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Future Islands and Goner at Berkeley Cafe
We’re in the same bubble baby, trying to make it out alive. Yip Yip!
Boylan Bridge Brewpub Open for Business
The Boylan Bridge Brewpub opened its doors and taps at 3pm on Friday to a packed house and line out the door.
Give Me Tolls; Give Me Taxes
Peter Eichenberger is tired of breathing your exhaust fumes. I haven’t ridden the thing yet, first, ‘cause I have this thing about busses, second, that unless one is incapacitated, like too drunk to walk, downtown Raleigh is as walkable as you’ll find, and finally, that free is really free via the bicycle. But forget me, the R bus line, by reducing the “necessity” of driving a car everywhere one must go, rain or shine, night or day, in a dense, urban grid, is the best, smartest idea Raleigh has had in, gee, I dunno, a generation. But here’s the predicable Greek Chorus, “whaaah, whaaah, whaaah,” from the car set: “It’s not free! It costs me money and I don’t ride it.” Listen up, ya babies, let’s talk about “free.” How did it somehow become written in the sky and implicitly understood by every mother’s child that the motorist is exempt from some normal standards of responsibility with this century-long free ride to foul their path with zero or minimal responsibility to clean up the mess their fiendish contraptions leave? Every time I go anywhere, I have to breathe your exhaust fumes, dodge your oil spills and jagged heaps of broken car that litter nearly every intersection and never seem to get swept up – not to mention never getting a chance to relax from the mortal danger waiting at every turn via inattentive drivers futzing with their music, phones, hair, yada, yada. So tough tits. [Continued below the fold.]
Toxic Free Tip of the Week: Cost of Tomatoes?
Three children with birth defects; four years of investigations; three thousand dollars. The Ag-Mart case closed with a whimper last week - what a frustrating anti-climax. Get the skinny on what happened, and on the various brand names Ag-Mart’s tomatoes come under so you can avoid them if you wanna.
Confederate Monument - $1895 (Raleigh)
Confederate Monument - $1895 (Raleigh) Red Schwinn Road Bike - $70 (Cary)
The Snap: I-540 Pedestrian Bridge
This pedestrian bridge crosses North Raleigh’s I-540 between Falls of the Neuse Road and Capital Boulevard, where at 2:24 am, traffic is sparse.
Tear Down This Monument?
Most Raleighites are familiar with the City of Oaks’ most infamous statue, the Confederate Monument on Union Square. Even short time visitors are likely to be greeted by the towering Confederate soldiers guarding the State Capitol, provided they spend any time downtown. More below the fold.
Hillsborough Street Renaissance
On March 14th, Legacy Event Planners will be hosting a green arts and music festival to celebrate the upcoming revival of Hillsborough Street. The ten-hour festival will kick off the construction of new roundabouts on Hillsborough Street, aimed at making this key artery a more navigable and pedestrian friendly road. In addition to bringing attention to the need for a better streetscape across from NC State campus, the community festival will be raising money for local non-profits focused on renewable energy research, sustainable development, and community improvement. More below the fold.
Raleigh and Wake Emergency Center - Offering Online Tracking
Now, every time someone needs help in Raleigh, you can find out on Twitter.
