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A late Autumn sunset illuminates the Charlotte skyline. Seen from Bryant Park.

Photos of the 163-suite Hotel Sierra currently under construction Uptown adjacent to Time-Warner Cable Arena. According to Charlotte Center City Partners, “The building will accommodate parking on four floors above a street-level hotel lobby, bar, breakfast area and check-in desk with guest rooms on the sixth through sixteenth floors.”

Three years ago on this date, November 24th, Charlotte entered the transit age. From the archives, a selection of photos of the LYNX light rail line over the past three years.

UNC Charlotte’s Center City building under construction. The building is planned to be part of a larger First Ward development including a park.

BREAKING NEWS: It is Spring in Charlotte. Plants add color to the gray of Uptown as trees and flowers bloom. Skateboarders and jazz bands return to street corners. Some photos of springtime life in the QC.

Several local blogs are campaigning to name the Carolina Raptor Center’s newest baby eaglet “Noah,” after Charlotte’s Lance Corporal Noah M. Pier, a Marine who was recently killed in Afghanistan.

Cedar Posts first posted a story about the naming of the eaglet Tuesday, saying:

More than 800 names were submitted in WCNC’s “Name the Eaglet contest” and the Carolina Raptor Center has narrowed the list down to five names including “Noah”.

Cedar Posts can’t imagine a tribute to a fallen Marine more fitting than the naming an Eagle in his memory. What a wonderful day it will be, when we all can watch “Noah” take flight, to soar over the country that Lance Corporal Noah M. Pier gave his life to defend.

This morning, Bill Fehr also posted the story of the eaglet naming on his blog. Fehr, a local bicycle messenger, blogger, and Gulf War veteran, recently blogged about his experience meeting Lance Corporal Pier’s family at the visitation.

Vote here for one of the five finalists for the name of the new baby eagle. According to the website, the deadline to submit your favorite name is Monday, March 8 at 12 p.m. EST.  The winning name will be announced Monday, March 8 on WCNC.com and NewsChannel 36.

photos: James Willamor; view this video on Vimeo

One hundred, twenty-six photos of Charlotte taken in 2009, more or less in chronological order. The majority of the photos were taken for CLT Blog and Crossroads Charlotte. The song is Brand New, released in 2009 by Charlotte area artists One Big Love. A list of events and people featured in the slideshow is after the break.
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photo: James Willamor; view this photo on Flickr

A laundromat on Sharon Amity between Central and Albemarle.

Many have bemoaned the current tourist slogan for Charlotte, but what I feel is lacking is a great video of Charlotte promoting the city. There have been some, but they haven’t been on quite the level of this Portland video. I’ve halfway got my bags packed already! There are some decent videos on the Charlotte’s Got A Lot website, but even one of the better ones (the last video on this page) could stand improvement. Well, I at least think we do better than Cleveland.

Saturday, Aug. 22nd around 7:15PM the photo below was taken from the Mathison Ave. bridge between North Davidson and Tryon. This is a beautiful wall cloud. The storm didn’t appear to be too strong, with little lightning. I checked for signs of a tornado: rapid rotation, debris cloud, and power flashes.

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