At the corner of Davie and McDowell Street is a small structure that was put up a month or two ago. On the fence around it reads:
Exterior Wall Systems Mockup
Wake County Justice Center
The Justice Center is now under construction and this mockup gives you an idea of what the exterior will look like. Click the picture for a full view of the mockup.
The International Festival of Raleigh is an annual celebration that offers 3 days of international performances, food, games, art and cultural exhibits at the Raleigh Convention Center. Over 50 different groups from around the world participate to showcase their cuisine, traditional dance and music; to share traditions and to celebrate the Triangle’s unique diversity. Venues include:
Friday, Oct. 1, 2010: 4:30pm – 10pm
Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010: 10am – 10pm
Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010: 11am – 7pm
Raleigh Convention Center: 500 South Salisbury Street; Raleigh, NC 27601
Last week I had a wide angle lens that I was borrowing for a trip. I had one more day before returning it so I hit the sidewalks and walked around downtown Raleigh for some pictures. Here are some raw photos of the Green Square project under construction for those that don’t see it too often.
If you click on the photos, a gallery pops up with larger pictures and more then are shown. RSS and e-mail viewers please click the source link to view it.
Steel rises out of the ground at the Justice Center construction site at Salisbury and Martin Streets.
I posted the concept plan for the Moore Square Redesign over at The Raleigh DLA site. This was the one that was used during the public workshops last week. Jump over and click the image for the full view.
Moore Square Concept Plan Released – Raleigh DLA
Did you hear about the Hopscotch Music Festival that took place in Raleigh this weekend? I was out each night for lots of club shows and overheard a few people that were out of the loop and could not get into places because they were not part of the event. Woops. Although I’m sure that happens everywhere.
Anyway, I want to thank Jake Seaton at the MyNC Music blog for letting me take photos during the event. See the links below for my photos and I’m sure this week, more and more will pop up on the various blogs and your other sources of triangle coverage.
Oh Snap: Hopscotch Night 1 — dtraleigh.com
Oh Snap: Hopscotch Night 2 — dtraleigh.com
Oh Snap: Hopscotch Night 3 — dtraleigh.com
So now that the fantastic event is over, here’s looking forward to it again next year.
Tetris of Hannover by dtraleigh, on Flickr
Tomorrow, September 9th, 2010, the city of Raleigh is hosting two workshops on the Moore Square Redesign. This workshop aims at getting your input for the draft master plan that is currently in the works. There are two sessions that you can attend:
The workshop will be at Cobblestone Hall, which is located on Wolfe Street, or inside the historic City Market building. Registration is not required so show up to get more details on the project, give your feedback, and gawk at the interior of the City Market building.
You can see some of the winning designs from Chris Counts Studio on Flickr but the current design is slightly different then what you see there. If you take a look at the picture above, that is the model of Moore Square that was shown to us at the Public Leadership Group, which I am a part of.
A new feature for Moore Square will be the large lawn around the center of the square. According to their research, the design firm claims that there is a lot of green space in Moore Square already but with so many paths and mulch, the green space is cut up and divided into small sections. One large, grassy lawn would be more flexible and can allow visitors to take part in more activities.
The design also incorporates some small hills and/or smooth rocks on one side of the lawn. In response to comments about making the square more play-friendly for children, Chris Counts decided to go with a natural playground of hills and, what I’ll call, “natural obstacles” rather then a traditional playground of plastic slides and a jungle gym.
These, as well as more ideas for the square, are still up in the air and public comments are needed to help mold the Moore Square master plan. Tomorrow’s workshop should be a good one.
