Comments on: Mystery Skyline Angle

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:55:33 +0000

Thanks for the tip Mark. I didn’t know there was a way to get behind those buildings. I don’t know how many times I’ve said the same thing about the Peace/St Mary’s angle. If I had a cherry picker there would be a ton of better angles around town.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:24:43 +0000

The rear parking lot of the former Bickett Gallery is just as good or better because it pulls the Archdale Building in a little tighter even. Of course the “meatiest” view of all is still the Broughton shot ….getting up in a cherry picker though would help get the gas station out of the way but next time you are heading east on Peace at St Marys like at your “1:30″

By: JR

JR — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:37:44 +0000

I thought for sure you were south of the train tracks… somewhere just north of Seaboard Station. You must have one helluva zoom lens on your camera

By: Ernest

Ernest — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:16:12 +0000

I’ll give you lots of credit for discovering this angle. Thanks for sharing the mystery angle with us… The skyline looks nice from there, even though you had to do your magic and clear things up for us

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:42:39 +0000

Alright…here is the mystery location on Google Streetview during the summertime:

http://tinyurl.com/38k4qa

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:34:01 +0000

I’ve done some work at the old cotton mill where I was on the roof, that too is a good angle….next time I’ll get my camera.

By: Justin

Justin — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:10:19 +0000

Were you not in a parking lot off of Dale Street or north of that too?

By: Ernest

Ernest — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 04:01:19 +0000

I was in the location I thought you took the photos from and I could tell it wasn’t the one This is a mystery to me and I begin to get frustrated :LOL: I will find it, I promise you.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:45:27 +0000

You are closer now, or at least more in the same alignment, but I am actually north of that location. You can find some clues on Google Streetview, but its still hard to spot. It really is a shame this spot is not more accessible or unobstructed. You really can’t even see the full skyline as in the first picture, you have to shift a few feet.

By: Ernest

Ernest — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:03:39 +0000

My initial thought was that you took the photo from somewhere between West Str and Dale Str, but I was carried away and decided to go with the Fairview Str option. I know that I get a cool view when I drive on the Wade Ave bridge, as it turns into Capital Blvd, but you seem to be a little more to the South, in an elevated position. Am I closer now?

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:38:25 +0000

You are close Brandon/Ernest, but its actually not from that spot, hence the mystery.

By: Joey

Joey — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:50:53 +0000

Another point I have started to notice more and more is from the corner of St. Mary’s and Peace. If you stand up on the hill at Broughton and look between the gas station and the old magic shop. It’s nice at night.

By: Ernest

Ernest — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:35:26 +0000

The Edison is going to make a HUGE impact from this angle!!! Both towers will be visible, without even blocking Two Progress Plaza. Archdale Bldg may actually block much of the 38-story component, but the latter will still be visible.

By: Ernest

Ernest — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:33:04 +0000

Brandon got it right Check out a photo I took a little over a year ago:

http://www.pbase.com/raleighmsa/image/75903724.jpg

What a difference RBC Plaza made from this angle!!! Excellent photos, by the way. I always admire the clarity of your evening skyline shots!!!

By: Dustin

Dustin — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 04:01:58 +0000

I’ll give you a clue. It was Colonel Mustard in the library with the candlestick.

By: JR

JR — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:46:05 +0000

I noticed driving towards the Archdale Building from Seaboard you can really get a cool glimpse of the RBC plaza in the background. This one is rare because it is a northwestern perspective on downtown… it kind of looks like RBC is in front of the Wachovia building.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:37:34 +0000

is it @ the interchange of Fairveiw Road and Highway 401?????????? do i get a prize!?

By: john

john — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:14:42 +0000

I can’t figure out where you took this picture. One clue is that there is a train in front of this mystery spot.

By: TZ

TZ — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:38:11 +0000

Whoa! This view makes Archdale, Progess Energy, RBC, Wachovia, and BB&T look next door to each other!