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Bus Station — Raleigh, N.C.

Our Flashback Friday post for this week features a vintage ‘linen postcard’ image of Raleigh’s Moderne-styled bus station. It was built in 1940 and later demolished in the early 1980s.

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Morning View 042711

Getting excited about the opening of CAM on April 30th.

CAM: A Work of Art, Housing Works of Art

This weekend the Contemporary Art Museum will officially open with a catered street festival and black tie event Friday, and the free admission official ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday.

It’s my belief that CAM’s opening in this beautiful building in the Warehouse District is the greatest thing to happen to Downtown Raleigh since the new Convention Center opened almost three years ago.

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Baptist University (B.U.W.) Raleigh, N.C. [Updated]

This week we feature a beautifully tinted early postcard depicting the Baptist University for Women, now known as Meredith College. Our card shows its original building on Blount Street.

And the brief, hand-written message on the back says it all.

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Discuss Raleigh

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    • NCSU: “that could be said about pretty much everything NC State.” Uh – No.
    • Al: Streaking across the Brickyard was the best in the early 70′s!
    • JR Smith: ha ha ha. that could be said about pretty much everything NC State. “all in all, it’s not much...
    • NCSU: “…all in all, it’s not much but it’s ours.” Mmmmmmm. I was thinking the same thing about our...
    • Amy G. H.: When i read this post, I thought about this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =vK2u4y7J58I lol!
    • Ken: Absolutely hideous. I’ve seen nicer warehouse buildings. It would make a great canvas for graffiti.
    • Clay: Its been amazing reading all the stories about everyones experience going to the Underground. I would love to...
    • ben: Nice!


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