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Raleigh Banking and Trust Co., Raleigh, N.C.

Ral Nat Bank_web

The classic bank building seen here, a veritable ‘temple of fortune,’ still stands on Fayetteville St. — sort of. You will find out why it is still there, and yet, why it is not, this week, on Flashback Friday.

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WILLAPALOOZA in Downtown Raleigh this Saturday

Willapalooza poster

Won’t you join Goodnight Raleigh this weekend for WILLAPALOOZA, a celebration of life offered in support to Raleigh resident Willa Stein, who is courageously battling extensive cancer. Willa is a local photographer who has called Boylan Heights home for 27 years.

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Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, North Carolina

Fayetteville St_1965_web

A couple weeks ago Flashback Friday took a look at a 1915 viewcard of Fayetteville Street, looking south from the north end. This week we take another look, this time from the south looking north, 50 years hence — with a revealing twist.

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