I just like driving… And road trips. I’d take the monorail to the grocery store and downtown and to work if we had one. 
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Well, isn’t that a shame. Our two favorite bars are closing until spring. I guess we can all look forward to their new larger bars they plan to open then, though.
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Heard a new bar is going into that corner lot where the mechanic shop is.
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Big fresh white pedestrian crossing details being added to Glenwood/Johnson. Seems stoplight should be going active soon!
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Now if they can only resurface all the downtown roads! Wilmington Street around PNC Plaza is looking rough.
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I wish they could’ve used the silver arm style for new lights instead of more wooden poles and wires, but I am very happy for this. Trying to cross Glenwood on foot in this stretch is terrible now.
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Yeah, it looks cheap and temporary.
Maybe they will replace them in time? The Tucker intersection is the extended arm type, and maybe that’s the end game?
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I’d love to see more apartment buildings like this in this area.
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I’m no architecture critic bit isn’t this exactly the type of uninspired junk that gets built everywhere around here already?
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It looks unique 
but I like the size of it more than it’s design
Not a huge fan of whole-block consuming boxes. I like some of the proposals on Hillsborough that are single plot 3-5 story mondernish and taller than wide when viewed from the street front.
That’s what I’d like to see more of everywhere.
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I honestly think those buildings need to be on the outskirts of town not in one of the busiest areas of town
The building screams North Hills to me these days. If it were downtown on its edges, I wouldn’t complain either. I can also see that around Cameron Village.
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While I would like to see more unique architecture in downtown, there’s a pretty good argument in favor of dumb boxes. Personally, I’ll take whatever infill I can get right now.
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The wooden poles are “temporary”. Here is the City of Raleigh explanation: NCDOT no longer uses the foundation design for the mast arms as constructed at the other intersections along Glenwood Avenue. Instead, a 48in (8 bolt) foundation is now required. COR tried to construct the 48in diameter foundations at the 4 corners of this intersection and was unable to do so due to the extensive private utility conflicts at these locations. Relocating these private utilities was not feasible and relocation would delay the installation of a signal at this intersection for 12-24 months. Instead, the COR has constructed the wooden strain poles to get this intersection signalized as soon as possible. In the meantime, the COR is re-evaluating how to install metal strain poles at this intersection.
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I quite like skyscrapers–under the condition that they’re much taller than they are wide. That seems to be something Raleigh struggles to achieve unfortunately.
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Well this area of town doesn’t need tall skyscrapers just large apartment buildings and a lot of retail
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