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Hmm...so do you go, go faster, or stop?
RBC Plaza couldn't be filling that bookend any better.
Raleigh View Road angle on a clear day. Bonus points for spotting the Southwest Jet.
The big snow of 2008! ..actually it was only sticking to a few surfaces that night, downtown.
Meeker the Mayor.
401/70/South Saunders angle from Garner, which is hard to capture unobstructed.
Twilight movement.
RBC Plaza is much higher now than from this picture, near Louisburg Road and Capital Boulevard in north Raleigh.
Musical note birds?
Can I put Durham here?
If you squint, the new convention center looks almost done.
The tower crane for the L Building stretches even past West Davie street.
Fred Fletcher Park, downtown Raleigh. This would be a nice angle if you could elevate about 100 feet.
Parting shot from South Saunders, from an alleged snowy morning.
A long distance look at the skyline off of New Bern Avenue, into the sun.
RBC Plaza under contstruction
From Capital
Hazy, Low Contrast Raleigh Aerial
RBC Plaza
I-440 Beltline traffic at sunset
Current skyline
Black and White night (Where have you gone, Metropolitan?)
The 'Father and Son's Antiques' Angle
Looking south down Fayetteville Street
RBC Plaza races to eclipse Two Hannover Square
Total eclipse of the moon adjacent to Wachovia Capitol Center
Raleighite Jogger
From Dorothea Dix
Looking south from the base of the Archdale Building
Martin Street, RBC Plaza
Urban Soccer practice
Contrast
BB&T Building peeks at the lunar eclipse
Graveyard at Dorothea Dix
The New AT&T, sign.
Windows Explorer.
Roof to go.
Total Lunar Eclipse.
Lake Wheeler Road.
Downtown Raleigh at night.
Aerial of Interstate 40 and Raleigh skyline.
North Carolina State Capitol building dome and the moon (its a stretch).
There's room for more towers!
THE RBC Plaza.
The scale of the spire parts are much larger than they appear in the photos.
RBC Plaza spire on the ground
The massive new parking garage.
RBC Plaza under construction
RBC Plaza spire parts
Fisheye on Fayetteville
RBC Plaza in February 2008
It's not often you can include the Archdale Building in an image of the Raleigh skyline.
I tried to digitally remove a great amount of tree branches that obscured the view.
Final Height of the RBC Plaza Crane - Over 600 feet AGL
From the Clarion Hotel
Two elevator shafts are visible within the condo portion of RBC Plaza.
Boylan Heights view of RBC Plaza.
Nightfall takes over downtown Raleigh.
My father-in-law waits at a signal near the Boylan Wye for another train to pass.
View from the Clarion Hotel of RBC.
Berkeley Cafe sign and a toothbrush in the window.
Purple lights illuminate Powerhouse Square.
Convention Center and L Building Progress.
M&F.
Fisheye of Raleigh.
The mystery angle in context.
Lightning brightens the sky near the convention center.
Belt of Venus envelops the RBC Plaza construction
Upward moving lighting initiates at the 2,000 foot tall TV Towers near Clayton.
Boylan Heights neighborhood sign.
From the Duke Raleigh Hospital parking garage.
Fayetteville Street views.
West at North condos receives a brick cladding.
Downtown Raleigh view near the Norfolk Southern Rail yard.
Overview of Raleigh and 'the Hillsborough' site from the Clarion.
Kinsey Street.
Wake Forest Road and the growing Glenwood South skyline.
Norfolk Southern Locomotives rest at the Raleigh Yard.
Magic Hour.
Jones Street.
The sun reflects off of the shiny RBC Plaza windows.
Until next time...
Low Quality Timelapse
Too bad they couldn't broadcast the games on there.
The pod at the base of the Blimp.
Basketball fans were welcomed by Raleigh.
It wasn't easy to juxtapose the blimp with anything Raleigh related- the Block S will do.
Keeping with the theme of the site, RBC Plaza and the hovering blimp at night.Bonus: The early stages of the RBC crown are in place.
Hodge Road and US 264 view.
The full Moon rise accompanies construction workers on RBC.
Skyline view near the former Bickett Gallery, nearly impossible to be had.
Remember when Progress Plaza Two was lit up at the top?
Near the South Saunders Raleigh Greenway - Black and White
Wachovia sign facing the east.
Wachovia sign facing the south.
City Lightning over downtown Raleigh from the Boylan Avenue perspective.
A more distant but intense strike behind the city, diffused by the rain.
The City of Raleigh, overprocessed.
Train crosses Hargett Street
Raleigh Skyline from Rock Quarry Road, ITB
The framework of the RBC Plaza Condominium crown sits atop the 34th floor.
Looking north on Fayetteville street towards the NC State Capitol at night.
RBC does its best to contribute to the skyline.
Raleigh Skyline from Dorothea Dix
Intersection of Hargett and Blount
Steel trusses invade Raleigh.
Flowers at the NC Farmers Market.
Upper portion of the Wachovia Building.
Green finally returns to Raleigh with the help of April showers.
I finally achieved Lvl 99!
RBC Plaza construction lights reflect off of Wachovia.
Streaming traffic from South Saunders
Detailed crop of lightning over Raleigh.
A 480 foot tower will rise here (Soleil Center Site).
Buildings along Fayetteville Street in Downtown Raleigh
Springtime
Norfolk Southern Locomotive
North Carolina State Bird
Deep blue evening from Boylan
This could almost be the best skyline angle Raleigh has...
RBC Plaza from Fayetteville Street, looking North.
Harleys on Fayetteville
Sun gleaming from 150 Fayetteville Street
People wouldn't dare pass him, Hammond Road.
Moonlight
Ashe Avenue Bridge
The grounds at Dorothea Dix
Daffodils near Salisbury
The best part of the RBC Plaza, reflective glass.
RBC Plaza
More signs of Spring
Snoopy's (2 Hot dogs just Chili)
In effort to bring new skyline angles, sometimes I have to include bad shots like this.
Clyde Cooper's Barbeque
Construction workers prepare to hoist giant licorice pieces
Heading northbound on South Saunders
Two Hannover Square from Ashe Ave
Worker atop RBC Plaza Condominiums
Its only $465,000.00!
My new Canon 1Ds Mark III in action.
Classic Raleigh Skyline parting shot from South Saunders Street
Rainbow over downtown Raleigh
A pot of gold was found at the intersection of Hillsborough and Dawson
Raleigh rainbow
Raleigh rainbow
A rainbow surrounds downtown Raleigh
Earlier 'Anvil Crawler' lightning before the rainbow.
After the sun set, nice colors remained.
Looking west after all was said and done.
Raleighview Evening
Black and white city scene
Another teasing skyline angle unrealized
Tower crane hugs RBC plaza
High key
Nash Square
Lake Wheeler Road Cows (RBC Crane and BB&T are at top right)
NCSU Bell Tower from Oberlin
222 Glenwood
2 Progress | Bank of America | 1 Progress
Victorian in Oakwood
Downtown Raleigh
Don't Walk
Until next time...
Each piece kind of resembles the space ship in the Atari game asteroids.
RBC Plaza Crown Section
Head-on (apply directly to the...)
I bet the view from that staircase is pretty nice.
Tower Crane
The flag was added sometime Friday.
Construction workers await the first piece in the morning sun.
RBC Plaza ready for its crown.
Unidentified helicopter monitoring the event.
Making final adjustments.
Removing the temporary wheels.
It begins to rise.
Standing up.
Up it goes.
Near the top.
Almost there.
A different angle.
Southeast corner goes first.
3 other similar pieces will rise, and finally the spire.
3rd section lifting.
RBC Plaza under construction
RBC Plaza crown being assembled
Unfinished RBC Plaza from South Saunders
City of LEDs
Military Appreciation Parade
A preview of another series...
Fighter jets rip through Raleigh
Soldiers await the start of the parade
Work on the L building parking structure
We get it, the Mint has well-off patrons
Wachovia
Raleigh Wide Open, I mean the Parade
Passing out flags
Martin Street
Uncle Sam was tall.
A parade watcher
Durham, from Raleigh.
Overcast view from Louisburg Road
Looking west from the pinnacle of RBC Plaza
RBC Plaza Crown
Looking North
Atlantic Avenue Skyline view
Boylan traffic
Raleigh's former tallest
RBC Plaza's impact from Fayetteville Street
Morgan Street
Welder works atop the Raleigh Skyline
My dog waits for me to come back from snapping a photo
ABC 11 Helicopter and commercial jet with a sinlgle crepuscular ray
Barack Obama's caravan
Barack Obama heads into the downtown Raleigh Sheraton
RBC Plaza and Two Hannover Square
Close up of the spire
Another angle
South Saunders view
Moon rises over downtown on a clear day
Wild flowers of Lake Wheeler beltline offramp
BB&T and RBC peek over the NCSU Agriculture fields
Lightning jumps from a storm to the ground
Another Rainbow from grounds at Dorothea Dix Hospital
Blue skies from Dorothea Dix
Lightning illuminates a storm behind BB&T from Hillsborough street
Boylan night scene
Duke Raleigh Hospital angle of a Thunderstorm
Skyline from Wake Forest, NC
Downtown
B&W City
Mystery angle
Wet skyline
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More wildflowers
Sunlight on Wachovia
Hodge road at 264, May 20, 2008.
Downtown Raleigh, North Carolina at night
Hodge Road, again.
Space between buildings on West Martin
Skyline prior to a storm, from the convention center parking garage
The Raleigh river?
Counting calories at Krispy Kreme
New angle from Alumni Drive, Centennial Campus
North Carolina State Capitol
Boylan Blue Skies
Lake Wheeler Sunset
Quorum, 222, Clarion, Campbell Law
Raleighite keeps in the shade
CSX locomotives keep each other company at the Raleigh yard
The new downtown Raleigh Marriott
Dusk
Wake County Office building
From the site of NCSU's new golf course, under construction
Stepping West
Maybe one day it will be 45 mph again
The 'Thomas Concrete' angle
RBC Plaza
The Greek Orthodox church angle (thanks to Drew for the tip)
Raleigh Marriott sign atop the 'City Center' hotel.
Royal Bank of Canada logo being put into place atop RBC Plaza
Great day for pictures.
Lights on RBC Plaza's crown. LEDs will shine on the spire portion (perhaps changing color?). Red aircraft beacons have been added to two corners of the compression ring.
The full moon competed for the brightest thing in the sky.
The RBC crown will prove to be yet another difficult object to properly expose for at night.
The moon gets caught in the RBC cage.
Frustratingly, the illumination of Two Hannover Square/BB&T has been not been coming on until past midnight. Even then, several setbacks are not lit.
Lowering of the RBC Plaza Tower Crane
A lightning bolt squeezes between RBC Plaza and Two Hannover Square.
Wider version.
Another shot from the night.
Sunrise marks another day in Raleigh
RBC Plaza anchors the view
Wachovia Capitol Center
Aside from the cranes, Raleigh's skyline looks put together again.
Storm moves out at sunset
RBC Plaza nearly complete from the outside
Fireworks at a Carolina Mudcats game
Typical workday scene on F street
Raleigh Density
Lightning next to Wachovia Capitol Center
Lights on at RBC Plaza
Looking south from the north end of DT
What once would have been the Metropolitan Condominiums will now be a power substation
Trying to blend in
The crane halfway down RBC
Raleigh's new shimmer wall on the convention center. How many wrecks will it cause?
Raleigh sunrise
Raleighview road
Gust front takes over DT
City
Moore square parking garage view
Early morning RBC and BB&T
Never any hot dog shortages in Raleigh
Fayetteville Street
Silhouette
Downtown Raleigh
Cloud to ground lightning bolt cracks the sky over downtown Raleigh.
Wider version
Incoming storm
Wind blown bolt 1
Wind blown bolt 2
Whales mouth formation before the rain.
Bonus faint rainbow.
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 (Raleigh Black and White)
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RBC Plaza from the Clarion Hotel
Bloomsbury Estates
2 Progress Plaza
Sheraton and BB&T, etc
Leaning Tower crane at Charter Square site
Leaning Tower crane at Charter Square site from Clarion
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
View from the top of new Downtown Raleigh Marriott.
Bonus: New lighting on Raleigh's new Convention Center
New Wachovia sign atop Raleigh's Wachovia Capitol Center.
Close up of new Wachovia sign atop Raleigh's Wachovia Capitol Center.
South Saunders view
Western facing side
Crews prepare the site
Work on the west side
Fayetteville Street Evening
RBC Plaza wins the aircraft beacon competition
Raleigh Rose Garden
Lunch at Roast Grill
Wachovia Capitol Center stands proud with its new signage.
Bloomsbury Estates doing its best haunted house impression.
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The 'W' of Wachovia on the ground, next to a lens for size comparison
Raleigh Little Theater outdoors
Offices are taking shape in RBC
Looking down Hargett Street
My wife and I had one of the best tasting dinners this year at Mo's Diner
Fisheye at Morgan and Fayetteville
The Wachovia sign lights up
Birds discuss the need a 24 hour downtown grocery store.
Mystery Skyline Angle 3
Another shot of Wachovia
In case you missed it.
RBC Plaza watches over downtown
Microphone sits on stool ready for use.
Barack Obama arrives for the Town Hall meeting in Raleigh.
Barack seems to be looking right at me...
Barack Obama in Raleigh, NC
People of Raleigh snap away at Obama.
Barack Obama rolls up his sleeves.
Audience members of the Town Hall meeting.
View from the press stand.
Obama answers an audience member's question.
Barack Obama in Raleigh, NC
Barack Obama in Raleigh, NC
Raleighites in the back row.
Barack Obama in Raleigh, NC
Television network coverage of Barack Obama in Raleigh, NC
Overview of the crowd.
Barack Obama in Raleigh, NC
Flash fires.
Greeting the people of Raleigh, NC
The dormant crown of RBC.
30 minutes before the start.
RBC Plaza sidewalks finally open.
A little bit of hoopla before the switch.
Lights begin to glow.
There you have it, the RBC Plaza Crown Lighting.
Among the HVAC units.
400 feet above Downtown Raleigh at night.
The RBC logo lit up.
RBC Plaza building lobby.
South Saunders with everything finally lit.
From Boylan avenue bridge.
Downtown Raleigh, NC from the Boylan Avenue Bridge.
Downtown from Dorothea Dix at dusk.
Southern end of Downtown from the roof of RBC Plaza.
Crowds gather to watch a Raleigh house move a few blocks.
The mysterious cabooses along Capital Boulevard in Raleigh are placed onto rail.
The shimmer wall on the convention center is finally on.
Raleigh house on wheels.
Clarion and Quorum at night.
Dorothea Dix view.
Fayetteville street.
Green light for the move.
More heavy lifting of large objects in Raleigh.
Dark and stormy night courtesy of Fay.
Perseid meteor streaks across the starry sky.
Panorama of the house moving.
Spotlight beams into the sky.
Second house on wheels.
Rare clear summer day from Boylan.
RBC Plaza with the crown illuminated at sunset.
Raleigh's Mayor Charles Meeker and CREE CEO Charles Swoboda among others say a few words before the lighting of the shimmer wall.
Fireworks accompany the lighting of the shimmer wall.
Ceremony finale.
The gathered crowd.
Colors of Raleigh's new shimmer wall.
Traffic streams by the new convention center.
People walk along Salisbury Street checking out the new Raleigh Convention Center.
Fireworks over the city during Raleigh Wide Open 3.
Busy Fayetteville Street on Saturday during Raleigh Wide Open.
Chuck Berry performs at Raleigh Wide Open during TS Hanna rain bands.
Upper level of Raleigh Convention Center.
Evening at Raleigh Wide Open.
One of the ballroom's at the Raleigh Convention Center.
Fayetteville Street flows with a river of people.
Main exhibition space at the Raleigh Convention Center, set up as the International Festival.
Red and Blue fireworks over the city of Raleigh.
Umbrellas nearly outnumbered people on Friday night at the main stage.
Two Hannover Square towers over soon to be city plaza squareRaleigh Wide Open.
Main entrance of the Convention Center.
Fireworks during Raleigh Wide open.
Rained out Raleigh Wide Open.
Ceiling of Ballroom A at the Raleigh Convention Center.
Fireworks finale at Raleigh Wide Open Three.
The West at North in Raleigh, North Carolina.
A kitchen inside a residential unit in the West at North.
Downtown Raleigh from the roof of West at North.
Rooftop pool at West at North.
Wider view of Downtown Raleigh.
Another style of kitchen.
Fisheye looking east from the roof of West at North.
Hallway of the West at North.
Third style of kitchen.
Fisheye looking south from the rooftop of the West at North.
Residential unit at the West at North.
Looking over Glenwood South from the West at North.
Another view of a kitchen.
Terrace atop West at North.
Exterior of the West at North.
Citigroup Center and RBC Plaza?
Two Progress Plaza and Capital Bank.
Fiery Raleigh Skyline.
University Tower in Durham.
Detailed look at RBC Plaza.
South Saunders Skyline.
NC Capitol Building.
Peace/St. Mary's Street View.
Last sunlight on downtown Raleigh.
BB&T Building on July 18, 2005, with its full original illumination.
Convergence of media and emergency crews.
Downtown Raleigh from Duke Health complex.
June 2005 view with One Progress, Two Progress, and Two Hannover with full illumination.
Two Progress Plaza.
Two Progress Plaza with lighting in 2005.
Southern end of downtown.
February 2006 view from Boylan Avenue with original BB&T illumination, coming on before complete darkness.
RBC Plaza reflects eastern Raleigh.
Golden sky reflects on downtown Raleigh buildings.
Looking up on original lighting of BB&T in early 2005.
Clear skies from Boylan Avenue Bridge.
Raleigh Firefighters stream water on 'Hunter and Co. Painterswork'.
Raleigh Firemen descend ladder.
Raleigh Fire rescue.
Raleigh Police Car diverts cars away from scene of the fire.
Downtown Raleigh.
BB&T Building remains dark.
RBC Plaza balcony.
North Raleigh Louisburg Road view of downtown.
October 2004 view of downtown Raleigh.
Current BB&T Building illumination, missing setbacks, and turing on at 9:30pm.
Corner of Davie and Wilmington.
2005 view from Western Boulevard.
RBC Plaza.
One Progress Plaza illumination in 2005, now missing.
Sun halo on the edge of TS Hanna.
Mid-2005 view of skyline.
Quick gathering of downtown skyscrapers.
Frozen rain drops and lightning over downtown Raleigh
This strike occurred mid-exposure during a zoom out.
Closer crop of first image.
Two Hannover Square
Raleigh View Road
Western Boulevard Overpass
Dorothea Dix
Charter Square Site
Density angle from Wilmington Street
Side of BB&T
Rock Quarry Road offramp angle
Fresh Air Raleigh
Western 2
Fayetteville Street
Hammond Road
Dorothea Dix at night
South Saunders
Closer Wilmington Street view
The Edison in the skyline from Wilmington Street
Fall sunset from Wake Forest Road
Yellow leaves in downtown Raleigh
Fall Colors from NC State Campus
Autumn night from Dorothea Dix
Orange leaves with Raleigh Skyline
Pink Sunset and Raleigh
South Saunders Fall
Bag Pipes in Moore Square
NCSU Bell Tower with Fall Colors
Moon over Raleigh Skyline
RBC Plaza with fall leaves
Half Moon
Two Hannover Square during fall
Cranes
Raleigh's PNC Plaza in the fall
Night skyline from Boylan Avenue Bridge
Downtown Raleigh from Cox Hall at NC State
RBC Plaza reflections
Duke Raleigh Hospital view of Raleigh
State College smoke stack at NCSU
Horse mounted Raleigh Police
Raleigh Autumn Season Colors
Southern Downtown from Boylan
Fall season from South Saunders
Peace and Saint Marys street skyline view
Traffic time lapse from Wake Forest Road at Six Forks
Black and While Raleigh Skyline
Downtown Raleigh as seen from North Carolina State University
Detail of the Two Hannover Square, Raleigh.
BB&T Building from the Raleigh Convention Center
Looking down Cabarrus Street
RBC Plaza from the Capital Bank Plaza
Two Hannover Square at the Convention center entrance
Capital Club Building
Finally a completely lit Raleigh skyline
One, Two Progress Plaza, BB&T
Chargrill View
Future Edison Site
Green BB&T
RBC Plaza Spire
All setbacks lit!
Evening shot of the top of RBC
Raleigh Capitol Christmas Tree