North Carolina development thread. (Charlotte, Greensboro: financing, highrise, classroom)
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Charlotte Area Transit System and NCDOT have lined up funding and nearly completed design work on the on the planned Charlotte Gateway Station uptown. Planning for the project began more than a decade ago. The idea is to put passenger rail, the Gold Line streetcar and local and intercity buses in one place.
Lewis told the City Council they've lined up about $112 million for the project's first phase. That's from federal and state sources, as well $33 million in city funding. That would pay for separating freight and passenger tracks through uptown, building five new bridges, and constructing a 2,000-foot covered passenger platform.
The station itself and related shops, offices and apartments would part of a second phase that's still in planning. Lewis says they hope to put out a call for a private developer in the next few months. Gateway Transit Station Work To Begin This Summer | WFAE
Not trying to be negative but I do not like the theme of wavy canopies on the platforms nor this wavy roof.
This gateway station design is waaay too busy, it's got so many motifs going on that compete with each other.
Just having one of these would be more elegant and powerful:
-the wavy roof
-the exposed roof trusses/steel columns
-the front bowing outward
-the front kickers to the trusses
I'm sorry but those wavy canopies & this wavy roof are doing a disservice to Charlotte.
Hopefully some of the station's detalling will be VE'd out.
Not trying to be negative but I do not like the theme of wavy canopies on the platforms nor this wavy roof.
This gateway station design is waaay too busy, it's got so many motifs going on that compete with each other.
Just having one of these would be more elegant and powerful:
-the wavy roof
-the exposed roof trusses/steel columns
-the front bowing outward
-the front kickers to the trusses
I'm sorry but those wavy canopies & this wavy roof are doing a disservice to Charlotte.
Hopefully some of the station's detalling will be VE'd out.
The wave roof is hideous and tacky. What it lacks in design for me (its nice but it reminds me of what a CMS school would look like for the best neighborhood) it makes up in pedestrian interaction, and connecting thv mass transit and its integration to the city street
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