Monday, June 28, 2021

40 years that built today's Charlotte

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The early 20th century's "Watch Charlotte Grow" Drum and Bugle Corps. Because Charlotte always wants to grow. Photo courtesy o...
Thursday, June 17, 2021

With Price’s closing, South End loses the last vestige from before “South End”

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  I took this photo Thursday, after an hour in line waiting to get into the soon-to-close Price’s Chicken Coop. Almost another hour went by ...
Sunday, May 9, 2021

Bulldozers and the failure – or success – of imagination

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   The 1930s Masonic Temple in downtown Scranton, Pa., is now the city's Cultural Center. Apologies that  the photo doesn’t do the build...
Monday, March 22, 2021

I guess we’e reimagining uptown Charlotte again

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Image from draft of the 2040 Center City Vision Plan, of what might (in some distant future) be a large park where the Norfolk Southern ra...
Thursday, August 20, 2020

Weedy obstruction gets whacked

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Weeds that blocked the sidewalk have been removed. Now, anyone want to report that campaign sign illegally posted in the right-of-way? Photo...
Tuesday, August 11, 2020

A good walk spoiled

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At least there ’s a sidewalk. But shouldn ’t walking be more comfortable than getting slapped in the face with overgrown weeds? Photo: Mary ...
Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Sun Belt cities are driving much of our urban growth. Let’s study them

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Charlotte shares many urban problems with other boomimg Sun Belt cities. Photo: Daniel Weiss/Unsplash This article has also been publis...