Let It Snow 19 Inches For 19 Years of Blogging

Photo of Fayetteville Street with snow on January 20, 2009

The photo above shows snow all over Fayetteville Street almost 17 years ago, in January 2009. Don’t those trees look adorable? I’m writing this before the weekend’s wintry weather is supposed to hit us, but it felt like an appropriate photo to share. I can still see ice out my window from last weekend’s weather event, so why not add a little historical perspective of our main street during similar conditions?

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Checking In on the Blount Street Marriott TownePlace Suites

Photo of construction taking place on Blount Street

There’s some site work taking place at 415 South Blount Street, the site of a once announced TownePlace Suites By Marriott hotel. Are they working on the hotel now? I’m not sure. Maybe they are building a fancy parking lot, which would make more money than the currently closed dirt lot, so I wouldn’t be surprised. Of course, I hope the hotel announcement is coming soon and perhaps we can see some updated renderings.

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Pic of the Week

Photo of the construction site of the NC Education Campus

Above is a shot across Jones Street of the future North Carolina Education Campus as you exit the Nature Research Center. Three cranes have been actively moving materials throughout the year to piece together the State of North Carolina’s latest office building. The block-sized project still remains without any form of rendering or details, to the best of my knowledge anyway, and the Community is watching this one like a hawk.

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Pic of the Week

Photo of the construction site of Highline Glenwood

It’s not exciting to most people when a construction site is cleared out and all you see is equipment driving huge drill bits into the ground. However, if you’re reading this, I want to think you might be among the few that actually do get excited for this kind of stuff. We’re past the ribbon cutting and demolition at this point and foundation/site work is underway at Highline Glenwood.

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