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Downtown. We have lived in Raleigh for about two years now. The thing about Raleigh is that it seems to be divided into two distinctive parts. Inside the Beltline and North Raleigh. In the last election, all the precincts inside the Beltline voted for the democrat mayoral candidate while all of the North Raleigh precincts except two voted for the Republican candidate. That is pretty much how it goes. Unlike a lot of modern Southern cities, Raleigh has tried to preserve some part of it's history. There are many buildings downtown that symbolize that. Above and below show just some of the typical scenes. Above: Moore Street Station at Blount Street; Wilmington Street; Downtown view from Western Boulevard |
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| Salisbury Street; Was the round Holiday Inn on Hillsborough Street forever but is now a Clarion Inn; Crossing Dawson Street |
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| Harrington Street; Hargett Street; West Street. This is the area of town where most of the gay bars and clubs are located. |
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| Fayetteville Street Mall. This is the Fayetteville Street Mall, one of Raleigh's biggest architectural blunders. Let's take the main street coming from the south and close it to traffic. While it is fairly interesting looking, most of the businesses there have relocated. The plan now is to dig it up and open it to traffic and parking again. There are actually some very old and pretty buildings such as the old Brigg's Hardware above located on the mall. |
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| City Market was built across from Moore Park in the early 1900's and was used as a farmers market until the 1950's when it was moved. It now contains restaurants, clubs, bars, galleries, strange shops, and other oddities. |
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| This is the giant acorn in this "City of Oaks" located in Moore Park, on of two parks downtown that take up one full city block. |
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