Making the connection between the Rail Trail and the dead-end at Kingston Avenue. This is envisioned as an iconic public plaza.
Thanks to partnerships with local developer, Centro CityWorks and CATS, a leftover space with just patches of grass located between the Blue Line transformer and the Rail Trail will become a special place for Trail users.
Local artists at Dilworth Artisan Station are being challenged to propose an art piece that will span across 20 aluminum panels, to be installed in the bricked-in windows on the upper two floors of their building façade facing the Rail Trail. The unveiling of the art piece will take place in late spring. Stay tuned for updates!
Jessie and Katey, a Baltimore-based artist duo, have painted 3 awesome murals on the Rail Trail thanks to ArtPlace America grant funding.
The first large-scale installation on the Rail Trail, this lighting project illuminates the Duke Energy Substation and an adjacent radio transmission tower located next to the Trail in South End with color-changing LED fixtures...
Charlotte's first cycle track has been constructed on the Rail Trail. You are now able to connect to and from the Optimist Park neighborhood on the North End of the Rail Trail.
Have you spotted the dinosaur on the Rail Trail? The "Pre-historic South End Brontosaurus" or "Bicycle-osaurus", as some have called him, was brought to life by artist Amy Hart, of CIEL gallery
The Before I Die… chalkboard, located on the trail at East Kingston Avenue, asks trail users to complete the sentence, “Before I Die I Will…” The board has become...
The Charlotte Pedestrian Program is leading an effort, in coordination with CATS and Charlotte Center City Partners, to improve locations where the Rail Trail crosses a city street.
South End resident Varian Shrum turned a parking lot into a dynamic community gathering spot over one weekend...
This one-day event was hosted by Charlotte Center City Partners and the McColl Center for Arts + Innovation and invited teens from...
Three local fiber artists--Kia Jones, Amy Reader and Sydney Sogol--yarnbombed the Rail Trail in two locations...
Center City Partners collaborated with the Spoke Easy/Cluck Design Group to redesign two Surrey bicycles...
Stay tuned for more information on the Bland Plaza!