Have you ever walked down the cobblestone roads in City Market? Better yet, have you ever ridden a bicycle through those roads? If so, you’re aware of how rough and uncomfortable the path is. There’s a reason: the cobblestones — or more accurately, Belgian Block — are not in their original state. The only two (major) examples left of this once common way of road building were restored incorrectly, resulting in an uneven and bumpy surface.

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Pictured above is Brian, a driver that will get you home in a unique way–inside your vehicle. The idea is simple: you call a number (877-No DUI NC) and one of Zingo’s four drivers arrives on a bike that can fold up and fit inside your vehicle. The Zingo driver takes you home in your car, and rides away in the fold-up scooter.

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On Caswell Square (one of the five original public spaces on the 1792 plan for Raleigh) and adjacent to the Oral Hygiene Building lies an overlooked gem of late Victorian Raleigh architecture; the NC School for the Blind and Deaf. With the destruction of ‘Raleigh’s Own Castle‘ in 1967 and later the Park Hotel in 1975, this structure stands with the former Leonard Medical School building as one of the last two remaining examples of turreted public buildings in the area.

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