He’s talking about the building that used to house Remedy Diner - which I do believe is slated for demo, unfortunately. I wish it wasn’t. As for the one I believe you’re thinking of (that @RaleighBikeLady posted above), that one is not part of the Nash Hotel redevelopment, as it is on the other side of Berkeley, which is also safe.
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Can’t say that I’m a fan of the cigarette advertisements.
The top photo is from 1965. Of course there were tobacco advertisements in Durham lol!
As far as chopping off the tops of buildings, I’m not just talking about towers. The building above was originally four stories, for example.
The tobacco warehouses in West Village were decapitated too, and the building at Five Points that now houses Pizzeria Toro and M Pocha
The Open Durham guy basically says there was an insurance benefit to keeping buildings to 2 floors max that kicked in some time in the late 1940s. Not sure if this was the case in Raleigh as well. If so, I bet a lot of our 2-story 20th century brick buildings began as three or four.
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Super weird. That seems like a lot of work.
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Wow. That’s some crazy effort to destroy some buildings, huh?
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It must’ve been some crazy good insurance discount to deconstruct part of a building - that and maybe combined with not needing the space.
I think we’re down to just facades being straight up ripped off like the 1920’s Raleigh Times facing Nash Sq shown above. There is a three story building on Wilmington St that has corrugated metal still masking what should be an intact facade. This building is on the 1871 Drie painting so is at least that old.
Beasley’s and Chucks are the first floor of two buildings that were three stories (were 4 buildings identical on that corner). They are also on the 1871 Drie map so are at least that old. If memory serves me from pictures, they were very similar to the one covered in corrugated metal and also the block at Martin/Wilmington with stone lintels.
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I just shared this in another thread but thought this building reminded me of something in Raleigh when I passed by it the other day (I’ve been hanging out in downtown Durham much more frequently lately.)
I wonder if it’s also an upfitting of old bones as well? I can’t tell though because the brick looks a lot newer compared to the 107 W Hargett building. I think I’d find it (Lumsden) more appealing if they were able to give the brick section of the building some tlc without doing an actual paint job- they look very…washed out? Faded? Sad? The new windows look nice though.
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Lumsden brick will probably look pretty good with an ole pressure washer once over
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No they just demolished a funeral home that was there and built this from scratch. It’s on my run club route so I’ve watched it get built. I like the style and the scale for this area.
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Nope, this is ground-up, designed by Ellen Weinstein (well-regarded local architect and professor at NCSU). More small-scale infill projects like this in Raleigh, please!
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Did this project get finished up? New tenants? Still under construction?
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Inquiring minds want to know! Good question @evan.j.bost
Double roof tops? It’s the the Big Mac of offices.
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Hopefully just in time to offer inoculations.
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Many of our current peer cities were much larger than Raleigh, and more of their old stock of buildings was 4 & 5 floors, while Raleigh’s tended to be mostly 2 & 3. This renovation is almost a nod to the city taking its current rightful place.
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wow this has been going on so long I had forgot about it. 
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I was unaware an Urgent Care facility was going here, but the article says FastMed will be fully moved-in and operational Monday April 5th.
I guess the window coverings are here to stay:
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