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Wiccan Shrine — Or What?

posted by Raleigh Boy in Hidden
July 30, 2010
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Over the past several months I have been exploring and photographing old streetcar tracks and pavements that have been exposed in the course of the many repaving projects now underway in downtown Raleigh. One of those forays took me deep beneath the city streets — and this is what I discovered.

Let There Be Light (and Color!)

posted by Raleigh Boy in Arts, NCSU
June 21, 2010
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Goodnight Raleigh is happy to announce that the celebrated light sculpture, Color Wall, created in 1972 by renowned Raleigh artist and beloved College of Design professor, Joe Cox, will soon once again bedazzle Hillsborough Street. The Color Wall will be relit at a public event during the official reopening and dedication of Hillsborough Street celebration to be held on Sept. 25. You can visit the Color Wall Web site for more information. Goodnight Raleigh will keep our readers posted as details of the public re-lighting are finalized.

Revealing the Future: The Story of Raleigh’s G&S Department Store Building

posted by Raleigh Boy in History, Then & Now
May 21, 2010
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For more than a decade Empire Properties has been a leader in the revitalization of Downtown Raleigh. The company’s redevelopment and historic preservation efforts have brought back to life many of downtown’s long neglected historic commercial structures. Most notable among these are the Masonic Temple Building (1907), the Raleigh Times Building (1906), the Raleigh Furniture Building (1914), the East Hargett Street Odd Fellows Building (ca 1881), the Carolina Trust Building (1902) and the former Heilig-Levine Furniture Building (aka Central Hotel, ca 1870).

The Heilig-Levine Building as seen from the G&S Department Store through 19th century window glass.

Empire’s latest venture in historic preservation/adaptive use is the current rehab of the former G&S Department Store on S. Wilmington Street — or wait a minute — could that be E. Hargett Street?

Joe Cox Paintings to Remain on Exhibit Through April 17

posted by Raleigh Boy in Arts
April 2, 2010
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“Study for Color Wall” (Photo by Dave Delcambre)

One of our readers, Dave Delcambre, College of Design graduate and supporter of the Color Wall restoration project, has written an in-depth review of the Joe Cox Exhibition of Paintings and Works on Paper, which is published on his blogsite, ‘nc art blog’. Also, several of Dave’s previously unpublished photos of Joe’s works in the exhibition may be seen on the Color Wall Web site.

If you have not done so already, there is still time to view the collection of 18 Joe Cox paintings and works on paper at the Lee Hansley Gallery Too, 126 Glenwood Ave., Raleigh. The gallery is also open 6-9 pm this Friday night (April 2) for a First Friday showing. The exhibition closes April 17.