General News
State Archaeologists Investigate Capitol’s Union Square Walkways
RALEIGH —The walkways crisscrossing the State Capitol grounds in downtown Raleigh are soon slated to get a facelift, but first the N.C. Office of State Archaeology will search to find out more about the original 1920s-era paths.
On Wednesday, Aug. 6, and Thursday, Aug. 7, Assistant State Archaeologist John Mintz and his crew will [...]
RalCon Gets A New Look
Sleek and simple is the new look I’m going for here. Those that have been reading the blog for awhile could have seen this coming and I’m really excited to get a new theme up and running. Hopefully there will be no major problems this week as the majority of the conversion has been done [...]
Downtown Concert Venue Possible [UPDATE: 1-4-08]
Make sure to read this WRAL article about the possibility of an outdoor amphitheater on the block directly west of the new convention center. I had thought that this area was supposed to be used for future convention center expansion. I really think that using this land for an outdoor concert venue is not the [...]
First Night Re-cap
Here is a link list for those that were not downtown for First Night. All the links include pictures or videos of the celebration.
Pictures on:
Goodnight, Raleigh here and here
RaleighChronicle
WRAL
Videos on:
Raleigh Chronicle here and here
The News & Observer
ABC11 News
Know of any others worth seeing? Share it in the comments.
Winter Restaurant Wave
In case you have not noticed, we are in the middle of another wave of restaurant openings. The convention center may be the reason for fueling the increase of downtown food choices over the last few years. Here is a list of recent openings; some are talked about in the new downtown news section added [...]
Too bad they can’t just keep the facades intact and just build around them.... (