Archive for February, 2007
Downtown Transportation Center In-Depth
Transportation is always a big issue in the triangle. With so many towns and different counties all part of the region, it is important to have a strong transportation infrastructure connecting us all. Hopefully you’ve heard about the TTA regional rail system that is being proposed and should get underway in the coming years. It [...]
Something BIG is brewing……..
This will be a short one, sort of a follow up to this post about the almost 4 acre block north of Progress Energy’s newest building. I saw this on Raleigh’s livable streets plan website.
RFP Process results in Hamilton Merritt proposal being accepted - Mixed use hotel, movie theatre, condominiums, parking deck two 30-story towers [...]
Downtown Construction Updates
I’m finally getting around to posting the pics I took last weekend. These are pictures of current construction projects and future sites.
Bloomsbury Estates
The fourth floor is rising up on the Bloomsbury Estates project. This building shown is the first of two 7 story buildings that will occupy the lot.
222 Glenwood, view from Glenwwod Ave
222 Glenwood, [...]
Solas coming to Glenwood South
For all of you Glenwood groupies, including myself, this one is exciting. The group, Hibernia Entertainment, is opening Solas at the site of the old brake repair shop. You may have notice it vanish recently and now is the barren wasteland next to Helios. What you’ll see there soon is a 3 story building with [...]
Project skyline
This is the first part of a sub-project to this blog. There is no doubt that Raleigh’s image will change over the next few years. New buildings are just mushrooming all over downtown and this monthly installment will attempt to follow that change. Every month I will take a skyline picture from my favorite spot [...]
Too bad they can’t just keep the facades intact and just build around them.... (