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Tryon Street Station
Tryon Street is a streetcar station in Charlotte, North Carolina. The at-grade dual side platforms on West Trade Street are a stop along the CityLynx Gold Line, serving Independence Square and the second largest financial hub of the United States. Location Tryon Street station is located at the intersection of Trade and Tryon Streets, in Uptown Charlotte. Surrounding Independence Square is 101 Independence Center, 112 Tryon Plaza, 121 West Trade, Bank of America Corporate Center, Charlotte Marriott City Center, One South at The Plaza, and Thomas Polk Park. Other nearby landmarks and popular destinations include: 129 West Trade, 200 South Tryon, BB&T Center, Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, Discovery Place, Fifth Third Center, First Citizens Plaza, Ivey's Hotel, Johnston Building, Overstreet Mall, and the Truist Center. Artwork The ''Sculptures On The Square'', dedicated on November 27, 1995, are a suite of four large bronze sculptures that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CityLynx
The Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) is the agency responsible for public transportation in the Charlotte metropolitan area. CATS operates bus and rail transit services in Mecklenburg County and surrounding areas. Established in 1999, CATS' bus and rail operations carry about 320,000 riders on an average week. CATS is governed by the Metropolitan Transit Commission and is operated as a department of the City of Charlotte. In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of . History Origins Prior to 1976, public transportation in Charlotte was entirely privatized. Trolleys operated in the city from 1891 until 1938. Privately operated bus routes also ran in Charlotte until 1976. In 1976, the City of Charlotte began operating bus routes under the Charlotte Transit brand, which operated from 1976 until CATS' founding in 2000. (Charlotte Transit and the Charlotte Area Transit System are not to be confused despite the similarity in name.) Charlotte Transit operate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
129 West Trade
129 West Trade is a high-rise in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was built in 1958 and has 15 floors. The building is clad with 3,822 - 2,000 pound (890 kg) precast concrete facade panels which measure 5.5 by 6 feet (1.6 by 1.8 m). This building was home to the Wachovia Charlotte office prior to 1975, when the bank moved to 400 South Tryon. The Charlotte Chamber of Commerce occupied the building from 1975 to 1995. See also * List of tallest buildings in Charlotte File:Skyline of Charlotte 2016.jpg, 350px, Skyline of Charlotte (Use cursor to identify buildings) poly 2920 668 2940 252 3044 104 3140 292 3172 428 3204 1380 3160 1384 3145 668 Bank of America Corporate Center poly 360 594 630 594 628 1266 600 ... References Emporis Office buildings in Charlotte, North Carolina Office buildings completed in 1958 Harrison & Abramovitz buildings {{NorthCarolina-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sculptor
Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sculptural processes originally used carving (the removal of material) and modelling (the addition of material, as clay), in stone, metal, ceramic art, ceramics, wood and other materials but, since Modernism, there has been an almost complete freedom of materials and process. A wide variety of materials may be worked by removal such as carving, assembled by welding or modelling, or Molding (process), moulded or Casting, cast. Sculpture in stone survives far better than works of art in perishable materials, and often represents the majority of the surviving works (other than pottery) from ancient cultures, though conversely traditions of sculpture in wood may have vanished almost entirely. However, most ancient sculpture was brightly painted, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independence Square (Charlotte) - September 2021
Independence Square may refer to: * Independence Square, Gyumri, Armenia * Independence Square, at Pabna University of Science & Technology, Bangladesh * Independence Square, Minsk, Belarus * Independence Square, Sofia, Bulgaria * Plaza de la Independencia, Quito, Ecuador * Black Star Square, also called Independence Square, Accra, Ghana * Merdeka Square, Jakarta, Indonesia * Independence Square, Nur-Sultan, Astana, Kazakhstan * Independence Square, Vilnius, Lithuania * Merdeka Square, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia * Putrajaya Independence Square, Malaysia * Independence Square outside St Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta * Independence Square in Choibalsan, Mongolia * Independence Square (Podgorica), Montenegro * Praça da Independência, Maputo, Mozambique * Tinubu Square, Lagos Island, Lagos State, Nigeria * Independence Square (Basseterre), Saint Kitts and Nevis * Independence Square, Chachapoyas, Peru * Independence Square, Colombo, Sri Lanka * Onafhankelijkheidsplein, Param ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Truist Center
The Truist Center is a 47-story, skyscraper in Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina. The city's third tallest building, it is located along North Tryon Street. It was opened on November 14, 2002 it was the city's second tallest building, and was known as the "Hearst Tower" until 2019. The structure is composed of a 32-story tower resting atop a 15-floor podium. During Bank of America's occupancy in the building located in the podium was a three-story trading facility designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and operated by Bank of America. The trading facility included a , two-story trading floor. Now the former trading floor is part of Truist's technology innovation center. The building is currently the headquarters of Truist Financial, which purchased the building in March 2020. Architecture The building's reverse floorplate"Muscular Hearst Tower flare skyward", ''The Charlotte Observer'', December 9, 2001. design makes the upper floors average compared to an average of only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Overstreet Mall
The Overstreet Mall is a series of pedestrian bridges in Uptown Charlotte. Proposed in 1971 and completed around 1977, the design was based on the design of the Milan Galleria and the Montreal Place Ville-Maria. The mall has about of walkways and bridges that connect various buildings between Three Wells Fargo Center and Truist Center. Rodney Little of Little & Co. said that in 1975, based on a Minneapolis design, was expected to be a big success as concern began about retailers moving to the suburbs. For this reason, Southern National Center did not face a major street, but was intended to be part of a network of bridges between office buildings and major stores such as Belk and Ivey's. Another reason for locating along College Street was the concern Tryon Street would run out of space.Doug Smith, "BB&T Center Wins Again in Tough Market," ''The Charlotte Observer'', March 21, 2004. However, in the 1980s, the Charlotte City Council decided to limit additional walkways,Doug Smith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnston Building (Charlotte, North Carolina)
The Johnston Building, also known as the Midtown Plaza, is a 17-story office high-rise in Charlotte, North Carolina with an approximate height of . Originally 15 stories when completed in 1924, it was the tallest building in Charlotte until 1926. History Located at 212 South Tryon Street, the lot was home to the Trust Building, which burned in 1922. Anchor Mills Company bought the site for $100 in 1923 from the Textile Office Building Company. William Lee Stoddart, a New York City architect known for large hotels, had designed the Hotel Charlotte, which was under construction and had Charles Worth Johnston as an investor. The builder was Hunkin-Conkey Construction, and the cost was reported to be $600,000. The Neo-classical steel frame building had limestone blocks for the facade, and buff-colored brick, but these were only for appearance and did not support the building. Rental agent Thomas Griffith said the Johnston Building had tenants booked even before completion. Office ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivey's
Ivey's (J.B. Ivey & Company), a former department store chain, was acquired by Dillard's, Inc. in 1990. Ivey's was based in Charlotte, North Carolina, and was founded in 1900 by Joseph Benjamin (J. B.) Ivey. History J. B. Ivey opened the first Ivey's store on February 19, 1900, on North Tryon Street in Charlotte, North Carolina. The initial location, "one and half blocks from the town square," resulted in poor sales. Later in 1900, Ivey moved the store location to the first block of West Trade Street. The business grew and relocated to 13 North Tryon Street in fall 1914. George M. Ivey, J. B. Ivey's only son, joined the company in 1920 and moved to convert the firm from a partnership to a corporation, which was completed in 1922. The company built a new store in Charlotte in 1924, which remained the only Ivey's store until 1935. Ivey's opened a store in Greenville, South Carolina, in 1935, and in Asheville, North Carolina, in 1937. Ivey's became a publicly-traded corporation in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Citizens Plaza
First Citizens Plaza is a office high-rise in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was completed in 1985 and has 23 floors. See also * List of tallest buildings in Charlotte File:Skyline of Charlotte 2016.jpg, 350px, Skyline of Charlotte (Use cursor to identify buildings) poly 2920 668 2940 252 3044 104 3140 292 3172 428 3204 1380 3160 1384 3145 668 Bank of America Corporate Center poly 360 594 630 594 628 1266 600 ... References Office buildings in Charlotte, North Carolina Office buildings completed in 1985 {{NorthCarolina-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fifth Third Center (Charlotte)
Fifth Third Center, formally known as the IJL Financial Center and 201 North Tryon, is a building in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was completed in 1997, and has 30 floors. It is located at the intersection of West Fifth Street and North Tryon Street. It was designed by Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates. The building contains of rentable floor space and it includes an attached 1,030 space parking deck. In 2001 the building won the BOMA International's TOBY award for excellence in office building management and operations. History The building was developed by Trammel Crow Co. for the former NationsBank now Bank of America. After Interstate/Johnson Lane signed on as a tenant the bank agreed to give them naming rights which gave the tower the name IJL Financial Center. In the spring of 1998 260 Interstate/Johnson Lane employees moved into the building to occupy their new headquarters. The company had leased the first five floors for a total of . They moved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discovery Place
Discovery Place Science is a science and technology museum designed for all ages, located in Uptown, Charlotte, North Carolina. The facility's exhibits and activities focus on hands-on experiences; it features a "Thinker Space" and labs, a two-story urban rain forest, aquariums, live animal exhibits, stages for demonstrations, space for traveling exhibits, and event space. Discovery Place Science also operates The Charlotte Observer IMAX Dome Theater, also referred to as an OMNIMAX theater. It is the largest IMAX Dome Theater in the Carolinas. The museum opened in 1981 and was renovated in 2010. The IMAX Dome was opened in 1991. The theater-naming rights were secured by ''The Charlotte Observer''. Rebranding In 2016, on the organization's 70th anniversary, the Discovery Place network of museums underwent rebranding for naming clarity. The Discovery Place moniker now refers to the 501(c)3 non-profit and network of museums as a whole. The Uptown Charlotte location: Discovery Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
The Charlotte Mecklenburg Library (previously the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County) is the public library system of the city of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County in North Carolina. About Charlotte Mecklenburg Library is one of America's many urban public libraries, serving a community of approximately one million citizens in the city of Charlotte and the towns of Matthews, Pineville, Mint Hill, Davidson, Cornelius and Huntersville – all located in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Early history Andrew Carnegie donated $25,000 to establish a public library in Charlotte in 1901. In early 1904, the city aldermen bought a lot at the corner of Brevard and East 2nd streets for a separate library for African Americans, the first of its kind in North Carolina. Although only six blocks from the Carnegie Library, it was in the heart of the Brooklyn neighborhood, the black city within the city of Charlotte where many black churches and most black-owned business ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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