Recently, Krispy Kreme announced that it was backing out of its planned expansion in East Winston. In December, Greater Winston-Salem, Inc. announced that “the expansion will generate 180 new jobs with a $5.8 million capital investment over 3-4 years…” But by March the German-owned donut maker that relocated … More
The 1911 Wachovia Building on West Third Street is getting a facelift. The forgotten Wachovia Building on West First Street is the first of three skyscrapers Wachovia Bank built in our city. It is being converted from an office building into another luxury apartment building.
Architecturally, the often-overlooked Wachovia Build… More
Today’s Burke Street is a lovely little avenue of bars, restaurants, and shops bordering the West End and West Salem neighborhoods. Before Urban Renewal, the eastern portion of Burke Street was an African American pocket neighborhood. United Metropolitan traces its roots back to Burke Street and Brookstone Avenue. In rece… More
Fifty years ago this weekend, a Downtown Winston-Salem landmark was demolished. On a cold late March morning back in 1972, a crowd gathered in front of First Baptist on Fifth Street to witness the Robert E. Lee Hotel’s demolition. The Robert E. Lee Hotel long ago surrendered to the whims of urban planners. The grand hotel with a p… More
The January 25 meeting of the Downtown Winston-Salem Business Improvement District Advisory Committee featured a surprisingly honest albeit brief discussion on the lack of affordable housing in the center city. The lack of affordable or even workforce housing downtown is the elephant in the room. Everyone knows that Downtown Wi… More
Why does the Housing Authority of Winston-Salem own a $3.5 million commercial building on Fourth Street that houses no one? This is a question that I have delved into in a previous post. But I’m back at it again. And this time, I have more documents on the subject to share.
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On June 4, 2010, city, county, and state officials joined local elites in celebrating the start of Wake Forest Biotech Place’s transformation from shuttered tobacco building to a modern research facility. The event was called “Innovation Takes Form.” Mayor Joines and leaders at the Piedmont Triad Research Pa… More
“This is the very first major part of bringing that East End Master Plan vision to life. It’s just a phenomenal project.” -Annette Scippio, April 5, 2021, WSNC City Council meeting.
The Garden Court Apartments are going to be redeveloped. The modestly built apartment units that have been vacant during the pandem… More
Earlier this week, New Hanover County officially approved Novant Health’s $5.3 billion purchase of New Hanover Regional Medical Center. All that’s left is for the state attorney general to sign off on the “remarkable” merger-and, that appears to be a formality.
Not to be outdone, Wake Forest Baptist Hea… More
The October 5, 2020 meeting of the Winston-Salem City Council concluded in just under one hour and ten minutes. The meeting was comprised of “two zoning petitions, two UDO text amendments, and an item related to the adopting of the downtown streetscape master plan.”
Arbor Acres’s zoning petition was a little con… More
