2011 February | Goodnight Raleigh

Roy Gussow, designer of “The Egg” at the NCSU College of Design, dies at 92

1970 Sidewalk Art Show : From the North Carolina State University Library Archives

The College of Design at North Carolina State University is known for its venerable history. However, few relics are as significant and have played such a catalyzing social role as Roy Gussow’s ellipsoidal sculpture.

Designed in 1961 during Gussow’s stint as a professor at the college, the sculpture has affectionately been called “The Egg” by countless design students for half a century. Nested in the courtyard between Kamphoefner and Brooks Hall, its gleaming mirrored exterior and unique shape are impossible to miss.

Raleigh’s Fabled Fayetteville Street

by Raleigh Boy
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This postcard depicts Fayetteville St. — as I remember it — the mid 1960s. And of course, back then my trusty Kodak Instamatic was always in tow.

Oak View Park, an Agricultural Treasure Almost Lost

by John Morris
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Just a bit down the road from Raleigh’s new transit facility in East Raleigh is Oak View Park. This public county park features an antebellum farm house, an older house (later kitchen) that dates to at least as far back as the 1820s, a cotton gin house, and goats, among many other artifacts pertaining to cotton farming in the south.

The Revenue Building

by John Morris
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This 1920s view of the NC Revenue Building facing Capitol Square shows two long demolished buildings: Raleigh Fire Station 1 (left) and the Olivia Raney Library (right).

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