Author Archives: Rusty

Washington DC – Day 1

We’ve arrived here in Washington DC for the Independence Day celebrations. Today we drove up from Raleigh and made the drive in just over 4 hours. I’ve posted a quick selection of photos from today, from Mount Vernon as well as my mandatory picture of ‘the bridge’ driving up I-95. (The bridge is a cable […]

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Three Hour Commute

I am, by default, a telecommuter. On any given weekday you’ll find me in the front room of our little ranch house in t-shirt and jeans drafting away at my desktop machine. It’s a rather comfortable work setup, and I can only hope that it lasts for a good long while. Which brings me to […]

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New Mixed-Use Project in Cameron Village

Cameron Village may be the latest addition to the condo boom in Raleigh. Crescent Resources, a joint venture between Duke Energy and the Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund, applied for an amendment to the Cameron Village streetscape plan, allowing for new construction up to 120 feet tall at the corner of Oberlin Road and Clark […]

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50 Years of Modernism

Cross posted here, at NewRaleigh… additional photos available there. Triangle Modernist Houses held its inaugural Modernist Mini-Tour on May 17th in Durham. The tour featured three houses designed by three of North Carolina’s prominent modernist architects. Spanning fifty years of design, the public was treated to a glimpse of the past and present of modernism […]

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