“Few levers have as broad an impact and possess the same transformative power as land.” -Innovation Districts and the Centrality of Land Research, Brief 2
In Sunday’s Winston-Salem Journal, Richard Craver had a nice write-up on the Innovation Quarter (Global Institute touts Innovation Quarter as land role mo… More
Innovation Quarter “Global Role Model” But A Poor Neighbor To East Winston Read More »
My grandfather bought a new truck from a car dealership in Thomasville approximately twenty years ago. The dealer told my grandfather that his new truck came with roadside assistance, a new concept to him. My grandfather asked the car salesman, who was African American, “So if my truck breaks down in Denton, you will come and ge… More
City Of Winston-Salem To Gift Its Divisive Statue To Denton Read More »
Monday’s WSNC City Council meeting began with the City Manager’s Update. Our new City Manager, Pat Pate, went over the City’s talking points and upcoming events. But Mr. Pate didn’t mention the petition that all eight residents living at 800 Spring Street delivered to him just before last night’s m… More
City Sells 800 Spring Street Read More »
According to Triad Business Journal, Metropolitan Village, the $65 million mixed-used development across Highway 52 from the Innovation Quarter, will soon welcome its first tenants. Metropolitan Village can be viewed as fulfilling the East Winston Master Plan. Metropolitan Village is an ambitious but isolated project. But it … More
Metropolitan Village Will Soon Welcome Its First Tenants Read More »
The Benton Convention Center and Crystal Towers are not often found in the same sentence. But the two massive concrete structures share a common past. Both Benton and Crystal were Urban Renewal projects built under the watchful eye of the Redevelopment Commission in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
The Benton stretches horizontally … More
Crystal Towers Deserves The Benton Treatment Read More »
WFDD recently posted an article on Crystal Towers‘ troubled elevators. Workers are almost finished replacing one of the two elevators in the 11-story high-rise. The head of the Housing Authority of Winston-Salem (HAWS), Kevin Cheshire, was quoted as saying that once the second elevator is replaced in February 2024(?), th… More
Crystal Towers Doesn’t Need Another Assessment, It Needs A Plan And Funding Read More »
If you missed Monday’s meeting of the Winston-Salem City Council, you didn’t miss much. The most noteworthy item on the WSNC City Council’s agenda wasn’t discussed publicly. The City’s purchase of eight apartment units at the corner of Spring Street and Seventh was discussed out of public view in c… More
Scott Sexton recently reported that Winston-Salem’s beltway may not be finished for another generation: Reynolda Road and U.S. 52 are funded, but the far western leg of the beltway intended to connect with I-40 “will likely wait at least another 20 years…”
The Reynolda Road and U.S. 52 portion of the beltw… More
Winston-Salem’s Urban Loop Will Be A Semicircle For Years To Come Read More »
The official groundbreaking for the new Forsyth County Courthouse was held Thursday. After the ribbon-cutting, the courthouse opened for the general public to tour the most expensive building in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County’s history. In January 2021 the Journal’s Wesley Young estimated the cost of a new courtho… More
County And Court Officials Welcome A New Courthouse Read More »
Kalvin Michael Smith was found dead on September 15, 2023, by the same police department that railroaded Smith and took 20 years of his life for a crime he didn’t commit. Jill Marker was violently assaulted and left for dead on December 9, 1995, at the Silk Plant Forest store in Winston-Salem, NC. The evidence points to Kenneth La… More
