The Clarion Building
My first few experiences with photography downtown involved the Clarion Building. In fact, the third post to this blog included a picture I took in 2004 from the top of the Clarion Hotel when the Tower Lounge and Restaurant was in the process of being built/formed. I also had another post where the top of the Clarion Tower looked like a UFO because the middle part was obscured by trees.
I’m not sure how some in the local architectural community in general feel about this building, but I view it as a landmark and am very proud to have it in my home town.
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09/06/2009
Look closely at the beginning of the film Sideways; as Miles (Paul Giammatti’s character) drives to pick up Jack in L.A. he passes a Holiday Inn that is a carbon copy of the Raleigh Holiday Inn (now the Clarion). Bob Burns always declared that he despised this building architecturally and that is did not “fit” Raleigh.
10/15/2009
My parents party there the night of their wedding, in 1969. I love this building. Its like fitting a round peg in a square hole!