Archive for November, 2007
CON-struction and D-struction
The early winter sunsets are really cutting into my weekday opportunities to go out and take pictures of things downtown. I really think pictures help to add more to the story but we’ve all got a life and a job to do. Anyway, today I have more quick news regarding construction downtown that may be [...]
Wednesday News Quickies
Here are a couple of news updates related to downtown. Click the links and catch up on the buzz.
NBC17 reports that the shaky housing market across the country may be affecting some of downtown’s projects. While this could be true, Raleigh Planning Director Mitchell Silver sounds confident and the article states that “Realtors say the [...]
301 Hillsborough Biting The Dust
301 Hillsborough is slowly coming down to make way for “The Hillsborough”. This project is brought to you by the same minds backing The Quorum Center. Click here for some background information.
Fall Colors in Downtown
There may not be as many trees downtown. However, the few were showing off some great color this fall. Here is a short photo series on some of the leaves in and around downtown.
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David Allen Building In Glenwood South
I was doing some Downtown Raleigh internet digging and stumbled upon this little gem on the Glenwood Agency’s website. The so called ‘David Allen Building’ is described as:
The site currently has three buildings on it. One building will be renovated for offices, the adjacent warehouse will be replaced with a 4-story structure with retail on [...]
Too bad they can’t just keep the facades intact and just build around them.... (