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

Capital Club Building, Raleigh, N.C.

Our Flashback Friday postcard this week depicts downtown Raleigh’s familiar Art Deco-styled landmark, the Capital Club Building. The 12-story skyscraper has occupied the corner of Martin and Salisbury Streets since 1930.

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Wachovia Bank Building, Raleigh, N.C.

This week for Flashback Friday we feature a photochrome postcard depicting the former Wachovia Bank building on Fayetteville St. First introduced in the the late 1930s, ‘chromes’ have dominated American postcard production since the mid-1950s.

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Fayetteville Street, Looking North, Raleigh, NC

We have published several “Fayetteville Street looking north” postcards on Flashback Friday, but this one is a little different — in 1917 the writer tagged a specific office building, new on the street scene at the time. ‘X’ marks the spot.

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