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Patterson Hall, NC State College, Raleigh, N.C.

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Featured on Flashback Friday this week is a classic mid-century photochrome postcard depicting NC State University’s Patterson Hall. The stately buff-colored brick building has been a campus landmark for more than 100 years.

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Cameron Village, Raleigh, N.C.

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This week on Flashback Friday we’re making a quick stop in the wayback machine at Raleigh’s Cameron Village Shopping Center.  “Shop as you please, with the greatest of ease, in the wonderful Cameron Village!”

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Rex Hospital, Raleigh, N.C.

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This week on Flashback Friday we showcase a postcard image every Raleigh native will recognize — the venerable Rex Hospital. Although the building no longer functions as such, and has been repurposed as an office facility by the State of North Carolina, the building still reigns proudly overlooking St. Mary’s St.

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    • Matt: Cobblestone restoration is one of those topics that quietly reveals a city’s priorities. The point about...
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