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<\/a><\/p>\nThis may be one of the most valuable buildings in Charlotte. \u00a0Why? \u00a0Well it certainly isn’t because of a demand for metal roof repairs.<\/p>\n
The demolition of the building that used to house the Charlotte Observer and its publishing plant is complete. \u00a0The developer mentioned that they have acquired all the necessary land for their project – except for a building housing a metal shop. \u00a0Why is this so valuable? \u00a0 It is right across the street from the stadium where the NFL Carolina Panthers play, in an area that previously housed marginal industrial businesses, warehouses and parking lots. \u00a0Let’s look from above…<\/p>\n
The square building in the upper right corner is the demolished newspaper building. \u00a0The concrete looking area across Church street is a parking deck that also was demolished. \u00a0The sheet metal company is the building between the parking deck and the stadium.<\/p>\n If you look closely to the South of the parking deck, you’ll see the Charlotte subway as it goes underground. \u00a0Here is a ground level view:<\/p>\n Actually, Charlotte has no subway for the people on the Upper West Side to ride. \u00a0These were the tracks to take rolls of newsprint back to the loading docks. \u00a0Newsprint is too heavy to ship by truck, so it was common for big newspapers to have private sidings. \u00a0 The track was removed in the area where the stadium was built, so these rails aren’t actually connected to anything. \u00a0 Since newspapers no longer use hot metal type and everything is done electronically, the news room and presses no longer have to be in the same building. They have moved to the NASCAR office tower about two blocks away.<\/p>\n 9 decades of printing comes to an end<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Have a look at this interesting building This may be one of the most valuable buildings in Charlotte. \u00a0Why? \u00a0Well it certainly isn’t because of a demand for metal roof repairs. The demolition of the building that used to house … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n