Top: Rendering of Apple's new headquarters in Cupertino, CA. Bottom: Model of Columbus Circle Shopping Center in NYC by former NCSU architecture professor Matthew Nowicki. Bottom image courtesy of and copyright NCSU SCRC.

The announcement of Apple’s new campus in Cupertino, California created a bit of buzz amongst the company’s fans as well as architecture enthusiasts. The design has been likened by many to a spaceship. It will feature several technological innovations as well as provide its own power from an on-site natural gas plant.

While many were focusing on how new and different this building is, I couldn’t help but think how similar it is to the Columbus Circle Shopping Center Proposal (unbuilt), drawn up more than 60 years ago by the former head of NCSU’s architecture program, Matthew Nowicki.

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Missed my post last Wed. due to a dentist appointment. Went by Walnut Terrace this AM in the hopes of getting some interesting images of the demolition. Even I have my limits as to where I’ll go.

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This week for Flashback Friday we feature an unexpected find — yet another postcard sent in 1913 from our love-smitten Raleigh swain, ’Cullen,’ to his sweetheart in Florida.
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