Simply amazing shots. The colors are so beautiful, too!!! I am glad you provided us with so many gorgeous skyline shots. While I always enjoy the view from Duke Hospital’s parking deck, I must say I was impressed with the photo taken from NCSU (the 3rd shot, to be exact). The overall clarity of the photos is simply amazing, too. Thanks, Matt, your work is always outstanding!!!
I don’t know about you guys, but I love the view of North Hills from Duke Hospital (14th photo). It is simply amazing and I think that once the rest of the high-rises are built there that little section will look amazing. A second skyline for Raleigh will be developed
Great shots! The third picture (I believe taken from D.H. Hill) is fantastic. This should be the new “money” shot for the city. It really enhances the skyline. As a proud alum of NCSU, I dig all of the photos that include State’s campus. Thanks.
Funny thing about RBC Plaza is it’s like giving a kid one piece of candy …. makes the child want more more more. I can’t wait til the skyline really fills out. But it’s probably best that the child doesn’t get all the candy he wants, makes the candy taste better. So when the skyline is truly – here it will be all the more satisfying in that is was built slowly and thoughtfully over time.
I have a couple of favorites of my own – first of all, love seeing the police horses! How cool would it be to see some of the space at Dorothea Dix preserved as park space and then eventually intregrated into downtown through growth, and regularly see horses patroling the area?
I also love the shot from Peace Street & St. Mary’s (4th shot from the end) by Broughton HS. I’ve taken a number of photos from this corner both at day and night and even though the traffic signals and utility lines get in the way, I love the downtown density that appears from this angle. If the Hillsborough and Winston Towers were ever to be built, that would make for a really impressive shot from here! Matt, I am surprised you haven’t found a way to somehow get on top of Broughton HS to get over those utility lines and put that zoom lens to use from there.
I still wish that something could be done with the property below the Boylan St. bridge next to the wye. Granted, it has been cleaned up some in the past year and looks much better than it once was, but I would love to see that property developed just to clean up the look of the area in front of the downtown skyline there. Hmm, seems to me that the words “raleighskyline.com” could have been Photoshopped somewhere on the side of that old boxvan trailer there. LOL
I didn’t write captions this time around because when I posted the series I had just come back from the ER after getting 15 stitches in my thumb (and on Percocet), and wasn’t up for it. They will return.
Matt thanks for these great pics. I like the one of what I think are the cranes for the Cap Trust building? Can you revisit that shot again once the building is visible above the trees?
November 20th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
Great phots Matt
Yay!!
November 21st, 2008 at 12:05 am
Beautiful! Thanks, Matt.
November 21st, 2008 at 12:28 am
the D.H. Hill photos are amazing!!
November 21st, 2008 at 1:09 am
LOVE the NCSU ones, especially the large belltower shots! Fantastic as always!
November 21st, 2008 at 8:34 am
Beautiful shots Matt. Love the never seen before views of the city from state.
November 21st, 2008 at 9:05 am
Great photos!
November 21st, 2008 at 9:34 am
gorgeous as always. love the ones of campus!!!
November 21st, 2008 at 11:15 am
Simply amazing shots. The colors are so beautiful, too!!! I am glad you provided us with so many gorgeous skyline shots. While I always enjoy the view from Duke Hospital’s parking deck, I must say I was impressed with the photo taken from NCSU (the 3rd shot, to be exact). The overall clarity of the photos is simply amazing, too. Thanks, Matt, your work is always outstanding!!!
I don’t know about you guys, but I love the view of North Hills from Duke Hospital (14th photo). It is simply amazing and I think that once the rest of the high-rises are built there that little section will look amazing. A second skyline for Raleigh will be developed
November 21st, 2008 at 11:32 am
Wonderful pictures! Thanks!
November 21st, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Welcome back Matt! Love the pics!
November 21st, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Absolutely gorgeous!
November 21st, 2008 at 9:19 pm
Great shots! The third picture (I believe taken from D.H. Hill) is fantastic. This should be the new “money” shot for the city. It really enhances the skyline. As a proud alum of NCSU, I dig all of the photos that include State’s campus. Thanks.
November 21st, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Amazing as always !!!!
Funny thing about RBC Plaza is it’s like giving a kid one piece of candy …. makes the child want more more more. I can’t wait til the skyline really fills out. But it’s probably best that the child doesn’t get all the candy he wants, makes the candy taste better. So when the skyline is truly – here it will be all the more satisfying in that is was built slowly and thoughtfully over time.
Of course we could go a LITTLE faster
November 22nd, 2008 at 12:09 am
Cool photos. I use to work on the Fayetteville Street mall many years ago. Could do without the road construction down there though!
November 22nd, 2008 at 2:22 am
I have a couple of favorites of my own – first of all, love seeing the police horses! How cool would it be to see some of the space at Dorothea Dix preserved as park space and then eventually intregrated into downtown through growth, and regularly see horses patroling the area?
I also love the shot from Peace Street & St. Mary’s (4th shot from the end) by Broughton HS. I’ve taken a number of photos from this corner both at day and night and even though the traffic signals and utility lines get in the way, I love the downtown density that appears from this angle. If the Hillsborough and Winston Towers were ever to be built, that would make for a really impressive shot from here! Matt, I am surprised you haven’t found a way to somehow get on top of Broughton HS to get over those utility lines and put that zoom lens to use from there.
I still wish that something could be done with the property below the Boylan St. bridge next to the wye. Granted, it has been cleaned up some in the past year and looks much better than it once was, but I would love to see that property developed just to clean up the look of the area in front of the downtown skyline there. Hmm, seems to me that the words “raleighskyline.com” could have been Photoshopped somewhere on the side of that old boxvan trailer there. LOL
November 22nd, 2008 at 2:56 pm
awsome nice!!!
November 22nd, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Loved seeing a pic of your city!
November 25th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Awesome job!
November 25th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
No more captions for the pictures I see. Great pictures though. Did you see to the Raleigh Christmas Parade November 22nd?
November 25th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Evan,
I didn’t write captions this time around because when I posted the series I had just come back from the ER after getting 15 stitches in my thumb (and on Percocet), and wasn’t up for it. They will return.
November 26th, 2008 at 12:45 am
Sorry to hear that Matt. I hope you get well.
November 26th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Dude, your camera is the truth!! I always enjoy looking at those crisp images.
November 29th, 2008 at 8:29 am
I love this site! I especially love the 1st pic, the only thing that is missing is about 10 more skyscrapers. Raliegh is getting there though.
November 30th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Matt thanks for these great pics. I like the one of what I think are the cranes for the Cap Trust building? Can you revisit that shot again once the building is visible above the trees?
January 24th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
Hi Matt, I would love to purchase a picture. Can you please email me pricing information? Thanks!
March 26th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
I would have to say, my favorite photographs are the second one, the fourth one, and the one of the mooon.
Great work,