Renovations
Atomic Completes Renovation, Redefines Salon Experience
from Atomic Salon:
New venture fuses two ambitious Retro and Modern motifs, creatively integrating style, substance, and bold imagination.
Raleigh, NC – Sept 4, 2009 – Marking the culmination of 9 months of hard work and determination, Atomic Salon is proud to announce its Grand Re-Opening as of September 11, 2009. True to the roots of this [...]
Moore Square Redesign Project Open to Contestants
From the City of Raleigh Website: http://tinyurl.com/n7zfvk
Moore Square Design
The Moore Square Design Competition is now open!
Get your application package, the FAQ and either the AutoCad file (2009 format) or the AutoCad file (2000 format).
Check out Moore Square videos on YouTube and the Community Open Call site plan results on Flickr.
Schedule:
Registration due: September 10, 2009, 5:00 p.m., EDT
All questions and inquiries due: [...]
Potential National Historic Designation for Four Raleigh Neighborhoods
Monday night, representatives, residents and landlords flooded a room at the Tarrboro Community Center to learn more about the potential of their neighborhood being designated as part of the National Historic Registry. This designation is a great honor for these neighborhoods which include Longview Gardens, Capital Heights, Battery Heights and Madonna Acres.
The designation does not [...]
Blount Street Commons Back on Track… it seems
After several months of absolutely no activity on the Blount Street Project, this morning Stock Building Supply’s trucks had arrived and they were finally wrapping the abandoned shell of the second phase of the project. From the looks of it, only one resident has moved in to phase 1.
The shell was literally weeks away from [...]
The Farmer’s Market Restaurant Gets a Makeover
The Farmer’s Market Restaurant has been serving some of the best breakfast and lunch food in the Triangle for decades. Originally opened on Hodges Road in 1955, the previous owner, Jackie Watkins, moved the restaurant to its current location in 1991 when the Farmer’s Market was moved to its new location. In 2002, Gypsy Gilliam [...]
Asian Market in Starmont Shopping Center on Capital Spurs Some Adventures
As some of you know, I’ve been settled in at home for a couple of weeks recuperating after 3 surgeries. I’ve been trying to get up and move about the house, visiting with neighbors and getting a lot of rest but today I thought I needed to join a friend on a little adventure to get this body of [...]
Featured Home – Cassillhaus
On February 28th, Ellen Cassilly and her husband, Frank, opened their beautiful home for the Triangle Modernist home enthusiasts to come and witness their architectural marvel.
This home, situated on a wooded lot in Chapel Hill, offers its homeowners a peaceful and tranquil place to call home. Hanging off a steep cliff and flanked with [...]
My First Bit of Landscaping
With almost of an acre to landscape… I’m only able to chip away at it little by little. Last night, I worked hard on leveling out a little part of the yard and getting some good hardy plants in the ground to give some life to my enormous mud pit!
Maybe the neighbors will be a [...]
2008 “To Do’s” Complete!
My 2008 “To Do’s” are finally completed but it was down to the wire!
The last thing on my To Do list was to learn how to shoot a hand gun. I have shot several types of guns in my life but for some reason I had never shot a hand gun before.
Today, I joined up [...]
The Lights Are ON!
The lights are on and we’ve got the pics to prove it! (I just learned that if you click on the pictures above it will enlarge the photos… check out the one of the house all lit up!)
I’ve heard horror stories about renovating homes from dealing with the city, to the nightmares of construction loans, [...]
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