Misc. Uptown Projects/News

[KJHburg]

Here is a drive by photo of the new multistory mini warehouse storage building along 7th.  1. storage building.   2.  Trinity Episcopal school uptown expansion on McDowell. 

[Scribe]

12 hours ago, Spartan said:

These were all built in conjunction with unbuildable space in neighborhoods, and they were set up that way from the beginning. The best cities have pre-planned parks in the center of neighborhoods. We don't have that

While I agree with your underlying point, I will have to disagree with the fact that the city does not have "unbuildable" land.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-19/charlotte-shows-how-to-beat-flooding

Charlotte is praised for buying out the flood prone land, and most of our greenways fall on that land. I think we just need to double down on it.

Just like my proposal with the Independence Park merging with Memorial Stadium all the way into the Little Sugar Creek Greenway.  This allows for the merged mega-park to be accessed from the greenway (bikes, scooters, pedestrians), from the streetcar (Hawthorne) and future Silver Line.

[Spartan]

By unbuildable, I meant for homes, not parks  

Latta Park is a glorified drainage ditch. A good one, to be sure, but let's just acknowledge what it is. Today, spaces like that are in the back yards of a row of houses, not a centerpiece of neighborhood design.

[videtur quam contuor]

17 minutes ago, Spartan said:

By unbuildable, I meant for homes, not parks  

Latta Park is a glorified drainage ditch. A good one, to be sure, but let's just acknowledge what it is. Today, spaces like that are in the back yards of a row of houses, not a centerpiece of neighborhood design.

Latta Park had a lake in the original Dilworth development. The trolley came from downtown to East then turned on East to Park and went downhill to the lake. When one drives east on East and the street goes from a generous sized multi lane pavement to the narrower version of same then one knows that at that point was the end of the trolley tracks. Two tracks for coming and going and width also for horse drawn vehicles circa 1890. A dam at the lower end provided the lake. The attraction was to entice city residents to the new suburb for weekend pleasure and coax a home site sale from them in addition to the band stand and concerts, boat rentals, trolley fares and so on. Later the risk of the lake (pond) and the malarial issue and slack homesite sales spelled the end of the Latta Lake.

http://www.cmhpf.org/essays/greenspace1.html

Edited March 15, 2019 by tarhoosier

[sakami]

13 hours ago, Scribe said:

While I agree with your underlying point, I will have to disagree with the fact that the city does not have "unbuildable" land.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-19/charlotte-shows-how-to-beat-flooding

Charlotte is praised for buying out the flood prone land, and most of our greenways fall on that land. I think we just need to double down on it.

Just like my proposal with the Independence Park merging with Memorial Stadium all the way into the Little Sugar Creek Greenway.  This allows for the merged mega-park to be accessed from the greenway (bikes, scooters, pedestrians), from the streetcar (Hawthorne) and future Silver Line.

Short of removing the roads (Charlottetowne and S Kings) these parks do all connect. The tunnels are very accessible under those roads. Ideally there would be a paved path from the edge of Independence to the tunnel path but otherwise it’s easy to access. 

[KJHburg]

Here is what that multistory mini warehouse storage building will look like complete and evidently it has some office or retail space they are marketing.

https://images3.loopnet.com/d2/UAmnocdvWwSHD-OFr1ZNZeKNLVnGPEDqqhnUm4FrX6M/document.pdf

[J-Rob]

Do any Wells folks know how much of the WF 401k management team is based in Charlotte?  Charlotte seems preferable as an HQ location to Des Moines, Iowa.  Just saying...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-wells-fargo-retirements-principal-fin/principal-financial-close-to-wells-fargo-retirement-unit-acquisition-sources-idUSKCN1QY111

[Jasons0013]

39 minutes ago, J-Rob said:

Do any Wells folks know how much of the WF 401k management team is based in Charlotte?  Charlotte seems preferable as an HQ location to Des Moines, Iowa.  Just saying...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-wells-fargo-retirements-principal-fin/principal-financial-close-to-wells-fargo-retirement-unit-acquisition-sources-idUSKCN1QY111

CIC out on Harris holds a most of these retirement positions for Wells.  Quite a few folks out there. 

Edited March 18, 2019 by Jasons0013
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[captainjack]

The Charlotte Coca-Cola Bottling Co. sign has been removed from the brick at 223 N. Graham. Hard losing Polk and now this. We have lost so much character in that area in just a few weeks.

[CLT2014]

2 minutes ago, cjolley92 said:

The Charlotte Coca-Cola Bottling Co. sign has been removed from the brick at 223 N. Graham. Hard losing Polk and now this. We have lost so much character in that area in just a few weeks.

Why did they get rid of it?

[Rufus]

1 hour ago, J-Rob said:

Do any Wells folks know how much of the WF 401k management team is based in Charlotte?  Charlotte seems preferable as an HQ location to Des Moines, Iowa.  Just saying...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-wells-fargo-retirements-principal-fin/principal-financial-close-to-wells-fargo-retirement-unit-acquisition-sources-idUSKCN1QY111

I would be SHOCKED to see Principal leave Des Moines, especially now that they are the only F500 remaining in Iowa. Des Moines is a major insurance capital, so it has the existing networks comparable to Hartford that make it a unique center for the industry. 

That being said...the division HQ could certainly survive here, which would continue to say a lot about WF's place in town...even if this division would be under Principal. 

[NCMike1990]

7 hours ago, CLT2014 said:

Why did they get rid of it?

I'm not sure, but the company changed its name on January 1st to  "Coca-Cola Consolidated". Maybe it's related to that?

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/01/02/1679599/0/en/Coca-Cola-Bottling-Co-Consolidated-Announces-Company-Name-Change.html

Hopefully, they put a new sign up.

 

[Spartan]

Interesting. That wasn't an original ad, though, was it? I always thought it was a replica.

[atlrvr]

I may have my history wrong, but I do believe that building at N Graham and Sixth was the original Coca Cola distribution office in Charlotte, before moving to W Morehead which is now part of the Grinell Water Works complex.

That said, no, I don't believe that mural existed until LandDesign had it installed as part of them renovating the abandoned building for their HQ back around  2000 and wanting to pay homage to the buildings history.

[j-man]

Forgive me. Can’t think of the name but this is the police station...

[KJHburg]

5 minutes ago, j-man said:

Forgive me. Can’t think of the name but this is the police station...

 

Correct it is the uptown police station. 

[KJHburg]

Here is the new location for Tupelo Honey at Bank of America Plaza

today.

[navigator319]

Wework signage is huge!

[NCMike1990]

^ It actually makes the building look smaller.

[CLT2014]

Very popular vantage for pics of the city. Great advertising for them, but I hate to see how big and prominate it will at that angle.

Edited March 24, 2019 by CLT2014

[Nick2]

Wow that looks awful. I hate it

[CLT704]

Yeah, not fan of how many logos are going up on our skyline. That is/was one of the best things about our skyscrapers. 

[KJHburg]

Yes that WeWork sign looks huge they are the largest tenant in that building the First Citizens Bank building but good grief.  In the rezoning request it looked smaller than that.  I will have to see in person myself. 

[15895]

It makes the building look more modern IMO.

i don’t hate it. But I’m definitely judging 

[SgtCampsalot]

On 3/16/2019 at 10:20 PM, KJHburg said:

 

But Times New Roman is a classic!