Downtown Raleigh’s newest hotel is opening for business, complete with a Starbucks and restaurant. Here are some previews of the new building.

Downtown Raleigh Marriott City Center

Raleigh Marriott with Two Hannover

Looking north from the new block of Fayetteville Street

Circular lobby entrance to the Raleigh Marriott City Center

Inside the lobby of the Raleigh Marriott City Center

Inside the lobby of the Raleigh Marriott City Center

A Hallway of new Raleigh Marriott

Last but not least…

View from the top of new Downtown Raleigh Marriott.

Bonus: New lighting on Raleigh’s new Convention Center

I noticed that the Site One/Charter Square tower crane appeared to be leaning last week when I was out taking pictures on several occasions:

Leaning Tower crane at Charter Square site

Leaning Tower crane at Charter Square site from Clarion

The West at North and Glenwood South

RBC Plaza from the rooftop of the old Capital Club building

Downtown from the Clarion Hotel

Two Hannover Square with the illumination still turned off

Empire Properties L Building tower crane at sunset

Wachovia and buildings along Fayetteville Street

RBC Plaza spire and crown, with aircraft beacons blazing

Glenwood South area

Marriott, BB&T, Banks of America

BB&T peeks between West at North and the Quorum Center

Dusk

The new convention center

Urban fitness

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Wachovia and RBC stand together

Moon and West at North balconies

Glenwood Avenue apartments

Close up of RBC

Raleigh Sheraton, One Progress Energy, Two Hannover

High over Martin Street

Norfolk Southern locomotives on their way to Fuquay-Varina

Gotham

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Bloomsbury Estates

2 Progress Plaza

Sheraton and BB&T, etc

Thanks to Brian Summers and Matt Robinson (the guy with the same name as me) of North State Bank for inviting me atop their offices at Salisbury and Martin Street.