Misc. Uptown Projects/News

[KJHburg]

^^^ I see.  I would never leave a box of doughnuts out  as I would consume them all.  Secondly I dont leave trash anywhere but the trash can or the floor of my truck.   #KrispyKremedoughnuts for all  

[Guest]

11 minutes ago, KJHburg said:

^^^ I see.  I would never leave a box of doughnuts out  as I would consume them all.  Secondly I dont leave trash anywhere but the trash can or the floor of my truck.   #KrispyKremedoughnuts for all  

I tried to grab donuts this morning but all the lines were out the door, so I ended up grabbing Bo's

[Yeahdoug]

Any idea why Wells Fargo shut down their CLT lights Twitter?  Kinda nice to know why the city was lighting up certain colors. Laid off? 

[Guest]

6 minutes ago, Yeahdoug said:

Any idea why Wells Fargo shut down their CLT lights Twitter?  Kinda nice to know why the city was lighting up certain colors. Laid off? 

Who knows, but I took it over on my account @CLTDevelopment. All I did was schedule tweets for the next month, it took 1 hour, not sure why they couldn't spend one single hour.

Edited May 11, 2020 by Guest

[KJHburg]

40 minutes ago, Tyree Ricardo said:

I tried to grab donuts this morning but all the lines were out the door, so I ended up grabbing Bo's

well you should have called me you know I have the means and the ways 

[turbocraig]

10 hours ago, Yeahdoug said:

Any idea why Wells Fargo shut down their CLT lights Twitter?  Kinda nice to know why the city was lighting up certain colors. Laid off? 

Curious that they’ve also decided not to light their own building anymore at this same time.  They’ve been off for maybe a couple weeks now. 

[Mgelbach]

Just now, turbocraig said:

Curious that they’ve also decided not to light their own building anymore at this same time.  They’ve been off for maybe a couple weeks now. 

It's been off more often than usual, but it's still being lit up every night. normally red, white and blue, or White. They just randomly kill the lights for 30 seconds or so every so often.

[turbocraig]

I think you're referring to Duke, yes?  The WF jukebox building has been dark for a hot minute now.  But yes, DEC does turn off then back on sporadically now for some reason.

[Yeahdoug]

On 5/10/2020 at 8:02 AM, captainjack said:

Last night my girlfriend and I picked up dinner from NC Red and were going to take it somewhere to eat and watch the sunset. We drove back Uptown and went to the 7th Street parking deck to the top for the views. When we got up there, there was a security officer waiting for us, so I went ahead and drove up to him and rolled down my window to talk. I said we were just going to sit in my car, eat our dinner, and leave. He interrupted me, told me it was private property of Bank of America, and that we were trespassing. I didn’t feel like getting into it with him and our food was getting cold, so I told him to have a good night and left.

Can anyone explain why this was a problem? How can they reason it’s trespassing if I took a ticket and I’m paying to be in the garage?

Don’t feel too bad. My condo is attached to a BoA LAZ parking deck with a deeded spot and I get yelled at by security all the time for walking around the top deck of the garage for exercise or to check out the view. I just tell them they may work here, but I live here. I usually get threatened with trespassing, but they don’t do anything. Some are cool, but some have a real chip on their shoulder.

[Norm2]

22 hours ago, turbocraig said:

I think you're referring to Duke, yes?  The WF jukebox building has been dark for a hot minute now.  But yes, DEC does turn off then back on sporadically now for some reason.

Does anyone know why the jukebox building hasn't been lot up for some time? 

[KJHburg]

Convention center expansion today is full speed ahead lots of work being done.  This Stonewall corridor is such a big construction zone with this, the Ally Center, the JW Marriott and the Duke Metro tower. 

 

[Guest]

Does anyone know why the jukebox building hasn't been lot up for some time? 

It is set to undergo renovations, I imagine that has something to do with it


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[KJHburg]

this little patio deck at the BB&T Center is a nice addition from College St.  Bonus shot of One Wells Fargo an oldie but a goodie.  Unique on our skyline with its jukebox look.  

[DMann]

Just learned the BBT Parking Garage sold to Cousins for $85m, RDF, what's happening?

[KJHburg]

5 minutes ago, DMann said:

Just learned the BBT Parking Garage sold to Cousins for $85m, RDF, what's happening?

Cousins bought it but they also own BofA Plaza next block over connected by Overstreet Mall.  that building really has no parking and they will have a lot of space to fill when BofA leaves.  It is speculated that US Bank which is primarily in Truist Tower will be squeezed out of there and anchor the newly name US Bank Plaza.  This garage purchase could be for US Bank's parking and besides  you can add 10 floors of buildable space atop that garage and that gives them a value add site for whoever the get as an the anchor tenant for BofA Plaza.  But that is my thoughts @Tyree Ricardo says about it. 

[videtur quam contuor]

In the 1940's and 50's there were many styles of juke boxes. Put in your nickel, choose your song and it played the 45 rpm record. They were in so many businesses: restaurants, private clubs, dance halls, hotels. This is a style of jukebox that led people to call the building the Jukebox.

 

 

 

 

[KJHburg]

why @tarhoosier do your posts always appear at the top of the page? 

[videtur quam contuor]

You, of all people, should know about paid placement. 

[QCxpat]

CMPD Central Division - Today 3:15 p.m.

Edited May 13, 2020 by QCxpat

[Hushpuppy321]

7 hours ago, QCxpat said:

CMPD Central Division - Today 3:15 p.m.

Great looking Division Station!  With all the Police Stations being currently built around town makes me wonder how many CMPD had beforehand?  Seriously, you have Stations being built in University, Independence Blvd, Ballantyne, Uptown, WT Harris Blvd.

[atlrvr]

I believe in most cases, they are replacing space that they outgrew.  Typically they rented space in shopping centers, but are now building their own larger facilities.

[Hushpuppy321]

13 hours ago, atlrvr said:

I believe in most cases, they are replacing space that they outgrew.  Typically they rented space in shopping centers, but are now building their own larger facilities.

Thanks for the heads up.  City of Charlotte really spending a lot on Capital Projects like all these Police Stations is impressive.  Hope we come out financially sound from this Pandemic as a City & Region

[QCxpat]

Today 3:00 p.m. - Norfolk Southern line / West 6th Street

Edited May 16, 2020 by QCxpat

[DMann]

I was talking to one of the construction guys and he told me that each beam weighs 35 tons, is 110 ft Long, and the steel is 3 " thick.  Yikes!  I ask him if he was involved in the Hawthorne Bridge rebuild he laughed and said "not us" 

[kermit]

15 hours ago, DMann said:

I was talking to one of the construction guys and he told me that each beam weighs 35 tons, is 110 ft Long, and the steel is 3 " thick.  Yikes!  I ask him if he was involved in the Hawthorne Bridge rebuild he laughed and said "not us" 

Norfolk Southern was long known as the railroad that was run by civil engineers, rather than by accountants or business dudes. They have long had a reputation for overbuilding and over-maintaining their network, although the reputation is fading a bit in the current industry climate. It is not a surprise that they hired/approved of a (hopefully) competent contractor for tracks that are on their network. Hopefully this culture will pay off on all of the Gateway trackwork.  

CSX had the opposite reputation....

 

Edited May 17, 2020 by kermit