CLT Blog

A gallery of photographs taken this weekend from the 51st floor of The Vue.

This weekend Charlotte hosted the  Street Soccer USA Charlotte Invitational at the Southend Fieldhouse. The tournament featured homeless and recently homeless athletes from across the nation, including Minneapolis, New York, Washington DC, and others. Street Soccer USA helps “players improve social skills, self esteem, physical/mental health, and eliminate barriers to employment, making them more likely to achieve housing/job placement than their peers.”

Check out WFAE’s Charlotte Talks program on homelessness and Charlotte’s Street Soccer team.

Read the Charlotte Observer article and photos of the tournament.

Watch a video clip from Friday’s action, including Charlotte’s first goal via penalty kick.

Follow Charlotte 945 and Street Soccer USA on Twitter and Street Soccer USA on Facebook.

Friday, January 14th, was the opening of The Late 2010 Blues, a photography exhibit by Armando Bellmas. All the photographs in the exhibit were made using a smartphone. The exhibition was at Dialect Gallery in NoDa. Dialect, a design firm by day, converts into a gallery and hosts a new exhibition the second Friday of every month. Follow Armando Bellmas and Dialect Design on Twitter.

Four bands performed live on New Years Day at Area Fifteen, including We Are Royalty, Reader, ElisaRay, and Daniel Gallagher.

Charlotte people, places, and events of 2010.

A few photos taken in Villa Heights, Optimist Park, and First Ward neighborhoods of the December 25th and 26th snow in Charlotte.

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

Shoes dangle from a power line in Uptown Charlotte.

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.”

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