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Kunanalling was an early Goldfields Mining town 25 miles north of Coolgardie and was established in 1896. It consisted of only 4 streets, The hotel was built in the late 1890s and believed to be possibly the first hotel in Australia to serve meals at the bar.
Weekly Alphabet Challenge 'middle of the road' theme. 13/52
Through the Lens 'street' theme. 13/52
Its OSB is graying in the sun. A plant grows from the top of its former downspout!
According to Goog. Strtvw, the downspout fell off/was removed sometime between July 2011 and May 2014.
Has the city of Raleigh entered a terrible decline? Are all of the buildings to become eyesores?
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In downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, on April 4th, 2023, 111 S Salisbury St (the backside of 114 Fayetteville Street, built 1926) on the east side of South Salisbury Street, south of West Morgan Street.
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The parking garage is from 1992 lol.
"Good enough!" the 1992 people declared.
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In downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, on April 4th, 2023, outside a parking garage on the east side of South Salisbury Street, north of West Cabarrus Street.
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As far as we know, nobody forced the world-famous architectural firm HOK (a/k/a Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum) to design government torture facilities: They do it willingly!
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In downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, on April 4th, 2023, the "Wake County Public Safety Center" (completed in 1991, designed by Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum; renamed the "John H. Baker, Jr. Public Safety Center" in 2008) at the northeast corner of West Davile Street and South Salisbury Street, as viewed from the east side of South McDowell Street (U.S. routes 70 and 401 and North Carolina Highway 50).
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Yuck! I don't like this one.
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In downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, on April 4th, 2023, "Two Hannover Square" (a/k/a the Truist building, formerly a/k/a the BB&T Building, completed 1991) on the east side of South Salisbury Street opposite West Cabarrus Street, as viewed from the northwest corner of South Salisbury Street and Lenoir Street.
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It's not actually obelisk-shaped because it does not taper upward. It is a postmodern reference to the idea of an obelisk. The postmodern architects of their era thought we'd all be delighted by such references.
They also expected we'd be inspired to greatness by the red pigment the builders stirred into selected batches of concrete.
I'd like to see your face poking thru the square-shaped openings at the top of the stairwell: Both openings at the same time, an expression of surrealism and absurdity.
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In downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, on April 4th, 2023, a parking garage (built 1992) at the northwest corner of South Salisbury Street and West Cabarrus Street.
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Did each of the upper floors used to have a balcony.
Those large stains of vertical and diagonal lines call to mind our memories of fire escapes.
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In downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, on April 4th, 2023, a view of the Sir Walter Raleigh Hotel at the southeast corner of South Salisbury Street and West Davie Street, emphasizing a 1938-1939 addition to the original 1922-1924 building (which is partially visible at the left, behind the stoplights), built to match the original design.
The hotel was converted to senior housing (the Sir Walter Apartments) in the 1970s. The building is 78001980 on the National Register of Historic Places, and a "contributing property" in the Fayetteville Street Historic District, 07001412 on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Supposedly it was the TALLEST SKYSCRAPER IN RALEIGH from 1930 to 1942. Okay!
The Wells Fargo skyscraper behind it has worsened the city.
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In downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, on April 4th, 2023, the Capital Club Building (built 1929-1930, designed by Frank B. Simpson, 85003076 on the National Register of Historic Places) at the northeast corner of South Salisbury Street and West Martin Street.
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A walk to the shops on this bitterly cold, but beautiful morning and this was just too good to resist...
Postmarked (small ring) Cranborne, 1911.
15 Salisbury Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset.
Taken from the corner of Salisbury Street, we look up Everton Brow to the old heart of Everton. The lock up can be seen in the distance.
This and That & Snooker Room,Mere, Wilts
Hardy Bros, Mere, Wilts
Hairdresser, Mere
Avon Valley Path ! Fordingbridge to Woodgreen
