Tuesday, July 26, 2016

In 1969 planners imagined Charlotte’s University City. Did their vision come true?

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1969 University City Planning Concepts This is part two of my "I Love Old Maps" series.  In addition to ferreting out that fu...
Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Charlotte in the '80s

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I love how old maps show what the mapmakers valued.  I recently came across this map of Charlotte circa 1986. (You'll want t...
Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Do you live in the 'real' Charlotte?

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Plaza Midwood, a neighborhood that is not south of Fairview. Photo: Nancy Pierce Do you live in “the real Charlotte”? I was chatt...
Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Skywalkers, Luke or otherwise, and the problems they cause for cities

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People fill a plaza at the Mint Museum in Uptown Charlotte. In many cities overstreet skywalks are blamed for taking too many people off ...
Tuesday, June 21, 2016

About that greener-looking grass in S.C. roads program

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In Charlotte, a lot of local officials in the transportation world have cast envious eyes over the state line into South Carolina, where co...
Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Density and parking: W.W.J.J.(Jane Jacobs) D.?

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View of proposed development from Caswell Road. Image from documents filed with City of Charlotte I've spent the last few days re-r...
Thursday, April 14, 2016

What's a city and what's a suburb, and what's their future?

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Large totems mark the "center" of the Ballantyne development in south Charlotte. Photo: Google Street View I've long been...