(Plans for Blount Street Commons began with a vision to integrate 25 historic homes with contemporary ideas in ome design and urban living. See this vision take shape on Saturday as two historic homes move to a new address in downtown Raleigh)

…I realize that Raleigh will continue to be what it has been in the last 4 decades.An aesthetic and cultural crime unfolding in real time.The only positive thing about this is that unlike the totally obstreperous and asinine ‘redevelopments of the 50s,60s,70,and 80s when any house would just be bulldozed.At least now they are ‘moved’.

As I only am too capable of imagining the reality of a statement like the former by Seekthesummit I can just imagine how out of sync Blount street will be culturally and aesthetically with polyglot polymorphous architectural contradictions.

Score…Developers 1,000,001- Heritage 13

Let’s hear it,for the true ‘Raleigh way’… “Development Über Alles.”

Here’s WRAL’s account of the event, with video of the tire mishap.
http://www.wral.com/news/local/video/3423859/

Here’s the N&O account. According to this article the air date on National Geographic’s “Mega Moves” will be in late November
http://www.newsobserver.com/print/sunday/city_state/story/1191399.html

I Moved my house . The building was of 1946 construction and remains 55’ long by 34’ wide. The structure weighed some 225 tons (450,000#), roughly half a million pounds, the two story, brick veneer structure had to be moved some 165’ from its original lot to another contiguous property and raised some 20’ higher than it had been. It was under the supervision of Wolfe.

I’ve actually seen an episode of this show before where they moved another old house in NC. I think it was near Charlotte.

(from downtownraleigh.com)

Two Historic Homes Moving! in Blount Street Commons – Corner of N. Blount and Peace St.
Saturday, August 23

Watch history “move” to a new address – two of Raleigh’s grandest HistoriccHomes move this Saturday at 8:30am!

Plans for Blount Street Commons began with a vision to integrate 25 historic homes with contemporary ideas in ome design and urban living. See this vision take shape on Saturday as two historic homes move to a new address in downtown Raleigh. Be part of the audience as National Geographic films these two monumental house moves to be featured on the hit show, Monster Moves.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness a part of Raleigh’s history in the (re)making!

That is evident not only from the back in the day shots, but from today as well. I would be proud to live in a house like that today.