Born a raised here in 1981. I was ten years old that year. The year and month my Mom got married on her birthday. When Charlotte had rough areas,great restaurants that most are gone now. I miss it when life was normal 🙏🏾
@@Mylo12321 Its one of the largest and longest articulated steam locomotives in the world that just so happened to sound its whistle while passing through when this was filmed. Its now retired and on display at a locomotive museum somewhere in Virginia
Not too long after this point in time, my friend and my little cousin hopped onto one of the (then) Nations Bank Tower elevators with a couple of construction workers and took the elevator to the 60th floor. The windows weren’t even in yet, but my daredeviled self looked over the edge. One of the workers in charge kicked us out, but gave us a little nugget of information 1st. He said, that if one of us jumped from the building, the elevator was so fast, we could watch them jump and make it downstairs to see them hit the ground. Crazy!
I was there in Charlotte, N. C. on July 23rd, 1991, and the 60 story skyscraper was a few stories taller than this June, 1991 video. When I was there, the tower was up 57 stories, almost topped out.
I have some pics of Charlotte in the 90s in a slideshow. I'm still experimenting with captions and music. In the early 70s the city limit (east side) was around the old coliseum and the coliseum bowling alley/pool hall across the street. population was 495,000. Most of the area from East Mecklenburg HS to Matthews was farm land and a few houses.
Thank you for posting this. That was an exciting time for Charlotte. The Hornets had only been there a few years. The 42 story First Union building was only a few years a old and the 60 story NCNB Corporate Center was to be one of the tallest buildings on the world. It ranked 30th when completed in 1992
When Bank of America Corporation building completed and open in 1992, many few attractions were built along the way. Bank of America Stadium (formally Ericsson Stadium open in 1996), Spectrum Center (once known as Bobcats Arena & Time Warner Cable Arena) open in 2005, Duke Energy Tower completed and open in 2009, NASCAR Museum and Hall of Fame open in 2010. But more buildings will be built and Charlotte, compare to this video, will be bigger and better.
Born a raised here in 1981. I was ten years old that year. The year and month my Mom got married on her birthday. When Charlotte had rough areas,great restaurants that most are gone now. I miss it when life was normal 🙏🏾
Cuz?
The month and year I was born here in Charlotte. Amazing to see how much this city has changed
Holy crap, the Bank of America Building still being built. Charlotte is like a completely different city today.
Steve Price you are right
The sharp whistle sound at 1:30 is N&W 1218!
I said the exact same thing!
@@Mylo12321 Its one of the largest and longest articulated steam locomotives in the world that just so happened to sound its whistle while passing through when this was filmed. Its now retired and on display at a locomotive museum somewhere in Virginia
@@rpec2406 thank you!
Not too long after this point in time, my friend and my little cousin hopped onto one of the (then) Nations Bank Tower elevators with a couple of construction workers and took the elevator to the 60th floor. The windows weren’t even in yet, but my daredeviled self looked over the edge. One of the workers in charge kicked us out, but gave us a little nugget of information 1st.
He said, that if one of us jumped from the building, the elevator was so fast, we could watch them jump and make it downstairs to see them hit the ground.
Crazy!
I was there in Charlotte, N. C. on July 23rd, 1991, and the 60 story skyscraper was a few stories taller than this June, 1991 video. When I was there, the tower was up 57 stories, almost topped out.
I have some pics of Charlotte in the 90s in a slideshow. I'm still experimenting with captions and music. In the early 70s the city limit (east side) was around the old coliseum and the coliseum bowling alley/pool hall across the street. population was 495,000. Most of the area from East Mecklenburg HS to Matthews was farm land and a few houses.
They didn't have tripods in '91?
Thank you for posting this. That was an exciting time for Charlotte. The Hornets had only been there a few years. The 42 story First Union building was only a few years a old and the 60 story NCNB Corporate Center was to be one of the tallest buildings on the world. It ranked 30th when completed in 1992
And the Panthers were still just a dream at that point.
Wow
1:49 Steely Dan - Rikki Don't Lose That Number. In case anyone was wondering what song that was.
When Bank of America Corporation building completed and open in 1992, many few attractions were built along the way. Bank of America Stadium (formally Ericsson Stadium open in 1996), Spectrum Center (once known as Bobcats Arena & Time Warner Cable Arena) open in 2005, Duke Energy Tower completed and open in 2009, NASCAR Museum and Hall of Fame open in 2010. But more buildings will be built and Charlotte, compare to this video, will be bigger and better.
This is like the only footage I can find of this camera lol
Would have liked it in 4:3 instead of this weird stretch
incredible!
Now post a video of 2020
It was better to live in charlotte back in the early 90's but now cost of living is extremely high and traffic is horrible.
Holy shit no skyscrapers good thing i was born in the right generations
Coool!