June 28th, 2011 — 8:32pm
Drawing of the NCSU Bookstore. Image is courtesy of and copyright NCSU Special Collections
The NC State Bookstore has been doomed for a few years, but its plight only became public about a year ago when plans for the Talley Student Center were published. On a muggy day filled with heat lightning and sporadic rain, the original Student Supply Store was demolished. In its place will be a grassy area behind the renovated Student Center.
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June 26th, 2011 — 9:52pm
According to Dana at gogoraleigh, a new site plan is under review for 425 N. Boylan Avenue, across from 712 Tucker. A 250-unit mixed-use building will be placed where a pair of early International Style buildings currently are.
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April 7th, 2011 — 6:45pm
Our Savior Lutheran Church is an incredibly rare example of an International Style church inside of 440. It won an AIANC award in 1967. The brick wall to the right of the sanctuary was added in 1989.
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March 27th, 2011 — 8:30pm
The building sits on one of the “points” of Five Points. The exterior is unique for buildings in Raleigh, consisting of a composite exterior and exposed steel supports. Characteristic of mid-1970s design, the building features several angles and less fenestration than the International Style buildings of the late 1960s.
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March 27th, 2011 — 8:09pm
The North Carolina Automobile Dealers Association is one of the few commercial buildings in Raleigh designed by the legendary architect, photographer, and NCSU College of Design professor Brian Shawcroft.
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March 20th, 2011 — 8:20pm
The Corning Glass Works complex (most recently AVX Corporation) has been empty for the past year or two. There is a sign on the front door dated 2010, but the place looks like it has been vacant for much longer. According to the EPA, this former capacitor manufacturing facility is a superfund site.
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March 17th, 2011 — 8:35pm
The East Branch Library, later the Richard B. Harrison Community Library, was designed by Milton Small and built in 1967. Although distinctly less Miesian in design with more brick and less glass, there are several identifying traits: fine polished wood slabs on the tops of the inside overhang, exposed steel supports, and black glasweld fascia.
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March 13th, 2011 — 8:53pm
1015 Wade Avenue is now home to LHC Structural Engineers. It is located very near other modernist structures, including the Occidental Insurance Building.
It may have once been a church, based on the brick pattern in front of the glass curtain wall.
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March 12th, 2011 — 4:17pm
The Occidental Insurance building was yet another Cameron Village-area building designed by Leif Valand. It was facing demolition several years ago, but was recently renovated by its new owner.
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March 9th, 2011 — 10:33pm
Char-Grill has been a staple of Downtown Raleigh for 50 years. It has been described as one of the few eating establishments in Raleigh where you will see the likes of police officers, elected state officials, college students, and the homeless all dining under the same roof.
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