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Credit: CCCF You know what day it is! Camel City Update! 525@Vine and Inmar Headquarters: Congratulations to developer BioMed Realty Trust! The Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits announced 525@Vine and the Inmar Headquarters as the winners of the Major Community Impact Award at the 2014 Historic Rehabilitation Awards, which recognize exceptional achievement in preservation using the historic rehabilitation tax credit (HTC). The awards were received at the Historic Tax Credit Conference, last week, at The Drake Hotel in Chicago. This will be the first of many awards for these two buildings. Their last building won a large variety of awards. 525@Vine https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.n...75829012_n.jpg Credit: WFIQ 525@Vine http://www.linvilleteam.com/pilotFil...0image%201.jpg Credit: Linville Team Plant 64 Lofts: The first units were leased July 1! If you want a "factory loft" apartment downtown, you have to lease early! You can't wait. Thankfully, this apartment complex has two more buildings, still under construction, offering more chances to lease here! According to the leasing office, the entire Plant 64 Complex will be completed by December 20. Amenities include a pool with a patio and an area for grilling, a conference center with a TV, a fitness center, a yoga studio, and a basketball court. The development will also have a conference center that both residents and nonresidents can reserve. The developer has preserved many of the complex's original features, including a scale and a lift shaft. The power plant has been kept completely intact. The energy cost for each loft is around $55. Civic Plaza: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bvkt3ZsCcAA6KNS.jpg City of WS Bailey Park @ East End: WSTB forum member, rmhpmi, posted an awesome update on Bailey Park @ EE. I will only share two of the photographs. One from Thursday and one from yesterday. If you would like to see more, be sure to visit his post at WSTB and thank him for the update. As you can see, this is a performance stage for movies, performing arts, and music. The steps are leading up to the seating area, taking advantage of the natural steep sloping terrain. The structure you see is for restrooms and storage. They haven't built the concession stand or stage. However, you can see workers pouring the foundation for the stage! The stage should rise-up very soon! This part of Bailey Park will also have a food truck courtyard, with places to sit and eat outside! Keep in mind, they are only working on a third of the park right now and will complete the other two-thirds in a second phase a year or two from now. They need the southern end of the park to stage construction for the medical school and Bailey Power Plant. Those two projects are expected to start construction around October, when the first phase of this park is completed. Quote:
The first of The Edge's two towers has topped-out! They had a topping-out lunch, for the workers, on the 21st. http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...48096264_n.jpg Credit: edgeflats https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.n...51432372_n.jpg Credit: edgeflats https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.n...16271217_n.jpg Credit: edgeflats National Olympic Cycling Center: According to someone at WSTB, a fundraiser has been set for 2015, to support the proposed Olympic Cycling Center in downtown Winston-Salem! This is proposed for an historic building on Liberty Street and will include a health food grocery store and cafe, open to downtown residents. Cyclists training for the Olympics will live in apartments on the top floor, with a nice skyline view. Bailey Power Plant: SciWorks will also have a fundraiser in about 4-5 months from now, to help pay for their move to Bailey Power Plant. I would like to encourage everyone who loves downtown to donate to them. This move will be good for both SciWorks and downtown. The Hut Indoor Skatepark: The new skate ramps are completed! http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...07320929_n.jpg Credit: Jerry Cooper 1814 Salt Flax House: An update on this 200 year old house's restoration, in Winston-Salem's Old Salem National Landmark District. http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...03481871_n.jpg Credit: WIlson-Covington Construction Mixxer Makerspace: This will likely become the next tenant in the IQ District. "MIXXER will take advantage of the power of sharing to make it possible for people to take their great ideas from vision to reality." If you want to join them, contact Alan @wsmixxer.org There is also a makerspace currently in design for Fifth Street that should start construction very soon. Makerspaces are awesome! http://wsmixxer.org/wp-content/uploa...6338232801.png If you want to see what the maker movement is about: Keep Winston-Salem Weird & Nerdy! :nerd: National Center for Design Innovation: Dr. Pamela L. Jennings was named director of the National Center for Design Innovation, effective October 1. Quote:
The Downtown Arts District Association has a photograph of downtown's newest mural! http://i.imgur.com/j1jHQrl.jpg Credit: DADA Neighborhood 743 Area Code: In the fall of 2016, Winston-Salem will have a second area code. If you already have a 336 number, you can keep it. Only new numbers will use the 743 area code. Old Salem 1766 Campaign: Susan Cameron is the third chair-person of Old Salem Museums & Gardens’ On Common Ground capital campaign. RAI has provided a lead gift of $750,000. The campaign goal is $17.66 million. As of June 30th, $14.6 million has been raised. An additional $1.6 million in collections of Southern decorative arts has been contributed to the MESDA Museum. Bookmarks Festival: Bookmarks is the only book festival in North Carolina. This is the festival's 10th year and it's free! The opening night speaker for Bookmarks this year is James Patterson, who holds the Guinness record for the most #1 New York Times bestsellers of any author. This year’s list of authors is very impressive: They have written a cumulative 150 New York Times bestsellers and are winners of prestigious awards such as the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the Coretta Scott King Honor Award, among many others. If you love books, this is a must visit festival in the Festival City! There are a variety of activities for the entire family! Bookmarks is a 10 day festival, starting September 5th, in downtown Winston-Salem's Theatre District. New Music: Winston-Salem based Phuzz Records will release new albums from The Tills and TOW3RS. The Tills’ “Howlin’” will be pressed into a 7-inch vinyl record and will also be available digitally today. It was recorded and mixed in Winston-Salem by Mitch Easter at his Fidelitorium Recordings, a studio that has produced the likes of R.E.M. and Suzanne Vega. Winston-Salem Open: Lukas Rosol, of the Czech Republic, won the Winston-Salem Open on Sunday. He defeated Poland's Jerzy Janowicz for his second career ATP Tour title. Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah of Colombia defeated Jamie Murray of Great Britain and John Peers of Australia 6-3, 6-4 in the doubles final of the Winston-Salem Open. Jamie Murray is the brother of Andy Murray, the 2013 Wimbledon champion. http://video.atpworldtour.com/1zZjJ0...MDoxOjAwMTt5zx Source: ATP World Tour Random Photographs: First Krispy Kreme: (Old Salem National Landmark District 1937) http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...41459973_n.jpg Source Brookstown/Factory Row Neighborhood (c.1885): http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...06507243_n.jpg Credit: Everette Graham Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA Museum): http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...69692092_n.jpg Credit: Justin Don't forget to visit Winston-Salem's art museums, if you're visiting or moving to this city! This city does have world class art collections, due to the art donations from the city's wealthy industrialists over the years. Pepper Building: Still waiting for a possible big announcement from the Pepper Building and U.S. Development. We will celebrate a construction start date, as usual, with a massive photography post. |
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It was a huge hardware store! http://www.camelcitydispatch.com/wp-...ay22brown4.jpg Credit: Camel City Dispatch 2014's Best Projects: Winston-Salem's recently completed 12-storey Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCC) made ENR SE's Best Projects of 2014! Congratulations to HKS Architects and Lend Lease! It's a nice addition to Winston-Salem's collection of skyscrapers. http://www.wakehealth.edu/uploadedIm...r%20banner.jpg Credit: WFBMC :star: New City Park: New To This Thread! :tup: This lake, featuring a 130-foot tall bluff, could become a 220 acre park, if you vote YES for the bonds. The lake features crystal clear water, sheer granite rock cliffs and the acres of rolling and lush vegetation. Voting yes for the bonds will provide $4 million to start construction on Phase I, which includes an elevated boardwalk through the trees leading from the top to the water’s edge to picnic shelters and an amphitheater, with a beautiful view of downtown. The park is around two miles (a little over 3 km) from downtown. Construction would start as soon as the bonds pass and the first phase could open by next summer. The lake features brim, carp, catfish, jellyfish, and bass, that swim to your boat. While unusual in other parts of the state; Jellyfish are actually common in the mountain region of North Carolina. Jellyfish http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...561f.image.jpg Credit: William Royston - JournalNow http://i.ytimg.com/vi/q_h1aYnHtYs/0.jpg Credit: WXII News 12 IMG College Expansion: IMG College is now seeking acquisitions to grow and may have to build a new building downtown or lease additional space in an existing building downtown. Ben Sutton anticipates IMG College will make multiple acquisitions in the next 4-6 months! Ben Sutton says he's used to seeing new faces and less space, for a growing work force downtown. Sutton declined to offer specifics about companies they are in acquisition talks with or other services lines that may be unveiled. :star: West Salem Townhomes: New To This Thread! :tup: Infill construction has returned to the area near the Old Salem Visitors' Center in West Salem. http://i.imgur.com/UvLcVBN.jpg Credit: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices More Jobs? SunCap is seeking to rezone 24.6 acres for a mystery tenant! Hanes GeoComponets Expansion: Hanes Geo Components in Winston-Salem will acquire ERO-TEX. No word on how many jobs this will create for Winston-Salem? B/E Aerospace: B/E Aerospace is now spun-out as a Winston-Salem based headquarters. Winston-Salem resident Werner Lieberherr is the new CEO. It is expected to become Winston-Salem's 4th largest headquarters and a possible Fortune 500 headquarters? It should be very close to the Fortune 500 and it would be awesome to have 4 Fortune 500s headquartered in Winston-Salem! This is a company that is always hiring, if you need a job! United Furniture: United has now acquired the historic 850,000 square foot Weeks Plant; which was once the world's largest textile factory. It closed several years ago; so it's good to see it return to use again, with an $11 million renovation! Since it will remain industrial, this is not adaptive reuse. The company could create 500 new jobs in Winston-Salem. This is on the far north end of the city, for those who want to know. Enlarging the docks for modern trucks and replacing historic hardwoods with stronger flooring for heavier forklifts: http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...cd89.image.jpg Credit: Walt Unks - JournalNow http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...2f87.image.jpg Credit: David Rolfe - JournalNow http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...209d.image.jpg Credit: David Rolfe - JournalNow Innovation Quarter: We often talk about the buildings, but rarely talk about the research in downtown's IQ District! Here are just a few of the research projects, in downtown's IQ District, you may find interesting. They include a technique for using the human body’s magnetic system to improve MRI scans; a hi-tech fabric that converts body heat to energy (could become a battery charger); Joel Stitzel, Ph.D. and Toyota have created an Advanced Auto Crash Notification system that will reveal a vehicle’s crash data to help first-responders; and TLR5 has a vaccine for bubonic plague in development. The vaccine has been so successful in early tests that the National Institutes of Health has fast-tracked the research and provided extra funding. Steven B. Mizel, Ph.D., has obtained a patent for the vaccine and is about to start Phase II clinical trials. https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.n...59948660_o.jpg Credit: Doug Rice Gigabit Network: North State plans to expand its gigabit footprint to Winston-Salem. North State will join AT&T's GigaPower in providing gigabit speeds to Winston-Salem. Hanging Rock State Park: Hanging Rock State Park is expanding by 716 acres. The former Vade Mecum Springs property, along with Moore Springs Campground, will be merged into the park. Vade Mecum Springs was developed in the 1890s as a resort. Vade Mecum's complex has nine miles of mountain biking trails, a lodge, a recreation hall, a swimming pool, 13 cabins, an equestrian barn and trails, athletic fields, and access to the Dan River. Former Vade Mecum Springs: http://localtvwghp.files.wordpress.c...itled-1158.gif Credit: Fox 8 WGHP Penelope Niven: Winston-Salem lost another of it's great writers. Penelope Niven, an acclaimed biographer in Winston-Salem, died Thursday, at Wake Forest University Medical Center. Among Niven’s most notable work was the biography she wrote on editor and writer Carl Sandburg. In 1993, Niven co-authored with James Earl Jones “Voices and Silences,” a book that earned praise as a classic on acting. She also received an International Reading Association Prize for “Adventures of a Poet” in 2003. Niven was awarded two honorary doctorates, three fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Thornton Wilder Visiting Fellowship at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University, among other honors. She received the North Carolina Award in Literature, the highest honor the state bestows on an author. She lectured throughout the United States and in Switzerland, Canada and Wales; served as an editor for various publications; and was a consultant for television films on Sandburg, Jones, and Steichen. Bike to Work: Have you moved to downtown or a neighborhood near downtown? Take advantage of your short commute and try bicycle commuting! There is a great biking community in Winston-Salem and this city works hard to become bike & pedestrian friendly. This isn't me in the story below. It's another Matt. I like posting some of these stories to show people who are biking to work and maybe encourage someone here to do the same! http://i.imgur.com/IHfs4b8.jpg Credit: City of Winston-Salem International Village Festival: Are you visiting Winston-Salem this weekend or are you new to the city and are looking for things to do? The reggae band, Lion Tracks, will headline the entertainment at the International Village Cultural Festival in downtown Winston-Salem, on Saturday, September 6th, from noon to 8 p.m., in Corpening Plaza Watergardens & Park. The event includes exhibitions of Indian, Scottish, Brazilian and Latin dance, African drummers, an Ethiopian fashion show, and Latin Rock music by SOL. The event features a vareity of food vendors. Take advantage of living in the "Festival City" and see one of these events. |
What exactly is the Prism Tower?!
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I apologize for taking so long to reply back. It was a busy week for me. I was behind on the week's update too!
Prism Tower is a 350 foot tall (106.7m) tower; proposed for a location in downtown Winston-Salem's Theatre District, between Winston Square Park and the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts. It includes an observation deck on the 20th floor. The glass is actually prisms and will create a rainbow of colors during the day. At night, LEDs on the building will create a light show on the skyline. I think it may have meeting space and the lobby floor could contain part of a new performing arts stage in the park? A look at the windows: (Thank you again to Alex) Prism Tower Windows: http://i.imgur.com/GnrYXGf.jpg Prism Tower: http://i.imgur.com/AtqXWQv.jpg |
Wow, that's really funky. I can't think of anything else quite like that in the US. Would that be the tallest structure in Winston? How likely is it to be built, and would it actually be a 28 floor office building or just a partial building/observation tower type deal? Would be really interesting to see how it would fit in in the skyline.
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Prism Tower should be a new 3rd tallest for Winston-Salem. The tallest skyscraper in Winston-Salem is the 460 foot tall (140.2 m) Wells Fargo Center, which has 34 floors. The second tallest is Winston Tower, at 410 feet tall (125 m) with 30 floors.
I originally thought it was observation and meeting space, with a possible stage on the ground floor. However, this latest information shows 28 floors, a roof height several floors above the observation deck, and a parapet. I've never seen a floor count on this project until now. Maybe they are considering adding apartments, to help move it forward? Whatever they do with, it should be a nice addition to the skyline! I guess we will see what happens with this one. I didn't know about this building until a few months ago. It usually takes a few years for structures like this to move forward. It also has an 18-storey hotel with artist lofts, a parking deck podium, and ground-level retail proposed across the street and I think they may build a skywalk connecting the hotel to the Prism Tower? It's an interesting project. With the library staying at their current location, Prism Tower is now the leading plan to rebuild Winston Square Park and its amphitheatre. That could explain why we are now seeing more detailed information? The Theatre District seems to have their growth planned-out for the next few years. Among the projects proposed in the Theatre District are a National Black Theatre Hall of Fame, a new performing arts center with underground parking, a new park with water feature, Prism Tower, a signature tall art feature in the new park, and a plan to renovate the Stevens Center and bring luxury apartments back to the historic tower above it. It should be fun to follow! |
Prism Tower:
It's back again. Prism Tower's model was made the "cover image" on September 6th, for the architect! I'm excited about this. It's appearing frequently this month, in several different places! https://scontent-a-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/...67553578_o.jpg Young-il Pyun New City Park: This proposed 228 acre park is actually much larger than I expected. They will use the $4 million from the bonds to finally open at least part of it to the public, but the entire project will cost $25 million. This is to become a regional tourist attraction. Attractions at the park would include a boardwalk, hiking trails, an amphitheater, picnic areas, campsites, a disc golf course, botanical gardens, a water park, glass bottom boat tours, and a zipline. William Royston said “We want to provide some experiences here that you can’t get anywhere else. We want this to be a regional draw, and so we’ve really thought outside the box and tried to be really creative with what we’ve wanted to propose here. There’s going to be so many opportunities and so many chances for you to do different things here, that you can come back 10 times and have a different experience every time.” The clear water is 150 feet deep, with rock faces rising another 150 feet above the water. The park will have views of both the Winston-Salem skyline and Pilot Mountain. An interesting fact: The rock faces in this proposed Winston-Salem city park are actually a part of Pilot Mountain! It's one huge piece of rock that stretches from this park, just southeast of downtown Winston-Salem, to the mountain. It's also the rock under downtown. Royston, who is working on the park, said “You almost get the sense that you forget you’re in Winston. You normally would see these types of things on the Discovery Channel or out in Colorado." Opening the park will also prevent people from breaking into the site and jumping off the rock cliffs, which can crumble into the water. Winston-Salem has so many beautiful natural features inside the city limits, like waterfalls, deep gorges, rock formations, ridges, waterways, etc.,. It's great to see this city finally transforming some of them into public parks! I'm excited about the bridge over the waterfall on the south side of downtown's IQ District too! That should be another amazing place to see! These natural features make Winston-Salem a unique, fun, and attractive place for people and businesses interested in moving here. Plant 64: http://i.imgur.com/3VzKflO.jpg Plant 64 http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...51767886_n.jpg Credit: David Jeannot http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...28872157_n.jpg Source: Allison Agree 100%! http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...02379165_n.jpg Plant 64 Lofts Link Apartments: A look inside! Is this project officially built? I love these apartments! If you're interested in leasing: (877) 844-0001 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BvKyeXyIgAAB_-y.jpg Source: Link Apartments https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BvKyet6IIAAgTye.jpg Source: Link Apartments http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...81222672_n.jpg Source: Link Apartments http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...39265125_n.jpg Source: Link Apartments http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...08285158_n.jpg Source: Link Apartments http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...45191185_n.jpg Source: Link Apartments The Edge Lofts: An aerial view of Tower 2 in the multi-building project. The first two floors of this 7-storey building are parking floors. http://i.imgur.com/mvARGIX.jpg Credit: The Edge Lofts Big Winston Market: This large downtown retail development is opening this month! I was told the roof in the center of this 1930s warehouse collapsed a few years ago, so the developer created a small courtyard, with a few covered parking spaces and an outdoor dinning area in the area where the roof collapsed. The parts of the building that could be saved are preserved! Winston-Salem's newest distillery is Broad Branch Distillery in Big Winston Market! Their logo uses the ceiling trusses as their design: https://scontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/...24730488_o.jpg Source: Broad Branch Distillery This is Broad Branch's distillery & storefront in Big Winston Market: http://i.imgur.com/8Bokywx.jpg Source: Broad Branch Distillery Black Mountain Chocolate's New Headquarters & Visible Chocolate Factory in Big Winston Market: https://scontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/...89235272_n.jpg Source: Black Mountain Chocolate Mast General Store: This is a pedestrian bridge that will connect a city owned parking deck to Mast General Store and its apartments on the upper floors. Winston-Salem doesn't have parking requirements and this allows for shared parking or no parking, if the developer doesn't want any. Uretek Mid-Atlantic designed and built eleven micropiles for Mast General Store. They will function as deep foundations, on the exterior of the building, to support the new pedestrian bridge. http://i.imgur.com/fx2w1zR.jpg Credit: Uretek Mid-Atlantic The Hut Indoor Skatepark: The finished work looks great! I noticed they opened the top section up, to allow for more airflow. http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...03367000_n.jpg Source: The Hut Raymond Loewy Building: Is this restoration complete? I didn't notice any scaffolding in the back? http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...91105305_n.jpg Source Pepper Building: I don't think the Pepper Building is moving forward at this time. I think it will be another month or two? The work we are seeing is a short-term pop-up gallery, while the developer's workers are clearing the upper floors. I think the pop-up gallery leased the space until October 31st? They are working on this large art installation, in the future restaurant space leased by a Brazilian steakhouse. Artists like to take advantage of the large windows, in buildings like this one, while the architects, preservationists, and engineers are still working on the final details. When U.S. Development does move forward with the Pepper Building, I will let you know! All Pepper Building images are from Winston-Salem artist Zac Trainor http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...39331924_n.jpg http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...39044381_n.jpg Liberty Street Vendors Market: Built :tup: Located around 15th Street; the $342,000 market is built and now ready for operation. This is a vendors market and will sell more than vegetables and fruit. Artists and craftspeople can sell their items here as well. http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...review-620.jpg Credit: JournalNow HanesBrands: HanesBrands has finished their acquisition of DB Apparel in France. This acquisition will make HanesBrands Winston-Salem's third Fortune 500 company. HanesBrands said they should have revenue of $5.37 billion for 2014. There is a chance the new B/E Aerospace headquarters will give Winston-Salem 4 Fortune 500 headquarters? Inmar Expands: Downtown Winston-Salem technology company Inmar has expanded again, buying Millennium Process Coupon in Canada. Millennium Process is the largest processor of coupons in Canada. They process 80% of all coupons in Canada! BB&T: BB&T, headquartered in downtown Winston-Salem, has bought The Bank of Kentucky, doubling it's assets in Kentucky and entering Ohio for the first time. BB&T said the bank will expand further into the Ohio market in the near future. There is talk that BB&T may buy Huntington Bancshares in Columbus or KeyCorp in Cleveland. BB&T also expanded in Texas last week, with an acquisition of $2.3 billion in deposits from Citibank in Dallas and Houston. BB&T has nearly $200 billion in assets and is Winston-Salem's largest Fortune 500 company. Gigabit Network: The city of Winston-Salem has ratified an agreement with telecom giant AT&T, to bring the GigaPower network to the city with free installation or service at certain community centers and businesses. Mayor Allen Joines said the network will advance work in technology and medicine “to new levels of innovation and achievement.” How will this be used? This was interesting: Richard Phillips, at Winston-Salem's National Center for Design Innovation, said "In some cases, such as looking at how animals fly, we’ll scan each high-speed video to slow those motions down so they can be analyzed. The Department of Defense is interested because they want to build airplanes that fly like animals." Davenport, a transportation consulting firm in downtown Winston-Salem said “We have seven offices that all coordinate with our central server hub in Winston-Salem. We already are very dependent on the internet. We video conference every morning - kind of a ‘tailgate meeting’ for 15 minutes. Faster, more powerful, more robust internet would allow us to do more videoconferencing. With that kind of power we could do a lot more file sharing. The only limitation would be the amount of bandwidth at the other sites.” Service is expected to begin in Winston-Salem by the end of the year. National Cancer Institute Grant: More research money for researchers in the new 12-storey Comprehensive Cancer Center! Wake Forest University Medical Center will receive an $18 million, five-year grant as one of two cancer centers selected for the the National Cancer Institute's Community Oncology Research Program. Fiesta: Downtown Winston-Salem is the place to be for the 22nd Annual Fiesta street festival on September 13. Fiesta features Latino music on several stages, arts and crafts, authentic food vendors, a parade of flags, a running of the bulls, a healthy living area, and activities for kids. At this point, you're likely asking: What is the “Running of the Bulls?” The Camel City Thrashers, Winston-Salem’s Roller Derby team, will play the role of “the bulls” as they chase runners through downtown streets. The Thrashers will attempt to tag runners with a pool noodle filled with colored powder. If you're tagged, you're out. I've attended Fiesta a few times and love it! 9th Wonder & Kenneth Price: Winston-Salem’s Grammy Award-winning producer 9th Wonder and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Kenneth Price will hold 3 free events in Annenberg Forum, in Winston-Salem, on Friday and they are open to the public. Kenneth Price will also present the Hometown Premier of his film “The Hip-Hop Fellow.” Winston-Salem's 9th Wonder has been active in the hip-hop community since 1997. The breakthrough of his career came in 2003, when he collaborated with Mary J. Blige, which won him his first Grammy. 9th Wonder is still active in hip-hop, producing music for Destiny’s Child, Ludacris, Murs, Drake and Nas. He is also still involved in Winston-Salem's hip-hop scene. Maya Angelou Hip Hop Album: The iconic words and lyrics of Winston-Salem's Maya Angelou will blend with hip-hop beats for a new album called "Caged Bird Songs." Shawn Rivera, the lead singer of R&B group Az Yet, and RoccStarr, who co-wrote Chris Brown's "Fine China," produced the 13-song set, to be released through Smooch Music on Nov. 4. The album is one of the last projects Angelou completed before she died. Rivera and RoccStarr started working on the album before Angelou knew of it. Once she was aware of it, she completely backed the project, which was recorded at Angelou's home in Winston-Salem. Caged Bird Legacy was recently founded to launch future Angelou projects; so look for other projects she had in the works at different levels of completion. :star: Historic Preservation: New to this thread! :tup: The Forsyth County Historic Resources Commission unanimously recommended that the Old German Baptist Brethren Church be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Brethren was founded in Schwarzenau, Germany, in 1708. The religious sect became known as the German Baptist Brethren. They believed in a simple life and were opposed to slavery and war. They fled religious persecution in Germany and came to Germantown, Pa, in 1719. In 1775, John Burkhart, a son of those immigrants, moved to Forsyth County and started the church. The current building was built in 1860, by Alexander Hampton Ellis. This is the first step toward its restoration! http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...c39e.image.jpg Credit: Andrew Dye - JournalNow Sauratown Mountains: We talked about the Sauratown Mountains a few weeks ago. I found a great photograph, looking from the observation deck at Hanging Rock, toward Pilot Mountain. You can also see Sauratown Mountain, with its transmission towers. http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...16900038_n.jpg Source Salem Lake & Park: If you're new to Winston-Salem, take the strollway from downtown to Salem Lake! Yes, this is just a short bike ride from downtown! This is a beautiful and very popular area. If you like to fish, this is a great place to do that. I think they allow horseback riding around the lake too? A creek in the Salem Lake Park area: http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...38521387_n.jpg Source This (image below) is the view from Antimatter, which is a company that makes music videos, album art, and band websites. Isn't that view awesome! Their building was built in 1895, as a warehouse. This is a great advertisement to move your business to downtown's IQ District! http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...56872468_n.jpg Credit: Justin Reich Be sure to welcome MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry to Winston-Salem's historic Washington Park Neighborhood, on the south end of downtown. She has her own liberal-leaning show on MSNBC on Saturday and Sunday mornings. She is also an author and the founding director of the Anna Julia Cooper Project on Gender, Race and Politics in the South, a research initiative that is moving with her to Winston-Salem. |
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:star: Arcade Building: New to This Thread! :tup: Wilson-Covington is now restoring downtown's historic 1901 Arcade Building. This 3-storey (4-floors, if basement is included) 113 year-old building will become a home accessories store called "Fourth and Trade." Apartment residents downtown should love this! The building will also include art, a gift shop, jewelry, a wine & beer bar, and a live music space. Very awesome! I'm considering following this construction project for the thread, since it appears to be such a large project. Construction will be completed December 1. Someone at WSTB said the building still has the original 113 year-old pressed-tin ceiling, hidden under the 1950s renovation. It also has a separate entrance for the second floor. http://wilsoncovingtonconstruction.f...4-pm.jpg?w=800 Credit: Wilson-Covington Construction Third Floor Demolition: http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...34610028_n.jpg Credit: Wilson-Covington Construction Underdog Records: Their new downtown store is almost completed! I think it opens this week? Airtype, which is headquartered on the other side of the intersection, designed the store's logo. http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...54120495_n.jpg Credit: Jonathan Hotel Monaco: Interior demolition should finish in the next few weeks on this $63 million project. The contractor could begin the actual conversion to a hotel as soon as next month! Their goal is to open in Fall 2015, according to the developer. They expect to have a better feel for the design once interior walls have been removed, giving them a blank slate to build upon. http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...00903731_n.jpg Credit: Della Lawson Link Apartments: They are still working on the inside and landscaping. ajr4187 posted an awesome update at WSTB. I'll only share part of one image. If you want to see the others, go there and thank that photographer for the update. http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...39155131_n.jpg Source Quote:
The Village Lofts hired well-known designer Tim McLendon to select the finishes and design the apartments. Tim’s innovative design work has been featured on HGTV and in multiple national publications. Winston-Salem Foundation: This should be completed very soon. Both Frank L. Blum Construction and ajr4187 at WSTB provided an awesome update recently. Quote:
Credit: Frank L. Blum Construction https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...11468886_n.jpg Credit: Frank L. Blum Construction Bailey Park @ East End: I think this is SSP's first look at the stage? The stairs and walkways to the seating area are complete. The update is from rmhpmi at WSTB. I only posted one photograph and resized it for our photography intensive thread. To see the originals, go there and thank him for the update. Quote:
SSP's first look at this new $150 million building, located near Interstate 40. This 375,000 square-foot facility has recently topped-out and will be completed in December 2015. Workers are now entering the "dry in" phase, with the exterior of the building to be completed by December 2014. Lend Lease said the building will take advantage of natural light to promote healing and it will have a “green roof” that allows veterans to use the outdoor space to socialize. It will employ 600 people. A 100 acre business park is planned around the building. http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...jpg?resize=900 Credit: Bruce Chapman - JournalNow http://media.bizj.us/view/img/3657601/dsc06080.jpg Credit: Owen Covington - TBJ Centennial Art Project: BUILT :tup: A look at the fabrication: http://iraaa.museum.hamptonu.edu/med...0_vandorns.jpg Source: Hampton University http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...8f91.image.jpg David Rolfe - JournalNow 1814 Salt-Flax House: Fabricating Windows: http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...99171887_n.jpg Credit: Wilson-Covington Construction Big Winston Market: The official opening is this Friday! A look inside Broad Branch Distillery: https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...39266377_n.jpg Credit: Broad Branch Distillery Infrastructure: The Bicycle Superhighway: The elevated bike paths are expanding tonight, with a vote by city council to acquire additional ROW. This project will allow bicycles to travel above the streets and avoid stopping for traffic. It is expected to be several miles long, on an old rail line, and will include a walking path, rest areas with benches and water fountains, ramps, lighting, security cameras, emergency call stations, attractive landscaping, and a future light rail transit (LRT) line. Several buildings along this path have already built showers, lockers, and bike storage, to allow for bicycle commuting. Removing Expressway Ramps Downtown: The city has endorsed a plan to close and demolish expressway ramps on Main, Liberty, and Broad streets, which should allow for two-way traffic on those streets and will allow an effort to reconnect the lower downtown neighborhoods back to the core to move forward. This sounds exciting! I think Winston-Salem is the only city in the state doing anything like this? All of the bridges will be rebuilt to allow for bike lanes, landscaping, art, and they will appear significantly more attractive in materials and design. Placemaking: What is it like Downtown? I always love the summer music and crowds on the weekends. It seems as if there is music and art everywhere. Winston-Salem High School Among the Best: The Early College of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools was ranked by Newsweek as one of the nation's top high schools. It also received their Gold Star. Seis Miradas por Latinoamerica : Winston-Salem will have a series of events honoring Chilean poet, diplomat and politician Pablo Neruda from Sept. 22-25. The events are part of Seis Miradas por Latinoamerica (Six Perspectives on Latin America) - an international multidisciplinary program organized to promote the richness of Latin-American culture through the arts and literature. Other participants include the Inter-American Development Bank, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the Youth Orchestra of the Americas. This is an Elementary & Middle School! #CityOfAdaptiveReuse This is an old textile warehouse in downtown Winston-Salem, convered into an elementary and middle school! Awesome! If you're a young family, moving downtown, there are schools in the CBD. http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...11367371_n.jpg Credit: adriennerosefromthedead Wake Forest University: Wake Forest is evaluating the status of campus life, climate, and equity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning students. A campus-wide assessment of LGBTQ issues and concerns will be conducted, through the use of forums, listening groups and surveys. The university will also conduct research on best practices at other institutions. Wake Forest University said, This is a critical step in demonstrating our unwavering commitment to providing a safe, equitable and inclusive campus. “Only by listening to members of our community can we address the needs and concerns of Wake Forest LGBTQ students, faculty, staff, alumni and allies.” Wild & Scenic Film Festival: Winston-Salem's annual Clean Water Weekend will bring the The Wild & Scenic Film Festival to Winston-Salem on September 26. This is the largest environmental film festival of its kind! It will feature 31 films at multiple venues. A Yadkin River clean-up paddling event will be held on Sunday in celebration of World Rivers Day, sponsored by Clif Bar, Patagonia, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Mother Jones, Klean Kanteen, and Orion Magazine. Following the clean-up, join the World Rivers Day Celebration at Carolina Heritage Vineyard and Winery, North Carolina’s first certified organic winery, where you will find food, music and fellowship, in celebration of clean water. Tickets are $15 to $26 (children under age 12 admitted free). Come early and enjoy beer from Sierra Nevada and Foothills Brewing, local wine and local food trucks. Carolina Silverhawks: It appears as if tryouts are over and we should know who made the team very soon. If you love indoor football: Winston-Salem's Silverhawks football team will open the 2015 season in Ohio, with a game against the Cleveland Saints. Be sure to support your Silverhawks! Favorite Photograph of the Week: http://i.imgur.com/aqcsDzR.jpg Graham Kennedy |
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B/E Aerospace Engineering Development Lab: According to the architect: The engineering development lab houses testing equipment, offices, and a training room. It also includes static and cycle testing stations, a burn test laboratory, and fabrication and painting equipment. A unique acceleration test sled with video monitoring and lighting system is likely the highlight of the project! The test sled (jet sled) was posted in this thread a few months ago. The structure of the building allows for a full free span over the testing area for maximum flexibility. http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...35819868_n.jpg Credit: West & Stem Architects http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...70074757_n.jpg Credit: West & Stem Architects http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...71308521_n.jpg Credit: West & Stem Architects :star: 705 North Main: New To This Thread! :tup: The plywood is removed from the entrance and this project is now moving forward, with a new owner. Local advertising executive Brad Bennett, best known for Flywheel Co-Work, is the new owner. He has hired West & Stem as his architect. It was originally proposed as luxury condos. I'm not sure what their current plans are, but it is being redesigned and it appears as if work has already started? It would be awesome if this was the location for Mixxer? It could be tech company office space though? I guess we will see? http://i.imgur.com/LVSxpMU.jpg Source: GSV Big Winston Market: BUILT! :tup: Big Winston Market is completed and at least one of the stores is open for business, at the corner of Trade Street and 8th Street. This is a look at Black Mountain Chocolate's new headquarters and visible chocolate factory, in downtown Winston-Salem's Big Winston Market. If you buy a Black Mountain Chocolate Bar at Whole Foods Market in California, it is made in this factory in downtown Winston-Salem! The factory is designed to be viewed, as an attraction for the Downtown Arts District. Yes, you can buy items in this store too! Their products are organic and fair trade. Pastry chef, Megan Peters, also creates confections, pastries, gelato, drinking chocolate, pies, tea, and coffee in the on-site Chocolate Kitchen, visible to guests. The store & factory has both indoor and outdoor seating. Black Mountain Chocolate will have classes, guided tours and tastings that will allow people to experience chocolate in a new way. http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...00193867_n.jpg Credit: Black Mountain Chocolate http://www.camelcitydispatch.com/wp-...4/09/BMC-8.jpg Credit: Camel City Dispatch The cocoa beans are roasted in the machine below and the machine is vented to Trade Street. This allows people in downtown Winston-Salem's Arts District (DaDa) to enjoy the smell and follow that smell to the visible factory! :tup: http://www.camelcitydispatch.com/wp-...4/09/BMC-5.jpg Credit: Camel City Dispatch http://www.camelcitydispatch.com/wp-.../09/BMC-11.jpg Credit: Camel City Dispatch Central Library: Interior demolition begins on October 16. The finished library will open around April or May 2017. The library will close on October 15, at 9 p.m.,. That is your last chance to visit the old library, before demolition. Nash Building: http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...42391558_n.jpg Credit: Nosilla Vintage http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...66071289_n.jpg Credit: Nosilla Vintage http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...89814187_n.jpg Credit: Nosilla Vintage Bailey Park @ East End: Construction workers are pouring concrete walkways and the concrete for the food truck courtyard. If you look closely, you'll see the concrete is in different colors. The bollards will have LED light fixtures on them, which should look awesome! This should be a great place downtown to see a concert or watch movies under the stars! Quote:
Source: Brad Ballpark Area: Brookstown Development Partners was approved for an extension, to buy property near BB&T Ballpark, for $980,361. The buildings planned for these properties are expected to be residential and retail. West End Mill Works: City Council approved a $195,000 loan for further expansion of this mixed-use adaptive reuse project. The next phase of the adaptive reuse project will cost $1 million. 50 West Fourth Street: At WSTB, the developer said they won't restore the original clocks. Photographs of this building are rare. I found this one while searching for the building behind it! It will become apartments and retail space. http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...01947339_n.jpg Credit: Sarah Jenkins Hotel Monaco: Yes, the crown is orange. It was a different color, a week or two ago (Was it purple? I don't remember). In an older photograph, in this thread, you'll see it in blue. It's great to know Kimpton Hotels will continue this. It's great to see lights on inside too! Lights inside tells us they are working on interior demolition. If you're a contractor working on this building, please share a few interior photographs with us on Instagram! I usually try to look into the windows in these photographs. It does appear as if the ceilings are removed? It's difficult to see it, in the small photographs we have. Again, interior demolition should be completed very soon. Gensler is also working on this project. They worked on the Wells Fargo Center and Republic Mutual Buildings in downtown's Financial District. http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...90189083_n.jpg Credit: Brian Hart Plant 64: I see progress on Building A, on the right. The Power Plant, on the left, is already completed. If you want an apartment in the next phase, you need to contact them now. http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...01387537_n.jpg Credit: Plant 64 Lofts http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...61122224_n.jpg Credit: West Webb Placemaking: Friday's Midnight Madness Event: http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...21642479_n.jpg Credit: Zac Hagerty Winston-Salem's Annual Park(ing) Day: This is an event held every year in downtown Winston-Salem, and several other cities as well, which converts parking spaces into parks. Anyone can open a parklet in a parking space(s) on this day. http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...jpg?resize=800 Credit: David Rolfe - JournalNow http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...jpg?resize=800 Credit: David Rolfe - JournalNow Most Powerful Women in Business: Forbes Magazine has ranked Winston-Salem's Susan Cameron 36th on their list of The Most Powerful Women in Business. Winston-Salem's OUT @ the Movies Film Festival ’14: Some of the movies are already selected for Winston-Salem's LGBT Film Festival "OUT @ the Movies Fest ’14!" The festival will be held at several downtown Winston-Salem venues on November 14th to 16th. On October 1st, the film festival will announce the full slate of films as well as a list of actors and documentary subjects. In addition to the large yearly film festival in November, Out @ the Movies regularly shows films throughout the year. Queens at Court was screened in Winston-Salem last month and filmmaker Shiv Paul was thrilled with the turnout and the quality of questions and comments at the Q & A. He said it topped screenings in D.C. and Toronto. That is very impressive! |
Old Salem Museum and Gardens receives a $150,000 grant towards the 2.2 million restoration of the Boys School. Built in 1794, will be used to feature early education in the settlement through interactive exhibits. This is a major part of the $17.66 million capital campaign initiative.
http://www.oldsalem.org/assets/images/Boys%20school.jpghttp://www.oldsalem.org/assets/image...lustration.jpghttp://www.oldsalem.org/assets/image...0rendering.jpg images from Old Salem Museum and Gardens Linville Team Realty has purchased the former Contempo Concepts furniture store on 4th street for their new hq. The real estate office will occupy the ground floor and part of the mezzanine and lease out the top floor to one or mulitple office tenants. Their love for downtown drove them to the core. I hope they bring their free bike sharing to 4th as well! http://s.lnimg.com/photo/poster_768/...e1ea385116.jpg image from loopnet.com Top Tier Crossfit is wrapping up construction on their new gym on Liberty Street. Grand opening Oct. 11. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nkBqCTeFvz...ollage%2B1.png http://downtownwinstonsalem.blogspot...ty-street.html Salem College could be going through a growth spurt pretty soon? A rezoning request was made earlier this month for the corner of Main and Cemetery St...steps from the Financial District. Theyre also actively seeking bids for an "East Campus." Im guessing this is the former lower half of the Innovation Quarter South District. |
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Atlantic Capital Headquarters: I'm guessing this building will be completed on October 12? http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...34247252_n.jpg Credit: Charlie McCurry https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.n...27623754_n.jpg Source https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.n...56570283_n.jpg Source Bailey Power Plant: A local architect has photographs of this building, including the interior, about a month before construction could start. I'm guessing Stitch Designshop is the local architect, working with Design Collective? Stitch is also the architect of Bailey Park @ East End. They do great work! Link Apartments: Grubb is now leasing the first 100 apartments in this 205 apartment development. Apartments lease fast in downtown Winston-Salem, which explains why this city is experiencing such a big apartment construction boom, attracting developers from multiple states! Can you believe they already leased half of these units and construction isn't completed on them! Amenities include granite counter tops, walk-in closets, stainless steel appliances, private patios, a cyber café, a saltwater pool, an athletic center, outdoor grills, a clubroom, secured parking, and an electric car charging station. Pets are allowed with restrictions. Everything is energy efficient from the appliances to the windows. This is what the developer (Rachel Russell, Director of Real-estate Development for Grubb Properties) had to say: “Winston-Salem is such a cool city and we love the downtown area. Grubb wanted to do a project in Winston-Salem because there is a need for more housing downtown. So that’s an investment opportunity for us. In addition, we’re growing our Link apartments brand. We’re trying to get Link apartments in all the major Southeast cities, and Winston-Salem is one that we’re really excited to be in.” The buildings are designed with multi-levels up to six floors. About 100 units will be completed by the first week of October. Construction should finish on all 205 units by the end of the year. http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...jpg?resize=900 Credit: David Rolfe - JournalNow Third & Cherry Hotel: CN Hotels has purchased the last properties needed to start demolition. The last tenants have also moved-out, according to WSTB. We could see something in this location very soon! This is inside the overlay, which requires a more "urban" design and higher quality materials. S.I.D.E. Museum: BUILT! :tup: Winston-Salem has several awesome and truly world class museums that attract people from around the world to this city. Have you visited the Chair Library at S.I.D.E. Museum? It is now open and anyone visiting Winston-Salem can see the exhibits, which include chair designs from famous architects we often talk about on this forum. S.I.D.E. is in Lower Downtown's Old Salem District, near the Cemetery. Plant 64: http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...51914375_n.jpg Source Inmar Headquarters: Design Collective won the 2014 Maryland AIA Citation in Commercial Architecture for their design work on Downtown Winston-Salem's Inmar Headquarters. More Jobs: This should help bring more development to the area! Several companies have asked about incentives in the past week, with plans to create nearly 500 new jobs. Talk about a busy week for local economic development officials! The newly restructured Piedmont Triad Regional Development Corporation, headquartered near Winston-Salem's Union Cross Business Park, is also seeking a federal designation called "Economic Development District" for the area. The federal designation would open up more financing opportunities from the U.S. Economic Development Administration. Placemaking: Southeastern United Grape and Wine Symposium: As you know, the Winston-Salem Metro Area is North Carolina's Wine Country. If you own a winery or are thinking about starting one, you'll want to attend this. It's scheduled for November 5-6 at the Shelton-Badgett North Carolina Center for Viticulture & Enology. From downtown Winston-Salem, take the John Gold Expressway north to Exit 11. National Center for Design Innovation: A feature science documentary, “Killer in the Caves”, produced in part by researchers from Winston-Salem State University and UNC School of the Arts, in collaboration with Winston-Salem's National Center for Design Innovation, has been recognized with an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Cinematography in a Documentary Film, by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The documentary was funded and distributed in North America by the Smithsonian Channel in collaboration with German production house, Taglicht Media. The production will be distributed globally by the National Geographic Society. After premiering at the Museum of Natural History in Washington DC in 2013, the film has received wide acclaim at multiple film festivals in Britain, Germany, and the United States. The film uses high-speed and thermal imaging not only to examine and push scientific and technological frontiers, but also to communicate scientific discoveries on a very visible global scale. |
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Big news to report on SSP this week! We could soon have several new projects to follow on this thread! Two possible adaptive-reuse projects and two or more possible new-construction projects. :star: 500 West Fifth Street: New To This Thread! :tup: #CityOfAdaptiveReuse Brokerage CRBE said they are evaluating offers, by several regional developers, for the 21-storey former Integon Life Insurance Headquarters and the former Security Life & Trust Building. Together, the two buildings have around 520,000 square feet of space. Some sources say the two buildings are around 600,000 square feet? All of the tenants moved to other buildings in the city last month, to make way for a new owner and a major renovation. The adaptive reuse projects proposed by these developers are expected to cost between $50 to $100 million and include mixes of office, retail, and residential. Some are also proposing new construction, which I'm guessing is for the southern end of the former Security Life & Trust Building? None of the developers making offers were named. The 180,000 square foot Security Life & Trust Building was built in 1951 and will likely be demolished or reclad in glass? If you see it, you'll know why! Someone completely gutted it to the frame and reclad the Modernist structure in the 1960s, to give it an International-Style appearance, removing nearly all of the windows. The 21-storey Integon Life Tower was built in 1980 and has a beautiful wall of windows, offering a dramatic view of the Sauratown Mountains. This building was designed at the peak of the 1970s Energy Crisis, by the famous Los Angeles architectural firm Welton Becket, as the first smart building. This building was also designed around the movement of the sun. All of this was used to reduce energy usage. It was "green" before green was cool and was in several industry magazines of the day, as the future of highrise construction. It should make an amazing apartment tower! The angled sections on the glass wall also create multiple balconies. The largest of these balconies is perfect for a top-floor swimming-pool and bar. Former Integon Life Insurance Headquarters: http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...72869235_n.jpg Credit: Emily Poe-Crawford :star: 612 West Fourth Street: New To This Thread! :tup: 2.15 acres, at the corner of West Fourth and Poplar streets, where Winston-Salem's popular Restaurant Row meets The Theatre District, was reported as under-contract and set to close within two or three days! It should be interesting to see what this developer proposes! Fourth and Trade streets are the most popular streets and this property is right at a proposed streetcar stop, across from a proposed hotel and artist lofts project. The Village Lofts: A model apartment is now open at The Village Lofts, above the future Mast General Store. These 48 micro-apartments will be ready for move-in by November 14th. http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...45245696_n.jpg Credit: The Village Lofts http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...57415993_n.jpg Credit: The Village Lofts http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...80834291_n.jpg Credit: The Village Lofts Flywheel Co-work: Have you seen Flywheel's new neon sign? It was installed a week ago. http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...53754383_n.jpg Credit: Flywheel Co-work Link Apartments: These are awesome and leasing fast! If you're looking for an apartment, be sure to visit The Link. 1-877-844-0001 linkbrookstown.com info@linkbrookstown.com This is the Cyber Café: https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...70745191_n.jpg Credit: Link Apartments https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...36203078_n.jpg Credit: Link Apartments https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...08525704_o.jpg Credit: Link Apartments https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...20481617_n.jpg Credit: Link Apartments Ashley Complex: BUILT! :tup: This 1.1 million square foot project is now completed! Expect to see hundreds of new jobs! The official grand opening is October 17, at 2 p.m.,. Still, no word on if they will move their Fortune 500 headquarters to Winston-Salem, as was rumored when this project was first announced. I think the CEO may have started that rumor himself? Plant 64 Lofts: http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...75560590_n.jpg Credit: Plant 64 Lofts Another Tech Company Moves Downtown: Tech company Dynamic Quest has moved into larger space in downtown Winston-Salem's Winston Tower, to be a part of downtown's excitement and to further support their growth. Semans Arts Library: This should be completed soon? This is one of my favorite construction projects in Winston-Salem to follow! http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...63582344_n.jpg Credit: Zachary Hagerty 525@Vine: 525@Vine won a 2014 USGBC NC Sustainable Business Award for its developer BioMed Realty Trust. "BioMed Realty’s goal is to provide the best spaces for their tenants that include beauty and functionality. The historic nature of the building and the extensive demolition that needed to be performed created challenges and opportunities for the project. The design team developed an energy efficient lighting system and increased the efficiency of the HVAC system. Other sustainable elements incorporated into the project included the finishes and flooring (which all meet VOC requirements), use of regional and recycled materials, and maintain 75% of the building's structure." I took several videos of 525@Vine in July 2013, as workers finished interior demolition. That was before this thread was started, so they were never posted on SSP. I thought I would post them now, to show the work described above. 414 Northwest: This is the construction site seen at the bottom of this thread's June 10 post. https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...62089484_n.jpg Credit: West & Stem https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...14833796_n.jpg Credit: West & Stem https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...04707960_n.jpg Credit: West & Stem https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...21195317_n.jpg Credit: West & Stem https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...96379301_n.jpg Credit: West & Stem Bicycle & Pedestrian Infrastructure: Bike & Pedestrian Infrastructure Usage: Sensors on Fourth Street are collecting information about how people use the city's bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure. The data collected will be shared, so informed decisions can be made about cycling infrastructure in the city. Fourth Street will have two types of counters, manufactured by Eco-Counter. ZELT inductive loops for monitoring cyclists in each direction and a Pyroelectric sensor that uses an infrared detection zone to count pedestrians. Google Pedestrian View? Google is updating their pedestrian and bicycle views for Winston-Salem. I'll check the maps for this update! http://38.media.tumblr.com/71681e8d4...u48o1_1280.jpg Credit: Ken Bennett Placemaking: Winston-Salem's Custom Bicycles: Winston-Salem has a very impressive custom bicycle scene. I notice it on my trips there. I found this one on a recent search for updates. How do you ride that? http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...78772681_n.jpg Source Oktoberfest: I apologize for not reminding everyone of Winston-Salem's multiple Oktoberfest celebrations. I found a great photograph of an Oktoberfest celebration on Burke Street, which is a street we rarely show on this thread! https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...98669447_n.jpg Credit: Reid Hensley |
News & Construction:
:star: 1800 N. Patterson: New to This Thread! :tup: #CityOfAdaptiveReuse This beautiful Streamline Art Moderne industrial building was purchased by Ali Azzat Amer, who plans to renovate (adaptive reuse) the building. No details on his plans. Look at the awesome details on this building! http://i.imgur.com/ayozw4a.jpg Credit: GSV :star: A New Salem College Dorm for Downtown? New to This Thread! :tup: Salem College is rezoning an acre at 222 S. Church Street to pedestrian business. We are still waiting to see what they are proposing on this site. Salem College has several dorms nearby and rumors are this could be a dorm building. This site is across from City Hall South and a Wingate Hotel (see Wingate Hotel update below for news on this hotel!), just a block or so away from the 34-storey Wells Fargo Center. It should have a nice skyline view! Salem College expects to double in size in the next few years and is growing rapidly. It's always great news to have more college students downtown! Atlantic Capital Headquarters: Built! :tup: http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...16443180_n.jpg Credit: Stephen Edwards http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...93026437_n.jpg Credit: WSF http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...41353855_n.jpg Credit: WSF http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...95811036_n.jpg Credit: WSF http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...17853397_n.jpg Credit: WSF :star: Wingate Hotel: New to This Thread! :tup: Tonight is hotel night at the Winston-Salem thread! Summit Hospitality has purchased the downtown hotel and is preparing for a major renovation. They are not prepared to release any details at this time, but did say to expect a "significant renovation!" This may include a change in the hotel flag? I guess we'll see what happens? This hotel is located where the Financial District meets the Innovation Quarter (IQ District) and Salem College (see possible Salem College Dorm above). Ken Crockett, from Summit Hospitality, said proximity to the IQ District was appealing. “You can get the combination of what would be future demand growth, job growth, which translates into hotel demand growth. Combined with the restaurant and entertainment venues in the downtown area, you kind of get the best of both worlds. We’re very intrigued with what Winston-Salem has achieved in their downtown and excited about the long-term potential, and that’s what attracted us there” :star: Hilton DoubleTree Madison Park Hotel: New to This Thread! :tup: Thank you to zalo at WSTB for finding this one! Work should be completed on this 7-storey hotel in 2015. Winston-Salem's Madison Park area is a large office development that is home to companies such as National General Insurance, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of N.C., and Blue Rhino (yes, the propane tank exchange company). This is a great location for a DoubleTree Hotel. Hotel Indigo: Let the rumors begin! A Winston-Salem architect, that designed two Hotel Indigos in North Carolina, visited InterContinental Hotels Group's headquarters a few months ago and said to look for more news on another Hotel Indigo soon. Hotel Indigo has approved Downtown Winston-Salem as a site for a new hotel. Could this be the proposed hotel on Third Street or a possible new hotel proposal we don't know of yet? Hotel Monaco: Interior demolition on floors 1-4, of the 23-storey building, for Kimpton Hotels. According to UrbanMez, the architects held a meeting and shared the blueprints, along with their many options for the building. We are hoping they select a unique name and not use the Monaco name, but at least one hotel publication did say it's Hotel Monaco. I will use that name for the project until I hear differently. Quote:
According to two forum members at WSTB, workers are Soil Testing and taking measurements on this site. Yes, a Soil Testing Rig was on the site! This is great news and a sign we could see construction in a few months? https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5563/...ef6feda6_o.jpg 322 Green Street by matthew_dumont, on Flickr 1814 Salt-Flax House: Wilson-Covington is installing radiant heat in the 200 year old home. http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...52141935_n.jpg Credit: Wilson-Covington Construction Wake Forest University Downtown Medical School: According to a WSTB forum member, a meeting was held in the IQ District on Monday of this week. At the meeting, it was said the downtown medical school is now "a go" and students will move into the building in Summer 2016. They had completed blueprints for the adaptive reuse project and renderings of what the historic building will look like as a medical school! Expect construction to start on this adaptive reuse project very soon! Workers are already working inside the historic 1920s building! Future Downtown Medical School: http://i.imgur.com/oKLhkda.jpg Credit: GSV Carolina Air and Auto Museum: I don't recall seeing these renderings before? Hiring CJMW to design this new Winston-Salem museum is a smart choice! I love their work for Boeing. http://i.imgur.com/kfqFkAH.jpg Credit: CJMW Architecture / Carolina Air & Auto Museum http://i.imgur.com/TyG4l8E.jpg Credit: CJMW Architecture / Carolina Air & Auto Museum http://www.airandauto.org/site-devel...ng-05-2014.jpg Credit: CJMW Architecture / Carolina Air & Auto Museum Semans Arts Library: Still waiting to hear if this is built or if it's still under construction? It does appear to be close to completed? Until we have an answer to that question, here are a few photographs from Albert McDonald. Most are from October 9th. http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...59688744_n.jpg Credit: Albert McDonald http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...44902172_n.jpg Credit: Albert McDonald http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...61901027_n.jpg Credit: Albert McDonald http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...83054661_n.jpg Credit: Albert McDonald http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...16551310_n.jpg Credit: Albert McDonald More Jobs: Dunlop's aircraft division is creating new jobs in a formerly vacant structure. They will invest nearly $10 million, according to their incentive request. The British company's 10-year plan for the new U.S. division is expected to include rapid expansion. Even More Jobs: Atrium is expanding again, in a 36,000 square foot space. No word on how many new jobs will be created. Bailey Park @ East End: Workers are now installing the landscaping. http://i.imgur.com/V6rAgtH.jpg Source: WFIQ Cornerstone Pharmaceuticals: Cornerstone Pharmaceuticals in Winston-Salem, a leader in the growing field of cancer metabolism-based therapeutics, had great results from a Phase I clinical trial evaluating CPI-613 in advanced hematological malignancies. Results were published in the recent online issue of Clinical Cancer Research, the official journal of the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR). CPI-613 is the company's lead Altered Energy Metabolism Directed (AEMD) drug candidate, a first-in-class anticancer compound designed to disrupt the altered energy-production pathways in cancer cells by targeting mitochondrial metabolism. The growth of these companies is always good news for downtown's IQ District. Plant 64 Apartments: These are making regional news for the amenities and quality of apartment units. I know I'm impressed! Look at that wall! It's original too! https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...68215388_n.jpg Credit: Plant 64 More Students in Downtown's IQ District: With the newest education labs opening last week, downtown Winston-Salem's IQ District now officially has 1,200 students. The total number of students in the IQ District could nearly double when Wake Forest University School of Medicine moves into their new downtown building at 4th and Vine streets in Summer 2016 (see Wake Forest University Downtown Medical School news above). There are maybe 10,000 (estimating) students in campuses along the edges of downtown. It's great adding students to the heart of downtown, on 5th and 4th streets, near the office towers, hotels, residences, and storefronts. Bicycle & Pedestrian Infrastructure: Green Street Pedestrian Bridge: Patrick Ivy shared an update on this project. The Green Street Pedestrian Bridge is expected to cost $400,000 and construction will begin in 2016. Placemaking: Reynolda House Museum of American Art: Barbara Babcock Millhouse donated a painting by one of American art’s most distinguished abstract expressionist artists to Winston-Salem's Reynolda House Museum of American Art. “Birth” is a large-scale oil painting by Lee Krasner and is now on display at the museum. Museum Director Allison Perkins said “Lee Krasner’s ‘Birth’ is a significant example of abstract expressionism, the first international art movement to have its roots in New York rather than Europe." "Birth” is one of the first paintings Krasner created after the death of her husband, fellow abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock in 1956. “She put everything into it. All her anger, all her feelings, the fleshy tones contrast with the gray, and the brush strokes seem violent.” Reynolda House Museum of American Art's nationally recognized collection includes masterworks of American painting, sculpture and photography by such artists as Mary Cassatt, Frederic Church, Jacob Lawrence, Georgia O’Keeffe and Gilbert Stuart. http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...jpg?resize=600 Credit: Lee Krasner (1956) JournalNow Reynolda House is another must visit, if you're in Winston-Salem. New Record Store & Bar: Record stores seem to be very popular in downtown Winston-Salem. How many does downtown Winston-Salem have? Four? The newest downtown record store is The Black Lodge, which also includes a small bar. It is located in the IQ District (Innovation Quarter) at 282 East Fourth Street. The record store and bar also has a weekly “Bring Your Own Vinyl” night on Wednesdays. “Bring Your Own Vinyl” starts at 5 p.m., on Wednesday nights and ends at 2 a.m.,. Downtown Playground: Look at this downtown playground for kids, on 7th Street, made from an old industrial building! http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...53720893_n.jpg Credit: madeliene_rae Great Apartment View: http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...49003290_n.jpg Credit: Katie Wolf Sunday Movies in the Park: Looking for something free and fun to do downtown on a Sunday evening? You may want to try “Sunset Flicks” all this month at Winston Square Park, featuring movies, live music, beer, coffee, and food trucks. There are also fun art activities for kids, so bring the whole family! The fun starts at 6. Second Sundays on 4th: http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...88052153_n.jpg Credit: caminobakery 2014 Pride Winston-Salem: This is a multi-day event and is one of the largest street festivals in Winston-Salem; expected to attract a crowd measured in the tens of thousands. It's the first Pride event in North Carolina, following the court ruling that allowed gay marriage in North Carolina! It should be a big celebration! In the festival city, Pride Winston-Salem is more than just a gay pride parade. Visit for all three days and if you want to see the parade, it's on Sunday. http://www.pridews.org/wp-content/up...F-662x1024.jpg Credit: Pride Winston-Salem |
Projects & Construction:
Publix: I thought the forum may find this interesting. Publix is building a grocery store that could reach 2-3 storeys in height, at the former Masonic Temple site, across from the 7-storey First Tennessee Bank Building. The site is so small, they have to build parking under the store! It will have an elevator, moving sidewalks, and is slightly smaller than the usual publix. I've seen multi-storey Publix stores like this in Miami, but I've never been to a grocery store with an elevator, moving sidewalks, and parking under the store. I'm guessing the moving sidewalks allow customers to take their carts from floor-to-floor? The next time I visit Winston-Salem, I may try to visit this store? It will be the only publix like this in the state too. Though they now have permits, I can't seem to find a rendering of this custom-designed Publix. It was announced a year ago, but they don't have a general contractor and don't expect to start construction until early next year? Whatever they are building must be very complex to require this much time for design and to fit it on the small site? I heard they paid a very high price for the site too. It's great to see a grocery store constructing upward instead of outward! Plant 64: Shortened from an interview in CP Executive: The key factors that made Plant 64 appealing to investors were Pennrose’s strong reputation and track record for adaptive-reuse developments and the location of Plant 64 at the gateway of the Innovation Quarter, an industry leading hub for science and technology. Mark Dambly said “We were fortunate to have financing partners, such as Bank of America, Nationwide and Stonehenge Capital, who also envisioned the appeal and opportunities of this project.” Totaling 426,000 square feet, the group of five structures – three former factory buildings, a onetime storage warehouse, and an old power plant – will contain 242 new luxury loft apartments and 9,700 square feet of retail. At Plant 64, we are targeting people who are interested in living in an upscale, downtown location that includes modern amenities and apartment features. Capstone Building provided an awesome October update on this $55 million adaptive reuse project! Thank you to Capstone for sharing these! http://www.capstonebuilding.com/Port...lbum/122/1.JPG Credit: Capstone Building http://www.capstonebuilding.com/Port...lbum/122/3.JPG Credit: Capstone Building http://www.capstonebuilding.com/Port...lbum/122/A.JPG Credit: Capstone Building Floor Number Art: http://www.capstonebuilding.com/Port...lbum/122/B.JPG Credit: Capstone Building http://www.capstonebuilding.com/Port...lbum/122/D.JPG Credit: Capstone Building http://www.capstonebuilding.com/Port...2/DSCN1130.JPG Credit: Capstone Building http://www.capstonebuilding.com/Port...lbum/122/E.JPG Credit: Capstone Building http://www.capstonebuilding.com/Port...lbum/122/F.JPG Credit: Capstone Building http://www.capstonebuilding.com/Port...lbum/122/G.JPG Credit: Capstone Building http://www.capstonebuilding.com/Port...lbum/122/I.JPG Credit: Capstone Building http://www.capstonebuilding.com/Port...lbum/122/J.JPG Credit: Capstone Building I found two older images from September that are also interesting: http://www.capstonebuilding.com/Port...lbum/117/I.JPG Credit: Capstone Building http://www.capstonebuilding.com/Port...lbum/117/Q.JPG Credit: Capstone Building The Growing Apartment Market: According to NAI Earle Furman, the quarter-over-quarter occupancy level in Winston-Salem increased 0.5 points to 93 percent, with positive absorption. Winston-Salem’s unique mix of arts and entertainment, coupled with the tremendous development of the Innovation Quarter are driving the demand for class A apartment residences in this market. The Innovation Quarter is one of the fastest growing urban-based research parks in the U.S. Allow me to summarize: Expect more apartment announcements. :tup: B/E Aerospace Engineering Development Lab: This is a building for aerospace engineers at Winston-Salem's B/E Aerospace to test their designs. I want to thank West & Stem for providing updates! I really want to see a video of the acceleration test sled in action! https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.n...76976027_n.jpg Credit: West & Stem https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.n...16664970_n.jpg Credit: West & Stem https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.n...38279653_n.jpg Credit: West & Stem https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.n...98998911_n.jpg Credit: West & Stem https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.n...36676123_n.jpg Credit: West & Stem https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.n...90048594_n.jpg Credit: West & Stem https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.n...63836032_n.jpg Credit: West & Stem https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.n...07099885_n.jpg Credit: West & Stem Downtown Beach: The development team behind West End Mill Works proposed cleaning-up the waterway along Canal Street and building a downtown beach along it. No renderings or details at this time. This sounds like fun! The Village Lofts: An exterior update! I love the new windows in this building! They do look very similar to the originals from the 1920s. https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...35931102_n.jpg Credit: The Village Lofts Bailey Park @ East End: Cedar installation on the storage and public restroom building. This looks good! http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...60176082_n.jpg Credit: Pete Fala The Edge Flats: The Edge Flats begin leasing, October 30, for Tower One. I think move-in is early next year? I was looking at the progress and noticed what appears to be a third 7-storey tower, under construction? Is it part of Tower Two or a third tower? https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.n...95996525_n.jpg Credit: The Edge Flats https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.n...03952421_n.jpg Credit: The Edge Flats Union Station and Streetcar Maintenance Facility: The city is already advertising for bids to start some of the renovation work. We could have this in the construction list soon! Ashley Expansion? Look for more jobs and construction at the Ashley site, soon! They expect to make the announcement in a few months. 50 West Fourth Apartments: Finding an update on this building is rare! And it's in the middle of downtown, near a major photographed landmark! http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...04657070_n.jpg Credit: W. Danny Khounsavanh Transportation Infrastructure: Don't forget to vote for Ted Kaplan! Register & Vote! Yes, he said this in the city's indie newspaper interview on the candidates! Quote:
Daniel Boone Property: 65 acres, in suburban Winston-Salem, that was once owned by the legendary pioneer Daniel Boone, is being auctioned. It's part of a 650-acre tract granted by the king of England to Daniel Boone's father, Squire Boone, in 1753. Squire Boone later sold the property to Daniel Boone. The land consists of the last remaining 65 acres that are in the Boone family. If you're new to Winston-Salem, don't forget to visit the Daniel Boone Monument in Winston-Salem's historic West End, near Hanes Park and the Fish Market. Love is Love Festival: Be sure to attend the Love is Love Celebration, to commemorate the overturning of Amendment One, and honor and celebrate all loving relationships, and their importance to our individual and collective well-being. The event will be held on Wednesday, October 29, 2014 from 2:30-4:30 p.m., at the Green Room. BB&T Ballpark: This is an interesting photograph of the ballpark. The ballpark is holding an event for families called Field of Fears. It's about defeating your fears. http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...25616345_n.jpg Credit: Alexandra Interesting Old Hotel: I found this postcard, which features Moores' Knob (highest point in the Winston-Salem Metro Area) and an interesting Victorian hotel. I thought you may find it interesting? https://northcarolinaroom.files.word...springs001.jpg Credit: N.C. Room / Winston-Salem Central Library Winston-Salem Gay Pride Parade: A few photographs of the event. Be sure to visit Winston-Salem for next year's Pride. Again, this is a multi-day festival. http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...39423859_n.jpg Credit: Kennedy H There are actually several different flags. Do you know all of them? http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...91541303_n.jpg Credit: Amy L. Wagner IQ District Skateboard Ban Defeated! According to the Journal: When it came up for discussion on Monday, the council members who spoke showed little sympathy for a ban. This is an awesome city! Now the IQ District can start work building a skate park, to address their concerns, as part of the Bailey Power Plant development. :tup: Council Member Molly Leight: “The more I thought about this, the more I have had a problem with banning skateboarding just simply because it is what the kids want – the freedom to skateboard. If there is a way in fact to protect certain surfaces, I think the sidewalks and whatever ought to allow skateboarding. I feel (a ban is) infringing on the freedom of kids to enjoy themselves.” Council Member James Taylor: “We want to encourage skateboarding and discourage property damage." |
Really interesting news about the Publix. I came from Florida where Publix reigns supreme, and love it (granted, Lowe's new stores are really nice too--maybe nicer than Publix). Also, I guess it's time for me to contribute something (albeit lazily and more regional):
Low rental vacancy in Triad - 2,100 units under construction, 3,400 proposed (many of which in the downtown areas of Winston and Gresnsboro!): http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/new...west-rate.html Construction on Honda aircraft facility undergoing $19 million expansion: http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/blo...on-on-19m.html |
It is interesting, because I wouldn't really call Publix' spot an urban location. Most of these multi-story grocery stores tend to be in denser areas. Hopefully it means this is a shift in the way the company develops all of its stores.
I can't wait and taste one of these sandwiches that every Floridian I know are crazy about. |
We have Publix in Atlanta (they are everywhere in metro Atlanta) and they are usually my grocer of choice. The deli and bakery are awesome! Their store brands are also good. The person bagging the groceries will also push the cart to your car and help load them into your car for free (no tips). They have a "no tips" button on their shirt too. I'm guessing at Winston-Salem's store, they will push the cart into the elevator for you? That sounds so awesome!
None of the other stores Publix is opening (that I've seen) in North Carolina are like what they are proposing in Winston-Salem. It's not shift in how they do things. In Winston-Salem they found a highly desirable location that is too small for their usual stores, so they are going vertical with it. Because the lot is small, Winston-Salem's store will be around 10,000 square feet smaller than the usual Publix as well. it does appear as if everything you would find in a full-sized store is there though? I don't want to use the word "urban" until I see it, but it is being called an urban format store. In southern Florida, I've seen two-to-three storey Publix stores in neighborhoods very similar to this one. A multi-storey grocery store with parking under the building is very interesting. |
Projects & Construction:
Downtown Medical School: #CityOfAdaptiveReuse It's now official! Winston-Salem's downtown medical school is under construction, as of Thursday, October 23, 2014. Whiting-Turner Construction Company is the general contractor. BioMed Realty Trust / Wexford Equities is the developer. Design Collective is the architect. Construction will be completed in Summer 2016. The Wake Forest University School of Medicine Building will contain a medical library, a medical school, a courtyard, and tech company office space. The Wake Forest University School of Medicine is the fourth most selective medical school in the nation, with an acceptance rate of 3.1%. Wake Forest University has already started moving parts of their medical school to downtown. The "U-shaped" downtown building, Wake Forest University's medical school is renovating, was built in 1923 as an industrial building (see photographs below). This is the largest building in downtown's IQ District. http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...60243348_n.jpg Credit: wb256 It's the building on the right: http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...30896888_n.jpg Credit: Kenneth Peter Diachenko II A look inside the building. These are the "Before" photographs. In 2016, we will have the "After" photographs. http://i.imgur.com/pJ0Fd7k.jpg Credit: UrbanMez http://i.imgur.com/dVzuezK.jpg Credit: UrbanMez http://i.imgur.com/fWoMMwH.jpg Credit: UrbanMez http://i.imgur.com/9SwyaIf.jpg Credit: UrbanMez Apartment Vacancy Rate: We now have the vacancy rate for downtown. Downtown Winston-Salem's apartment vacancy rate is 2.8%, according to Real Data. This is just for downtown and shows the large demand for downtown apartments. Yes, expect to see more apartments! Mast General Store: Mast General Store is the ground floor tenant of the building The Village Lofts is located in. The apartments and the store are two separate construction projects. Mast General Store is usually in touristy cities, around the Appalachian Mountains. It sells some of everything, from candy to books to toys to rocking chairs to mountain climbing gear to clothes and much more. The flooring you see in this building is recycled from the Pisgah National Forest Biltmore Lumber Co.,. Yes, the new "old" flooring is repurposed factory flooring! This sounds awesome! I posted the flooring installation and sanding, a few weeks ago. http://www.village-lofts.net/images/...Lofts/bldg.jpg Credit: The Village Lofts Quote:
http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...74102509_n.jpg Credit: Mast General Store http://www.davidegall.com/David_E_Ga...2007202012.jpg Source Yes, Winston-Salem's Mast General Store is two storeys tall and will have steps: (Will this be the largest Mast General Store?) http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...69529813_n.jpg Credit: Mast General Store Reaves Building: The AIA in Columbus, Ohio has nominated the Reaves Building in Winston-Salem for an award. Congratulations to Moody Nolan, Inc., and Woolpert! We won't know if it won anything until the middle of next month. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3941/1...215a8316_z.jpg Credit: Columbus AIA 1770 Waller House: This 244 year old house is currently being restored. The original structures on the site pre-date the American Revolution. If I can find more photographs of the progress, I would like to follow this restoration. http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...jpg?resize=600 Credit: Lauren Carroll - JournalNow KeraNetics Expanding: Winston-Salem based KeraNetics is quadrupling its space in the Innovation Quarter (IQ District) as the company prepares to begin human clinical trials next year. The regenerative medicine firm is moving to 200 E. First St., and using a $250,000 loan from the N.C. Biotechnology Center to help finance the renovation. Frank L. Blum Construction is the general contractor. The move should be completed by the end of next month and the company will seek Food & Drug Administration approval for its human clinical trials next year. Their studies will focus on healing partial thickness thermal burns, treating radiation dermatitis, and they are working to develop a product that helps with bone tissue regeneration. If you're looking for a job in downtown Winston-Salem, KeraNetics is hiring! National Center for the Biotechnology Workforce: Recently opened in downtown's IQ District. They signed a 10-year lease with BioMed Realty Trust and completed a $7 million upfit. http://media.bizj.us/view/img/417676...ech-center.jpg Credit: American City Business Journals http://media.bizj.us/view/img/4176611/forsyth-tech2.jpg Credit: American City Business Journals Nash Building: Kit Rodenbough, from Design Archives, was kind enough to provide an update on their renovation of this former automobile showroom. Be sure to visit, when it opens on November 8th. http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...00982660_n.jpg Credit: Kit Rodenbough http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...96307967_n.jpg Credit: Kit Rodenbough http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...95641111_n.jpg Credit: Kit Rodenbough http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...77339934_n.jpg Credit: Kit Rodenbough Hotel Monaco: I can tell from the plastic in the open windows that workers are doing something on the upper floors? It's difficult to find updates on this project. I also noticed the hotel this development group is working on in Pittsburgh doesn't have many updates. Quote:
It's almost completed! Thank you to ajr4187 at WSTB for this update. This poster has several more photographs over there and you can enlarge them. Quote:
The first phase of the new park is almost completed! ajr4187 @ WSTB shared several awesome photographs of it. I want to thank this poster for the update. Quote:
If you like downtown development, job creation, and transit projects, you should vote for Ted Kaplan for County Commission and vote for Kay Hagan for Senate. Also, if you live in Winston-Salem, be sure to vote YES for these bond packages: -Economic Development -Recreation -Streets and Sidewalks These three bonds need your support! They actually include a few projects we are talking about in this thread, such as the new regional tourist attraction park, alternative transportation projects, and the IQ District. VOTE EARLY! Take advantage of early voting right now! Placemaking & Fun: Ashe County's western border is the Tennessee State Line! http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0a47FLCYAAr3zg.png Credit: PBS Great Photograph of SEAA HQ: The image below is the headquarters of the Steel Erectors Association of America (SEAA). They are the national trade association representing the interests of steel erectors, fabricators, and related service providers. Yes, they are headquartered in downtown Winston-Salem's IQ District and I love their 125 year old building! http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...65721931_n.jpg Credit: Naomi Gingerich New Downtown Mural: Winston-Salem born artist iamhieronymus is back with his latest work: Cage Free. Yes, this is the same artist who painted the awesome murals in Hoots Beer Co.,. He painted several murals around Winston-Salem and Los Angeles. Cage Free at Seventh & Trade streets: http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5597/1...aba2fdab_b.jpg Credit: iamhieronymus @ gmail. com Winston-Salem in the Movies: My favorite movie star is Winston-Salem! This is a movie called The Disappointments Room, starring Kate Beckinsale. Historic Winston-Salem rowhouses, in downtown's West End Village, will play the part of Brooklyn, New York. This movie will be in theatres in Fall 2015. http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...pg?resize=1024 Credit: Andrew Dye - JournalNow Quote:
Halloween in Old Salem: Don't forget to visit Old Salem for Halloween! They will have a ghost tour on Thursday night and you can see the entries in their jack-o-lantern carving contest. This is why Old Salem has jack-o-lanterns everywhere. http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...79790190_n.jpg Credit: chuauaua If you stop at the visitors' center, designed by starchitect Robert Venturi, be sure to look for this book: http://cdn.oldsalem.org/images/uploads/21357-l.jpg Credit: Old Salem |
Thank you for the updates on projects we usually don't see on this thread. That is also a great update on Kimpton's hotel and apartments development. Did you take any photographs at 705 North Main? That is another construction project I can't find anything on. Also, do you know if The Edge is two or three buildings? In the photographs I find, it almost appears to be three buildings?
The Pepper Building isn't under construction at this time. I've checked multiple times. They are throwing away the trash piled-up inside. I've heard there are 20-30 feet (around 7.5 meters) of trash in the elevator shafts, along with papers, furniture, and garbage on the floors. They have to throw-away the trash inside before they can start interior demolition. When it's under construction/interior demolition, I'll make a big post on it! Projects & Construction: Hotel Monaco: Still hopeful Kimpton will select a unique name for the hotel and not use Monaco or Palomar. :haha: http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...16402260_n.jpg Credit: Adam Sebastian :star: 1775 T. Bagge Merchant Building Renovation: New to This Thread! :tup: The basement of this building, built in 1775, is being converted into a restaurant. It's on South Main Street, just a few blocks south of downtown's Wells Fargo Center. Wilson-Covington always has the most interesting construction projects! This building is almost 240 years old! We will follow this! http://wilsoncovingtonconstruction.f...8-am.jpg?w=560 Credit: Wilson-Covington Construction The building was built across from historic Salem Square Park in 1775 as a retail store. Since I see work in the basement, the new restaurant could be in the basement, with the store still operating upstairs? I guess we will see! 500 West Fifth Street and 601 West Fourth Street: Trammell Crow is one of several developers interested in renovating these two former insurance buildings and building new ground-up construction on two surrounding sites. I think these two buildings and two surrounding sites will go to the highest bidder, which should be announced later this year. Nash Building: http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...74087801_n.jpg Credit: Sarah Jenkins :star: Millennium Center Roof: New to This Thread! :tup: The 100 year old Millennium Center is frequently seen in magazines as one of the top places to hold weddings; it's often seen in movies and TV shows; has hosted many charity and corporate events in its grand ballroom; and it has hosted several concerts since 1994. This award winning event space is now working on plans for a rooftop venue that could hold 300 people. It's still in design & planning, with engineers working to determine if the roof can support this. :star: Wake Forest University Medical Center ICU Expansion: New to This Thread! Wake Forest University Medical Center will begin construction on a new $16.5 million, 24 bed replacement, for their intensive care unit devoted to neurology patients. Completion is expected in fall 2015. The Edge Flats: A great photograph of Phase II of this 7-storey twin-towers project. These do create a nice wall along the expressway. http://i.imgur.com/qRjXjlI.jpg Credit: Edge Flats Inmar Buys Hopster: Winston-Salem based tech company Inmar has purchased Hopster; a company that allows people to connect to companies through social media and buying behaviors. Inmar is always expanding and always hiring in downtown Winston-Salem's IQ District. This is expected to bring a few more jobs to downtown. They may have doubled their revenue this year? It will be interesting to see if they need more office space downtown. Link Apartments: The Link Apartments have bicycle lockers, so you can store your bike outside your apartment! https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...91814700_n.jpg Credit: Link Apartments Mast General Store: We now have confirmation. This will be the largest Mast General Store, at around 16,000 square feet. There are 10 Mast General Store locations, for those who want to know. The Trade Street entrance will become the main entrance. This is also where the clothing will be located. It appears as if the Fifth Street wing will become the candy and food sales floor. The Cherry Street entrance is for the apartments only. Mast General Store will also have another entrance (a bridge) from the parking deck beside the convention center. I posted a photograph of its construction in this thread on September 9. The staircase appears to be a centerpiece of the store? The grand staircase to the basement will lead to the outdoor clothing, shoes, and outdoor gear sales floor. This is a great retailer to have downtown! There are parts of the original wood flooring still in place and those will be refinished and reused. The areas in need of wood flooring will use the recycled wood, we talked about earlier, from old factories, to match the original flooring. To build a staircase to the basement and use that space, they had to cut into the thick concrete floor. It's very interesting. For those who want to know: This was originally one of the nation's largest hardware stores (Brown Rogers Dixon Hardware). Brown Rogers Dixon was both a retail store and a catalog store. When the hardware store closed this location, it became an office building. Now it is being renovated into 48 apartments and Mast General Store. Some of those apartments are micro-apartments. The "T-shaped" building has entrances on three streets! http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...jpg?resize=960 Credit: David Rolfe - JournalNow http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...jpg?resize=960 Credit: David Rolfe - JournalNow The original flooring in the building: http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...jpg?resize=960 Credit: David Rolfe - JournalNow The shoe and outdoor clothing & gear department in the basement: http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...jpg?resize=960 Credit: David Rolfe - JournalNow The candy and food department: http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...jpg?resize=960 Credit: David Rolfe - JournalNow Trade Street Main Entrance: (They plan to replace the entrance to match the original 1928 entrance) http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...jpg?resize=960 Credit: David Rolfe - JournalNow Grand Staircase: http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...jpg?resize=960 Credit: David Rolfe - JournalNow Don't Forget to Vote Today! If you like downtown development, don't forget to vote! Downtown needs your vote! Remember to vote for Kay Hagan, Ted Kaplan, and vote for at least these three bonds: Economic Development - Recreation - Streets & Sidewalks Historic Hanes Park will be restored, if you vote for the Recreation Bonds! http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...12357284_n.jpg Credit: bowlingalleylawyer Placemaking & Fun: Did you know: According to DWSP, Annie Oakley, from the Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, was injured in a train crash and taken to a hospital in downtown Winston-Salem in 1901. South's Best Foodie Cities: Winston-Salem is on the list of the South's 8 best foodie cities, by Deep South Magazine. All of the restaurants they wrote about are downtown, along Fourth Street's Restaurant Row or along Trade Street. The next time you're downtown, be sure to try some of the restaurants. They really are an attraction for the city. |
Art Themed Park Downtown
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Awesome little park proposed on Liberty between 7th and 6th. The design was done by STITCH, same architects as Bailey Park. Really talented group of young architects. Here is an article on it in the Winston Salem Times: http://www.journalnow.com/news/local...1e4SQ.facebook |
This is a massive update, with many new projects for us to follow on this thread!
Projects & Construction: Election Results: Since you "High Fived the Bonds" on election night, we can now move forward with several new & exciting projects. Included on that list of projects is Civic Plaza (Merschel Plaza), which is a proposed park with amphitheatre that also has underground parking for future high-rise residential and office developments on surrounding sites. Don't forget the new park in the Flat Rock Neighborhood, which is expected to become a regional tourist attraction. City Council wants to move forward with these projects in the next 12 months! Thank you to every Democrat who voted! Ted Kaplan, who said he wanted a light rail line (LRT) connecting downtown to the airport, won! This appears to be a very liberal county commission! I'm very excited. It's good to see several rail transit supporters in city/county government. The Village Lofts: I found a photograph of the bridge I spoke of earlier. You can also see the alley between the buildings. https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...53999076_n.jpg Credit: The Village Lofts https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...00962114_n.jpg Credit: The Village Lofts https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...28924967_n.jpg Credit: The Village Lofts Kimpton Hotel: The first rendering, showing the lobby on the Fourth Street side. It appears to be a bar? http://i.imgur.com/bXVAmop.jpg :star: ARTivity on the Green: New to This Thread! :tup: Downtown Winston-Salem's newest park is ARTivity on the Green. An art park, located at the corner of Seventh and Liberty streets. AFAS will build and maintain the park. An executive at a Canadian resources company donated the money to build it. Ground breaking is scheduled for December 1, and construction will be completed in May. It appears as if Wells Fargo is also involved in the park? Red lines in the sidewalks will lead visitors into the park. The red lines will meander to create raised setting elements and raised entry portals for art displays. These lines will converge and rise to 50 feet (15.25 meters) in the center of the park and create 13 structures that will emit illuminated (color changing lights) fog formations every 15 minutes, using 450 nozzles. Yes, red is the color of brick used on the old industrial buildings and the tall towers are designed to look similar to Winston-Salem's tall brick smokestacks, which are a visual nod to the city’s industrial past. Other features include an “artist performance shelter,” sculpted from steel bands, to continue the industrial look of the park (anyone can use this performance space for free at any time!), and a concrete mural wall designed to serve as a constantly evolving canvas for local artists. The mural wall will have cascading lighting to be attractive at night and anyone can paint on the wall. Water feature emits fog, with color changing lights: http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...jpg?resize=960 Credit: JournalNow - STITCH Design Shop The factory smokestack themed water feature has to be the most interesting water feature I've ever seen in a park. I love it! It's an industrial themed park. Keep Winston-Salem Weird and Nerdy! You can see the art display areas, near the arches: http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...jpg?resize=960 Credit: JournalNow - STITCH Design Shop B/E Aerospace Engineering Development Lab: https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...08762684_n.jpg Credit: West & Stem Architects https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...95786749_n.jpg Credit: West & Stem Architects https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...67529714_n.jpg Credit: West & Stem Architects https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...06567969_n.jpg Credit: West & Stem Architects Forsyth County Public Safety Center: County Commissioners are hiring an architect to complete the adaptive reuse of the Phillips Building. The project will add probation, parole, and judicial offices, along with a crime lab and an emergency operations center to the building. Convention Center: TVS Design was selected as the architect for the convention renovation. 414 Northwest: https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...44257382_n.jpg Credit: West & Stem Architects https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...63282507_n.jpg Credit: West & Stem Architects https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...53818934_n.jpg Credit: West & Stem Architects https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...17390866_n.jpg Credit: West & Stem Architects https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...69789312_n.jpg Credit: West & Stem Architects https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...99527350_n.jpg Credit: West & Stem Architects Semans Arts Library: It's not completed at this time, but will be soon. https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...17606195_o.jpg Credit: Lindsay Bierman :star: Ritz Theatre Restoration: New to This Thread! :tup: Winston-Salem Playwright Lizz Goins-Turner is buying the old 500 seat Ritz Theatre and plans to restore it into a working theater again. Goins-Turner's company, Diamondique Productions, is looking for a permanent space for her shows. The theatre closed in 1975 and has sat abandoned since 1990. She has already started a $100,000 renovation on the 65 year old building and hopes to reopen the theatre in January. She said a number of playwrights have already contacted her about producing a show in Winston-Salem. She plans to preserve as many of the theatre's original features as possible, including the concession stand and the projection room. Goins-Turner said “I just want a lot to remain the same because I know a lot of people that used to go there as a kid and I’ve been contacted by so many people that are ready for the grand opening because they haven’t set foot in there in years.” The theatre will host live shows in addition to film screenings. It does appear as if the industrial North Patterson Neighborhood is revitalizing! You may remember the post on the Streamline Art Moderne "1800 N. Patterson Building," on October 14. This theatre is within walking distance of that building! This theatre is also near Hot Dog City, one of the best hot dog restaurants in the city! June 2014: http://i.imgur.com/93pjI3c.jpg Credit: GSV March 1968: http://i.imgur.com/pitSsl6.jpg Credit: Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Library It appears to be fully intact: http://thumbs.trulia-cdn.com/picture...983ebf55fe.jpg Credit: Trulia Did You Know: Since this was a neighborhood theatre, it was designed without parking. Customers would walk or take transit there. http://thumbs.trulia-cdn.com/picture...c778e34f3e.jpg Credit: Trulia Bailey Park @ East End: http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...70368898_n.jpg Credit: Dominic Gray 1775 T. Bagge Merchant Building Renovation http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...83843265_n.jpg Credit: ndaholt http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...84554400_n.jpg Credit: Wilson-Covington Construction Lillybee Building: Thank you to WSTB for answering the question of who is renovating 705 North Main. It's a women's shoe company called Lillybee. Their clothing is sold nationwide through high-end boutiques. Reynolda House Indoor Pool: We haven't seen an update on this project in long time! http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...41843378_n.jpg Credit: Trish@Reynolda Nash Building Renovation: Built! :tup: Be sure to visit Design Archives on West Fourth Street, in the former Nash Automobile showroom. They are now open! I would like to buy a "North Carolina is Home" t-shirt on a future visit! These displays in the store are made from a barn built in 1860! http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...77455537_n.jpg Credit: Design Archives http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...81820138_n.jpg Credit: Emily Poe-Crawford http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...31707107_n.jpg Credit: Dana LeBlanc Designs This is an example of the Nash cars once sold in this beautiful building: http://www.nashnut.com/wp-content/up...07-28nash1.jpg Credit: Nash Nut This was actually a very innovative car company, with many firsts in the industry. Placemaking & Fun: Reynolda Village: Have you visited Winston-Salem's 100 year old lifestyle center? Reynolda Village was built between 1912-1917. http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...93381779_n.jpg Credit: Emily Miner Winter Weather: If you're moving to this city, you should know it does snow here. Having four seasons is a major attraction to moving here. How much snow the city has varies from year-to-year. Over the weekend, new city employees practiced with the snow removal equipment. Winston-Salem is among the few cities in this region with all of the equipment and the right people to clear the streets. Winston-Salem has two shifts that plow until the streets are cleared. So what is the most difficult part of snow removal? According to the city workers, it is turning the trucks with the snowplow. The plow also makes the truck longer and you have to keep that in mind when driving a snowplow. Downtown Photograph of the Week: http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...63544169_n.jpg Credit: Andrew Dye Fabians Restaurant: I found this awesome Streamline Art Moderne building photograph while searching for photographs of another construction project. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3949/1...daa95233_b.jpg Credit: CE Mc Bug Art: The bug art is new. I don't remember seeing them before. This one of several around downtown. http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...51022221_n.jpg Credit: Piedmont Craftsmen Winston-Salem Getaway: WRAL-TV 5 in the Triangle is giving away a free 3-day holiday weekend trip to Winston-Salem for a family of four. If you live in the eastern part of the state and want to visit Winston-Salem, be sure to enter. It appears to include everything from wineries to art museums to Old Salem to restaurants to the city's award winning light display, which is ranked as a Top 100 Event in North America. Pop-up Art in the IQ District: More pop-up art around the city. This one appears to have a contest of some type connected to it? https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B2GyTEeIMAAfcQD.jpg Credit WFIQ Most Beautiful Colleges in the Fall: Wake Forest University was ranked #1 as the most beautiful college campus in the fall. Best College Values made the list. They said Wake Forest University's campus has an "array of colors" and a "picturesque setting." 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Pepper Building: Now we can celebrate work starting on the Pepper Building! Mike Coe and U.S. Development are finally starting interior demolition on the Pepper Building! Actual construction work on the 53 apartments, Brazilian Steakhouse, basement Speakeasy, and restoration will start in the Spring. The project will include a two-storey underground parking deck, which will be covered by a park to match the park the city is building at Civic Plaza. The Brazilian steakhouse is an out-of-state restaurant opening their first North Carolina location, if I'm not mistaken? The speakeasy will be owned and operated by a woman who moved to Winston-Salem from Amsterdam. This is proposed as an accurate restoration to the original 1928 appearance, using old photographs, surviving details, and original blueprints. :eek: In January 1928, the Gilmer Company announced a new upscale department store in downtown Winston-Salem with 8 floors of merchandise. At that time, Winston-Salem was North Carolina's largest and richest city. The store would be known as The Davis-McCollum Company. Davis-McCollum was an ultra-modern, high-class department store, designed by Northrup and O’Brien. The interior was designed by Grand Rapids Store Equipment Corporation. The General Contractor was Walter Kidde & Co. Inc., of New York. With its lion’s head spouts, it would become one of the first Art Deco buildings in North Carolina. The restoration architect, David Gall said "When it was built it was the tallest art deco building in the state." When it opened, more than three thousand people crowded the streets to see it. Nearly everyone in the state had heard about it. The top six floors were very high end upscale merchandise. The lower two floors became the store's Bargain Basement. In 1929, the store changed owners and became Van Dyke's Department Store. At that time the store was recognized by designers and suppliers as the finest department store in North Carolina. In 1932 Thomas Pepper became the owner of the building. By 1939, the department store was replaced by a furniture store called "Huntley Hill Stockton." The furniture store occupied the lower four floors of the building and the remaining floors became office space. In 1953, the furniture store moved to another building and the Pepper Building was completely renovated for office space, with ground floor retail and a basement restaurant. This building is a survivor! In the late 1970s, a bank's new headquarters proposal would've replaced the Pepper Building with a new office building, but preservationists fought the demolition and won! However, the building was vacated for demolition and the upper floors remained vacant. The retail space was occupied until 2000. After being fully vacated, it would see several failed proposals to convert it to condos and survive another proposal to demolish it in 2006. Finally, Mike Coe and U.S. Development stepped-up to save the building! The building is very intact, with the original plaster ceiling, the original light fixtures, the original 1920s Zenitherm walls, the beautiful terrazzo floor, the cast iron stair with marble treads, and the original cast iron radiators. All of the original globes for the light fixtures are in storage. An interesting fact: This building was used as the city's transportation center for many years, until the current transportation center opened in 1997. Original 1928 Appearance: (The lion heads held the metal awnings over the two entrances) http://www.digitalforsyth.org/jpg/uz..._mig_03536.jpg Credit: Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Library 1939 Furniture Store: (Sadly, no interior photographs of it as an upscale department store) http://www.digitalforsyth.org/jpg/uz..._mir_04276.jpg Credit: Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Library I would love to have a house full of Art Deco furniture (above)! 1939 Furniture Store: http://www.digitalforsyth.org/jpg/uz..._mir_04274.jpg Credit: Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Library http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5611/1...4c1a80ce_z.jpg Credit: CE Mc You can tell this was an upscale department store: http://i.imgur.com/44uT7li.jpg Credit: WSTB Original 1928 Otis Manual Elevator: http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3870/1...4da3c4cb_b.jpg Credit: Urban Mez The walls (below) are covered with a material called Zenitherm, which was used in some of the finest buildings and homes of the 1920s and 1930s. The Zenitherm was painted over, but can be easily restored to the original marble appearance. This marble material is also on the columns, like the one see in the fifth photograph, above. http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...28e5.image.jpg Credit: JournalNow http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...2ff2.image.jpg Credit: JournalNow http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...e3ab.image.jpg Credit: JournalNow Look at how big these windows are! This is the developer who will convert the building to apartments: http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...jpg?resize=960 Credit: JournalNow http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...508c.image.jpg Credit: JournalNow http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...3101.image.jpg Credit: JournalNow Urban Mez is my favorite Winston-Salem photographer! He has several more Pepper Building photographs in his albums, with old furniture, office equipment, and papers everywhere. http://i.imgur.com/tiNuf6l.jpg Credit: Urban Mez Elevator Motors in Mechanical Penthouse: http://i.imgur.com/0SEA7OC.jpg Credit: Urban Mez Sir Winston Restaurant Kitchen (closed in 1989?): http://i.imgur.com/J7fzXmR.jpg Credit: Urban Mez http://i.imgur.com/Plz7YxH.jpg Credit: Urban Mez http://i.imgur.com/P0SZw8L.jpg Credit: Urban Mez http://i.imgur.com/Sd48hBF.jpg Credit: Urban Mez http://i.imgur.com/FcJtfSI.jpg Credit: Urban Mez http://i.imgur.com/c61SLTc.jpg Credit: Urban Mez http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net...04/pepper3.jpg Credit: WFDD Those are the before photographs. Now we are ready to see the restoration and the after photographs! Restoration will be completed in Summer or Fall of 2016. :tup: |
:previous: :previous: Wow look at that asbestos floor tiles. If the VCT floor tiles are 9 x 9, it is most likely contains asbestos. Even within the other photos there are those 9 x 9 tiles.
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Awesome! And hey, give some of us republicans some credit...I voted for Kaplan :tup:
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These will become micro apartments. This developer will build 53 apartments in the Pepper Building. To give you an idea of how small they are, the previous plans from 2003 called for 25 condos. The current developer will fit more than twice as many units in this building! These apartments will also lease for around $2 a square foot. Sadly, I don't have the floor plans to know the exact apartment sizes at this time. We likely won't have that information until they are half-way completed? Their preservation work is really good. This is the same development team and construction company you see working on the Mast General Store and The Village Lofts project. They have the best ground-floor tenants too! The architect had a better photograph of the original Zenitherm clad columns; Art Deco capitals; and ceiling: http://i.imgur.com/iRDU3rO.jpg Credit: David E. Gall Architects Why would someone paint-over the Zenitherm (marble-like) tiles? It appears as if this was done in 1939, by the furniture store? I'm guessing the capitals and ceiling have their original 1928 paint? Those are unusual and very Art Deco colors and not colors someone would select for a cheap renovation. This is what the Zenitherm walls in the Pepper Building will look like after restoration: http://i.imgur.com/ol2mcGE.jpg Credit: AIA (New Jersey State House) As you can see, it's a marble-like material, made from compressed stone and wood. A number of people have restored it over the years. It can be sanded. Recently, a restoration in California involved creating replacement pieces. I think the company involved in recreating it was KC Restoration? Seeing the broken pieces on the columns, I'm guessing they may have to do this at the Pepper Building too? Yes, David Gall said they will restore it. As you can tell, I'm excited to see this material restored. Pepper Building Exterior: http://i.imgur.com/q5QQ7l0.jpg Credit: David E. Gall Architects Project: Pepper Building General Contractor: McCory Construction Architect: David E. Gall Architects Developer: Mike Coe / U.S. Development Level 7: Mechanical Penthouse Level 6: Micro Apartments (guessing 10 units) Level 5: Micro Apartments (guessing 10 units) Level 4: Micro Apartments (guessing 11 units) Level 3: Micro Apartments (guessing 11 units) Level 2: Micro Apartments (guessing 11 units) Level 1: Lobby & Brazilian Steakhouse with full bar and a walk-in wine cellar Sub-Level 1: Speakeasy Sub-Level 2: Storage? |
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Central Library design unveiled. It seems like a well designed building. Definitely will bring in a lot of daylight, which was lacking in the old building. Here is an article about it in the Winston-Salem Journal: http://www.journalnow.com/news/local...Esazg.facebook |
I just wish they pushed the design forward to the sidewalk along 5th or converted the green space into a nice park. Its a good design, though and I love the new features.
Here's a first look at the office space planned for the historic Chatham Mills complex rehab project in West End. http://commercialrealtync.com/sites/...?itok=y09TATDy commercialrealtync.com Buildings 21 and 23 are marketed for office and innovation (thanks to the IQ I'm sure!) Hopefully the apartment portion of the development is soon to follow. |
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Salem College Downtown Residence Hall: Salem College will break-ground on a new residence hall on December 5, at 4 p.m.,. The 4-storey residence hall will have 92 apartments and will be completed in late summer 2015. Frank L. Blum is the general contractor and CJMW is the architect. This building is located only a block or two away from downtown's tallest skyscraper and will become a new gateway, connecting downtown to Salem College's 243 year-old campus. It should also provide Salem College with visibility from the East-West Expressway. Quote:
The Streamline Art Moderne building will be demolished and the 1979 modernist concrete box addition will be completely gutted and reclad in glass. It's proposed with a café, a 4th-floor outdoor reading garden with a dramatic mountain view, 308-seat auditorium, an outdoor program space, a festival lawn, a maker-space, and will have less stacks and more technology. The 4th-floor outdoor reading garden is said to have a great view of Pilot Mountain and Hanging Rock State Park. This library will be 20,000 square feet larger than the old library and will likely seek Green Globes or LEED certification. It will include an atrium and glass walls, for a more open feel. After seeing the awesome Civic Plaza library proposal, ...this new design is boring. I'm sure it will look better as a completed project though? http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net...1/library1.jpg Credit: 88.5 WFDD http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net...1/LIBRARY3.jpg Credit: 88.5 WFDD http://02.static.wehaaserver.com/yes...nder.11743.jpg Credit: Yes! Weekly A spiral rainwater run-off: http://05.static.wehaaserver.com/yes...42.widea.0.jpg Credit: Yes! Weekly Historic Union Station: City council approved hiring Owens Roofing for $210,774 to replace the roof of Union Station. Workers will also install new roof drains, re-caulk between the parapet capstones, add roof insulation, and repaint existing roof ladders. The work is fully funded by a Federal Transportation Authority (FTA) grant. This is the first step toward restoration of the historic train station and possible future streetcar transfer station. It's important to stop the leaks on the roof, so workers can restore the interior. ;) Kimpton Hotel & Apartments: In red, white, & blue for Veterans Day. If you photograph this building, tag your photograph as #kimptonhotels I think they offer rewards for doing so? http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...47684545_n.jpg Credit: Steve Jones http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...03806067_n.jpg Credit: mistiasaurus The next time you visit Design Archives, be sure to look for these candy bars! https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.n...b9c71903be8110 Credit: Twin City Hive Link Apartments: This is a great photograph, showing the apartments from the ballpark across the street. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7481/1...af8943cb_b.jpg Credit: Keith Hall Bailey Power Plant: Downtown Winston-Salem's Innovation Quarter (IQ District) will soon appear in Nature Biotechnology Magazine. The magazine shared a photograph on their blog I thought SSP would like to see! http://blogs.nature.com/tradesecrets...-tech-transfer http://i.imgur.com/3B0yS93.jpg Site: Nature.com 2014 Digital Cities Survey: Winston-Salem is the No. 1 city of its size in the 2014 Digital Cities Survey. Plant 64: I was surprised to see an update on Winston-Salem's Plant 64 in the Birmingham Business Journal? This project should be completed next month. http://media.bizj.us/view/img/4267391/outside.jpg Credit: Birmingham Business Journal http://media.bizj.us/view/img/4267341/before-1.jpg Credit: Birmingham Business Journal http://media.bizj.us/view/img/4267331/before-2.jpg Credit: Birmingham Business Journal http://media.bizj.us/view/img/4267421/outside-3.jpg Credit: Birmingham Business Journal http://media.bizj.us/view/img/4267411/outside-8.jpg Credit: Birmingham Business Journal http://media.bizj.us/view/img/4267451/outside-9.jpg Credit: Birmingham Business Journal Hardwood floors were installed on the 4th floor Friday: https://scontent-a-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/...e8&oe=5511191E Credit: Plant 64 Plant 64 also said this floor, which is still under construction, is already filling-up! If you want one of these apartments, you really need to talk to them today. Apartments fill very quickly in downtown Winston-Salem, where the vacancy rate is only 2.8%. These are by far the best apartments in the Triad right now (my opinion). :star: 1880 Korner’s Folly Restoration: New to This Thread! :tup: Over the past few years, the Korner’s Folly Foundation has worked to stabilize the foundation and porch and replace the roof. All of the major exterior work is completed and workers are now moving to the interior and starting with The Rose Room. Paint chips were analyzed to find the original paint color for the room. They now know all of the colors the room was painted, since March 1880, and decided to paint it the 1905 color (pink/rose). Mint green was the original March 1880 color. Workers completed some of the plaster work in the room and completed part of the pine flooring restoration. Workers will replace the silk fabric panels on the wall, recreate the burgundy drapes, recreate an historic mural on the ceiling, and finish flooring restoration and repairing the plaster molding. Since Korner’s Folly is a loved landmark and one of Forsyth County's tourist attractions, we will follow it as we find updates on it. It's one of the most eccentric homes you will find. The 7-storey home is likely best known for Cupid’s Park Theater, which is the first little theater in the United States. The original "1880" owner's Reuben Rink Advertising Agency is likely best known for creating the Bull Durham Tobacco logo and ad campaign. The Reuben Rink Advertising Agency is still around today, in downtown Winston-Salem's West End Village/Ballpark District. http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...jpg?resize=645 Credit: David Rolfe / JournalNow http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...4519.image.jpg Credit: David Rolfe / JournalNow BB&T buys Susquehanna Bancshares: Winston-Salem's largest Fortune 500 headquarters now has $208.5 billion in assets and has expanded into Pennsylvania and New Jersey. This deal will also allow BB&T to grow larger in Maryland and West Virginia. We are still waiting for BB&T to announce a new headquarters tower we can talk about on this thread. Placemaking & Fun: Fall in Winston-Salem: http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...05227188_n.jpg Credit: Jon Wells http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...85397488_n.jpg Credit: Meghann Evans I thought you may enjoy this video from over three years ago: |
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Kimpton Hotel & Apartments: Something interesting to think about, as you enter this building: The revolving doors are made of silver! http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...42919079_n.jpg Credit: Adam Sebastian 50 West Fourth Street: This view of the Kimpton Hotel project also includes 50 West Fourth. We rarely see any updates on 50 West Fourth Apartments & Retail. I'll take what I can find! http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...05905547_n.jpg Credit: Julia Hood Chatham Mill: (Former Western Electric Complex) Construction on this adaptive reuse project will begin in March 2015. The project includes office space and 166 apartments, which are expected to be completed in December 2015. Plant 64: rmhpmi posted several updates on different construction projects at WSTB. I'll share just two that are resized. To see more images and bigger images, be sure to visit his updates there and let him know you liked the updates! Be sure to look at the elevated rail area where rmhpmi (the photographer) was standing. We'll talk about this below, as part of a proposed Light Rail corridor and Bicycle Super-Highway! :eek: Quote:
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research is funding Winston-Salem based research into "Organic Thermoelectrics: the matrix composite approach.” Maybe this will lead to another major tenant in the IQ District? It's amazing how much military funded research is happening in Winston-Salem. Downtown Medical School: Another "take what we can find" photograph. Our first photographic update of this project! They are breaking-out the glass block windows. The glass block windows will be replaced with windows that look similar to the original 1920s windows. http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...85618576_n.jpg Credit: Erika Mac Bailey Park @ East End: Workers are installing the sod. http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...89332338_n.jpg Credit: Adam Sebastian Big Winston Market: Yes, Big Winston Market was built and one of the tenants opened their business last month, but we can still talk about Broad Branch Distillery! This is downtown's second or third distillery. Their sign is now in place! https://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/...56213117_o.jpg Credit: DWSP https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.n...4fc4d8837bab04 Credit: Broad Branch Distillery https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...6abc51e519fa5f Credit: Broad Branch Distillery We never did see a side view of the building. It appears as if windows and doors were added: http://oaksandspokes.com/wp-content/...TS-624x468.jpg Credit: Oaks and Spokes City Hospital Apartments: Built! :tup: Though it was on our construction list for most of the year, we didn't see many updates on this project. I didn't think to check for updates on it. It was the conversion of an historic warehouse on East Fifth Street, built in 1930 on the former City Hospital property, into apartments. It's great to see another historic building reused. It was expected to gain LEED Silver certification. http://i.imgur.com/ObXryql.jpg Credit: Landmark Builders http://i.imgur.com/j2wcUck.jpg Credit: Landmark Builders I think this building was renovated just in time! In 2010 aerials, the roof appeared close to collapsing. I wish the developer and architect would've used similar windows to the original structure and restored the original entrance though. I can tell no tax credits were used. Before Photograph of 1930 City Hospital Warehouse: http://i.imgur.com/CvMZAQS.jpg Credit: City of Winston-Salem (2007) Alternative Transportation Options: Winston-Salem Light Rail (LRT): A first look at the Rails-to-Trails project, which will include a bicycle super-highway, walking path, and light rail transit (LRT). This is the light rail project County Commissioner Ted Kaplan said he wants to move forward during his term. This part of the light rail system is located on the east side of downtown (Innovation Quarter / Downtown's IQ District), along an old elevated double rail line. You can see this double rail line between Plant 64 and the medical school project. You can also see it behind 525@Vine and Inmar's new headquarters. It's where the Plant 64 update in this post (see Plant 64 update above) was taken. http://i.imgur.com/XvKHC84.jpg Credit: Design Collective Placemaking & Fun: Corporate Equality Index: 4 of the top 10 highest scoring companies in North Carolina on the Corporate Equality Index, created by the Human Rights Campaign, are in Winston-Salem. The Human Rights Campaign is a national civil rights organization with a focus on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues. All three of Winston-Salem's Fortune 500 headquarters are in the top ten! Congratulations to Winston-Salem's Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, headquartered at One West Fourth Street, for their perfect score! Favorite Winston-Salem Photograph of the Week: http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...06566106_n.jpg Credit: Lacey Strube RiverRun International Film Festival: RiverRun International Film Festival was just named as an Academy Awards qualifying festival in the Short Animation category. Streamline Art Moderne Bar: I thought you may find this perfectly restored Streamline Art Moderne bar in Winston-Salem interesting. I think it was built in 1936 or 1937? They loved mirrors back then! http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8619/1...f4739144_b.jpg Credit: Small Museums Big Things Downtown Restaurant in New York Times: Sweet Potatoes Restaurant, on Trade Street in the Arts District, was in the New York Times story on Thanksgiving Recipes Across The United States. The article also includes a recipe from the downtown restaurant for Sweet Potato Cornbread. Scroll down and look for "North Carolina - Sweet Potato Cornbread" in the link below. I've tried this restaurant before and it is awesome. A must visit on a trip to Winston-Salem. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...ates.html?_r=0 |
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Reynolda Poolhouse: The scaffolding was removed! The restoration of this Streamline Art Moderne poolhouse is almost complete! http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...19328810_n.jpg Credit: Trish@Reynolda New Financial Headquarters: The newest financial company headquarters in Winston-Salem is Front Street Capital. I'm guessing the headquarters will be at 206 West Fourth Street, which is currently under renovation to office? Downtown Medical School: rmhpmi at WSTB shared the first view of progress breaking-out the glass block windows for the new Wake Forest University School of Medicine at Fifth and Vine streets downtown. I shared only one image that I resized. To see more images and larger images, visit his post at WSTB and let him know you like the updates. Quote:
http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...82088906_n.jpg Credit: Cagney Gentry Forsyth County (Winston-Salem) - The Triad's Most Prosperous: Forsyth County (Winston-Salem's county) is the Triad region's most prosperous county and the only Triad county in the state's top tier, according to the State Commerce Department. The state uses the unemployment rate, population growth, and assessed property valuation per capita to create their rankings. Forsyth County and Winston-Salem have held the top spot in the Triad every year the state has issued the list. Edge Flats Twin Towers: :eek: Wow! Tower Two is a massive beast and towers over the East-West Expressway! There are 12-17 storey buildings across the street, so this is developing into a nice canyon. The developer ordered a 6 foot tall (1.8 meter) lighted snowflake for the roof of this building, so look for holiday decorations on this building very soon! As you can see, the snowflake and any other decorations on the roof should be clearly visible from the expressway. I wish I could visit and see this. http://i.imgur.com/GTzpUJD.jpg Credit: Daniel Stanley Inmar Adds 400 Jobs in 3 Months and Acquires Another Company: Inmar is buying Bay Area tech company EXP, to expand further into pharmaceuticals/health care. There are very few details at this time, but this should bring more jobs to downtown's IQ District. Inmar has added 400 new tech jobs in the past three months! The CEO expects to hire more people and see more transfers to their new downtown Winston-Salem headquarters in 2015. How long before Inmar needs more space? Did you know: A third of the country's pharmaceutical scripts run through Inmar's cloud-computing system. 1901 Arcade Building (Fourth & Trade - Retail): We haven't seen an update on this retail development in a long time! This is the restoration of a building built in 1901! Yes, this building is 113 years old! The restoration should be completed very soon and the retail tenant should open this month. I love this interior! This space will become a contemporary furniture store, home accessories, a beer & wine bar, a live music venue, gift store, jewelry store, art & frame store, and a photography gallery. Maybe more, but that was in the developer's original press release. This update is from several months of photographs, so you will see photographs showing the building as starting construction and near completion. I didn't think to check for this one until today. https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.n...46e8f4c9457645 Credit: FourthandTrade https://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/...54596731_o.jpg Credit: FourthandTrade These are colorful display windows: https://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/...f9&oe=54FFB4D5 Credit: FourthandTrade The original Maple floors are beautiful! https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.n...9be6027273adfd Credit: FourthandTrade Take note of the preserved original pressed-tin ceiling. https://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/...ff&oe=550F1E89 Credit: FourthandTrade Pressed-tin ceiling before restoration: https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.n...faac271f5eff80 Credit: FourthandTrade https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.n...169e3934684ec4 Credit: FourthandTrade https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.n...17737473a17d15 Credit: FourthandTrade Nearly Completed Panoramic View: https://scontent-a-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/...74630693_o.jpg Credit: FourthandTrade Workers building the custom wine racks for the beer & wine bar: https://scontent-a-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/...61&oe=550A9F4A Credit: FourthandTrade The finished wine racks: https://scontent-a-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/...58&oe=54D3CD07 Credit: FourthandTrade Custom Shelves for Retail Spaces: https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.n...263f4c2fdf1a84 Credit: FourthandTrade Merchandise You Will Find Here: Merchandise for Furniture Store: https://scontent-a-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/...96436661_o.jpg Credit: FourthandTrade Merchandise for Home Accessories Store: https://scontent-a-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/...3b&oe=5505DFC8 Credit: FourthandTrade https://scontent-a-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/...9a&oe=551A2761 Credit: FourthandTrade :star: Downtown Urgent Care Center: New to this Thread! :tup: TimeWarner Cable News is reporting CenterPoint is building a 16 bed 24/7 urgent care center in downtown Winston-Salem. 1771 Miksch House Bake Oven Restoration: Built! :tup: Remember this restoration project, first posted on May 28? It's now completed and looking great! http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...58766719_n.jpg Credit: SmAshley HQ Placemaking & Fun: Sweet Potatoes Restaurant in USA Today: Downtown Winston-Salem's Sweet Potatoes restaurant appeared in USA Today Travel's list of the 10 best "Delicious pies around the South." The restaurant's pie selection changes frequently. Interesting Photograph: Winston-Salem is a city that loves it's history and identity. I love this W-S gate. #HyphenCity http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...53645878_n.jpg Credit: Jonah Moore Old Dominion: The CEO of Old Dominion, David Congdon, was named to Institutional Investor magazine's 2015 All-America Executive Team. Tiny House Movement: Winston-Salem filmmakers Alexis Stephens and Christian Parsons are starting the Tiny House expedition. They want everyone in Winston-Salem to think big and build small. Next year, they plan to make a documentary on their new tiny house and take it across the country. If you would like to attend their Community Build Days, they are December 6-7 at West End Millworks. There is a hipster warning issued for this event. You can join them and help them build their new home. Tiny house plans projected on a building on Trade Street: http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net...9.49.40_PM.png Credit: National Public Radio Old Salem Wins Chocolate Grant: Mars Chocolate North America awarded a grant to Old Salem Museum and Gardens to study the history of chocolate in Colonial Winston-Salem. Winners were acknowledged at a banquet presented by the Colonial Chocolate Society at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. Harold Schmitz, chief science officer for Mars Inc., said "At Mars, we encourage the ongoing study of the unique role chocolate has played in our heritage and how it will impact our future. This year's grant winners exemplify that cause and are paving the way for more historic site visitors to touch, taste, see and smell chocolate's rich history firsthand." :uhh: Did SkyscraperPage really go a week without noticing or talking about renderings for a Bicycle Superhighway combined with a Light Rail System in downtown Winston-Salem? That surprises me. |
I thought this was already confirmed? Either way, it's confirmed now!
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Its bittersweet news...mostly sweet. This is the last major factory conversion left for the IQ. We all hope this means new construction will soon follow! This will benefit the surrounding residential, soon to come retail, Kimpton and whomever is considering building in the Central District.
I'm wondering if this is the reason why Bailey Park is left unfinished. Will the southern grass lot be used for materials and trailers that could soon be needed for the Power Plant as well? Will this be used for parking for the students, teachers and shoppers? Or did the IQ just ran out of money? |
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Projects & Construction: :star: BioMed Realty Constructing New Office Space: New to this Thread! :tup: If you're looking for new space downtown for your research or technology company, BioMed Realty is starting construction on 115,000 square feet of new space in an adaptive reuse project. The project will also include ground-level retail/restaurant spaces. Further details on the space will be made available in the First Quarter of 2015. Contact Will Partin, Associate Director for BioMed Realty in Winston-Salem, if you're interesting in leasing this space. His number is: (336) 713-1336 Bailey Park @ East End: Cedar was installed under the stage's roof and the lights are now installed and working! The first phase of Bailey Park @ East End will open in April 2015. http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...13854244_n.jpg Credit: Pete Fala Quote:
A look at the future site (early 2016) of the park's second phase: http://i.imgur.com/G17932M.jpg Credit: UrbanMez Keranetics Expands Downtown: Keranetics has just relocated to a larger office in downtown's IQ District. The expansion of a biotech company's headquarters brought the state's commerce secretary to downtown. They are doubling in size with their new lease at 200 E. Second Street. :star: Patterson & Fifth Parking Deck With Apartments: New to this Thread! :tup: It appears as if the parking deck for the new IQ District developments will be located at Patterson and Fifth? There was talk of using apartments to hide the parking deck and make this a more urban development. Apartments at this location would have a dramatic view of Bailey Park @ East End! Right now, we are waiting on the official announcement. 50 West Fourth Apartments & Retail: This is a view from the first floor of the Pepper Building construction site, looking at both 50 West Fourth's construction site across the street and Kimpton Hotel's high-rise construction project! Three adaptive reuse construction projects in one photograph! 50 West Fourth Street will have 58 apartments and a restaurant space. The smallest and cheapest apartment in 50 West Fourth is a 395 square foot unit priced at $2.27 a square foot. There are two and three bedroom units for young families too! The largest unit is a 1,035 square foot unit with 3 bedrooms and 2 baths. If you're interested call: (336) 602-1733 http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7518/1...426fc3ae_b.jpg Credit: UrbanMez http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...73440444_n.jpg Credit: balyons09 Salem College Apartments: It appears as if the building now has 95 apartments? Construction will be completed in August 2015. It's not the most exciting design, but should bring more college students into downtown and that is always good! Salem College expects to double their enrollment. Salem College was among the first 15 colleges & universities in the United States and is the oldest college or university in North Carolina. Salem College was also the first college or university for women in the United States in the 1700s. Very progressive! http://i.imgur.com/CVmpppO.jpg Credit: Salem College Look at how close this is to downtown! https://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/...68&oe=550AE4EF Credit: Frank L. Blum Construction Just one block between this site and the city's tallest building! http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...size=620%2C900 Site: Bruce Chapman / JournalNow :star: Salem College Science and Mathematics Campus: New to this Thread! :tup: Salem College is finally launching the fundraising campaign to build their science and mathematics campus in the South District of downtown's Innovation Quarter (IQ District). Salem College will take about half of the South District's land for this campus. The school has already raised nearly half of the money needed during the quiet phase of the campaign. “This is the moment for Salem to take the lead in providing students with the best possible education in the sciences and in mathematics. Many of our young women are the next generation of scientific researchers, inventors, and doctors, and we must provide them with state-of-the-art facilities at this critical stage in their education,” says President D. E. Lorraine Sterritt, adding that women are underrepresented in the sciences and in mathematics. There is also talk of supporting faculty research and supporting the university's enrollment growth. Salem College's campus and enrollment are both expected to double in size with these new construction projects. 1901 Arcade Building Restoration: I love the storefront windows! https://scontent-a-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/...a3&oe=55152CA8 Credit: fourthandtrade One West Fourth Tower: The 14-storey corporate headquarters of the law firm Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice was certified Gold by the U.S. Green Building Council. Downtown Medical School: Still breaking-out the glass block windows and also removing exhaust pipes. It appears as if they are also removing the spandrels on the front of the building? Could the Wake Forest University School of Medicine Building have floor-to-ceiling glass? I guess we will see? This building is expected to bring 2,000 students/faculty/employees to downtown and will also include a medical library that is open late and retail spaces. It is a $100 million adaptive reuse project. http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...31218828_n.jpg Credit: Joel Fliehler It appears as if most of the windows on the back side are already removed? http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...17630736_n.jpg Credit: Joel Fliehler Downtown Winston-Salem Among Three Leading Centers for Healthcare & Science: Robert Ingram, a partner with a large venture capital company and the former chairman and chief executive who formed GlaxoSmithKline, said most of the nation's governors would say they want a robust life science and health care community in their states. He said there are probably three leading centers for life science and health care, business and investments in the United States. They are Mission Bay in San Francisco; Cambridge and Boston in Massachusetts; and RTP and Downtown Winston-Salem's Innovation Quarter (IQ District) in North Carolina. Very awesome to hear that from a former executive in the industry and a current partner at a VC firm. Technology Infrastructure: AT&T's GigaPower Internet Service: Built! :tup: AT&T launched their GigaPower Ultra High-speed Internet Service in Winston-Salem yesterday. You can sign-up for it right now. Winston-Salem is now one of the few cities in the United States with gigabit internet speeds. GigaPower is designed to provide Internet speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second over an all fiber network. Prices start at $90. Winston-Salem residents and small businesses can go to www.att.com/GigaPower to sign-up! Most cities here at SSP talk about gigabit internet as a game changer for their tech community, in attracting tech workers and tech jobs. I guess we will now see if that happens here in Winston-Salem? Winston-Salem is already experiencing a tech boom. Placemaking & Fun: Wake Forest University has Nation's Top Pass Rate for CPA Exam: Students in Wake Forest University School of Business’ Master of Science in Accountancy program have achieved the top pass rate in the nation on the Certified Public Accounting exam. Wake Forest students have earned the top ranking twelve times since 1997, more than any other university during the same time period. Photographs of the Week: 12th Street: http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...33933667_n.jpg Credit: Metall Maus 3rd Street: http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...90631537_n.jpg Credit: David B. RiverRun Film Festival: The film submission deadline for the 2015 RiverRun International Film Festival is December 15, 2014. Submission is free for students. To download a submission form and for more information, filmmakers should visit http://riverrunfilm.com/submit The 17th Annual RiverRun Film Festival will be held on April 16-26, 2015 in downtown Winston-Salem's Theatre District. Tuba Christmas: 2014 is the 41st anniversary for Tuba Christmas concerts and events which are presented throughout the world, including downtown Winston-Salem. Keep Winston-Salem Weird and Nerdy! http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...jpg?resize=620 Credit: Andrew Dye / JournalNow New Downtown Bookstore: Camel City is downtown's newest book, wine, coffee, news, and art/gift store. Be sure to visit them at 533 North Spring Street. https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/...b6&oe=5510B22E Credit: Camel City Bookstore Festival Stage is Back: Festival Stage is back and headquartered in downtown Winston-Salem. This is the state's new Shakespeare festival company. Candle Tea: Do you want to do something "Winston-Salem" for Christmas? Try Candle Tea at Single Brothers' House on December 11-13. Viewing Winston-Salem’s Candle Tea Christmas Putz, with its hand-carved Nativity figures and a miniature replica of Colonial Winston-Salem, is the highlight of an event regarded by many Moravians in Winston-Salem as the opening of the Christmas season. The sights, sounds, and smells of a Moravian Christmas also will be filling Old Salem from inside Winkler Bakery, where one of December’s best delicacies - sugar cake - will be coming out of the oven. Remember: This event is at Single Brothers' House on the Square and not the Single Bros., Bar. ;) |
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The Edge Flats: I'm guessing this photograph was taken from the 13th floor of the National Center for Nutrition Research? I'm still amazed by how massive these two apartment buildings are! According to the developer, the building on the left should open to residents soon. I still see the wood framing on the second tower. http://i.imgur.com/yxulNFL.jpg Credit: Edge Flats http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...61642220_n.jpg Credit: Edge Flats :star: The Pavilion @ Childress Vineyards: New to this Thread! :tup: Childress Vineyards is planning a $1.4 million open-air event space, adjacent to its main building. The 8,400-square-foot structure will have large wood trusses and space for a kitchen and restrooms. :star: Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co. Interiors Division: New to this Thread! :tup: This massive mixed-use project has increased significantly in size! The Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co., Interiors Campus, near Winston-Salem's Union Cross area, is about to expand by 500,000 square feet and expects to hire hundreds of people next year. Their current building is nearly full! Plans for this project include adding retail and residential in addition to the 500,000 square foot building Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co., has announced. Wake Forest School of Medicine: The downtown medical school appears to have removed all the windows on the east side and is demolishing the service entrances on the west side where the courtyard is proposed. The downtown medical school is an adaptive reuse project, converting a 1923 industrial building in downtown's IQ District into university classrooms. http://i.imgur.com/qvDvyr9.jpg Credit: WXII-TV 12 (from yesterday!) Pepper Building Apartments & Retail: Typical Winston-Salem. Workers are currently demolishing the interior and the city's local artists are trying to create a community art display in the storefront windows. If you would like to see a paper snowflake you made in the Pepper Building's storefront windows, take your snowflake to the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts. Even with construction workers inside, Winston-Salem's artists and hipsters still want to use this as an art gallery. 1901 Arcade Building: Built! :tup: This is a must visit, if you have an apartment or condo downtown. I haven't seen any photographs of the bar or art spaces, so maybe those are still under renovation? If someone has the time, please visit this building at Fourth and Trade streets and let us know. https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.n...be1128024fc383 Credit: DWSP https://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/...35727493_o.jpg Credit: John Raines https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.n...e38cecec08aeba Credit: John Raines https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.n...3b05d1488ec632 Credit: John Raines https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.n...3b088dece0ab20 Credit: John Raines https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.n...b7dd5dc45889ee Credit: John Raines https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.n...25499153_o.jpg Credit: John Raines https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.n...641200d5a19d86 Credit: Terry Miller Hatch is Expanding in Winston Tower: Software/technology company Hatch has added jobs to support their "extensive growth" due to increased demand for their software and technology. The company is growing by 30% and will lease more space in Winston Tower as well as reconfigure their existing space in the 30-storey skyscraper. Some employees will be temporarily moved to the 14th floor, due to the space reconfiguration. The tech companies in downtown Winston-Salem are always hiring. If you're thinking of moving to Winston-Salem and you're looking for a job: Hatch is a dog friendly workplace and yes, you read this correctly... Hatch is located in a skyscraper! If you're not a web developer/tech worker, they do have jobs for other positions, like marketing, sales director, or VP of Operations. The Village Lofts: Built! :tup: These micro apartments are now completed in the Arts District and are leasing for around $2 a square foot. It appears as if the bedroom is upstairs and everything else is in one room downstairs? If you're interested in leasing, call: (980) 224-3227 You can also schedule a tour at info@tejrentals.com I see a lot of interest in these units and they will fill this building fast, so talk to them now if you're interested! Apartment vacancy in downtown Winston-Salem is only 2.8%! I've seen buildings like this almost fully leased in just the first weekend they are available. Mast General Store is a separate construction project on the ground floor. It is still under construction and we will continue to follow it. https://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/...44&oe=550589EA Credit: Village Lofts https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.n...65345fb344cb25 Credit: Village Lofts https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.n...a8ecff545f29aa Credit: Village Lofts https://scontent-a-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/...4d&oe=54FFE777 Credit: Village Lofts Hilltop House South: The Modular Building Institute selected the recently completed Hilltop House South apartments as the Modular Building of the Month for December 2014. According to the development company "In the middle of downtown, workspace was at a minimum and the smallest amount disturbance to the surroundings was also important for neighboring businesses and homes." It appears as if it took only 7 months to build this building? Hilltop House South also won the 2014 NAHB Award for Modular Multi-Family Home Design, and was featured in the November 2014 issue of North Carolina Construction News. So many of the new apartments and buildings in downtown Winston-Salem are winning awards, appearing in publications, and receiving national recognitions. Even the buildings showcase Winston-Salem as the City of Arts & Innovation. Salem College Apartments: I found a video of the groundbreaking ceremonies. I love this location! Again, only one block separates Salem College's new apartment building from the city's tallest skyscraper. Awesome downtown location for a residence hall and it should help bring more students into the heart of downtown. :star: Autopsy Center: New to this Thread! :tup: The N.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has recommended building an autopsy center to serve the Triad and Northwest North Carolina in Winston-Salem. The center would serve 25 counties in and around Winston-Salem/Forsyth County and receive nearly $2 million a year for operational costs. It will also provide training and supervision for pathology residents on their rotations at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, which is moving downtown. There is a good chance this could be built downtown, in the IQ District? We'll see if this project is worth following as more details emerge. Placemaking & Fun: USA Cycling Masters Road National Championships Winston-Salem's love for "sport cycling" has brought the 2016 and 2017 USA Cycling Masters Road National Championships to downtown Winston-Salem and the Yadkin River Valley. The championships are expected to bring nearly 1,000 riders to Winston-Salem each year. This is a summer event and is in addition to the Winston-Salem Cycling Classic, held during the spring each year. This should be around the time the Olympic Cycling Center and Bicycle Super Highway open? Fog: This camera is on the roof of the 30-storey Winston Tower. http://bcdownload.gannett.edgesuite....og-12-9-vs.jpg Credit: WFMY-TV 2 Skycam Photographs of the Week: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B4OeJPCIQAEFDYx.jpg Credit: CamelCityPromo http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...64417403_n.jpg Credit: Larry Hall I love this view! http://media.bizj.us/view/img/459346...erritt9674.jpg Credit: Julie Knight / American City Business Journals Kimpton Hotel Construction Project in Red & Green: http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...56531651_n.jpg Credit: Flywheel America's Coolest Downtowns: Winston-Salem made Answers.com's 12 Coolest Downtowns in America list. For those who want to know: There are several other awesome downtowns on the list as well, such as Portland, San Antonio, Greenville, Savannah, Cleveland, Austin, and Chicago. Good company to be in! Winston-Salem made the list due to the city's impressive historic building stock and art & culture. Very awesome! Winston-Salem in This Month's Atlanta Magazine: Winston-Salem's Old Salem National Landmark District is a "Destination" in this month's Atlanta Magazine. Did you know: Downtown's Colonial Old Salem District has 107 historic buildings? Quote:
http://www.atlantamagazine.com/wp-co...oneuseonly.jpg Credit: Atlanta Magazine This is, without a doubt, our "Keep Winston-Salem Wierd & Nerdy" Topic of the Week: http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...71588693_n.jpg Credit: balyons09 Best Cities for People Under 35: Winston-Salem made the top 25 list of best cities for people under 35, by vocativ. They ranked transportation, the price of weed, tech jobs, size of the LGBT community, music festivals, diversity, median age, sports, weather, food, and more. What did they have to say about Winston-Salem? I'll share a couple of quotes: "the medical and technology fields are booming in Winston-Salem" "You can grab a bite and hit the town on 4th Street, head to Krankies Coffee for a concert, see an indie flick at A/perture Cinema or check out the arts district downtown." New York City was #1 on the list. For our forum members from other cities reading this: The top 10 included San Francisco, Denver, Austin, Seattle, Madison, Portland, etc.,. Winston-Salem was #22 on the list and the only North Carolina city in the top 25. |
Many of these developments are surprising me. Initially, I wasnt too excited about 4th and Trade and the Village Lofts. I thought they would be average apts and just an average everyday store much like the previous tenant. I was so wrong! Both look great and bring something new to downtown. I'm assuming that loft ladder leads to the bedroom? very cool...and so are the high windows. Style wise, 4th and Trade looks like a local version of "Mast."
I hope they still plan on adding a courtyard and public art facing 5th to go along with the Village apts. Love your updates BTW. |
Thank you. I sometimes question if anyone is reading this. :D I also want to thank those who provide photographs and renderings. This is posted by an outsider (someone not in Winston-Salem) from an outsider's perspective for other outsiders; which explains the heavy use of imagery and also a section at the end of the post to show what the city is like, for those who aren't familiar with it.
I'll be in suburban Chicago later this week to visit family. Nearly all of my mom's side of the family lives there. For this reason, I may not have an update for next week? I will continue to keep-up with what is happening in Winston-Salem and would like to provide some type of update, but if not, you know why. Fourth and Trade is a local downtown version of Kirklands, if you're familiar with that store. Mast General Store will be completely different from Fourth and Trade. It's great to have both of those stores just a block apart in downtown. Projects & Construction: Wake Forest School of Medicine: A look inside the downtown medical school from one of my favorite photographers! http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8616/1...72ca395d_b.jpg Credit: UrbanMez A rare view of the downtown medical school's east side from rmhpmi @ WSTB. This photograph is from the elevated bike/pedestrian/light rail (LRT) project. As you can see, all of the green glass block windows are removed from this side. Quote:
Credit: WFIQ I love the view from Fifth and Vine streets: http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...38986731_n.jpg Credit: Matt Brown Inmar Grows Again: Inmar has acquired Austin-based Clarus Agency. Clarus designs and develops cutting-edge custom mobile experiences for web, iOS and Android platforms. When Inmar acquires a company, they add jobs in their downtown Winston-Salem headquarters. I do expect to see Inmar building a new building downtown very soon. 414 Northwest: Built! :tup: This fills a large lot in the Northwest Industrial District. Congratulations to West & Stem for winning the best small firm award. http://i.imgur.com/26cuRUJ.jpg Credit: West & Stem ARTivity on the Green: Our first construction update on this project! Yes, this weird-looking park is under construction. This should be awesome when it's built! https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5Gk7D0CAAAiFqt.jpg Credit: AFAS Group :star: 218 East Fourth: New to this Thread! :tup: This is the latest adaptive reuse project, in downtown's IQ District, converting this 1922 building into apartments and a retail business called Salon 7. Integrated Commercial Contractors is the GC and the dumpster is on site right now. ZSR Library: We haven't seen an SSP update on this project in five months! 4th Floor: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7213/7...8292a017_z.jpg Credit: ZSR Library Gazette A dramatic change since July for this Conference Room: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7210/6...38a272be_z.jpg Credit: ZSR Library Gazette Discarded Ductwork: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8656/1...f9be2996_z.jpg Credit: ZSR Library Gazette http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7550/1...60a1b6bd_z.jpg Credit: ZSR Library Gazette http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2663/3...ff9a01c5_z.jpg Credit: ZSR Library Gazette http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3429/3...c3180778_z.jpg Credit: ZSR Library Gazette Cherry Street Hotel: Tenants have vacated the buildings at Cherry & Third streets for the new hotel. They had to move-out by December 12. Could we see demolition start soon for this exciting new hotel project? I would like to see renderings and know what the hotel flag will be. This could add a nice mid-rise building to this part of downtown's Financial District? If you're looking for the regional opera company (largest tenant at this address), they moved three or four blocks west, to the Theatre District area. Bailey Park @ East End: rmhpmi posted several updates at WSTB and I found a few extra by accidentally clicking on one. I hope he doesn't mind if I repost these. To the original photographer: If you would like for me to remove the two unposted images, let me know and I will remove them. Be sure to visit his posts at WSTB, to see larger originals and thank him for these updates. The building with the faded yellow paint and green glass block windows, being renovated by Whiting-Turner Contracting Company in the background, is the Wake Forest University downtown medical school at Vine & Fifth streets. You can see where some of the windows are being removed and you can see how close it is to Bailey Park @ East End. Quote:
A night photograph from The Plaza. These 58 apartments are just 2 or 3 months away from completion! http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...59784590_n.jpg Credit: Sarah Mitchell :star: Centennial Trading Co., Manufacturing Center: New to this Thread! :tup: Winston-Salem based hipster clothing company, Centennial Trading Co., has started construction on a manufacturing facility to make all their clothes right here in Winston-Salem. When this building is completed, Centennial will design and make everything in Winston-Salem! This company is rapidly expanding and we may follow this for fun? Centennial's headquarters, design center, and store is located at 305 W. Fourth Street in downtown. Be sure to visit their downtown clothing store for any hipsters on your shopping list! http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...19154454_n.jpg Credit: Centennial Trade Co. East Carolina University: Yes, ECU in our Northwest North Carolina thread! They have completed their regional branch of the School of Dental Medicine Campus, on the southern end of Winston-Salem's metro area, and they endowed it. Eddie Smith Jr., CEO of Grady-White Boats, created the endowment to honor his father, a native of the Winston-Salem Metro Area. 1775 T. Bagge Merchant Building Renovation: Built! :tup: The lower level of this nearly 240 year old building is now renovated for a new restaurant! It's called The Harpsichord Eatery. The retail business on the upper floor is still operating as usual. This restaurant is located just a few blocks south of downtown's tallest building. http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...39265644_n.jpg Credit: John Pierce http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...25635926_n.jpg Credit: John Pierce Ritz Theatre Restoration: Do you like old movie theatres? Would you like to help Lizz Goins-Turner with this restoration? She is raising 10% of the theatre's restoration cost through crowdfunding! Share this with your friends who also want to see this movie theatre restored. http://www.gofundme.com/ge0xt0 The Edge Flats Tower Two: For this update, we have a zoomed-in view of just the second tower. The first tower is almost completed, so there isn't much to follow on it. It appears as if they are now installing the windows on the second of the twin towers and the building has no exposed framing. If you look closely, you'll see it's snowing in the photograph. http://i.imgur.com/ssfDCxV.jpg Credit: The Edge Flats Placemaking & Fun: The "5" Royales in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced Winston-Salem's "5" Royales will be inducted into The Hall on April 18, 2015. The "5" Royales' "Winston-Salem Sound" influenced Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix. James Brown also patterned his band after them. Steve Cropper, legendary guitar player for Booker T. and the M.G.s, who co-wrote “(Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay" and “In the Midnight Hour" called Lowman Pauling one of his biggest influences. "With their soaring vocals, haunting melodies and Darryl Pauling’s staccato guitar bursts, the Royales created a signature sound that helped lay the groundwork for rock and roll, fusing together gospel, doo-wop and jump blues." Cultural historian Peter Guralnic, who has written acclaimed books on Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke and the roots of R&B and soul music, said the Royales’ music stands on its own, with or without validation from the Hall. This is the Winston-Salem Sound and the original version of this song! The 5 Royales deserve to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! I could listen to their music all night. Photographs of the Week: http://02.static.wehaaserver.com/yes...iclefull.0.jpg Credit: Britt Chester / Yes! I love the lobby of the Nissen Apartment Building (below). It's such an awesome building. At 20-storeys, it was North Carolina's tallest building when it opened in 1926. The Nissen Building was restored by HRI a few years ago. Christmas in the Nissen Building: http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...21788880_n.jpg Credit: Kim G. Merry Christmas! Civic Plaza @ Fourth Street http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...42892654_n.jpg Credit: James Melton The Holly Avenue Historic District is Awesome! One of many reasons Winston-Salem is "the sanctuary for the weird and creative." http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...83796395_n.jpg Credit: ahl Keep Winston-Salem Weird & Nerdy! |
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:star: Lennar Multifamily Investors: New to this Thread! :tup: It appears as if apartment developer Lennar Multifamily Investors, a division of Miami-based Lennar Corp., is the developer for a site fronting Fourth Street in the West End Village District of downtown Winston-Salem. They are also now the developer for another site at Holly Avenue and Broad streets in downtown's West End Village District. Lennar has 4 acres in downtown Winston-Salem to develop and Lennar has completed soil testing on the Fourth Street site. So what does Lennar "Multifamily" Investors have planned for these sites? This company has enough land to build 3 apartment buildings or maybe one average sized building and one massive two-block long building, so they must really love downtown Winston-Salem. They appear to have developments in several major cities, but all of their buildings look different. They have two national brands: Tapestry and Crest. They also have uniquely named buildings as well. I see some retail in their downtown buildings, including a grocery store in their Seattle apartment building, so there is a good chance they will add retail spaces to the Fourth Street restaurant and retail row. It is worth noting Fowler would like a grocery store on the Fourth Street site and Whole Foods was looking in this part of downtown before the recession. I guess we will see what they are proposing in the new year? I haven't seen any renderings or a site plan, so all I can do is guess at what could happen. BB&T Financial Center: Winston-Salem's third tallest skyscraper sold for $250 a square foot. According to Real Capital Analytics: The deal is the highest amount paid for an office building in the Southeast in 2014. WOW! :eek: BB&T's headquarters building was built in 1987. Ty Rhame said "Being part of BB&T and Winston-Salem is a winning combination.” Pepper Building Apartments & Retail: U.S. Development is gutting the building. This is an update from my favorite photographer. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8592/1...6097e30e_b.jpg Credit: UrbanMez Visit Mez's album to see more! Plant 64 Apartments & Retail: This should be close to completion? This building still looks dark, so I'm guessing it's not completed at this time? If you're interested in leasing the next phase, call (336) 793-2282 These are the best apartments downtown. I say this with no doubts. With an apartment vacancy rate of 2.8%, apartments lease fast in downtown Winston-Salem. If you want one of these units, you need to call or visit now! http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7526/1...8ac93ece_z.jpg Credit: Jenny Redd Wake Forest School of Medicine: The courtyard area is now cleared. They are still demolishing the interior and removing the glass block windows. Wake Forest University's downtown medical school from the Vine Street Bridge over Fifth Street: http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...61008635_n.jpg Credit: autumn_in_ny Two interior views of the downtown medical school from my favorite photographer: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8623/1...943f84da_b.jpg Credit: UrbanMez http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7466/1...f9c7e932_b.jpg Credit: UrbanMez Be sure to visit Mez's album to see more. Salem College Apartments: Frank L. Blum Construction was kind enough to share an elevation drawing and floor plans. These renderings are different from what we viewed a few weeks ago. I like the new design more, so I'm very pleased with this change! This building is designed to fit-in with the neighborhood's Victorian rowhouses, designed by well-known Mid-Atlantic architect Charles L. Carson! The development team Carson was a part of had plans to fill this neighborhood with Second Empire and Queen Anne rowhouses in the 1880s and 1890s. It is awesome to see Salem College build their new building to match what remains of Carson's beautiful Victorian structures! https://scontent-a-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/...e5&oe=552E5570 Credit: Frank L. Blum Construction https://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/...8b&oe=54FD8148 Credit: Frank L. Blum Construction National Center for Design Innovation: Since construction began, we really haven't seen many updates in this thread for this IQ District project. There was an update last month, but I didn't know about it until several weeks later. Right now, construction is almost complete! It will open sometime in the next two or three months. http://www.centerfordesigninnovation...s/IMG_6581.jpg Credit: CDI Bailey Power Plant: We are waiting for a big announcement this week... possibly involving Bailey Power Plant! If the announcement happens, it will likely happen on Wednesday. Placemaking & Fun: It's great to see the brewery save this historic neon sign! http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8606/1...f7a5761f_z.jpg Credit: Ryan Boyles Awesome view of Winston Factory Lofts Building II: http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...61250980_n.jpg Credit: darkshadows36 :haha: Fear the PB&J Monster! And Keep Winston-Salem Weird and Nerdy http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...25206601_n.jpg Credit: Ben Boyles |
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ARTivity on the Green: This is one of the designers. I think he designed the stage? Quote:
The siding is up and the restoration of this 201-year-old house is almost complete! http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...12160706_n.jpg Credit: Wilson-Covington Construction 500 West Fifth Street: A company has recently (around two weeks ago?) completed due diligence on the 21-storey 500 West Fifth Street Building. This likely tells us a major announcement is coming soon? I'm excited to see who the developer is and what their plans are! Yes, it will likely become apartments and retail. :D If it does become apartments and retail, this will become Winston-Salem's tallest residential tower at 21-storeys and 330 feet tall (101 meters tall)! Wake Forest School of Medicine: Workers removed more windows from the west side of the downtown medical school. http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...88021764_n.jpg Credit: David Norman A look inside from Urban Mez: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7561/1...90535d57_b.jpg Credit: Urban Mez This view includes part of the downtown medical school's courtyard! http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...26995889_n.jpg Credit: Pete Fala Our favorite Fifth Street Canyon View of the university's medical school: http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...77163130_n.jpg Credit: David Norman Looking toward the courtyard demolition from inside the downtown medical school! http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8606/1...d35904a8_b.jpg Credit: Urban Mez Civic Plaza / Merschel Plaza: We finally have an update on this project! Mayor Joines has said he is an advocate for constructing underground parking below this proposed park. He also said it's an important project that must be built as soon as possible, which is great to hear! They are waiting to see the Pepper Building's final plans, before moving forward with the park. The Pepper Building is currently in the interior demolition phase. Pepper Building Apartments & Retail: Did someone say Pepper Building? This is a better view of the interior demolition from the awesome photographer Urban Mez. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7489/1...cfe14a80_b.jpg Credit: Urban Mez Hilltop House South: Built :tup: http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...39361103_n.jpg Credit: Zach Cardell The Edge Flats Twin Towers: The first of the two Edge Flats towers is completed, with residents moving-in! We will continue to follow construction on the second tower. If you're interested in leasing: (336) 283-8660 Placemaking & Fun: 525@Vine: The diagram for 525@Vine is finally updated! Festival Stage: Festival Stage announced it is working on an original play competition/festival: New Plays for a New Age. Custom Bicycle: http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...94625208_n.jpg Credit: Centennial Trading Co. History Marker - Salem Cotton Mill (1836) and Arista Mill (1880): http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...95464472_n.jpg Credit: Glenna Women Power Movers: Susan Cameron is in Fortune Magazine's top 10 list of Women Power Movers for 2014. The list is a ranking of the most influential female corporate executives. Photo of the week: I love this classic view of Winston-Salem's "soon to be" third tallest apartment tower. ;) http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...37943316_n.jpg Credit: Jeremy Witteveen :fireworks: To all of the regular readers of this thread: Have a Happy New Year! |
:eek: We have a massive update this week!
Projects & Construction: :star: Whitaker Park Adaptive Reuse: New to This Thread! :tup: The 1.7 million square foot Whitaker Park Complex is Winston-Salem's next adaptive reuse project! There aren't many details at this time, but it is exciting to see this news and economic development officials are involved, which has many of us asking if a major employer is interested in this building? They seem to need at least part of it now? The mayor is also saying this project will bring possibly up to 15,000 new jobs to the city? This is expected to become a massive mixed-use project. The Urban Land Institute has already completed the study of how to move forward with this project. Yes, it will include retail and residential too. I think this is expected to fill with biotech companies? Several of the buildings are already labs and technology centers. Whitaker Park was designed in 1958 by Odell Associates and was an awesome example of Mid-Century Modernism. It cost $32 million to build ($254 million in today's dollars). Visitors remember it for the museum, which was a big tourist attraction for decades. Many locals remember it best for the massive animated fountains. ...of course I have photographs of this! Fountains on August 3, 1961: http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...jpg?resize=960 Credit: Charles E. Talton / JournalNow Yes, that is a stream with fountains and bridges inside the building! http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...jpg?resize=960 Credit: JournalNow Kimpton Hotel & Apartments: We have another update on the Kimpton Hotel; this time from the General Contractor. The upscale hotel and restaurant will open in September 2015. The luxury apartments will open in June 2016. The apartments "could" rent for around $1,500 a month? The apartment rent could change between now and then. This is the same developer and the same architects working on Pittsburgh's Hotel Monaco. Pittsburgh's Strada Architects is doing most of the design work. Several articles in trade publications have said this would be a Hotel Monaco too, likely due to this team's past projects. However, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants has declined to share the name with us, leading us (Winston-Salem development followers) to believe it may have its own unique brand? This is why I stopped calling it Monaco and now call it just Kimpton Hotel & Apartments. The design they selected for the rooms has a Hotel Palomar appearance, so if they go with one of their two signature brand names, it will likely be the more upper-end Palomar brand? Palomar is Kimpton's flagship brand (designed to compete with the Four Seasons, according to Kimpton) and, if that is their choice, it was likely selected due to the gold, silver, marble and famous architecture firm and interior designer of the original building. Palomars also have luxury apartments or condos with hotel amenities on their upper floors. I still want to see a unique name though and avoid the Monaco and Palomar chain brands. http://i0.wp.com/triad-city-beat.com...size=960%2C717 Credit: Jordan Green http://i1.wp.com/triad-city-beat.com...size=960%2C717 Credit: Jordan Green http://i2.wp.com/triad-city-beat.com...size=960%2C717 Credit: Jordan Green http://i2.wp.com/triad-city-beat.com...size=960%2C717 Credit: Jordan Green http://i2.wp.com/triad-city-beat.com...size=960%2C717 Credit: Jordan Green http://i2.wp.com/triad-city-beat.com...size=960%2C717 Credit: Jordan Green Model Room Under Construction. You can see it has more of a Hotel Palomar appearance: http://i1.wp.com/triad-city-beat.com...size=960%2C717 Credit: Jordan Green http://i1.wp.com/triad-city-beat.com...size=960%2C717 Credit: Jordan Green When looking at the lobby of this building, I often think of this song. :whistle: :D Salem College Apartments: Our first update on this project! It's awesome to see college dorms under construction downtown! http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...87890719_n.jpg Credit: Salem College Pepper Building Apartments & Retail: Are you ready to visit something in the Pepper Building? I know I am! Chelsee's Coffee Shop will open on the ground floor of the Pepper Building in mid-February. Yes, the middle of next month! I also have an update direct from developer Mike Coe himself! According to Mike Coe, the Pepper Building will have Chelsee's Coffee Shop, Cowboy Brazilian Steakhouse, The Sir Winston will return as a Speakeasy / Jazz Club, and 53 apartments on the upper floors, with a gym and a dry & wet sauna! Have they restored the ground-level to the point they can open the restaurant and music club tenants? Wow! Someone please photograph the storefront level for us. I know they cleared that part of the building early. Mike Coe also loves to name things after himself. It appears as if he will name the apartments after himself, as the Coe-Pepper Apartments in the Pepper Building. As long as the building's name remains the Pepper Building, I won't complain. I don't think you could change the name of the Pepper Building. Even if you did, people would continue to call it the Pepper Building, as they have since the 1930s. Chatham Mill Office Space & Apartments: Our first look at this mixed-use adaptive reuse project as well! http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...18977700_n.jpg Credit: 1st_class_ Home Prices Increase: According to CoreLogic, the increase in home prices in Winston-Salem is second only to Raleigh in the state. Winston-Salem is becoming a more expensive city to buy a house in. The Winston-Salem Regional Association of Realtors reports home prices are up around 21%, as the city's popularity as a great place to live continues to grow. Bailey Power Plant: According to U.S. Bank, BioMed Realty and their subsidiaries must complete the power plant entertainment center project by December 2016. I think we should see construction updates on this project by the Spring? Proposed Boardwalk at Bailey Power Plant, to be lined with retail/restaurants, on former elevated railroad line: http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...27688399_n.jpg Credit: beersngears Beers n' Gears has to be the best user name I've found since I started this thread! :tup: I'm actually very excited about the Boardwalk, which will be elevated above an outdoor market and a skate park in the summer and an ice skating rink in the winter. It sounds awesome! Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co. Interiors Division: HAECO Americas will close their Los Angeles-based Brice Manufacturing division and merge those operations into their Winston-Salem area facility. 61 employees will receive transfer offers to move to the Winston-Salem area from California. Maybe this will help accelerate the massive mixed-use expansion HAECO Americas has planned? It's a project that could dramatically transform Winston-Salem's Union Cross area. HAECO Americas expects the number of jobs at their Winston-Salem area facility to double very soon! Herbalife Building: I thought this was already built, but according to news reports, the official grand opening is January 16. The 800,000 square foot building houses "part" of the headquarters operations, which relocated to Winston-Salem from Los Angeles; International logistics; and research labs. Next week, I can officially show this as built and maybe we will have additional images of the completed $100 million adaptive reuse project! http://media.bizj.us/view/img/478023...ess-center.jpg Credit: TBJ / Herbalife Wake Forest School of Medicine: A great interior photograph of the university's downtown medical school adaptive reuse project, by UrbanMez. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7494/1...2493bbea_b.jpg Credit: UrbanMez Piedmont Triad Partnership: The Piedmont Triad Partnership is now led by Winston-Salem's very own Stan Kelly. Mr. Kelly has worked hard over the years to make Winston-Salem a great place to live. One project he plans to help with is the Whitaker Park Adaptive Reuse Project (see paragraph on it above). I'm sure he will also have a major impact on downtown's IQ District. Edge Flats Apartments Tower One: Built! :tup: Tower One is now open and leasing. You can move-in today! This is near the proposed Publix grocery store with the parking deck under it. It's just a short ride away on your cargo bike! If you're interested in leasing at The Edge, call: (336) 283-8660 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B66yh1fCAAAxa3q.jpg Credit: Edge Flats Semans Arts Library: Built? :uhh: I think construction is finally completed on this library, which houses one of the world's top three largest film collections, along with other art related library offerings. I will wait another week for an official grand opening and if I don't see one, I'll remove it from our construction list. It does appear as if it's built right now and open! http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...24144633_n.jpg Credit: Andrew Dye National Center for Design Innovation: This building is almost completed! http://i.imgur.com/ssYdeu8.jpg Credit: UNCSA ARTivity on the Green: We are seeing weekly updates on this arts park project! I really want to see the water feature under construction! http://www.tradestreettracker.com/wp...reen-Small.jpg Credit: Trade Street Tracker Built or Construction? Do you know if Plant 64 and Link Apartments are built? They are expected to be completed at any time. I want to keep our list of construction up-to-date. Transportation Infrastructure: Rail Transit Update: As Winston-Salem begins funding the $18 million hub of its proposed rail transit system, this quote appears: Assistant City Manager Greg Turner said. "What we would like to see is commuter rail, inter-city rail and high-speed rail." He also talked about the city anticipating the streetcar. There was discussion on changes (Republicans) at the state and federal level and the city expects this to delay funding for all rail projects statewide, but these projects in Winston-Salem are all still moving forward. The city wants a federal grant to help with the next step of the streetcar project and that is delaying it right now. It's interesting to see Winston-Salem wanting a complete rail transit system. Not just Streetcars, but Commuter Rail and HSR too! We should have a lot of great transportation projects to follow in this thread in the near future. We've already seen renderings of the Commuter Rail project a few weeks ago and the streetcars are nearing their final steps before construction begins. Placemaking & Fun: Fox Sports Announcer Moves to Winston-Salem: Be sure to welcome Fox Sports announcer Mike Joy to Winston-Salem. He recently bought a nearly $2 million home in Winston-Salem's wine country, near Medaloni Cellars Vineyards, just a short distance from the Yadkin River. He is moving to Winston-Salem from the Lake Norman area. People from across the state are attracted to the beauty of Winston-Salem's Yadkin Valley Wine Country. It will be interesting to see if he starts his own vineyard and bottles wine. That is the best part of Forsyth County for a vineyard. We are seeing more and more people from TV moving to Winston-Salem. At least three in the past six months. It wasn't too long ago that we welcomed MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry to Winston-Salem's historic Washington Park Neighborhood. Good Food Awards: Downtown Winston-Salem's Black Mountain Chocolate won the 2015 Good Food Award for best Chocolate. Congratulations! Be sure to visit Black Mountain Chocolate on North Trade Street. You can actually see the products being made there too, in their visible factory. Winston-Salem Hotel Built in 1844: http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...26986503_n.jpg Credit: John Pierce This hotel, on the 800 block of Main Street, was on the cover of Better Homes and Gardens, in Southern Living Magazine, and on a number of history and decorating TV shows. It was built as a hotel in 1844 and has operated as a hotel since that time. Is this the oldest continuously operating hotel in Winston-Salem? |
Awesome update! It'll be interesting to see what happens with the old Reynolds plant. I read somewhere that there may be some road updating/adjusting to make for easier access to I-74/US 52 and the northern beltway under construction.
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Always nice to see new projects break ground and I'm sure many will shed a tear when the Pepper Building is alive again. That's a day everyone is waiting to see. I hope the Artivity Park can attract more residential and more galleries. The Arts District can use a few more. Thanks you for the weekly updates.
Fourth Street News. Wow, time flies. Foothills has been with us for 10 years! http://chsbeer.org/sites/default/fil...ls-10years.jpg They'll be celebrating with 16 parties at 16 breweries up the East Coast. The grand finale will be at they're new tasting room in Winston-Salem this Spring! photo of Tasting Room under construction: https://foothillsbrewing.files.wordp...pg?w=300&h=243 https://foothillsbrewing.files.wordp...panorama-3.jpg A Travel Channel web series sees Foothills Brewery as one of the best craft breweries in America. Winston-Salem shares the list with Cleveland, Nashville, Chicago, Tampa, Atlanta and more. Watch the video below: http://www.travelchannel.com/interes...raft-breweries Little by little, certain aspects of the city is starting to identify more with the foothill region than the piedmont. I'm with that:tup: Grand opening for Quanto Basta is March 5, 2015 https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/...fc&oe=552D008F https://www.facebook.com/quantobastaNC Distilling has finally begun at Broadbranch Distillery on Trade St! I have no idea when it plans to open. https://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/...a9&oe=552E12E9 image from: https://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/...a9&oe=552E12E9 New and improved logo for the Winston-Salem Cycling Classic! https://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/...de&oe=5527FA1E Baity Street Mixed-Use; The city released an early rendering of what could become of land near LJVM Coliseum and BB&T Field. This rendering is a part of an updated North Central Area Plan that the city plans to adopt next month. https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8647/...11a8b4f6_b.jpg cityofws.org They recommend an exciting year round vibrant mixed-use community that students, fans and citizens can enjoy. This and neighboring Whitaker Park redevelopment can really make this area special. |
Great update and awesome projects!
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I remember visiting and taking photographs of the Foothills Downtown Brewery construction site, around 10 years ago. It would be interesting to find them. I will admit to forgetting to check for updates at their latest construction site. There is so much to follow right now and that is good thing!
I may have to add the "Wake Forest University Mixed-use Entertainment Complex" to our list of projects? Projects & Construction: Arcade Building: Wait... is this building still under construction? Was it labeled as "Built" too soon? Maybe so? I saw Fourth and Trade home furnishings store as open and wrongly guessed the entire building was completed. This would explain why we didn't have images of the other floors or bar or other arts related attractions. What is the latest update on the Arcade Building? New Windows! :tup: http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...64033272_n.jpg Credit: Wilson-Covington Construction It appears as if only one floor is completed and open? The bar is now open, if you would like to visit the wine & beer bar: https://scontent-a-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/...cd&oe=5560AFF7 Credit: John Raines I wish the building owner would hire Wilson-Covington to replace the cornice with a more accurate replica. The cornice added to this building a few years ago doesn't look right and should be replaced with something accurate, while they have a great restoration contractor working on the building. Wilson-Covington can do it right! Union Station Transportation Hub: This project should begin construction this week, so I will move it to the construction list! It appears as if the project will have a restaurant, train/transportation museum, local bus waiting area & ticket windows, regional transit authority ticket windows and waiting area, and will be designed for future Amtrack rail service. This is expected to be a full restoration to the original appearance. The lower two floors will be used as offices. Originally, the first floor was a mail floor and the second floor was offices for the four railroads that built Union Station. The third floor is the original ticket window and waiting area. The architect said the restoration plans are designed to add a building to the west of Union Station. In past renderings, this new building was shown as a new highrise condo tower with retail (TOD). I guess we will see what happens there? Winston-Salem is serious about having residential, retail, and office space developed around its transit stations/stops. Union Station was designed by Fellheimer and Wagner in the Beaux-Arts style. When it was built, in 1926, it was the largest train station in the state for the state's largest and richest city. I think it's still the state's tallest train station? The restoration of this building will likely attract many train lovers to Winston-Salem to photograph it. That would be good news for this thread! http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...pg?resize=1024 Credit: David Rolfe / JournalNow http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...jpg?resize=800 Credit: David Rolfe / JournalNow ARTivity on the Green: Thank you to AFAS Group for providing weekly updates! We are all very excited about this project! https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7gGOEAIgAASOul.jpg:large Credit: AFAS https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7cA-RyCMAAULrl.jpg:large Credit: AFAS Aerial View: http://i.imgur.com/PeW9RMc.jpg Credit: Chris Kimball Kimpton Hotel & Apartments: An older photograph, but still interesting! Eva Leonard is a travel writer & editor who travels to find the best reuses of historic buildings. She visited Winston-Salem to see the Kimpton Hotel project. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5pOtK6CAAAY3zt.jpg Credit: Retro Questing Plant 64 Apartments & Retail: Built! :tup: This adaptive reuse of a 1916 industrial complex is now completed! It contains nearly 250 apartments and around 10,000 square feet of retail space. Philadelphia-based Pennrose worked with former NFL player (Detroit Lions) Chris Harrison to build what has to be the best apartments in downtown Winston-Salem. The best amenities in a good location at a good price. If you're interested in a downtown apartment, be sure to visit Plant 64: Call (336) 793-2282 http://www.timmons.com/uploads/20141...%204%20New.jpg Credit: Timmons Group This water tower lights-up on the skyline at night: http://www.timmons.com/uploads/20141...%202%20New.jpg Credit: Timmons Group https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...410fc50bae270d Credit: Pennrose Development Wake Forest School of Medicine: The university's downtown medical school has made great progress in its adaptive reuse project! Did You Know: The building was originally constructed in 1923 and was expanded in 1928. It did have an older 5-storey building in the center (guessing from around 1890-1910?), but that building was demolished around 1979 or 1980? https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7Z0tLTCQAAIL8q.jpg:large Credit: BioMed Realty http://scontent-b-atl.cdninstagram.c...74947276_n.jpg Credit: Flywheel UrbanMez posted more views of the inside from last month. I want to thank him for sharing these. This is a view of history. I'm guessing most of this will be taken to the recyclers or trashed. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7482/1...9cf25a9d_b.jpg Credit: UrbanMez http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7577/1...99ec4fa0_b.jpg Credit: UrbanMez http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8565/1...571184e1_b.jpg Credit: UrbanMez Herbalife Building: Built! :tup: This $100 million adaptive reuse of an 800,000 square foot building is now completed. Below is a look at scientists in Herbalife's new Winston-Salem building. They selected Winston-Salem due to how welcoming the city and its business community are. They also like how much easier it is to work with Winston-Salem, compared to other cities. If you're looking for a job: This company will hire 150 additional workers in the next few months. Herbalife also expects to grow by 25% by 2017 and create possibly another 150 jobs next year? http://i.imgur.com/qoUXVt0.jpg Credit: Andrew Dye Salem College Apartments: http://photos-e.ak.instagram.com/hph...84221186_n.jpg Credit: Salem College Edge Flats: We finally see the view from these apartments. You can see a 17-storey skyscraper across the street, along with several other medical and research institute highrises. http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...27362095_n.jpg Credit: Edge Flats Placemaking & Fun: Top 30 Cities for STEM Jobs: Winston-Salem made Wallet Hub's top 30 list of best cities to find STEM jobs. It is true! If you're looking for a job in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, Winston-Salem is a great city to move to. 1836 Brookstown Inn: Winston-Salem's historic Brookstown Inn is on the cover of Carolina Weddings Magazine for Spring/Summer (the peak of wedding season!). The Brookstown Inn was built in 1836! Yes, it is 179 years old! 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The National Olympic Cycling Center is under construction at 505 N. Liberty St in downtown.
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50 West Fourth Apartments & Retail: A rare view of this adaptive reuse project. According to Brandon, it's almost completed! This photograph shows some of the building's details. Yes, it was originally a courthouse at one time. http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...48147192_n.jpg Credit: Brandon Carpenter :star: (MESDA) Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts Renovation: New to This Thread! This Winston-Salem museum is currently undergoing an extensive renovation that will be completed by October. The museum will also expand with this renovation, adding a new master works gallery and other gallery spaces. I think this is worth adding to our list and following, since MESDA is a major nationally-known (in the decorative arts world) museum, frequently featured in national magazine articles, with a nationally respected collection it rotates and lends to other museums. This museum also has architectural antiques from the 1700s. They contacted the leading experts and spent 6-7 years researching how the renovate this museum, from period accurate paint to the best exhibit lighting. The Metropolitan Museum of Art also consulted on this museum renovation. The museum's walls are actual walls from 200+ year old houses from around the southeast. You couldn't build a museum like this today. http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...jpg?resize=960 Credit: Bruce Chapman / JournalNow This room (below) was originally in a colonial house in Charleston. The paint was restored to the original color through research. http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...size=620%2C809 Credit: Bruce Chapman / JournalNow These 200+ year old rooms were saved from demolition in the post-WWII "urban renewal" South. There are rooms from houses in 7 different states. I think most of the rooms are from North Carolina? So, don't scream in horror at this. This museum actually saved part of this region's history from the landfill! The museum houses the work of 127 different artistic trades, from the typical paintings you would see in a museum to silver, ceramics, furniture, textiles/fiber arts, and much more. You will find work from North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky artists. Part of what makes this museum unique in the South are these rooms taken from demolished or renovated colonial homes in the region. The works aren't displayed in glass cases. The works are displayed in actual historic rooms, from their home state, in the museum! Yes, it is open during the renovation, so be sure to visit! Herbalife Building: Yes, it was completed a week or two ago, but I found another great photograph of the completed building to share! This is being called an Innovation Center by Herbalife, which fits with the city's Arts & Innovation slogan. It was a $130 million adaptive reuse project. http://www.herbalifespotlight.com/wp...tonSalem_1.jpg Credit: Herbalife Spotlight Wake Forest School of Medicine: Workers at the university's future downtown medical school are currently removing the paint and damaged concrete from the surface, using hydro-blasting. http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...75499730_n.jpg Credit: Andrew Dye My favorite photographer, UrbanMez, has a great update on the downtown medical school, from last week! http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7439/1...5ff4aec3_b.jpg Credit: UrbanMez You can see the water inside the building, from the hydro-blasting. Yes, this former industrial building will become a Medical School in Summer 2016! It will look similar to the restored building in the background (image below). http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7582/1...c950ce28_b.jpg Credit: UrbanMez http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7476/1...8832dee6_b.jpg Credit: UrbanMez #CityOfAdaptiveReuse http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8568/1...7afd8893_b.jpg Credit: UrbanMez You can see where workers are renovating the skybridge between the renovated 525@Vine and the Medical School: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7558/1...3bd93cd7_b.jpg Credit: UrbanMez I wish they would clad the skybridges in glass, to show the beautiful steel work. UrbanMez has more photographs of the building and descriptions in his albums. I want to thank him for sharing these. ARTivity on the Green: Doug Rice and AFAS Group provided an awesome update on downtown's newest art-themed park! https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.n...47514617_o.jpg Credit: Doug Rice / AFAS Group https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.n...c393a655b4c848 Credit: Doug Rice / AFAS Group This is the mural wall's construction: https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.n...1f102a9e9777d9 Credit: Doug Rice / AFAS Group https://scontent-a-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/...49238077_o.jpg Credit: Doug Rice / AFAS Group Big Winston Market: Yes, it's built, but there is another tenant interested in space there. Look for "Big Winston Lounge" to open there. Mullen Advertising Agency Adding Accounts and Jobs: Mullen is moving accounts from Pittsburgh to downtown Winston-Salem, as they close their Pittsburgh office. They are also inviting employees working on those accounts to relocate to Winston-Salem. Salem College Apartments: A view from the top! The new building is designed to match the Victorian rowhouses across the street. Yes, you are looking down on historic rowhouses from the 1800s in the photograph below! http://i.imgur.com/FYQHFfB.jpg Credit: CJMW Kimpton Hotel & Apartments: http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...38746627_n.jpg Credit: Christina Mendenhall 120 West Third Building: The State could bring administrative jobs to this downtown building, while the county discusses what to do with the building. If approved, the State would sign a short term lease for the office space and the lease could be terminated, if Forsyth County decided to move forward with a development offer. Developers are already contacting the county about buying the building, which was built for Winston-Salem Savings and Loan Association. The building is outdated, expensive to maintain, and is located across the street from a proposed park with underground parking, set to start construction later this year. It's also surrounded by apartments, condos, restaurants, and a proposed hotel. This is a very attractive location for a new office or residential development that could bring much higher tax revenue to the County. Reynolda House Indoor Pool Restoration: We haven't seen an update on this in a while. This project isn't officially on our main page construction list, but I've posted on it every time I've found an update. The house was designed in 1912 by famed Philadelphia architect Charles Barton Keen (1868-1931), who would later relocate from Philadelphia to downtown Winston-Salem (8 W. Third Building), due to the large number of projects here and the central location between projects in the Northeast and Florida. Charles Barton Keen designed homes for many of Philadelphia's wealthiest families along the Philadelphia Main Line. Northeast forum members who are fans of Keen's work should visit Winston-Salem. He planned neighborhoods in Winston-Salem like West Highlands and Buena Vista and designed everything from performing arts centers to mansions to shopping centers to churches to hospitals to art galleries to schools in Winston-Salem. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7kT-mJIMAMVyRF.jpg Credit: Reynolda Neurology Center ICU Expansion: Construction has started on this project's first phase. The first phase will move the Neurology ICU to Ardmore Tower and double its size. Frank L. Blum Construction is the General Contractor and construction should be completed by this fall. This is only a quarter of the work planned, so this should be a big project to follow. U.S. Olympic Cycling Center: The USOC is currently in discussions with the developer of this project and it is now moving forward. This adaptive reuse project is fully financed. It likely won't officially be named a USOC Center until it's completed, inspected, and can be fully approved as a finished project. Then developers can install the massive "five rings" Olympic logo on the downtown building's facade. The building will have apartments, allowing U.S. Olympic cyclists and coaches to live downtown at the Cycling Center. USA Cycling will select those cyclists for the apartments. The building will also include indoor training equipment and a sports nutrition program. As you can see in the renderings (previous post), it does include a two-storey "Health Food" grocery store with cafe, that is open to downtown residents. I'm excited to see what this grocery store is. The cyclists who will train in this building are road cyclists, mountain bikers, and cyclocross. Very exciting! I think I also read anyone can use the training center? It's also exciting to have bike routes, around the city, that Team USA will use to train! I may have to bring my bike on my next visit! Placemaking & Fun: Movable Literature Feast: Did you know downtown Winston-Salem has events allowing you meet authors from across the country? One of these events for book lovers was Sunday at downtown's Biotech Place Building. You could meet a different author every 10 minutes, as the 21 authors move to different tables during the event. Each table had 8 book lovers waiting to meet a new author. It was a chance for authors to introduce their work and for readers to discover new material. Jamie Southern said “Our mission is to connect readers with writers, so we like this because it’s more intimate where the attendees get to actually talk to the authors and learn more about them and learn more about their writing.” Every 10 minutes, the author shares a brief synopsis of his or her book with a new set of people and answers questions. # Keep Winston-Salem Weird and Nerdy! Winston-Salem's Pop Festival: You know "Festival Season" is almost here, when you see these posts! Winston-Salem's annual free "Pop Festival" will be held March 27, 28, and 29 on downtown stages and at downtown music clubs. Hear everything from Folk to R&B and Hip-Hop. Yes, I said FREE! If you attend any after parties, they cost money, but the concerts are free! The festival will feature 50 local and national acts. We should know what bands are performing, as spring festival season nears. They will also have a mobile app. This festival is organized and operated by people aged 21-22 years old, so expect to hear younger music acts. Camel City Elite: See the fastest college track stars and several Olympians at the Camel City Elite Track Meet on January 30-31. There are Olympic record holders in this event! Craig Longhurst said "The quality of the field makes it one of best indoor meets on the east coast." Some of the athletes at this event are currently ranked among the top 5 best in the world! They are expecting records to be broken in Winston-Salem! Photographs of the Week! http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...16612094_n.jpg Credit: Ashley Turner http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...28745708_n.jpg Credit: Beers n' Gears The building above was completed in 1849! Yes, it is 166 years old and has 29 apartments. When it was new, the building was used as a retail store, with two floors of residences. Talbot Hamlin, an expert on American Greek Revival architecture, said: It is one of the most original Greek Revival structures in the nation! It is seen as an important example of the style. In addition to this building, Belo also owned an iron works and started a railroad company. All of the building's iron work, including the hitching posts and the large cast iron animals on the steps, were cast in Belo's iron works. Interesting Fact for Texans: The house the Dallas Bar Association is located in was based on the design of this building. |
Happy Groundhog Day library day! We have library updates.
Projects & Construction: Semans Arts Library: I removed this from our construction list too early! This project is still under construction. It's expected to open in May 2015. Yes, it will be open to the public. The audio-visual equipment equipment is currently being installed. http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townn...pg?resize=1000 Credit: Andrew Dye - JournalNow http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...08500829_n.jpg Credit: Andrew Dye Central Library: The Winston-Salem / Forsyth County Library has shared the plans for their space. Most of these are new views we haven't seen! https://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/...0d&oe=55228F5B Credit: Winston-Salem / Forsyth County Library https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.n...da9d40422fdd3e Credit: Winston-Salem / Forsyth County Library https://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/...29&oe=5568A001 Credit: Winston-Salem / Forsyth County Library https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.n...7dda07d8bb5f1e Credit: Winston-Salem / Forsyth County Library https://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/...bf&oe=5521B963 Credit: Winston-Salem / Forsyth County Library https://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/...4c&oe=555ED382 Credit: Winston-Salem / Forsyth County Library https://scontent-a-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/...84&oe=55644332 Credit: Winston-Salem / Forsyth County Library https://scontent-a-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/...14&oe=5528C101 Credit: Winston-Salem / Forsyth County Library Kimpton Hotel & Apartments: According to the TBJ, the latest the hotel could open is December. We've seen a quote from the general contractor in another newspaper that said it could open in September at the earliest. The architect will submit plans for the luxury apartments with hotel amenities sometime this month. I love this Art Deco artwork of the building's massing on both sides of the Fourth Street name plate: Quote:
http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...72926770_n.jpg Credit: STITCH Design Shop Details like these helped to make Shreve Lamb & Harmon awesome architects! Wake Forest School of Medicine: rmhpmi shared an awesome update at WSTB on Wake Forest University's new downtown medical school. Quote:
Credit: Miller Taylor 501 West Fourth Street: Our first look at this property. This was the former Security Life & Trust Company Headquarters, built in 1951. This building will likely be reclad as part of an adaptive reuse project, but we are still waiting on the official announcement to know what the exact plans are. http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...26390435_n.jpg Credit: Barks110 :star: New Building at Alliance Science & Technology Park: New to this Thread! :tup: Carolina Investment Properties is working with Winston-Salem Business Inc., to prepare a site in Winston-Salem's Alliance Science & Technology Park to attract another major employer to the city. It is possible to build a nearly 1 million square foot building on this site. This site is State Certified and certified by Duke Energy's Site Readiness Program. It is located at Interstate 74, near Herbalife, Caterpillar, Ralph Lauren, and Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co., just to name a few of the site's neighbors. It's also near Interstate 40 (I-40 and I-74 intersect in this area). Carolina Investment Properties will grade the site soon, so it will be ready-to-go for a major employer in a high-tech, high-innovation sector. This area has developed into a major employment corridor for Winston-Salem in the past ten years. It includes several internationally known companies and a few headquarters. Many of these buildings are 800,000 to 1.2 million square feet in size too! The location is very attractive, since it is at the exact center of the famed Piedmont Urban Crescent Megalopolis and the exact center of the Triad region. Edge Flats Tower Two: The cladding is being installed right now! http://i.imgur.com/TTn0i2P.jpg Credit: Edge Flats 403@Vine Office Building: This 115,000 square foot downtown office building for research and technology companies, with ground floor retail, should be hydro-blasted very soon. Call Will Partin at (336) 713-1336 if you're interested in leasing. Tenant move-in (completion) is scheduled for Summer 2016. Quote:
BioMed Realty Trust held their Innovation Network Summit in downtown Winston-Salem's IQ District. The event featured BioMed Realty, Bruce Kats, Quorum, Venture Cafe, Wexford Science + Technology, and the Cambridge Innovation Center, along with innovation district leaders from across the country. It appears to be a national meeting for developers, universities, and innovation district leaders. I'm still searching to see if anything (new proposals or construction in the IQ) was announced at this event. Placemaking was a topic discussed. As you know, this part of downtown Winston-Salem always has multiple projects under construction and new projects are usually announced at large meetings. It appears as if the event was held in the Biotech Place Conference Center and Flywheel. Bruce Kats - Brookings Institute (Rise of Innovation Districts) https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B8cFlgCIAAAHQX2.jpg Credit: BioMed Realty Bruce Kats in Downtown Winston-Salem's Biotech Place http://static.ow.ly/photos/normal/8qh1s.jpg Credit: BioMed Realty Timothy Rowe - CEO at Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B8cYWZLIEAEOzNt.jpg Credit: BioMed Realty 525@Vine https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B8XG0FwIIAAEy8P.jpg Credit: BioMed Realty Film Production Design Center: Architect Deborah Berke & Partners' new film production building is expected to open in about two weeks. Something I didn't know: The building's facade is designed to create different film shooting backgrounds. ARTivity on the Green: According to AFAS Group, the park's changing mural wall is almost ready for paint. The architects (STITCH Design Shop) are calling the smokestack water feature "The Tower Cloud" and spoke as if it could be installed possibly this week or next week! I really want to see that. https://scontent-a-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/...08&oe=5521AA24 Credit: Doug Rice - AFAS Group Winston-Salem Region VA Hospital: The VA project will be completed in December 2015. Another medical-related tenant has leased a proposed building next to the hospital. Bailey Park @ East End: The architect, STITCH Design Shop, provided an update on this project. The park should open in April. http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...74537435_n.jpg Credit: STITCH Design Shop A view of the Food Truck Courtyard: http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...97396226_n.jpg Credit: STITCH Design Shop Centennial Trading Co., Manufacturing Center: A hipster clothing company must have retro gold lettering on the doors! It looks original too! I love it! http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...25750667_n.jpg Credit: Centennial Trade Co. http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/h...07769786_n.jpg Credit: Centennial Trade Co. Placemaking & Fun: I'm behind on the events: I just realized I didn't post the Triad Music Festival in downtown Winston-Salem. It was a week ago! Winston-Salem has too many large events & festivals to keep track of. Interesting Downtown Art: Have you seen these "science themed" artworks downtown? The exhibit is free to all pedestrians! http://smittysnotes.everwondr.com/up...l-parham_o.jpg Credit: Jeff Smith Software Conference: Winston-Salem's annual Triad Software Developers Conference will be held February 21, at 525@Vine in downtown's IQ District. Register online and save $30. If you attend, please take photographs of the nearby construction for our thread! Keep Winston-Salem Weird and Nerdy! Interesting Downtown Photographs: 5th Street: http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...62696109_n.jpg Credit: Andrew Dye 12th Street: http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...38373843_n.jpg Credit: Beers n' Gears 4th Street: http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...36729317_n.jpg Credit: Barks110 Bicycle Tourism? Did you know: Cycling is the number one sports attraction for Winston-Salem, according to area hotels and the TDA. 31% of the hotel rooms booked in Winston-Salem by sports fans are booked by people visiting for cycling related events. This is why Winston-Salem hosts major USA Cycling events and is building a U.S. Olympic Training Facility for cyclists. This city has the terrain and beautiful scenery cyclists love and cycling events here always attract large crowds. I'm impressed! Next time you visit Winston-Salem, be sure to bring your bicycle! |
People look over the beautiful embellishments of the old courthouse. It truly is a beautiful little structure.
ARTivity Park update. The mist from the "smokestacks" being tested already. https://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/...7b&oe=556B2C5D https://www.facebook.com/artforartssakews |
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