Agree in principle but as mentioned I doubt it makes financial sense at this point. Pre-covid, you could get a pretty reasonably priced Uber between Raleigh and downtown Durham, which I did on occasion on weekend nights (e.g., ~$20 IIRC).
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I paid that to come downtown from Crabtree for the last meet up event!!
How much did you pay @GucciLittlePig and @GucciLittlePenguin to get you home? 
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I lectured them for free!! Or should that be I gave them a free lecture? It’s so hard to tell sometimes what I am doing. I do know that I was very appreciative to them both for the ride.
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Post Covid, ride sharing has gotten more expensive unfortunately.
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Along with everything else… Except job applications
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Plans just hit the wire! Looks like we’ll top out at 414’ 35 story main tower. 17 story hotel.
https://cityofraleigh0drupal.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/drupal-prod/COR15/ASR-0072-2021.pdf
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Love to see it! Can’t wait for this to get out of the ground.
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Beat me to it. At 414 feet it will be the Third tallest building in Raleigh just ahead of Wells Fargo.
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351 Residential units
200 Hotel rooms
263 One bedroom
88 Two bedroom
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I wish they had some updated renderings on how it’ll look from the street how it fits the skyline etc. hopefully those are soon to come.
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Will look absolutely giant in this location though!
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Terrific - for the folks with an exceptional mind for trivia (or a willingness to dig), does anyone know the height of the Dillon building?
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250 feet, at least according to Wikipedia
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One big note I noticed, “FULL HEIGHT HISTORICAL FACADE TO REMAIN” along West St
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It would definitely be easier to picture things with a 3D render, but the sheet drawings already give us a solid idea of how the building will be tall and still not feel imposing.
For example, near the RUS/Dillon plaza:
…and along Martin St.:
It’s definitely an interesting design. If I had to come up with one thing I’m feeling iffy about, I’m not sure how well BRT would work with their street-level design. It looks like RED lanes (read: bus + emergency + right-turn lane) would only fit on southbound West St. Unless BRT lines end up looping downtown in just one direction, I’m not entirely sure how this would work?
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Now we’re talking!! 
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Skyline altering huge.
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No way this image is even close to accurate- The Dillon is exactly 250ft tall, and if this tower is topped out at 414ft, that’s almost 200 feet taller… will appear WAY bigger than this image alludes to!
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shrug… its a drawing. also perspective and foreground etc…