SECU Tower on Salisbury Street
The SECU Tower on Salisbury Street looks very close to being finished. Walking by, you can see the lobby needs just a little more work before it’s done. This is my favorite modern building in downtown Raleigh.
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The St. Mary’s Square apartments will be partially opening to their first residents this weekend. The entire building should be completed and ready to move-in by mid-August.
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The first real bike corral in the state of North Carolina was installed last week on the corner of Hargett and Wilmington Street.
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New signage and paint job at the Wilmington Street entrance to the Moore Square Bus Station. These are just a few of several aesthetic improvements that are being made to this part of the station in an effort to increase safety and raise the level of service.
This is not part of the future Moore Square Bus Station redesign which could see a complete overhaul of the station in the future.
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Raleigh Skyline from the Boylan Bridge March 2013
The latest skyline shot from the Boylan Bridge. The soon to open Wake County Justice Center is adding some nice light with its fins along the upper crown of the building.
What do we need to do to get Two Hannover to turn on their lights during dusk these days?
Here are a few more slightly older photos from this angle.
Supermoon over Raleigh by dtraleigh, on Flickr taken March 2011.
For a quick refresher on the 2011 Supermoon, click here.
Dusk in Raleigh by dtraleigh, on Flickrtaken February 2009.
So the Justice Center doesn’t look like it’s adding much to the skyline from this angle. In the 2009 photo, the space looks already filled with the county courthouse. However, you can still see the Lawyer’s building that once stood on Salisbury Street and now the Justice Center occupies that space today.
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Last week, the City of Raleigh announced that they are partnering with Zipcar, the popular car-sharing service. The first cars in Raleigh will be located in downtown, in the Glenwood South district near the intersection of Lane Street and Glenwood Avenue.
This isn’t the city’s first experience with car-sharing. In the summer of 2010, WeCar, owned by Enterprise Rent-A-Car, rolled out two vehicles in downtown. The service didn’t last and about two years later was pulled.
I’m hoping for success with Zipcar in downtown Raleigh as WeCar really lacked the backing and experience that Zipcar has. They must be doing something right if Zipcar has about 80% of the car-share market.
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Renovation work begins on the future home of Citrix, located in downtown Raleigh Warehouse District.
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I spotted this drawing while I was at the Urban Design Center this week. Could this be the first rendering of Union Station? No. I’d put money down that it isn’t. It was just very cool to see it.
The latest is that a downtown design firm Clearscapes and a handful of others were selected in December to design Raleigh Union Station. This is according to a Facebook post.