I like the brick and I think it keeps a sense of place. And if the point is to keep the façade à la the Dillon (which was of course 100% private), then I can easily believe the buttressing is cheaper than disassembling and re-laying an entire face.
But tell us how they would do it out in Moore County or wherever that’s so much better, I’m really dying to hear.
on my trips back to raleigh i love that dillion-union station area…just seems proper.
Because it’s fun and it looks neat and it keeps the “Warehouse District” name having some meaning. Some people just want to search out reasons to get unhappy…
And I do love having the reminder of what used to be here. Just wish they would have kept more of the original walls. 
Some people base their value of their posts on number of likes they receive, but the real litmus test is the number of replies and my man @Boltman cleans up in that department. 
I base the value of my posts on how much joy it brings me to make them. So happy.
Raleigh is definitely the King City of 20 story buildings in the U.S. 
No - Dismantling the wall brick by brick, scraping the old mortar off the bricks, and then rebuilding the entire thing would not be easier then adding some temporary buttresses.
It’s only like 73 bricks.
Apparently our aspiration is to be a flat skyline like Richmond.
Richmond is great though, so I wouldn’t be mad at all.
The Richmond skyline without the Richmond historic neighborhoods and walkability would be the worst of both worlds. Let’s avoid that 
Yep, the walkability and historic neighborhoods are what make Richmond so enjoyable.
Well… and the Rivah of course!! (I lived in RVA for 4 years and weekends along the James may be what I miss the most.)
Height is inevitable if Raleigh continues its current growth. May take a few years but some of the DX40s will follow through. Apparently we’re up to a 45000 unit shortage now?
We’ll see some rezoning and construction happening if I ran for city council I’ll upgrade zoning to 60, and I will enhance the fire equipment and ladders for that to be possible. If I run I will be NIMBYs worse nightmare.
Send me a link to your campaign website or PayPal account so I can donate to your election. We need voices like yours making these important decisions. Luckily you’ll be able to get free advertising from your podcast too.
Yep an upgrade to build up 50 60 stories high
I explain it at tomorrow meet up I’m a college students living in my parents house, I’m thinking about it heavily. Going against Patton, I’m also afraid of Livable Raleigh. But yes I have a Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/GavinTheSJW?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator
Excuse the ski mask I only wear it cause if was harassed by devineblackenergy on twitter
What kind of construction is currently underway on this site? Any insights on when the vertical construction will commence?