Goodnight Raleigh - a look at the art, architecture, history, and people of the city at night
Image courtesy of/copyright NCSU Special Collections.
In the mid 1950s when the photo was taken, the building above was just built and the new home of Southeastern Radio Supply. If you know where this building is, then you’ve got a chance of finding a hidden package.
UPDATE: Keith Ritchie found the package located in Downtown Raleigh.
Little Raleigh Radio as seen at DesignBox
August has been a busy month for Raleigh, especially in terms of crowdfunded community service campaigns. Just as the A/V Geeks are wrapping up their efforts to raise money for the digitization of 16mm films, the Little Raleigh Radio fundraising project is winding down as well. Although the $10,000 all or nothing campaign recently met the original goal, there is still time to contribute to this exciting new project for Downtown Raleigh.
If you aren’t familiar with A/V Geeks, it’s an outfit run by Skip Elsheimer with the noble and unique mission to rescue and digitize tens of thousands of vintage educational 16mm films. He was extremely courteous in digitizing a special request for Goodnight Raleigh, the midcentury film above.  The excerpts show Balentine’s Cafeteria (now demolished) and other scenes from Cameron Village, including Colonial Foods. It also includes the NC State Brickyard, before it had bricks, circa 1964.
He is currently in the final stretch of a month-long crowdfunding campaign to digitize more films like this one. Every $35 contribution will digitize 10 minutes of film.
This week Flashback Friday soars high above Raleigh’s beloved State Capitol. The sophisticated 19th century Greek Revival building has stood on this spot for 175 years. We’ll also take a peek at the history of this building and its predecessors. So climb aboard and enjoy the flight!
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