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 stayed bridge known as the Varina-Enon Bridge.)
More photos to come, and hopefully some interesting stories!
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 today, about a half a dozen times a year, I commute to our “corporate” office in Manteo, North Carolina.
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 Avenue. The property is on contract to Crescent Resources by Regency Centers, developer and owner of approximately $4.6 Billion in real estate holdings from California to Massachusetts.
The new structure could hold as much as 28,000 square feet of retail and 290 new residential units. The building is expected to achieve LEED certification, and will be replacing a handful of historic buildings currently within Cameron Village including the Village Citgo building, an office building, and the old Ballantines Cafeteria. The City Hall hearing on the amended streetscape plan will be held on July 15th.
It’s unclear how long the path to approval for this project will be, but there will no doubt be some resistance to some of the longtime residents of Cameron Village who would like to see the tall buildings remain in downtown. I for one, would like to have more information before weighing in on the design.
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 in North Carolina. Read More