Charlotte Observer<\/a><\/p>\n Mr Coddington died in 1928 at age 50, and his heirs sold WBT to CBS radio in 1929. That ended the local ownership. The building eventually was taken over by the state of North Carolina for use by social service agencies. The building was renamed the James K. Polk building, as President Polk was born in Mecklenburg County. <\/p>\n The Polk building is conveniently right across from the Greyhound bus station and the future transportation center. It has remained empty since the 1990s. Various architects have looked at the building, but can’t figure a way to reuse the building. It is just a strange building.<\/p>\n Work is already underway to construct the new Amtrak\/NCDOT sidings at the same location where the Southern Railway passenger station was until Amtrak took over and tore it down – and moved to a small building next to the freight yard in a seriously bad neighborhood. With it clear the streetcar line extension and transportation center are on track, it is time to tear down the Polk building and build 358 more luxury apartments in uptown Charlotte, which currently has a 22% vacancy rate.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.charlotteagenda.com\/160321\/polk-building-demolished-to-make-way-for-apartments\/<\/a><\/p>\n As I drove by on Saturday, I snapped a picture of the final rubble pile<\/p>\n James K Polk building debris<\/p><\/div>\n I feel confident that nobody at Entercom HQ in Pennsylvania gives a damn about Charlotte or history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Not the license, but the original building that housed the station. The earliest radio stations had an odd collection of owners competing to use the new technology. Pioneer owners included newspapers, department stores, religious groups – and in the case … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/8DD81013-FC84-4F46-8E94-7A8033AB4E63-e1552922538209-600x312.jpeg\")
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