Charlotte's Worst Eyesores

Axios Charlotte asked what are the ugliest places in Charlotte. Not surprisingly Dee Dee Harris' Hole aka Quail Hollow Hole took top honors.

From Axios: One spot in particular received the most responses: The vast, undeveloped and overgrown yet prominent pit down Park Road near Quail Hollow.

Backstory: The property on Gleneagles has been owned by Dee-Dee Harris and Harris Land Co. since the early 1990s. Plans for the property have been proposed several times over the years — including to add high-end tenants like a Saks Fifth Avenue and a Ritz-Carlton Hotel — but the property remains in limbo.

What they’re saying: “I can’t believe the country club hasn’t demanded that it is at least turned into a green space – what a blemish for Charlotte, particularly during the golf tournaments!” -Amy T.

“It could become a beautiful little park/garden that would bring much beauty to that corner.” Jane C.

Funny how people are slow to react:

CP wrote about this five years ago with the prospect of both the PGA Championship and the just held President's Cup, coming to Quail Hollow. But the effort got little traction. 

Of course Johnny Harris is micro focused on Quail Hollow and we can assume seldom drives past the cesspool now homeless camp known as Dee Dee's Hole. But how just ugly.

It is time for the City and County to move on the property. Build or Condemn and turn the area into much needed green space.

Now after years of neglect the hole has become a home to waterfowl. Heron, Geese, Ducks and some homeless birds have made the urban sanctuary home.

But let's be clear the last night the area needs is "affordable housing" the blight that exists just to the west on Sharon Road and to the south behind Charlotte Cathloic High School is enough of the crime/drug dealer havens.