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Rob Bates, UNC Charlotte Art Major. Recent C5 Charlotte Observer column.

Engage, inform, and inspire. A new Piedmont prairie? Nature reclaims a crumbling old coliseum parking lot. As old barns, old chimneys vanish, so do birds that nested there.

Looking at urban design, transportation, growth, the built environment and more. Mary Newsom is a lifelong journalist and observer of city life in the Charlotte region and beyond, with a focus on urban design, sustainable development, growth and city planning. She is associate director of urban and regional affairs at the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute. There was an error in this gadget.

Tuesday, November 4, 2014. While the patterns of sprawl can not be transformed easily, I think self-driving cars have incredible potential to change what we will build in the future. If self-driving cars become ubiquitous, this Whole Foods on Magazine Street in New Orleans demonstrates how I believe all big box stores will relate to the street in the future.

Welcome to the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute. We are a nonpartisan, applied research and community outreach institute at UNC Charlotte, seeking solutions to the social, economic and environmental challenges facing our communities. Over time, land uses change but one thing is constant. I-485, the road that shape-shifted Charlotte growth.

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