300 scores are extremely rare in duckpin so it appears to be a harder–perhaps more competitive game.
That’s great because my sucky bowling scores will be justified!
I know it’s been mentioned Pins Mechanical is going in Seaboard, I finally saw pictures of their other locations, wow this is awesome.
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I’ve been to one in Charlotte and one in Indy. It’s a big space with good drink options and a lot of different activities. The Charlotte one is the only one I’ve been to later at night - and the vibe definitely fit with the late night Glenwood crowd. Excited that they landed a tenant that will bring a lot of people to the area, but I personally wouldn’t want to live in an apartment complex above this tbh.
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Heck yeah. Definitely a future meetup spot. Even family-friendly (I thought) during the day. I know it’s not talked about much but I do think this will bring more families downtown too.
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I feel like the developers may have soundproofed the walls and ceiling surrounding this unit. I only say that because they are pretty intentional with their designs and they planned for this type entertainment space so 
. I may be completely wrong.
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Wouldn’t it be crazy if- hear me out- all apartments were soundproofed like they should be??? LMAO
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If you went later at night then it would have probably been a bunch of 20-somethings out partying. They try to cater to families till around 8pm and then the vibe starts to shift. I want to say they start IDing people at the door at 9pm. Friday and Saturday nights are when it is by far the busiest…other nights are usually pretty chill. (Although being the new spot in down might mean it’s busy and loud more often than not).
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FWIW, this will be in the concrete construction base.
I’ve built a hotel near an airport runway, its possible to soundproof with the help of concrete, gypcrete, RC channel, sound isolation clips, tightly sealed windows, batt insulation, air graps, double and triple drywall in the correct configuration!
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I know every building must have a back side. And there is a part of me that wants to give an A for effort but a C for design. I didn’t capture the huge concrete parking structure that well that scores D- For reference this back end all faces front of Logan’s Nursery.
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Major mural potential, I’m sure these walls won’t be mural-less for too long given the pending development at Logan’s.
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The development replacing Logan’s will essentially hide the backside of those buildings. Similar to Platform phase II. It’s fine but wish the street level were activated
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I missed the Hunky Dory discussion from before. I’m a sort-of regular there. They only recently reduced back to Fri/Sat/Sun from five-six days a week, and before that seven. They’ve had some misfortune in that location, between the construction and removal of parking and some chronic HVAC and building issues.
All that said, it’s an utterly fantastic locally-owned shop, the kind of retail DTR wants to proliferate. The owner (Bell) and staff are great. The craft beer selection is pound-for-pound one of the best curated downtown. And between the three locations, the vinyl selection is solid and fills holes in Raleigh’s record store ecosphere. I’m glad they’ve found a home that won’t take them far.
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We had lunch on a recent weekday outside of Bad Daddy’s and it had more pedestrians in the area than I thought there’d be. The Starbuck’s had steady stream of business and there were a number of youngs coming from between the two apartment buildings in the middle and heading towards downtown or businesses along the Honky Dory strip on scooters, bikes and foot. I get what you’re saying but maybe it’s moving on a quicker timeline. 
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Well then that’s encouraging to hear. I just worry that whenever that double 20-story tower project on the Logan’s lot starts - which will probably still coincide with some remaining construction of the current redevelopment - that there will be another dip in accessibility and therefore visitation to the area. That’ll be an entire flustercuck.
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