Pic of the Week
Recent photo Photo from a Blount Street Commons post on Februrary 11th, 2009. Not much being done. There were signs that say two units were sold, however.
Pic of the Week
The gates were open last weekend for an open house. This type of development is perfect for the edges of downtown.
Pic of the Week
The newer sections of Blount Street Commons are starting to rise out of the ground.
Blount Street Commons Ground Breaking Ceremony Tomorrow
Please join Mayor Charles Meeker, Members of the Raleigh City Council and Other Dignitaries for History in the (re)making. Groundbreaking Ceremony and Celebration for Blount Street Commons Thursday, June 26 10:00 AM 540 N. Blount Street at the corner of East Peace and North Blount Streets in Downtown Raleigh Sponsored by: LNR Commercial Property Vanguard [...]
Shifting Houses To Blount Street
There is some activity on the Blount Street Commons Project at the block across the street from Peace College. The Jordan, Watson, and Merrimon Wynn houses are being prepped to move to Blount St. The Jordan House is planned to be placed at the southwest corner of Peace and Blount St. The small building there [...]
Blount Street Commons Reservations
The first block of the Blount Street Commons project is slowly starting to sprout to life. The inner block, T-shaped road has been paved. From what it looks like there will be brick or stone placed on top of the recessed pavement. See the enlarged picture below. A point to note is that the fact [...]
Blount Street Commons
For some background information on this project, this post is required reading. Some of the information is slightly old but the end result is the same nonetheless. The picture below shows the area I’m referring to. Construction fencing surrounds almost the entire block, the parking lots have been cleared, and some have even been scrapped [...]
Blount St. Revitilization
After checking out the historic Blount St. area, and taking pictures of some of the houses that are in this post, I remembered that there was a plan to revitalize this area over the next four years. The area desperately needs it; houses need to be spruced up, landscaping needs to be maintained, barren parking [...]
