Goodnight Raleigh - a look at the art, architecture, history, and people of the city at night
Our Flashback Friday postcard this week features the Olivia Raney Library, once known as Raleigh’s “Taj Mahal.” The beautifully detailed Italian Renaissance building was erected in 1899, but sadly, this Hillsboro St. landmark is now long gone.
Presenting, for Flashback Friday this week — a 100 year old postcard view of an incredible Raleigh architectural treasure — the Meredith College building. I’ve always loved this postcard, as it captures in vivid color a view of old Raleigh we can nowadays only imagine. And sadly…a view that is long-lost.
More than a year and a half ago we published our very first Flashback Friday postcard — a mid-20th century ‘color-tone’ view of Raleigh’s beloved Pullen Park. This week’s 100 year-old card revisits the scene from a similar vantage point, only everything was in black and white back then.
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