.

[Mid South NC]

3 hours ago, Mid South NC said:

Fellow men and women of culture may appreciate the unexpected benefits made possible by the amenities of the new condo buildings of South End lol

South End of SouthEnd, going forward to be affectionately known as, to my illustrious fellow UPer"s, as "Bikini  Boomtown" lol 

Best marketing campaign thus far! And to think people once questioned who would be leasing all these new places uptown. They've got this lol 

[Norm2]

2 hours ago, Mid South NC said:

South End of SouthEnd, going forward to be affectionately known as, to my illustrious fellow UPer"s, as "Bikini  Boomtown" lol 

Best marketing campaign thus far! And to think people once questioned who would be leasing all these new places uptown. They've got this lol 

Throw in  SpongeBob and Squidward and you can start to call it Bikini Bottom!

[SydneycartonII]

8 hours ago, Mid South NC said:

Fellow men and women of culture may appreciate the unexpected benefits made possible by the amenities of the new condo buildings of South End lol

I guess the crowd from that Crown building that someone posted recently won’t be coming here.  (I never even knew what “crown” referred to until I saw the posts here and then looked it up on Urban Dictionary.)

 

[15895]

 

Saw this on Twitter from Jacob Unterreiner @4estfeller who did a plug for @CLT_Urbanist.

Bike Lanes, Greenway, TOD, although no retail still decent for street level, walkable. One of the best before/after shots of CLT. This is some good well-rounded development. 

[KJHburg]

Young KJ took this in the spring of 1989 before some of you were alive!

Notice anything missing??  Lots and only Johnny Harris and I like those pyramids on the Civic Center and he resurrected one for his BOAT at Legacy.    From the KJ vault opened today. 

Charlotte was 447,000 people in the city limits or about the size of Raleigh today. 

[rancenc]

9 hours ago, KJHburg said:

Young KJ took this in the spring of 1989 before some of you were alive!

Notice anything missing??  Lots and only Johnny Harris and I like those pyramids on the Civic Center and he resurrected one for his BOAT at Legacy.    From the KJ vault opened today. 

Charlotte was 447,000 people in the city limits or about the size of Raleigh today. 

And the new downtown shopping excursion, CityFair had just opened a few months prior,,,can not see it in this picture, but would be towards the right side were the current Truist Tower sets!

 

[CLTNative]

4 hours ago, rancenc said:

CityFair

Does anyone have any good, candid photos of CityFair or any tenants?

I found some here: https://ui.charlotte.edu/story/here-and-gone-when-major-buildings-dont-even-make-it-middle-age

A Google image search shows: 

 

[15895]

^ That would've made a great food hall in todays times...

[Mid South NC]

15 hours ago, KJHburg said:

Young KJ took this in the spring of 1989 before some of you were alive!

Notice anything missing??  Lots and only Johnny Harris and I like those pyramids on the Civic Center and he resurrected one for his BOAT at Legacy.    From the KJ vault opened today. 

Charlotte was 447,000 people in the city limits or about the size of Raleigh today. 

I remember this, though I too was very young, from the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred eighty nine (1989) BBofA 

[KJHburg]

2 hours ago, CLTNative said:

Does anyone have any good, candid photos of CityFair or any tenants?

I found some here: https://ui.charlotte.edu/story/here-and-gone-when-major-buildings-dont-even-make-it-middle-age

A Google image search shows: 

 

 

I was looking through my photos and I have some from the top of the parking deck which the 3 level Cityfair wrapped but I can't find any inside I took.   This parade was down Tryon St for the new team in town Charlotte Hornets in spring 1989 after their first season and that is Kelly Tripucka.   The faux clock tower is from Cityflop I mean Cityfair.  I would later attend MBA classes on the 3rd floor when the retail emptied out mostly from UNCC.   I remember typical mall food court tenants and Fat Tuesday and a Z Gallerie which was from California.    Notice overstreet mall walkway from Belks to Iveys over Tryon.  

My small colony of termites under my front porch has created an explosion of old photos and Charlotte memories. 

[rancenc]

Here is a great picture of CityFair....looks to be taken from were the Holiday Inn on College Street is located.

https://www.facebook.com/CLTOVER/photos/a.1567003206873191/3064111133829050/

[turbocraig]

Yep!!  I’ve mentioned this in prior posts, but I worked for NationsBank in the mid-90s and we were on the third floor of CF, which was basically Fat Tuesday and a food court at the bottom by that time.  They rushed us into 525 N Tryon before it was even 100% completed so they could implode CF to make way for Hearst.  Good times…

[Reverie39]

23 hours ago, KJHburg said:

Young KJ took this in the spring of 1989 before some of you were alive!

Notice anything missing??  Lots and only Johnny Harris and I like those pyramids on the Civic Center and he resurrected one for his BOAT at Legacy.    From the KJ vault opened today. 

Charlotte was 447,000 people in the city limits or about the size of Raleigh today. 

Idk why but this picture looks very Texan to me

[Windsurfer]

14 hours ago, Reverie39 said:

Idk why but this picture looks very Texan to me

I remember The Charlotte Observer brought in some urban planner from the West coast to write a commentary our our fair city about this time.  His chief comment was, "Might as well be Oskosh".  

[KJHburg]

Rolling into uptown down N Graham and I know I just took some skyline shots earlier this week like this but I love this view.  And Tankhenge over at Camp North End is one of my favorite drive by attractions. 

[Binbin98]

I went on a Charlotte walking tour today with urban planet members and I enjoyed it a lot. I am living in Miami currently and it was my first time in the city. I had a really good impression although the weather is super hot.

I will be back in downtown tomorrow so far I love it here and will likely be back considering I have family in huntersville.