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[Jones133]

A friend of mine that works for the Bar was just telling me this too.

Edited by Jones133, 11 September 2009 - 11:05 AM.

[JeffC]

That's the site where the old Meredith College once stood, isn't it?



If so, that block will finally be getting a tenant, what, forty years after the beautiful old Meredith building was demolished to make way for new development??

[Jones133]

JeffC, on Sep 15 2009, 08:10 AM, said:

That's the site where the old Meredith College once stood, isn't it?



If so, that block will finally be getting a tenant, what, forty years after the beautiful old Meredith building was demolished to make way for new development??

Yeah thats it. So hard to believe such iconic buildings get torn down. Maybe the Bar will give us something decent....I think its also noteworthy that their vacating the Fayetteville Street space leaves a storefront there for actual retail if and when we get to needing more such spaces...

[Gard]

I wish someone could talk the Bar into building a recreation of the original that stood on the site...might not be an exact replica and would certainly be modern, but it would at least add some of the lost character back to the site.

[RaleighRick]

orulz, on 27 January 2009 - 10:32 AM, said:

Here are some renderings I stumbled across of the State Capitol Visitor's Center.





I have to say that this is a combination of disappointment and relief at the same time.

First, it's a disappointment because:

• It's a small building, on a very large piece of property that could be developed into lots of state offices.
  
• It sits directly on the corner of Wilmington and Jones, and yet is completely inaccessible from the street
  
• It has a "lawn" that is supposedly designed for holding gubernatorial inaugurations. Why take up such an important, valuable piece of land for an event that happens at mot once every four years?

But, it's a relief because:

• The building It only takes up perhaps 1/6 of the lot, I guess some of the land could be redeveloped as offices later
  
• It is a pretty attractive building.

It looks like this project has begun.  Construction fencing is up and work has begun.  Does anyone know if the project is still the same as rendered?

Also, what ever happened to the new State Bar headquarters building mentioned in the above post?

[RaleighRob]

RaleighRick, on 16 January 2012 - 09:59 PM, said:

It looks like this project has begun.  Construction fencing is up and work has begun.  Does anyone know if the project is still the same as rendered?

Also, what ever happened to the new State Bar headquarters building mentioned in the above post?

I think the construction that you're seeing IS the State Bar headquarters, not the visitor's center.    http://dtraleigh.com/2011/12/new-nc-state-bar-hq-construction-begins-deals-final-blow-to-former-baptist-university/

[Jones133]

I walk  past it every day and can confirm the construction sign says that is the case.