Midtown vs. Downtown

I kind of disagree. While you’re correct that clearly no such accommodation was made on the west side of Six Forks, the east side is literally perfect for it. The central plaza between the Captrust and Bank of America towers of NHE is perfectly depressed 12-14’ below the pavement of Six Forks. The parking entrance to Captrust has already dipped fully below ground by that point. There are no gravity-drained sanitary sewers or storm sewers under Six Forks to get in the way. They’d just have to reconfigure Cowfish’s outdoor seating, and then there is just a concrete wall to cut through for a straight shot under Six Forks. There may be other utilities in the way such as electrical, fiber, telco, gas, or water - but those can be relocated with less extensive impacts than sewers which rely on gravity for drainage.

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