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Do u trust that heavy slab of 215 not to fall on u.

***ONLINE I FOUND A DISCREPANCY*** between two authoritative-seeming documents from 2018: this one saying the building (the Raleigh News & Observer building) was erected 1954-1956, and this one saying it's from 1964. So I looked at Raleigh city directories at ancestrylibrary.com and I think the earlier date is correct: In the 1954 directory the building's address, 215 S McDowell St, was not listed, and the News & Observer was at a different location. In the 1958 directory the News & Observer is listed at 215 S McDowell.

Somebody ought to thank me for looking into the matter, ideally by giving me money.

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In downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, on April 4th, 2023, the former Raleigh News & Observer building (built 1954-1956, designed by John Knight of William Henley Deitrick & Associates) on the east side of South McDowell Street (U.S. routes 70 and 401 and North Carolina Highway 50), south of West Hargett Street.

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Lisa Eberhart holds five year old Violet Wigley high enough to pop a bubble at the thirty-ninth annual Lazy Daze Festival on August 23rd, 2014.

This image was part of a gallery of images that ran in The Cary News print version on August 27, 2014

Carynews.com

Spencer Webb carries his son, Nolan at the Lazy Daze Festival in Downtown Cary, The day was too long for him.

This image was part of a gallery of images that ran in The Cary News print version on August 27, 2014
Carynews.com

Growing every year, the thirty-ninth Lazy Daze Festival attracted another large crowd downtown this year on on August 23rd, 2014.

This image was part of a gallery of images that ran in The Cary News print version on August 27, 2014

Carynews.com

Sixteen year old Cary High School Junior, Daniel Erdman focuses on keeping rythm with the other xylephone players at the thirty-ninth annual Lazy Daze Festival held in downtown Cary.

This image was part of a gallery of images that ran in The Cary News print version on August 27, 2014



Carynews.com

This image was part of a gallery of images that ran in The Cary News print version on August 27, 2014



Carynews.com

Photo inspired by Neil DeGrasse Tyson's COSMOS.

March is going out like a lion!

The ninth annual Kite Festival was held in Bond Park on Saturday the 22nd of March, 2014.

For the second year in a row, more than 1000 people attended.

Various prizes were given away for many events including: largest and smallest kite, youngest kite pilot, highest kite above the ground, and most spectacular crash.

The day was sunny and warm, with a strong breeze. Beyond a kite, many attendees took advantage of the outstanding weather by bringing along a picnic.

Additional images and related article can be seen at: Carynews.com
www.carynews.com/2014/03/23/3726663/go-fly-a-kite-cary-ho...

March is going out like a lion!

The ninth annual Kite Festival was held in Bond Park on Saturday the 22nd of March, 2014.

For the second year in a row, more than 1000 people attended.

Various prizes were given away for many events including: largest and smallest kite, youngest kite pilot, highest kite above the ground, and most spectacular crash.

The day was sunny and warm, with a strong breeze. Beyond a kite, many attendees took advantage of the outstanding weather by bringing along a picnic.

Additional images and related article can be seen at: Carynews.com www.carynews.com/2014/03/23/3726663/go-fly-a-kite-cary-ho...

March is going out like a lion!

The ninth annual Kite Festival was held at Fred G. Bond Park in Cary NC, on Saturday the 22nd of March, 2014.

For the second year in a row, more than 1000 people attended.

Various prizes were given away for many events including: largest and smallest kite, youngest kite pilot, highest kite above the ground, and most spectacular crash.

The day was sunny and warm, with a strong breeze. Beyond a kite, many attendees took advantage of the outstanding weather by bringing along a picnic.

Additional images and related article can be seen at: Carynews.com www.carynews.com/2014/03/23/3726663/go-fly-a-kite-cary-ho...

Image from the 9th annual Kite Festival held at Fred G Bond Park in Cary, North Carolina on March 22nd. 2014.


More images and related article can be seen at: Carynews.com www.carynews.com/2014/03/23/3726663/go-fly-a-kite-cary-ho...

Image from the 9th annual Kite Festival held at Fred G Bond Park in Cary, North Carolina on March 22nd. 2014.

More images and related article can be seen at: Carynews.com www.carynews.com/2014/03/23/3726663/go-fly-a-kite-cary-ho...

Image from the 9th annual Kite Festival held at Fred G Bond Park in Cary, North Carolina on March 22nd. 2014.

More images and related article can be seen at: Carynews.com www.carynews.com/2014/03/23/3726663/go-fly-a-kite-cary-ho...

Seven year old Carly Fox enjoys her day away from the stress of second grade. Not everyone in her class was so easily relaxed.

Image from the 9th annual Kite Festival held at Fred G Bond Park in Cary, North Carolina on March 22nd. 2014.


More images and related article can be seen at: Carynews.com

www.carynews.com/2014/03/23/3726663/go-fly-a-kite-cary-ho...

March is going out like a lion!

The ninth annual Kite Festival was held at Fred G. Bond Park in Cary NC, on Saturday the 22nd of March, 2014.

For the second year in a row, more than 1000 people attended.

Various prizes were given away for many events including: largest and smallest kite, youngest kite pilot, highest kite above the ground, and most spectacular crash.

The day was sunny and warm, with a strong breeze. Beyond a kite, many attendees took advantage of the outstanding weather by bringing along a picnic.


Additional images and related article can be seen at: Carynews.com www.carynews.com/2014/03/23/3726663/go-fly-a-kite-cary-ho...

March is going out like a lion!

The ninth annual Kite Festival was held at Fred G. Bond Park in Cary NC, on Saturday the 22nd of March, 2014.

For the second year in a row, more than 1000 people attended.

Various prizes were given away for many events including: largest and smallest kite, youngest kite pilot, highest kite above the ground, and most spectacular crash.

The day was sunny and warm, with a strong breeze. Beyond a kite, many attendees took advantage of the outstanding weather by bringing along a picnic.


Additional images and related article can be seen at: Carynews.com www.carynews.com/2014/03/23/3726663/go-fly-a-kite-cary-ho...

Colleen, Sofia, and their mother Monica Wood enjoy a picnic overlooking the kites. More than 1000 people attended the Kite Festival this year.

Image from the 9th annual Kite Festival held at Fred G Bond Park in Cary, North Carolina on March 22nd. 2014.

More images and related article can be seen at: Carynews.com

www.carynews.com/2014/03/23/3726663/go-fly-a-kite-cary-ho...

Image from the 9th annual Kite Festival held at Fred G Bond Park in Cary, North Carolina on March 22nd. 2014.

More images and related article can be seen at: Carynews.com

www.carynews.com/2014/03/23/3726663/go-fly-a-kite-cary-ho...

March is going out like a lion!

The ninth annual Kite Festival was held at Fred G. Bond Park in Cary NC, on Saturday the 22nd of March, 2014.

For the second year in a row, more than 1000 people attended.

Various prizes were given away for many events including: largest and smallest kite, youngest kite pilot, highest kite above the ground, and most spectacular crash.

The day was sunny and warm, with a strong breeze. Beyond a kite, many attendees took advantage of the outstanding weather by bringing along a picnic.


Additional images and related article can be seen at: Carynews.com
www.carynews.com/2014/03/23/3726663/go-fly-a-kite-cary-ho...

Participants of the Día de Los Reyes parade in Cary NC, January 4th 2014. Here's a decent article from that week in Parade explaining the meaning behind the day: www.parade.com/248853/yvettemarquez/what-is-dia-de-los-re...