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The Angelic Pedicab Driver

Jayne, waiting in front of Tir Na nOg for people needing a lift to their next destination.

Are We Saying Goodbye to the Wilmont?

(image credit John Morris)

On Friday, residents of the Hillsborough Street landmark The Wilmont learned they have 30 days to move out or face eviction proceedings. A tenant filed a complaint with the city about a hole in the ceiling, and series of inspections and investigations followed. City Council then passed on ordinance declaring it unfit for human habitation.

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Shining a Light Under the Boylan Ave. Bridge

As uliveandyouburn so elequently stated a few months ago, the underbelly of the Boylan Avenue bridge is a collection of the dark and dirty parts of Raleigh. For decades it served as a transit point for train hoppers as well as hobo camps. Now, it’s mostly quiet.

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    • 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
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