Going Downtown

The Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce has been on a roll lately. We set out to showcase some the successes of downtown Winston-Salem today and it gave me the opportunity to snap off a couple of nice pics.



Above is the Nissen Building. It's an old office building that's been refurbished into luxury apartments. They tell us they've rented half the available units.



This is the Winston Tower. I've talked about this building before, it's got our microwave repeater on the top. It used to be home to Wachovia Bank. Now, after years of sitting empty, it's nearly half full.

With the layoffs of folks working in furniture, textile and tobacco still happening every day, maybe downtown businesses will spark a future for Winston-Salem. Only time will tell.