Raleigh City Council Approves Hillsborough & Morgan St Roundabout Resolution

On May 8, 2008 the Raleigh City Council approved a resolution clearing the way for the Hillsborough and Morgan Street roundabout project.

The Council’s resolution requests that the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) delete a portion of Hillsborough Street from Glenwood Avenue to Oberlin Road and Morgan Street from Glenwood Avenue to Hillsborough Street from the list [...]

Raleigh growth: Then, now and the future

Fayetteville Street, Raleigh ca 1910

Fayetteville Street, Raleigh ca 1977

Fayetteville Street, Raleigh today

The State of North Carolina created Raleigh in 1792 to be the capital city or North Carolina.  Prior to the state choosing to build the capital city here, the area encompassing present-day Raleigh was known as Wake Crossroads. Wake Crossroads [...]

Raleigh Philosophical Society

I spent some time blogging this morning and I want to mention Raleigh Philosophical Society. I have been reading their blog for some time and I think it’s well written, thoughtful and reflects enthusiasm for Raleigh and interest in promoting our city.

If you are new to the Raleigh area, you will benefit from tips on outside dining, lively discussion of [...]

The reservation period for the Row and Carriage Homes in Blount Street Commons will begin April 19th. Open houses for the first 4 historic homes will start the following week on April 26th. Reservations on the Person’s Corner Live/Work condo over retail building will be available starting May 3rd. 

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Blount Street Commons 08/07

Blount Street Commons 01/08

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Bike sharing aids urban traffic

 

I was reading another blog this morning and found a great post about a new bike sharing program coming to Washington DC this May.

Clear Channel Outdoor, an outdoor advertising company, will launch the country’s first bike-share service in Washington, D.C., in mid-May in partnership with the district’s Department of Transportation. SmartBike DC will initially offer annual subscribers [...]

New focus on highly visible area of Raleigh

Busted. I try to beat the Raleigh News & Observer, or at least time my stories with them, but here I am reporting the day after they did.

One of downtown Raleigh’s scruffiest entrances would get a $12 million makeover from a townhouse project that’s in the early planning stages.

City Space Investment Group wants to replace [...]

Powerhouse site plan submitted to Raleigh Planning Department

A preliminary site plan has been submitted to Raleigh Planning for approval of a 206,883 Sq Ft mixed use building to include retail, office and hotel use. Called Powerhouse Plaza, the building is planned for a 5 story, 134 unit hotel and another 4 stories of office space and ground floor retail. The plan also includes accommodations [...]

Blount Street Commons

Reports from the News and Observer state “Once the entire project is complete in 2010, it could include up to 495 condominiums, townhouses and single-family homes, up to 110,000 square feet of shops and 25 renovated homes, some of them historic.”

Read our post from August 2007

 I just got the following in  my in-box this [...]

Downtown Raleigh mixed use projects

The Raleigh City Council has again voted unanimously this month to approve a site plan for the 1.18-acre site at the intersection of Hillsborough and Dawson streets for a 24-story mixed-use project to be called the Hillsborough. Reynolds Company, LLC most recently developed the Quorum Center.

The Hillsoborough will include a 136 room hotel, 26 condominium units, [...]

Liveable Streets

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Link to downtown Raleigh housing

Downtown Raleigh Developments

Downtown Housing Market Analysis (This is a study Raleigh for Raleigh competed [...]