http://goodnightraleigh.com/2008/08/medianeras-in-raleigh/ a look at the art, architecture, history, and people of the city at night Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:15:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://goodnightraleigh.com/2008/08/medianeras-in-raleigh/comment-page-1/#comment-3372 Kenneth Fri, 29 May 2009 23:45:05 +0000 http://goodnightraleigh.com/?p=590#comment-3372 Interesting post alright. How did it get the name ghost stairs? Interesting post alright. How did it get the name ghost stairs?

]]> http://goodnightraleigh.com/2008/08/medianeras-in-raleigh/comment-page-1/#comment-466 Raleigh Boy Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:16:57 +0000 http://goodnightraleigh.com/?p=590#comment-466 An interesting post. I never knew these things had a name! They used to be far more common downtown than they are now... All the infill construction going on has pretty much obliterated them from the streetscape. There is another one I can think of over on Hargett St. adjacent to one of Greg Hatem's recent restorations. On the east wall of the building that houses the Cave Art Gallery you can just make out the roofline of the old Royal Theater, one of Raleigh's two African-American movie theaters from the segregation era. It doesn't have nearly the dramatic effect of the "stairs to nowhere" on Wilmington St., but it is still an urban relic, nonetheless. An interesting post. I never knew these things had a name! They used to be far more common downtown than they are now… All the infill construction going on has pretty much obliterated them from the streetscape. There is another one I can think of over on Hargett St. adjacent to one of Greg Hatem’s recent restorations. On the east wall of the building that houses the Cave Art Gallery you can just make out the roofline of the old Royal Theater, one of Raleigh’s two African-American movie theaters from the segregation era. It doesn’t have nearly the dramatic effect of the “stairs to nowhere” on Wilmington St., but it is still an urban relic, nonetheless.

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