The L Building Wants In On The Residential Action
Photo taken July 2011 I noticed this small update yesterday on the city’s development activity page. The people behind The L, the still yet-to-be built office tower on the corner of McDowell and Davie Street, are looking to change it to a residential building. This five-year-old project keeps getting extensions from the city. That’s a [...]
Pic of the Week
Click for larger The banners are now up at the Wake County parking deck. Instead of an office building, called The L, these banners are only temporary until funding can be obtained to finish the development that was planned over three years ago. To see some old photos and renderings of what could have been, [...]
Pic of the Week
The banners are being hung on the Wake County Parking Deck. The space in front is where The L Building was planned to go. Final pictures still to come after they finish installing the banners but here’s a comparison to a picture I took back in January 2011. January 2011 July 2011
Naked For Years, The L Covers Up?
What stands to be a great example of smarter development for downtown Raleigh, the still to come The L Building has been on hold for almost two years now. This office over retail project has suffered the same financial difficulties that other canceled or on hold projects have faced. The L building, in its current [...]
The Great Wall of Raleigh
There are two projects to discuss here. The Wake County parking deck looks very close to being complete. The L office building that will wrap the front of this deck has not started yet, leaving a nice big gray wall. The plan was for ground floor retail with office space above. I did notice something [...]
One Year Ago: The L and Parking Deck
From this post on October 17th, 2007. Today. View from Cabarrus St. Notice the LED lights, a new initiative by the city for all new parking decks.
Waiting For The L
The parking deck at the corner of McDowell and Davie St. is starting to rise out of the ground. This is also the site of the future ‘The L’, office over retail building, which will hide the deck from the sidewalk. At this pace, do not expect it any time soon because this deck will [...]
Wake County Wants In, Builds Downtown
Hopefully by now we are all done mourning the loss of King’s on McDowell St. I hate that an original place and music venue was destroyed to make room for government offices, but I guess that’s progress. Anyway, King’s has been demolished and there are plans for the site at the corner of Davie St. [...]
