So they have starting unwrapping the east facade of the Hue. It is done by the same developer and architect of 222, but is a drastically different design. The price point and style are geared toward a younger crowd to not cannabalize their own market. I really like this building, I know the studios and one bedrooms have sold well, we’ll see how many go to closing. Now we wait for the retail.
This is a quick shot of the new municipal complex that is slated to go into where the courthouse and city hall are right now. The project is still a ways off since it is to be completed around 2012 and more phases to come online till 2027. Most of us won’t even live here anymore, but if we ever come back to visit someone when we are 40, this might be what you see.
So some of you might have noticed that I have ripped on the Boylan Bridge Brewpub a few times a while back. It’s not that I don’t want them to do well – on the contrary, it was because 5 or 6 different places have opened since they first announced they were going to make a bar there. Hell, even a couple places opened and closed in the downtime. Anyway, all that is about to change. They are making beer now! It might seem strange to start brewing before they have even fitted out the building, but you have to remember it takes a bit to get a good brew going. I’m sure Mark Fesche, the brewmaster, will be able to narrow down the options quickly and get a good batch, but it still is more art and less science, so give them a little time.
Alright! The market is open! Not the feeble stock market. That’s for pussies with too much….err, make that no money. This is the real market. An open air outdoor three pack bonanza of art, crafts, and goods and supplies. Picture artsplosure for the poorer man. And yes, we are all poorer people. This means you can get one off art peices, new clothes, and brushes to try to rip off others art all in one place. Hooray!
Pretty much all you need to know is be standing in the parking lot of purple armchair (just east of 510 glenwood on west street) on saturday November 29th. This weekend. Get your shit together and be there. If you can’t find it, lick your finger and put it in the air like a golfer. Then it will inherently point towards the awesomeness wafting over from the coolness. Adjectives!
This is for all those people who hate an architect moving in next to you.
I’ve actually known about this little guy for a bit now, just haven’t gotten around to getting any photos. And now I don’t have to. Hooray!
I’m sure everyone has been to a Carolina Ale House. They are about as common as syphilis in a streetwhore, so at some time you’ve eaten there. You like that? Nothing like combining STD’s and food. Now that I have your attention, or more likely your getting ready to close the page and go read something useful like snopes, now for the big unveil!
This is pretty awesome, and I haven’t driven down Boylan Street in while, but kudos to whoever put this up.
So there is a cocky new kid on the block that has the idea that it can solve all your worldly woes. It is a restuarant/deli called Remedy. I’m already assuming they have a sandwich called the hangover cure. It is going in where Roly Poly used to be at the corner of Hargett and Blount (pronounced like it’s spelled). I was a little ticked when Roly Poly moved, but their new location is working out for them and we get a new joint out of the deal so I’m okay with that. This is just more stuff that is lining Hargett, I really like what is going on there. For the most part you can eat and drink from Nash to Moore within 20 yards of Hargett. I’ll let you know when it is open, should be about a month I’d think.
So I’m only going to touch on this for a second right now. Hannover Square, or what you might call the ghetto fabulous plaza between the BBT tower and BOA building at the south end of fayetteville is getting renovated. It was a messy startup with the city calling off a kick ass snake like art installation before about a year ago. This was by a spanish artist and its lights would follow you around as you walked under a trellise. People could fight with their light tails. Anyway, they nixed that and then tried to take the land from BOA. Bad move, BOA is now pretty much the only bank in America, and you don’t want to fuck with a company already pissed off. So they negotiated and yelled obscenities, and now the city has the land. The are continuing fayetteville through to the performing arts center and building little glass cube kiosks for retail or food. I’ll snap some pictures as it gets rollling.
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