Goodnight Raleigh - a look at the art, architecture, history, and people of the city at night
Well-worn footpaths exist in cities, suburban areas, and even the rural wilderness, but did you know they had a name? I didn’t until reading an article about their prevalence in other areas. They are referred to as Pathways of Desire and represent the shortest path between an origin and destination where no constructed walkway exists.
About 5 months ago, we launched a campaign to restore Raleigh’s first piece of public art, The Color Wall. Since that time, we’ve raised nearly $4,000 toward the effort to bring it back to life.
Karl gives us an update on new developments over at the Color Wall Restoration Fund web site.
I got an email from the guys at Post22 about a new skateboarding video they put together, and it really shows Raleigh in a new light. Not sure who the guys behind it are, but one of the guys in the video is Travis from SkateNC.com.
The video is nothing short of spectacular.
This past Saturday was the Third Annual “Assassin’s Ball“, held at the soon to be opened Isaac Hunter’s Oak City Tavern. It was a gathering of participants, their guests, and others to celebrate the end of another round of “Raleigh Wars”, an urban assassin game that takes places a couple of times a year.
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Want a tiny physical reminder of Raleigh? City-Blox are 2"x3" photographic prints mounted directly to wood blocks. You can support this blog by buying them at Etsy.
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