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

Nuclear Reactor Building, North Carolina State College, Raleigh, N.C.

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Did you know Raleigh is the home of the nation’s “First Temple of the Atom”? You can find out why this week on Flashback Friday as we visit the Nuclear Reactor Building on the NC State campus.

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Downtowner Motor Inn, Raleigh, N.C.

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This week’s Flashback Friday postcard is a colorful depiction of Raleigh’s Downtowner Motor Inn, one of the handful of urban motels that once dotted the downtown area in the 1960s.

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Edenton Street Methodist Church and Poindexter Memorial Educational Building, Raleigh, N.C.

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As a part of our occasional postcard series on Raleigh’s downtown churches, Flashback Friday this week visits our city’s oldest established house of worship — Edenton Street United Methodist Church.

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