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[Urbanity]

Not sure where this goes, but who is the hipster claiming fame as King of Charlotte City Hall?

 

 

Source: Google Local


 

Edited November 14, 2013 by Urbanity

[Guest]

Not sure where this goes, but who is the hipster claiming fame as King of Charlotte City Hall?

 

11-14-2013 1-45-08 PM.jpg

 

Source: Google Local

 

is that what Charlotteans are calling a hipster these days?

[vassago]

Not sure where this goes, but who is the hipster claiming fame as King of Charlotte City Hall?

 

11-14-2013 1-45-08 PM.jpg

 

Source: Google Local

 

 

apparently Rob McDowell.

 

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-kJ9ZlCApQr8/UdBoNoRS7RI/AAAAAAAACjU/xwbJ57iK7bA/s250-c-k-no/2013-06-30

 

http://charlotteseen.com/advisory-board/

 

http://charlotteseen.smugmug.com/CharlotteFashionWeek/Charlotte-Fashion-Week-2013/Finale-After-Party-Club-Label/31938785_jDjHSF#!i=2772296095&k=nJzxr4j

Edited November 14, 2013 by vassago

[go_vertical]

And his interests include computers and electronic (yeah, no "s" there). I translate that as he surfs the internet and has one iPod.

[ah59396]

apparently Rob McDowell.

 

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-kJ9ZlCApQr8/UdBoNoRS7RI/AAAAAAAACjU/xwbJ57iK7bA/s250-c-k-no/2013-06-30

 

http://charlotteseen.com/advisory-board/

 

http://charlotteseen.smugmug.com/CharlotteFashionWeek/Charlotte-Fashion-Week-2013/Finale-After-Party-Club-Label/31938785_jDjHSF#!i=2772296095&k=nJzxr4j

 

 

Well that's different...

Edited November 14, 2013 by ah59396

[Urbanity]

is that what Charlotteans are calling a hipster these days?

Charlotte: The unconventional city for the unconventional hipster?

Edited November 14, 2013 by Urbanity

[nowensone]

You know, I suppose its a good thing that our states are not more independent like they used to be, or else McCrory's plane might have been denied airspace/flyover rights..

[nowensone]

Was bored and looking up stuff, which lead to SSC, got interested in pics, so forced myself to read all 39 pages of this thread, funny seeing some familiar names, but, I never want to see another picture of Miami again, ever, not even joking a little, pretty much a ditto on ATL, and not sure I want to look at CLT again for a while, or not until we have some completions/additions.  But, I want OKC's Devon Tower a little bit.  And to visit Louisville, never been.

 

On to the point of this post - NEO, thank you for this forum, pretty much avoid SSC like a minor plague, and was just reminded of why.  Will be contributing to UP again soon.  In fairness, and if my memory is accurate, SSC used to be much worse, but, its not UP.

[ah59396]

Was bored and looking up stuff, which lead to SSC, got interested in pics, so forced myself to read all 39 pages of this thread, funny seeing some familiar names, but, I never want to see another picture of Miami again, ever, not even joking a little, pretty much a ditto on ATL, and not sure I want to look at CLT again for a while, or not until we have some completions/additions.  But, I want OKC's Devon Tower a little bit.  And to visit Louisville, never been.

 

On to the point of this post - NEO, thank you for this forum, pretty much avoid SSC like a minor plague, and was just reminded of why.  Will be contributing to UP again soon.  In fairness, and if my memory is accurate, SSC used to be much worse, but, its not UP.

 

 

It's a battle over there...that's for sure.  You think SSC is bad though...try City-data.  Now THAT, is a cesspool.  

[15895]

^ lmao yes. God City-Data sucks.... I'll look over there to see how they react to issues such as Cannon, panthers, etc

[MilZ]

I think they're both entertaining forums, but theres a reason I dont (try to) contribute to those sites.

[Neo]

On to the point of this post - NEO, thank you for this forum, pretty much avoid SSC like a minor plague, and was just reminded of why.  Will be contributing to UP again soon.  In fairness, and if my memory is accurate, SSC used to be much worse, but, its not UP.

 

[15895]

PNC got the naming rights to Verizon Wireless Ampitheater.

They've done way more (from what I've seen; subjective) advertising it seems than RBC ever done.

I wonder if PNC would expand (jobs) in Charlotte If they ran out of room in PNC tower in Raleigh or if they put a different division or if there's only room for Raleigh to have corp. PNC jobs in the Carolinas

[MilZ]

PNC got the naming rights to Verizon Wireless Ampitheater.

They've done way more (from what I've seen; subjective) advertising it seems than RBC ever done.

I wonder if PNC would expand (jobs) in Charlotte If they ran out of room in PNC tower in Raleigh or if they put a different division or if there's only room for Raleigh to have corp. PNC jobs in the Carolinas

I had the same thought...

 

I figure PNC seeking any visibility in Charlotte could keep the possibilty open.

[grodney]

Just got the latest Charlotte Magazine in the mail.  It has the "25 Best Restaurants".  I've lived in Charlotte 12 years and I've been to.....drumroll......zero of them.  

 

Here they are, in case you want to see how you stack up:

http://www.charlottemagazine.com/Charlotte-Magazine/December-2013/Charlottes-25-Best-Restaurants2013/

 

 

 

Edit:  Oops, I guess I've been to one -- Vivace.  

Edited November 27, 2013 by grodney

[DEnd]

Same here. However one of my good friends used to be the sou chef at McNich House. Though to be fair I haven't lived in Charlotte for over five years.

Edited November 27, 2013 by DEnd

[nonillogical]

I'm surprised I've been to almost half of them! I'm a bit of a wannabe foodie. Seeing all these places listed back-to-back makes it clear we definitely have a great high-end dining scene. If anything its the low and mid-range options, and a few ethnic cuisines, where we still have some niches unfilled. 

[tozmervo]

I've got about 7 of those under my belt and about 5 others on my list to visit. Bistro la Bon is my favorite of what I've been to

Edited November 27, 2013 by tozmervo

[nonillogical]

My favorite of those listed is Halcyon, but Block & Grinder definitely should have been included! Although you could argue that B&G is slightly more casual than most of those, and is actually a good example of the simple, artisan mid-range restaurants that I hope we get more of. 

[15895]

I'm so aggravated at the chamber for labeling October as Job-tober....

I've been coming up with these job names every month now...

Relo-vember (relocate), Growth-cember and Expand-urary

Pretty soon I'm going to hit a road block on these job names for months and going to hang my head on the wall if I can't come up with a job name....

[ah59396]

Random question:

Does our city do a good job marketing our churches?

I'm not talking about the mega churches or local pre-fabricated baptist churches; but we have some very impressive churches, especially around Dilworth and Myers Park. For a place known as "the city of churches" id like to see us market them better.

I'm not even close to religious, but I can certainly appreciate the architecture and spirituality associated with these buildings. And I'll go out of my way to visit a church if it's well known or has some interesting history.

Just a thought.

[MilZ]

http://stupiddope.com/2013/12/13/art-in-public-spaces-baltimore-installs-cool-artistic-crosswalks/

I wanted to share some news for anyone who is interested. Baltimore is installing creative crosswalks in order to implement more public art into their downtown.

I remember listening to Charlotte talks about a month or two ago and hearing about some initiative to expand public art in Charlotte. Any thoughts?

[nonillogical]

Cool idea. I enjoy the checkered crosswalks around Nascar HOF and the new terra cotta colored crosswalks in Plaza Midwood and a few other places.

 

Not sure that the hopscotch crosswalks are too wise though, lol. 

[15895]

Well January/Febuary for the past few years seems to be the months we get the majority of our new developments announced so let's hope our streak continues

Edited December 24, 2013 by AirNostrumMAD

[ah59396]

Merry Christmas to those that celebrate!