Charlotte Photo of the Day

[Synopsis101]

[JRNYP2C]

Can't wait for 300 S. Tryon to fill in that gap!!

[15895]

I can't wait for the Knights buildings get under construction and another residential to get started by the Park

[ah59396]

 

 

From Retro Charlotte:

 

John Belk Freeway in 1987.

[CLTProductions]

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From Retro Charlotte:

 

John Belk Freeway in 1987.

What is that weird roofed building that is where the Epicentre is now?

[Guest]

What is that weird roofed building that is where the Epicentre is now?

That was the original Convention Center :-) :-)

[CLTProductions]

That was the original Convention Center :-) :-)

Super cool lookin from the top, very retro. Not the sterile feel the one has now.

[New Name]

Man, the Gov Center is the worst. A triangle building on a square lot for no reason. It can't make sense for use on the inside either...triangle office? 

[ah59396]

What's really discouraging is that, outside of Fountains, 2nd Ward is basically the exact same as it was 27 years ago, at least east of Brevard.

Edited August 13, 2014 by ah59396

[HopHead]

What's really discouraging is that, outside of Fountains, 2nd Ward is basically the exact same as it was 27 years ago, at least east of Brevard.

 

Dear god. The lot where Fountains is going looks the same 27 years ago as it did 1 year ago!

[CLTProductions]

What's really discouraging is that, outside of Fountains, 2nd Ward is basically the exact same as it was 27 years ago, at least east of Brevard.

It's an "opportunity" area

[tozmervo]

Man, the Gov Center is the worst. A triangle building on a square lot for no reason. It can't make sense for use on the inside either...triangle office? 

 

Not gonna lie, I think the gov center is one of the better buildings in Uptown for that reason. The shape creates some really nice plaza space and pedestrian cut-throughs. For most buildings, the exterior space is just whatever is leftover, at the government center it was a major component of the design. 

[atlrvr]

Man, the Gov Center is the worst. A triangle building on a square lot for no reason. It can't make sense for use on the inside either...triangle office? 

 

 

The original plan called for another trianglular twin builidng (I'm thinking actually a couple floor taller) to be built facing the current one (so thinkk bi-sected square between 2 buildings) taking up where the plaza is today.

 

I think the recession in the early 90's killed that plan.

[teeg]

Super cool lookin from the top, very retro. Not the sterile feel the one has now.

 

I hear you, but I can't say that I miss that one.  Actually, I have fond memories of sneaking into my old office building 10 years ago to watch the implosion.  

[CarolinaCrown]

Saw this great timelapse/long exposure posted on reddit.  

[Matthew.Brendan]

That is outstanding :-)

[go_vertical]

I have never liked how the skyline abruptly disappears north of Hearst. There really needs to be some proposals between that and Odell. That is why I am very interested in the apartment tower that has been talked about at 7th and College.

[tozmervo]

[km1789]

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I'm always struck by just how huge that BB&T deck is

[SouthEndCLT811]

Bring Back The Buzz just tweeted out this picture.  I believe this is from Catalyst on 4th of July.  I had posted a picture of the crowd in Bearden Park from a view inside the stadium.  Here is another from overhead.

 

[Matthew.Brendan]

Is there a high-res copy of that somewhere?

[archiham04]

https://www.google.com/maps/about/contribute/photosphere/

This is really cool.  I just found several cool pictures taken in romare bearden park

Google "photo sphere" allows users to create photos of urban spaces and upload.  Also, BofA plaza, Wells plaza...

To find them. drag the google street view man over Charlotte, and they show up as dots interior to streets.

[UptownCLTwalker]

 

Shot of the new baseball park with all the construction going on around it. It’s amazing how much this has changed.

[Synopsis101]

There was a good aerial view of Charlotte during the Panthers game. I wish someone would have captured it.

[AuLukey]

I'm sure we'll have plenty of good shots next week for Sunday Night Football!