Comments on: The Little BB&T Building http://goodnightraleigh.com/2009/02/the-little-bbt-building/ 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 By: John Morris http://goodnightraleigh.com/2009/02/the-little-bbt-building/comment-page-1/#comment-2739 John Morris Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:26:13 +0000 http://goodnightraleigh.com/?p=1484#comment-2739 Anyone have any pictures of the artwork that used to be there? Anyone have any pictures of the artwork that used to be there?

]]> By: Raleigh Boy http://goodnightraleigh.com/2009/02/the-little-bbt-building/comment-page-1/#comment-2725 Raleigh Boy Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:14:43 +0000 http://goodnightraleigh.com/?p=1484#comment-2725 Richard B.-- Yes, I remember very well when the Joe Cox colored glass wall sculpture was ungraciously removed. I commented to Joe soon after: "Joe, why would the bank trash that beautiful piece of art?" To which Joe, in his inimitable nonchalant way, replied: "Well, I guess they needed the space to pass money through the wall." Richard B.– Yes, I remember very well when the Joe Cox colored glass wall sculpture was ungraciously removed. I commented to Joe soon after: “Joe, why would the bank trash that beautiful piece of art?” To which Joe, in his inimitable nonchalant way, replied: “Well, I guess they needed the space to pass money through the wall.”

]]> By: John Morris http://goodnightraleigh.com/2009/02/the-little-bbt-building/comment-page-1/#comment-2724 John Morris Thu, 05 Feb 2009 03:43:37 +0000 http://goodnightraleigh.com/?p=1484#comment-2724 According to Elizabeth Waugh's Raleigh History book, it was in fact Carter Williams's firm -- although it was his brother Turner that designed it. According to Elizabeth Waugh’s Raleigh History book, it was in fact Carter Williams’s firm — although it was his brother Turner that designed it.

]]> By: Richard B. http://goodnightraleigh.com/2009/02/the-little-bbt-building/comment-page-1/#comment-2723 Richard B. Thu, 05 Feb 2009 03:36:15 +0000 http://goodnightraleigh.com/?p=1484#comment-2723 Are you sure it's Carter Williams, and not Milton Small? No effort was made to preserve the Joe Cox sculpture they yanked off of the end of the building when they stuck in an ATM. Are you sure it’s Carter Williams, and not Milton Small?

No effort was made to preserve the Joe Cox sculpture they yanked off of the end of the building when they stuck in an ATM.

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