Charlotte - Deconstruction

These series of pictures are from the buildings that are being demolished or abandoned, due to our new light rail construction. It is costing the City of Charlotte (and tax payers) tons of cash, and businesses are forced to find new dwellings. If there is interest, I will post more.

MP

 

Yes, indeed. Charlotte, NC. Thanks for your comments. :smile:

 

Whoa - Didn't mean to stir a political debate. :-P

Hey Josh, did you know you took a picture of my wife at the Girl Scouts Gala at the Speedway?


I'll post more from this series.

 

Different shoot - same location - before the building was torn down. These are larger resolutions....



HDR - 3 Exposures blended.



Black and white, HDR.

 

There is plenty of waste. I still can't get over the amount of trash and crap that gets put in my own front yard!

It seems like Charlotte likes to tear down what is "old" and replace it with something new and shiny. Case and point, look at all the old bungalow houses in Dilworth that are getting torn down, and being replaced with 3,500 - 5,000 sq/ft houses on those lots. Investors are paying a premium for those lots just to tear down and rebuild.

Charlotte does things backwards, me thinks. I am a native, and have seen it all.

 

Josh,
If you look at Randy's site, you will find this. - http://www.carolina-sportsphotography.com/gallery/2792927#151009769,

This is the picture of my wife and one of her Girl Scouts. I have been in touch with Randy, and I think I will be shooting with him sometime in the near future, soon as he recovers. We should have a CLT meet and greet.

 

That building skeleton was quite cool. It sat right next to a busy autobell, and there is no cover, everyone can see if you are there or not. A few days later, I saw kids jumping on the roof of the adjacent building, and of course, grafatti started to show up too - not long after - you have the rubble. Its intresting to see the progression of an empty building that is very accessible to the public.