By a complete chance encounter, I happened upon two gentlemen with professional photography gear taking photos of someone moving mannequins and other items from an upstairs loft.

Naturally, I was interested in the absurdity of the situation. Seeing two mannquins–a torso sticking out of an engine block and one that was scantily clad while looking on was certainly something you don’t see every day.

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The 4000 hp General Electric Genesis

Bloomsbury Estates in the background

Collecting passengers

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Before It was Glenwood South

This is how Ravenscroft School looked in 1972, right after the Glenwood Towers seniors apartment building was built. It had remained virtually unchanged since my school days there in the late 1950s. The buildings were converted to office use shortly after this photo was taken. Below is the view today.

Last week GNR publisher John Morris and I attended the Blogger Bash at the Edge Office on Glenwood Ave. Afterwards, we stopped in at a nondescript bar on Tucker Street around the corner from the Cafe Helios coffee shop.

As we were sitting on the outdoor deck sipping our brew, engaged in heady conversation, John asked me if I remembered Glenwood South when the strip was primarily a commercial and industrial area. (He relocated to Raleigh just four years ago, so he knows the area only as the entertainment district it has become in recent years.)

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