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Where in Raleigh? (#2)

It isn’t downtown, but it isn’t in the suburbs either. Do you know where this is?

New Raleigh Wars Tournament Begins This Friday

Raleigh’s home-brewed real-life game, Raleigh Wars, begins this Friday. Registration is open until July 27th, the same day the tournament begins.

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Art Deco Architecture: Raleigh’s Style in Short Supply

Durham Life Building

Architecturally speaking, Raleigh is known for its modernist buildings, specifically of the mid-century era. What we have far less of is Art Deco, which was popular in the 1920s to 1940s. This style combined a minimalist and sleek design with use of icons and patterns, sometimes from other cultures.

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    • Betty: Raleigh’s Missteps on cobblestone roads: A Painful Reminder you have given here is the best. I saw the people...
    • paula williams-james: My Grandparents and children lived on Ramcatte road in 1930 census. Grandparents worked at...
    • Honey Lucas Burnham: I’m so sorry to see the end of the Velvet Cloak Inn! I opened at the “Club of the 8 Lords” which...
    • norman graham: In about 1900’s, Billy Graham’s line of cousins, in Buncombe NC, went down to Muscle...
    • kim: I know this is old, but what Mr. Eby wrote is true. Smoot was trying to evict the whole block, but...
    • peepee poopoo: Ya hillsborough street yaya
    • Lawrence Lindsey: Is there any documentation who the two African American ladies are in the photograph? I was told...
    • marko: It’s so awesome that this fountain has been cleaned up and moved to a beautiful spot looking at the court. :)


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