Weekly Downtown Series - May 7, 2008

Crowning RBC Plaza - Update: 3rd Section - 04/26/2008
Construction workers await the first piece in the morning sun. RBC Plaza ready for its crown. Unidentified helicopter monitoring the event. Making final adjustments. Removing the temporary wheels. It begins to rise. Standing ...

RBC Plaza Crown Segment Ready for Liftoff - 04/25/2008
This weekend we should begin to see RBC Plaza reach its final height before the spire is attached. One of the four pieces of the decorative crown were moved to the middle of Martin Street in preparation for placement at ...

Raleigh Rainbows - 04/20/2008
The sun dipped under clouds just in time Sunday night to create a high arched rainbow over downtown Raleigh along with golden skies. Anticipating this, I waited at the Boylan Avenue Bridge, and nature didn’t ...

RaleighSkyline.com - Now in 21.1 Megapixels! - 04/11/2008
I just upgraded my 2 and a half year old 12.8 megapixel Canon EOS 5D to the new Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III. Here’s to hi-res images.

Electric April Skyline - 04/04/2008
I caught a couple lightning bolts over the Raleigh skyline from the thunderstorms this evening. I didn’t anticipate the storm tonight so I got soaked with no umbrella while my wife sat in the car. City Lightning over ...

New Wachovia Rooftop Sign Mockup - 03/27/2008
There has been recent news that Raleigh’s Wachovia Capitol Center wants to join the rooftop signage and logo war. This past December, with the threat of RBC Plaza stealing the focal point of the skyline, Two Hannover ...

Late March Mini Series - 03/26/2008
Here are few photographs sitting in the queue. Hodge Road and US 264 view. I expected the RBC Plaza to seem a little taller at this juncture. The full Moon rise accompanies construction workers on RBC. Skyline view near the ...

Episode 43 - GT Cast (part 1) - 04/15/2008
GT Cast (part 1) - On this experimental podcast, Dustin and Matt attempt to cast from different locations within Raleigh.  They discuss the current happenings of the website and a few downtown topics.  Stay tuned to part 2 ...

Episode 42 - Return of the Cast - 02/20/2008
Return of the Cast - With the writers back in full force, the RalSky cast crew whips up a short podcast. With the first episode of the year, they catch up on what has been going since the last cast. Some downtown topics ...

Episode 41 - Script Free - 11/27/2007
Script Free - Due to the writer’s strike, there is no description this week. All that is left is a downtown segment and a sports segment. Runtime: 51:00

Raleigh Skyline Tech Talk - Episode Two - 02/28/2008
This is the second episode of the Raleigh Skyline Tech Talk podcast. This is the podcast where Dustin and Matt discuss recent technology topics.  Topic covered in this podcast include the High Definition disk format war, ...

Mongo Slade on The Future Raleigh Skyline - 05/09/2008
Ernest, Obviously you have TC on ignore. My so called unrealistic comments are in response to TC's nonsense about your sister city. I just think the hypocrisy is too funny! Also you can imply Raleigh didn't recruit RBC all ...

Anonymous on The Future Raleigh Skyline - 05/09/2008
Oh yeah and.....Welcome back Mongo!

Anonymous on The Future Raleigh Skyline - 05/09/2008
I really want the NFL to play in Raleigh, but I am pretty sure that they wouldn't put two teams in North Carolina. I also think that if Raleigh was to have a professional baseball team, the stadium would have to be built ...

Ernest on The Future Raleigh Skyline - 05/09/2008
Mongo Slade, I was wondering what happened to you... We really missed you... It is entertaining to read comments that STILL do not reflect reality. Keep going, don't let me stop you, but let me clarify things, in case any ...

Travis on The Future Raleigh Skyline - 05/09/2008
I agree that the NFL should be in Raleigh. It's only 8 home games. For 8 weekends, we could deal with the traffic problems and all that. It would be worth it. Me and some friends were discussing this last week and we all ...