June 1991 :: Charlotte, NC skyline construction taken with Sony CCD-F77 8mm

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My first home movie camera was a Sony CCD-F77 which I bought in 1991 for about $1200. Being that the compact 8mm technology was new, there weren't too many brands other than Sony and a few others. I decided to drive around and use the city's booming skyline as my subject. I start off at the airport and move closer to town from there. The quality was about as good as it got for a home movie camera in the early 90's. Definitely, not HD quality (that wasn't even a term). But the real subjects are the buildings and cars and noticeable things from that year that stand out.

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@steveprice33 6 жыл бұрын

Holy crap, the Bank of America Building still being built. Charlotte is like a completely different city today.

@Taylors.wifeyy 6 жыл бұрын

Steve Price you are right

@richardpeterson1398 5 ай бұрын

I was there in Charlotte, N. C. on July 23rd, 1991, and the 60 story skyscraper was a few stories taller than this June, 1991 video. When I was there, the tower was up 57 stories, almost topped out.

@murph9159 8 ай бұрын

Born a raised here in 1981. I was ten years old that year. The year and month my Mom got married on her birthday. When Charlotte had rough areas,great restaurants that most are gone now. I miss it when life was normal 🙏🏾

@MrJatariusStinson Жыл бұрын

The month and year I was born here in Charlotte. Amazing to see how much this city has changed

@jonkimball 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting this. That was an exciting time for Charlotte. The Hornets had only been there a few years. The 42 story First Union building was only a few years a old and the 60 story NCNB Corporate Center was to be one of the tallest buildings on the world. It ranked 30th when completed in 1992

@jonkimball 6 жыл бұрын

And the Panthers were still just a dream at that point.

@RoysWorld1985 6 жыл бұрын

When Bank of America Corporation building completed and open in 1992, many few attractions were built along the way. Bank of America Stadium (formally Ericsson Stadium open in 1996), Spectrum Center (once known as Bobcats Arena & Time Warner Cable Arena) open in 2005, Duke Energy Tower completed and open in 2009, NASCAR Museum and Hall of Fame open in 2010. But more buildings will be built and Charlotte, compare to this video, will be bigger and better.

@crzhaze 5 жыл бұрын

The sharp whistle sound at 1:30 is N&W 1218!

@rpec2406 2 жыл бұрын

I said the exact same thing!

@rpec2406 2 жыл бұрын

@@Mylo12321 Its one of the largest and longest articulated steam locomotives in the world that just so happened to sound its whistle while passing through when this was filmed. Its now retired and on display at a locomotive museum somewhere in Virginia

@Mylo12321 2 жыл бұрын

@@rpec2406 thank you!

@ViraledOff Жыл бұрын

I have some pics of Charlotte in the 90s in a slideshow. I'm still experimenting with captions and music. In the early 70s the city limit (east side) was around the old coliseum and the coliseum bowling alley/pool hall across the street. population was 495,000. Most of the area from East Mecklenburg HS to Matthews was farm land and a few houses.

@sf.2435 Жыл бұрын

This is like the only footage I can find of this camera lol

@kawsakimx6 5 ай бұрын

They didn't have tripods in '91?

@MichaelTrogdon1990 4 жыл бұрын

1:49 Steely Dan - Rikki Don't Lose That Number. In case anyone was wondering what song that was.

@liqwidmediaworkztv Жыл бұрын

Not too long after this point in time, my friend and my little cousin hopped onto one of the (then) Nations Bank Tower elevators with a couple of construction workers and took the elevator to the 60th floor. The windows weren’t even in yet, but my daredeviled self looked over the edge. One of the workers in charge kicked us out, but gave us a little nugget of information 1st. He said, that if one of us jumped from the building, the elevator was so fast, we could watch them jump and make it downstairs to see them hit the ground. Crazy!