“The powers-that-be of Asheville and Buncombe are slowly drowing the golden goose of what used to be such an appealing and attractive downtown. When will local architects and grassroots organizations join forces to bail out the boat?”

Asheville’s New High-Rises Miss The Mark
By Byron Belzak

First off, I’m no architect. But I have visited a few of the great cities of the world, most notably Paris, London, Amsterdam, Stockholm and Prague. One would have to be blind not to see them for what they are: architectural beauties.

Yet, with each new building or proposed project in Asheville, it’s becoming clearer by the day that our fair mountain city is at risk of losing its most-famous public relations tag line: “Paris of the South.” MORE>