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Originally Posted by themaguffin
But Charlotte is new. Not sure if attempts at constructing additional offices and other buildings etc downtown could seem anything other than clean and shiny. I would think that an attempt to make things look older and perhaps gritty would also come off as contrived and fake looking.
What are they supposed to do? They can't create old. I am not saying that they can't do better, but I also feel that some criticism is beyond their control to a degree.
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Charlotte is most certainly not new. It was settled in 1755. It only looks new because 90 percent of its history has been eradicated. If you stroll along the streets of downtown Charlotte, you'll notice that there are all these nice little plaques set into the sidewalk telling you what beautiful or interesting old building used to be located where this faceless office building, parking deck, or bland corporate plaza is now. When Charlotte demolished its history, it demolished its soul, and it shows.