Wow, I’m impressed… very impressed
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Columbia, SC updated their city flag this year. Not to say I like it but at least they tried to modernize and make it look like a flag and not just a seal on a plain background.
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I’m curious what this flag symbolizes.
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The 3 rivers that pass through the city, I think.
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It’s no Palmetto flag. To be fair I think that’s about the most perfect state flag ever so tough bar. But this seems to be a bit too high on the geometric abstraction scale for me to take seriously.
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I think it’s some type of blue bird. You see the eye in the top left, and the beak going across most of the flag?
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From the city website:
When Columbia was founded in 1786 as a new planned city to house South Carolina’s state government, Senator John Lewis Gervais proclaimed the city would be a place where residents would “find refuge under the wings of Columbia,” referring to a personified Columbia, often depicted as a goddess-like female figure. Since then, wings have continued to be a recurring symbol in the City of Columbia identity. Wings were represented as part of the city’s “rise from the ashes” following the burning of the city in February 1865; the newspaper Columbia Phoenix was established in the period following. Wings continue to be a representative image to this day in connections such as the Columbia Fireflies, which are named for the synchronous fireflies in the nearby Congaree Swamp National Park.
Our flag adopted by City Council was designed by the design studio and print shop The Half and Half, which is located in Columbia, SC. The design uses colors and symbols that represent contemporary Columbia, the diversity of people that live and work in the city, and the symbols and shapes that signify wings.
The flag design has a field of navy blue that connects the city flag to the flag of the State of South Carolina. The light blue harkens back to the city flag utilized for most of the 20th century. The flags symbols include a six-pointed star that identifies Columbia as a capital city and represents the resilience of the city in the face of past challenges. The three sections of the bold abstract wing shape represent the three rivers that converge together in Columbia and are a vital part of the unique identity of the city. And, the wing shape on the flag demonstrates that important role the City’s history and present. The wing and the flag of the city offers refuge for all those that choose to live, work and visit Columbia, South Carolina.
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They have started construction on the condos that will wrap around the parking deck. But it looks like the construction for the downtown park will not begin until the Summer of 2021 and scheduled to be completed in 2023. Check out the video. I think it might have been posted a while back.
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I can’t help but wonder if the name Walker is a subliminal marketing tactic that ties to walk and walking. Do you know anything about that name?
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It is named after the street it is located on.
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And the street, I believe, is named after the Walker family which owned what is now the Page-Walker Hotel. (More on that here: https://www.townofcary.org/home/showdocument?id=19369)
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Thanks. So, it’s serendipity that the project elevates a more walkable lifestyle!
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RVA shot themselves in the foot with the Navy Hill gaff. Now the new stadium project will probably be a stadium-anchored suburban mix-use project in Henrico County instead of downtown RVA. What a traffic nightmare.
I hope Raleigh is honestly looking into a near-downtown PNC arena replacement stadium next decade.
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Man, this new location is about a mile away from my first “real” job out of college. RVA still has a special place in my heart. But North Side can be a bit shady at times.
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Raleigh needs a green district or corridor of some kind.
Wow, by far the most urban form proposal I’ve seen in DTC. Bravo
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I feel like Cary is building a mini version of Tokyo Midtown or Roppongi Hills. A very mini version.
It’s cool!
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Cary has a ton of projects in the pipeline:
- Chatham Walk (Chatham and Urban Drive) 33 units almost complete
- Urban Place (opposite corner Chatham and Urban) 28 units UC
- One Walker and One Walnut (wrapping around Library deck) 153 units + office/retail UC
- Meridian East Chatham (Chatham and Hunter) 220 units + retail in design review
- Rogers Building (NW corner Chatham and Walker) 3-story office/retail in design review
- Big plans for former library site, SE corner of Chatham and Harrison, eventual Transportation Center on Harrison between RR tracks.
LOT of things happening, and Downtown Cary will look like a true dense, walkable town center within just a few years.
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OK thank you!! We’ve extended our Tuesday run club route to keep tabs on the progress of Chatham Walk, and we couldn’t figure out what was going in next to it.
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