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Jen and Amanda at Sushi Blues

New LEDs On The Pedestrian Bridge, But Why?

About two weeks ago, there was a ceremony celebrating the installation of some 120 LEDs on the pedestrian bridge that goes over the 440 beltline. Upon reading this from a remote location over the holidays, I was initially excited at this development. I was under the assumption that two things had happened:

1) The pedestrian bridge had a different appearance under the cover of darkness

2) There was no longer a locked fence barring entry to the Museum of Art side from the Meredith College side

As it turns out, both assumptions were incorrect.
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Raleigh Muncipal Building

Milton Small designed the Raleigh Muncipal Building in 1960, which was later converted to the headquarters for the RPD.

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