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 […]
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The Tucker Crane Arrives
The Tucker is finally showing some real life and a crane has appeared at the construction site. Last I heard, phase I was supposed to open in summer of 2009, with the entire project complete a year later. Thanks, Ashton!
The State of Hillsborough St.
Hillsborough St. gets my vote as being one of the most important streets for downtown. From the Capitol building out to Glenwood, the first six blocks will be a major route that connects Glenwood South and Fayetteville St. The zig zag route should become the spine of activity for downtown. It is pretty clear that […]
Pic of the Week
Wide view of The Hue construction.
Slow Goings At The Atrium
The Atrium is still not complete. It is actually in standby mode and there has not been work here in months. I do not know of what will eventually happen here but it is not looking good so far. Could this be another dead project? Anyway, I wanted to highlight the facade change. Here are […]
EnviroCon: Green Square Project Moving Forward
Here is a sleeper project that I think is not talked about much. The Green Square project will involve two new buildings and a parking deck on the south side of Jones St. between Dawson and Salisbury St. The billboards placed around the site give the following details: Headquarters for the NC Department of Environment […]
Justice Center Expansion, $200+ Million and a Historic Raleigh Cost
The needs of the county are growing and Wake must provide proper justice services to all of us. To do this, Wake is expanding the current Public Safety Center with this new $214 million project pictured above. Here is the site in Google maps: View Larger Map The ugly parking deck, the Garland Jones building, […]
CON-struction and D-struction
The early winter sunsets are really cutting into my weekday opportunities to go out and take pictures of things downtown. I really think pictures help to add more to the story but we’ve all got a life and a job to do. Anyway, today I have more quick news regarding construction downtown that may be […]