Let’s hope so. But as my mother used to say - the road to hell was paved with good intentions. But as you so beautifully point out neither of us have a degree in pouring concrete or the engineering behind it.
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I’ve been reduced to a tour guide now. 
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FYI, I noticed Saturday morning the foundation was covered with like burlap blankets. Probably helps trap the heat that concrete releases as the chemical reaction occurs from the curing process.
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this thing is going to go vertical fast now!
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Rode past the Highline site last night while they were pouring concrete. Walls and columns are clearly up now, and it feels like this one is about to rise quickly 
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I wish there was a construction web cam. Maybe someone with more savy web searching skills than I can find one…
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Yeah, if someone here in the community lives across the street at the Gramercy, that would be an ideal location for a cam.
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I used to have a front row view of the site. But the windows were thin and the noise was an absolute nightmare, the construction in the middle of the day would have just added to that nightmare living in that apartment lol.
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hey hey hey now, that’s a LUXURY apartment you’re talking down on!!! Watch it!!!
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A big hindrance for me living in either downtown is the train horn. Separating the grade crossings is so critical.
The other is the propensity for North Carolinians to love cruising their tricked out Harleys at 1am through downtown.
And then Durham has the issue that it still has no grocery store downtown. What are you even getting paying that premium?
Fix those things and I’m there.
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That’s not luxury housing you’re talking about, that’s future, naturally occurring, affordable housing because it’s undesirable. 
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As someone who’s lived in this neighborhood for 20 years, I don’t think that intermittent noises like train horns are particularly bothersome to me, but I will agree that the party noise that is persistent for 4 hours every Friday and Saturday night is the single barrier to my urban neighborhood fulfilling its potential. Let’s hope that this new residential tower allows Glenwood South to take the next step to a more robust, comprehensive, and fully functioning urban neighborhood.
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You don’t hear the train from Paramount as much, I lived at 222 Glenwood for a couple years, and if you had the windows open or cracked it would wake you up out of a dead sleep like you’re riding on the hood of the damn train.
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Clearly 222 is right on top of a crossing, and that experience is going to be much different to those who don’t. That said, I hear other intermittent clanking noises like the dumpster pick-up across the street from my bedroom every morning before sunrise. I’ve also lived in other places in the immediate neighborhood where I did hear the train more than I do now.
I am not saying that I don’t want the removal of at-grade crossings, but I don’t think that it’s a city top priority because the city isn’t in full control of it, and return on investment of time and energy isn’t as productive as issues that are in full control of the city.
I’m sorry that you had to endure the noise of the train when at 222. I truly am. I just want our focus to be on things that we can actually change/shape now while we keep our eyes on more long range issues like eliminating at-grade crossings as part of a more complex solution system.
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It wasn’t that serious and had zero consideration for why I moved, nor do I propose when fix it in any way. But if it bothers some people, then yes it’s something you can’t avoid living on certain areas of Glenwood
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The Gramercy had it all when related to noise.
Thin not sealed well windows
Clubs blaring music
People screaming
Occasional gun shots
Had fireworks shot off at like 3am on Glenwood like 4 times
The train was so loud as it would bounce off the new Alexan building
The Israelites & crazy preachers were right below my window. At times they were so loud I couldn’t even hear my tv, instead I’d hear them preaching hate
The blaring loud “WAIT…. WAIT…. WAIT….” From the traffic light crossing.
And the worse of it all was the racing cars at 3am after the bars closed. Would make me and my cat jump out of our sleep.
Now with midday construction, whoever is living there is getting absolutely tortured 24/7.
Surprisingly the club noise and people were far from the worst part of it, they just became white noise.
I do miss my apartment floorplan tho, it was pretty sweet.
It’s amazing I live at The Line now. I can see my old apartment from my current one. It’s amazing how one road over and significantly better windows makes a world of a difference.
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And then Durham has the issue that it still has no grocery store downtown. What are you even getting paying that premium?
I feel like I get a lot for my money, personally. My rent is $1600 for a 900 sf loft. Just from a uniqueness/beauty perspective (historic adaptive reuse with enormous windows, exposed steel and wood structure), there’s few others like it in the Triangle. Some new apartment complexes in the suburbs are charging almost the same for 50% less space and a completely sterile environment.
I can walk to my office in 15 minutes, meet friends and clients for a meal or coffee, get a haircut, stop by the pharmacy or post office on my way home, get a workout in, or take the Amtrak to Charlotte without a car. I live on a 15-minute frequency bus line and have protected bike lines at my doorstep. Of course I wish we had a grocery store, but access to everything else on foot still makes a significant difference in my day-to-day. Having a single-car household would not be possible for us in most locations outside downtown.
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A long time follower may have answered this. This webcam mainly shows the NC Education Campus but you can see in the distance the crane for Highline. Sometime in the future, we’ll see it rise up over those government buildings.
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Wow that’s a cool viewpoint of both. I didn’t know that existed. Thanks!
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