Im loving the “MARS” pics….possibly another “MONEY” shot..Raleigh needs more than ONE money shot…Raleigh will be on its way once the market gets better…oh yeah..FIRST!! haha I leave korea in under 100 days now..back in NC soon!

HOPEFULLY we can start to build west, and venture out away from Fayetteville street a lil bit

Excellent photos once again Matt. Thanks.

just when i think raleigh’s skyline is so lackluster matt always takes those pics to bring it back to life… good job once again!

Mars closeup photo is an excellent density angle.

amazing. i understand the necessity of the watermarks, but dear god i hate them. oh well. fantabulous, as usual anyway!

You even make a rainy day look good!

Love the contrast between RBC and Moore Square Deck…especially in the “Golden Thunderstorm” pic!

mars angle is my new fave…it gives a much more proficient density feeling

Get shots Matt, glad to see you doing something with weather and your cityscape..Take Care

I’ve lived in Clayton for about 15 years and I always wondered why the pinnacles on top two hannover square where ever put there? Great pic’s btw.

Also, in the Lenior and Lightning pic, I think the Halo above the RBC Plaza is just awesome!

Matt, you make humidity look good!!! :LOL: Solid photos, even from days when photo clarity is hard to accomplish and image composition becomes more of a burden. You know how to make and take photos Hard to choose one favorite… I loved the Raleigh View Rd angle, which I can see becoming one of the favorites for many people once The Edison gets built. Also, I must say that I LOVED the Archdale Bldg image; very nice angle. Thanks for putting together this collection.

Halifax Mall, Wilmington Street and #16 are my favorite shots!

Thanks Matt!

the one with the narrow rain shaft is my favorite by far

Love the lightning shots. Especially the ones where it is striking right behind the Wake Co Parking deck. The color temp of the lights inside it make it look like the lightning is striking it and causing the glow. PRetty cool.

Whoever was asking about Two Hannover. I have done some work in the building and up on the roof (My company actually built a mini building in all that stuff there for a cell phone site’s equipment in the early 90s not too long after the building was built – needed a helicopter to get all the stuff up there) and there are the usual mechanical systems up on the roof, but the 2 pinnacles are just for show and pretty much open except for cross bracing (or they were, now there appears t be a fair number of antennas attached to them.) The are just metal panels on a steel framework. I assume that the architects wanted a certain look and that is why they put the metal panels up there. You can kind of see what is going on from Google Maps. http://maps.google.com/maps?q=two+hannover+square+raleigh&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF8&split=0&gl=us&ei=RoaBSpDdEpSsMY2NwJQL&ll=35.773871,-78.640015&spn=0.000453,0.000841&t=h&z=20

As much as I enjoy seeing our skyline grow, I travel quite a bit – especially through Richmond – and while no single building in Richmond particularly excites me (some of those shot of RBC Plaza make it look heavenly!) collectively the Richmond skyline has a nice broad density to it. I am eager for the day when we’ll see the same thing in Raleigh – hopefully it will not be long before the skyline begins to stretch westward towards Glenwood South. The addition of the Edison Towers will help as well. I’d still love to see at least one – ONE – 600+ foot tower go up downtown. That would look impressive from any angle!

I love the pictures of hUE, Thank you…can’t wait to move in there!

You always find the best angles of the city…thanks Matt!

I love Lenoir and lightning

Nice talented strategized pics. It does give back just when ur over it….great job

Campbell University’s School of Law inaugural semester at the Dawson & Hillsborough site is underway. In some small way, I hope that this will add alittle more life to that section of DT Raleigh.

Actually it has added more life. Its kinda strange seeing people walking around with bookbags in that area. Makes the right turn onto Dawson from Hillsboro a little trickier with pedestrians

where was the mars. pic taken?

David, it looks to me like the mars pic was from Raleigh View Road.

Great pics! Does anyone know what is being built in the northern part of downtown? I see two cranes looking east out my window @ 712 Tucker.

You’re probably seeing the Green Square addition to the Natural Science Museum and the SECU tower.

These two cranes?
http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/greensquare/webcam