Not only that quote, but this other one as well:
“Raleigh Country Club, founded in 1948, a community partner and green space steward, certainly didn’t ask for 16 units crammed next to a tournament fairway without a single word of consultation.”
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If they wanted to control that property, maybe they should have purchased it? I can’t believe that we are now at a place where the NIMBYs golf courses are triggered by development that’s next to them.
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I could see this argument potentially working along one of the FTDO corridors that indeed has nonexistent transit, notably the Beltline-adjacent one (Northbrook, St. Albans, Highwoods, etc.).
But RCC is bounded by the #15 and #19, which both run 4X/hour – putting them in the top tier of GoRaleigh routes by frequency.
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About as novel as a country club member here ever riding the bus…
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That also falls apart when you notice that right across the street (Donald Ross) from their main entrance are two large apartment complexes. (Old and rundown, but nonetheless…)
They should be glad that this one is gonna be “cottages” and just get over it.
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I made it over there for a beer but my son was too rambunctious to stay. Ryan said the corner towards the patio will have a pool table eventually. Nice to have a new neighborhood bar
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I was surprised to see many cars there last night on my way downtown. But I wasn’t sure because it looked like they didn’t even a sign up yet, or any other obvious indicators that it was an open business. Interesting.
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LMAO why is the RaleighCleanup page doing The Rock eyeroll gif comment on that???
IDK if this is residential, or if our neighborhood falls in the scope of this thread, but there’s a curious site in Battery Heights I’ve kept an eye on for years. It’s a defunct radio tower on Bart. It’s nestled in the middle of the neighborhood, not exactly prime retail location, but I always thought the massive tower would make a very cool set piece for some kind of bar or community oriented social spot. Assuming keeping it upright isn’t too cost prohibitive.
Anyway, recently somebody clearcut the lot. Not sure what, if anything, that means.
Edit: lot is owned by 515 Bart St LLC, registered 2023.
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Agreed. I’ve lived in downtown-east Raleigh for 15 years and have grown to love this tower.
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Reinforcing structural integrity on towers like this can be very expensive. If it’s no longer in service, there wouldn’t be justification to keep it “safe” and have a business adjacent, in my experience and opinion. It would likely be less expensive to bring it down than reinforce, insure, and continue paying for structural assessments over the years.
Yeah, I figure. Especially for such an out-of-the-way spot, there’s really no upside beyond cool factor.
I’m sure it’s coming down, and I imagine this lot sitting unused for so long is due to nobody wanting to have to actually do that. But I’ll still be sad to see it.
I’m also guessing they want to convert to residential. You could probably get 2, maybe 3 SFH on it. Or a nice little multiplex.
It’s worth noting that the former broadcast tower is the reason why the adjoining 10 acre parcel can’t be developed. There is a radial array of grounding wires that can’t be obstructed due to an easement of sorts. That’s just from memory, I don’t recall the specifics.
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Wow. So in other words, if someone were to invest in removing the tower, they’d not only have the lot it sits on, but an additional 10 acres available.
That much prime real estate on the edge of downtown—it’ll be fascinating to see what someone ends up doing.
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I’m sure there is a ground grid in the dirt, but it wouldn’t be too deep. As old as the facility is – WRAL went on the air in 1939 – the grid is probably large-gauge copper wire and there would be no difficulty finding a recycler willing to pull it out.
A 2022 photo on Google Maps shows the tower (which, for an AM station like this, actually IS the antenna) has at least one antenna on the side. It probably belongs to someone leasing space on the tower for it. I don’t know if that lease is still active.
The really interesting thing about the tower is the original WRAL-TV antenna from 1956 on top.
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Wow, that’s really put some pieces together. I always wondered about that dead-end clearing and this plot in general. Never considered the grounding wires being a factor.
So seems pretty likely they’ll tear it down and build residential. Hope it’s at least relatively dense and not like Tupper Place next to it.
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LOL…I was confused the first time I saw Tupper Place. Saw a couple McMansions and I was like, Did I take a wrong turn and end up in Cary?? 
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