Category Archives: History

Levine Museum in the New York Times

15 Feb 10 – 1:50 pm

An Enigmatic Land of Great Expectations
“It is unlikely that anything resembling the impressive Levine Museum of the New South would exist anywhere else. A museum of the New North or the New East would be merely peculiar, but here the term “New South” has a venerable heritage, recalling unrealized hopes and great expectations. There is [...]

By Justin Ruckman | Also posted in Quick Links, Uptown | Comments (2)

Vicente Fox speaks at Charlotte Museum of History

28 Jan 10 – 10:31 am

photo: James Willamor; view this photo on Flickr
Tuesday evening CLTBlog-tographer James Willamor and I had the most amazing opportunity to cover a speech given by the Former President of Mexico. He was in town with the Former First Lady, Marta, speaking at the Charlotte Museum of History for their Distinguished Speaker Series. Even better, I got [...]

By Desiree Kane | Also posted in Events, Feature, Politics, World | Comments (1)

Is that a fact?

16 Oct 09 – 3:21 pm

Dr. Richard Dawkins speaks at Queens University, Charlotte. Photo: James Willamor; view this photo on Flickr
This is the opiniony part:

The thing one must remember about scientists, and this is my opinion, is that they expect to be wrong.  They allow for wrongness. Science gets it wrong, often. It’s a rare occurrence when scientists observe something [...]

By Minimum Failure | Also posted in Feature, Opinion, Review, World | Comments (2)

Creative Crossroads: Remembering our past

15 Jul 09 – 8:27 am

photo: Bill Fehr; view this photo on his blog
This is the sixth in a series titled “Creative Crossroads” — where we take a look at the current state of arts and creativity in the city.
As the city of Charlotte looks to the future of the arts, we should also take a moment to remember our [...]

By James Willamor | Also posted in Art, Crime, Interview | Tagged | Comments (5)

Metropolis by Rob Carter

7 May 09 – 1:47 am

watch this video on Vimeo
The above video is only the last 3 minutes of Rob Carter’s Metropolis, a stop-motion retrospective of Charlotte’s growth from a Native American trading path to a post-apocalyptic jungle.
You can watch the piece in its entirety over at Carter’s website.
Props to @jritch for finding this.

By Justin Ruckman | Also posted in Architecture, City, Development, Film | Comments (7)

Charlotte circa 1987 from the air

21 Apr 09 – 7:48 pm

I found these pictures on Urban Planet this week, though I can’t find a link to the proper thread now for the life of me. It’s cool to see uptown Charlotte pre- most of what it is now. The originals were badly discolored (I forgot how yellowish-green the 80s were), so I did what I [...]

By Justin Ruckman | Also posted in Architecture, City, Uptown | Comments (10)

Bojangles Coliseum

14 Apr 09 – 5:36 am

Like chicken ‘n biscuits, so goes the partnership between Charlotte classics like Bojangles and the original Charlotte Coliseum. In November of ‘08 Bojangles received unanimous approval for naming rights of the celebrated stadium.
The newly titled Bojangles Coliseum is owned by the City of Charlotte and operated by the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority. Originally opening its [...]

By Melissa Fortune | Also posted in City, Events, Infrastructure, Recreation, Sports | Comments (8)

Recap: Pecha Kucha Charlotte, Vol. 3

6 Apr 09 – 10:34 pm

video: Justin Ruckman & Erik Button; watch this video on Vimeo
Pecha Kucha Charlotte, Vol. 3, was last Thursday in Rock Hill. It was a fun time, as always, with cool people and interesting ideas. You can follow Pecha Kucha on Twitter: @pechakuchanight. Stay tuned for updates on the next Pecha Kucha over at the Point [...]

By Justin Ruckman | Also posted in Art, Economy, Entertainment, Events, Food, Government, Infrastructure, Music, Performance, Photography, Politics, World | Comments (4)

Google Earth has a nice view of Charlotte

2 Feb 09 – 5:19 pm

I downloaded the new version of Google Earth today (version 5.0) and noticed a dramatic improvement in the 3D models for much of uptown Charlotte. I’m not 100% sure if this is a new feature to the 5.0 version, but I know the additions are no more than a month or two old.

By Justin Ruckman | Also posted in Architecture, City, Development, Infrastructure, Photography, Technology, Uptown | Comments (2)

Enjoy the outdoors close to the city

11 Nov 08 – 3:01 am

Looking to escape Charlotte and enjoy the outdoors and autumn weather without driving three hours to the west?  Morrow Mountain State Park and the Uwharrie National Forest are located just an hour or so east of the Queen City.

Looking across Lake Tillery to the Uwharrie National Forest

By James Willamor | Also posted in Environment, Recreation | Comments (1)