Goodmon Ends City’s Perversion of Plensa
By now you surely know that Capitol Broadcasting Chairman Jim Goodmon gracefully rescinded his offer of $2.5M for an artistic public space on Raleigh’s new Fayetteville Street. The announcement is the latest in a string of disappointments regarding not only the project, but downtown Raleigh’s renaissance which, just one year ago, seemed to have unstoppable [...]
West At North Grows
The West At North is apparently growing before it’s even born. The condo project slated for the intersection of West and North Streets is now advertising 15 floors of units. This appears to be roughly three extra floors since the rendering of the building was painted. 9/12 addition: Here is more information (.pdf file)
Block Party Celebrates TV Stations 22 and 28
Before sister stations UPN28 and WB22 change their affiliations to MyTV and CW, respectively, on the 18th, they will host a block party at Moore Square on Saturday. Beginning at 5pm, the party will feature actors such as One Tree Hill’s Barbara Alyn Woods and Moira Kelly, A Different World’s Dawnn Lewis, Chris (Play) Martin, [...]
Progress Energy Center Revamps Lineup
I love watching concert venue lineups as they change. So many times venues become predictable and it is rare that anything all that interesting comes. The Progress Energy Center, though, has recently announced some events that look fascinating. Tickets for all events are on sale now through Ticketmaster. 9/15/06 – The Lion King (Memorial Auditorium) [...]
New Convention Center Site Up and Running
The new website for the Raleigh Convention Center is up. At this point it is more of a style change than a substance change, but keep your eyes on it because interesting stuff will slowly be added. It does, however, have links to the sites rendering fly-thru and live construction cam.
