Record #:

5051

Author(s):

Lea, Diane

Abstract:

In 1995, the city of Raleigh asked the architectural firm of Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee to evaluate the possibility of adding two halls to the existing Memorial Auditorium. Lea describes the challenges the firm met and dealt with over the ensuing five years to bring the new BTI Center for the Performing Arts to completion in 2001.

Source:

Metro Magazine (NoCar F 264 R1 M48), Vol. 2 Issue 1, Jan/Feb 2001, p26-19, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

BTI Center for the Performing Arts; Buildings--Repairs and reconstruction--Raleigh

Record #:

14307

Author(s):

Brannon, C.H.

Abstract:

\"Mr. Fixit\" was a nickname for one Guy L. Bunch, a Raleigh man born in 1866. The article chronicles Mr. Bunch's life from a runaway at fourteen, to sailor, MIT graduate, and eventually a member of the United States Secret Service. He spent retirement in his little repair shop near Raleigh and earned the nickname \"Mr. Fixit\" because of his aptitude for repairing small machinery.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 16 Issue 30, Dec 1948, p9, 18

Subject(s):

Buildings--Repairs and reconstruction--Raleigh; Bunch, Guy L., b. 1866

Record #:

23214

Author(s):

Sorg, Lisa

Abstract:

Construction workers discovered an empty bank vault as they worked to restore buildings along Main Street in Durham.

Source:

Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 32 Issue 9, March 2015, p10, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Buildings--Repairs and reconstruction--Raleigh; Construction--Durham