Projects & Construction:
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West End Station Apartments:
A rare update on this project! You can see the city's rough terrain, with the apartments built into a ridge-side.
Credit: winstonwatchman
Parking is under the building:
Credit: winstonwatchman
500 West Fifth:
Lobby Expansion and Skateboarding:
Credit: _phillipreid
Courtyard by Marriott - Downtown:
Credit: Fam Brownlee
First Baptist Church Restoration:
They applied for permits to start on this project. Demolition began on Monday. Some of the items in the wings to be demolished were donated to churches from Haywood County to Detroit, MI.,.
A look at how awesome this building is:
Credit: justinchandler1988
Donated items removed and loaded on trucks:
Credit: piedmonttriadliving
Twin City Motors Building Adaptive-reuse:
A car show had a Twin City Ford Model-T automobile, assembled in this building, in front of it: (Yes, this car was built in the building behind it!)
Credit: Hal McGee
Efird Block Restoration:
They have cleared the interior spaces and have "for lease" signs on both buildings. Notice the Meridian for lease signs.
Credit: Hal McGee
A look inside the brick building:
Credit: ohkay2000
Link Apartments Innovation Quarter:
Credit: dashley253
Credit: wandabrendlemoss
Late night Sunday (7/8):
Credit: tim_hutch
View from the High Line:
Credit: suitevida
Hotel Indigo:
They are currently working on the lobby woodwork, elevators, and the stair tower / back-of-house structure. The hotel will open on Halloween. This is interesting, since the building was originally completed just a few days before Halloween in 1928. A few people believe it's haunted and they believe that is a reason so many developers couldn't do anything with it, so a Halloween opening does fit with this building.
Workers have repaired the Art Deco capitals and won't restore the original marble-like panels:
Credit: sunnysidemillwork
Credit: outlawalice
Credit: justinchandler1988
A plumber shows the view from inside the back-of-house structure and stair tower:
Credit: jackboreham
Downtown Marriott Renovation:
Why are they removing this pool?
Credit: demobros
Sports:
Atlantic Coast Collegiate Hockey Tournament:
There is an effort to make Winston-Salem "Carolina's Hockey City" and hosting more hockey games, like this, is a big part of that effort. This tournament will be held in Winston-Salem on February 15-17 of next year and will bring Division I teams from across the Mid-Atlantic and parts of the Northeast regions to Winston-Salem. Winston-Salem would like to become the permanent location for this event or at least the most frequent host city, as part of its "Hockeytown" efforts.
Alternative Transportation:
New Bike Lanes:
The city is preparing to start construction on 15 miles (24 kilometres) of new bike lanes next month. The city's Active Transportation Planner, Matthew Burczyk, said “The hope is that as we add more infrastructure, it will encourage more people to use the (bike share) bikes for transportation.”
Zagster Bike Share Expansion:
Winston-Salem's bike share is so successful, they are preparing to expand the system by 20% and add more docking stations. The National Cycling Center said ridership is up. Look for new docking stations at the Central Library and East Winston, to name two of the new locations.