Raleigh Marriott City Center Open for Business

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

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

Leaning Tower Crane of Raleigh

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

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
Leaning Tower crane at Charter Square site

Leaning tower crane
Leaning Tower crane at Charter Square site from Clarion

Downtown Raleigh - July 18, 2008

Friday, July 18th, 2008


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.