Honoring the Past, Building a Future
I read another book, The Grand Design - a novel by Joy Callaway about Dorothy Draper, a famous interior designer who was hired to restore the Greenbrier. It is well written and about an era we have left behind in our sensibilities, manners, tastes and style. Politics is part of the Greenbrier story, which is … Continue reading Beyond Rocky Mount: A Famous Restoration: The Greenbrier
In the 3rd Ward, this house has an aluminum awning in great shape I don't remember when the state of aluminum awnings appeared on my radar screen, but often driving through Wards 1-4, I began to notice how many there are in various states of repair. I wondered who the company was that installed them? … Continue reading The Metal House Awnings of Rocky Mount, NC
CONGRATULATIONS I have written on this blog about Andrew Clark and his wife Nicole. (919-208-9509)Here is a quick reminder about him. Andrew Clark, (Rental Property Investor from Raleigh, NC) and wife bought two commercial properties on Main St (Music City & Lights buildings). They have completed work on two 2000sqft+ luxury lofts on the second … Continue reading EXTRA, EXTRA, Read All about It. Exciting News on Rocky Mount’s Main Street: Andrew Clark, Investor, Completes Project.
Main Street Rocky Mount and the surrounding streets (Tarboro, Washington, Thomas, Church to name a few) is the place to go for delicious food or a glass of wine, a cup of coffee, great Southern cooking. You can even have the 'Best Sandwiches Ever' on the Douglas Block. They all have their unique atmosphere and … Continue reading Rocky Mount Is Becoming “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”
SETTING THE STAGE FOR A STORY: First, you must put on your Norman Rockwell glasses to return to a time of innocence, of patriotism, where a boy and girl sit at the soda fountain drinking from two straws, a sleeping boy is nestled with his dog beside him, of the family gathered around the Thanksgiving … Continue reading The Restoration of Unity Cemetery Brought Back A Campfire Story
I have spent some quiet time since the City Council meeting this past Monday wrestling with how to hold the eternal varieties of the discussion over Unity Cemetery. These adjective words describe the situation that night. without beginning or end; lasting forever; always existing perpetual; ceaseless; endless:eternal quarreling; eternal chatter. Photographer William Manley and others have … Continue reading The Eternal Varieties of Councilmen Knight and Blackwell
Main Street Rocky Mount 