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Arena Alternatives For Downtown
Isn’t talking about an arena in downtown thrilling? Mayor Charles Meeker seems to be pushing it but the Triangle Business Journal’s poll indicates that many readers are not in favor of it. I welcome the sports arena much closer to downtown but only when it makes sense. I feel it is too early to start [...]
Downtown Wifi Is Live
The downtown Raleigh wifi, provided to you at no cost, is up and running. I’m actually writing this blog post while sitting on a bench on Fayetteville Street and the results are very satisfying. I have all my social media applications running just fine and checking my e-mail is pretty snappy. I’m actually quite impressed [...]
City of Raleigh | Downtown WiFi Network Available Soon
Raleigh residents will soon have another reason to visit downtown Raleigh. The City’s free, outdoor public WiFi network will be available on Oct. 23 for those looking to get online, just in time for the grand opening of the City Plaza and the Raleigh Wide Open 4 celebration on Oct. 24.
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Raleigh’s next step: Sir Walter Hotel – Triangle Business Journal:
Raleigh also has a grand old hotel. But it’s no longer a hotel. It should be again.
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Ice Rink on Charter Square or What Else?
Photo on Flickr (via LWY)
I’m sure as most of you know, the era of little credit is upon us and recently it has affected the start of construction at Charter Square. The Raleigh City Council has given the developers an extension and ideas are being thrown around for temporary uses for the area on top [...]
City of Raleigh | Art Will Be Part Of Plaza, RWO4 Celebration
As the City Plaza project nears its completion, three City-commissioned art projects are also being developed. At Tuesday’s Raleigh City Council meeting, Raleigh Arts Commission chair Laura Raynor described each project and said that each work will make a unique mark on Downtown Raleigh, just in time for Raleigh Wide Open 4, Oct. 24
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Public Wifi And Its Potential Impact
Recently, the Raleigh city council has gone ahead and given the OK for public wifi in the downtown area. According to the N&O, the area bounded by Person, Morgan, South and West streets will have free access to the internet over the wifi network. Spending the money for a free service does come with its [...]
Should City Market Be Pedestrian Only?
Plans for any of this are not in the works to my knowledge so this discussion is purely speculative but what if cars were not allowed on the stone streets of City Market? I thought about this recently while I was walking down the skinny sidewalk on Blake St. (some of you know what I’m [...]
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