Comments on: Charlotte circa 1987 from the air

By: Justin Ruckman

Justin Ruckman — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:08:42 +0000

Oh yeah, I eat this stuff up. That was one of our first posts: http://cltblog.com/132

By: Ian on Lake Norman

Ian on Lake Norman — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:11:50 +0000

Justin – not sure if you saw this, but there is also a video someone made in 1986 of a drive through Charlotte. It includes Carowinds, I-77, and other areas around the city. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cYQi-J7vfQ&fe...

By: Jacob

Jacob — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:17:40 +0000

LOL AGREED!!!!

By: jakrose

jakrose — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:49:02 +0000

born and raised in Charlotte, NC. love Charlotte, but those pictures above, from 20 years ago, are of an ugly city

By: Jacob

Jacob — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:44:57 +0000

what city are you from ? Charlotte is one of the most beautiful ., clean, and developed cities in this state!

By: Rhi B.

Rhi B. — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:30:21 +0000

Flying over the 'burbs, it looks like the earth has stitches. It's kinda sad.

By: jakrose

jakrose — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:50:54 +0000

what an ugly city. looks like plenty of parking though

By: MelTheCatalyst

MelTheCatalyst — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:55:49 +0000

Justin those pics are so cool! It is crazy to look around now. Everyday, everywhere, the landscape is changing. I wish I would have taken more pics growing up because now so many things are gone. Plus your editing skills are immpressive. You do retouching??

By: jruckman

jruckman — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:04:35 +0000

Enough retouching to get the above results. Though I don't know if I'd call it "impressive", haha. Looking it on it now from a different monitor than my own, there's a lot I should fix.

By: JamesWillamor

JamesWillamor — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:52:06 +0000

The photos are from 1987, because 1 First Union (1 Wellschovia) was about 1/3 complete. Link to the original post on UP:

http://www.urbanplanet.org/forums/index.php?s=&am...