Goodnight Raleigh - a look at the art, architecture, history, and people of the city at night

The Oak Leaf Light Towers Preview

It looks like someone forgot to turn the power off to one of the towers on the City Plaza site. This was the first time I’ve seen any splash of color on the still under construction public art piece. From what I recently learned, this is but a pale shadow of what these 50+ ft. towers are capable of.

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Small Business Spotlight: The Cupcake Shoppe

After riding a high PR wave with the likes of introducing President Obama at a rally in Raleigh and giving away over 3,000 cupcakes as a way to thank customers for two years of business, The Cupcake Shoppe on Glenwood Avenue continues to add charm to downtown and look toward the future.

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The Staudt Bakery: Vacant For 50 Years – What Next?

If you’ve driven down Hillsborough Street towards downtown, then you’ve gone past the old Staudt Bakery at the Hillsborough/Morgan Street split.  This nondescript art moderne-styled building from the 1940s has sat vacant for around 50 years.

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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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