Oak City Portraits
Small Grocers Alive in Raleigh
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Record photographer Karen Tam spent some time in Raleigh’s neighborhood grocery stores, offering this essay and photos to capture the life there.
Raleigh Public Record (https://theraleighcommons.org/raleighpublicrecord/author/ktam/page/9/)
Record photographer Karen Tam spent some time in Raleigh’s neighborhood grocery stores, offering this essay and photos to capture the life there.
A facade is all that remains of the building at 301 S. Wilmington St.
Marchers gathered in downtown Raleigh Monday in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday.
Empty shelves and a few random grocery items are all that’s left this week at the Kroger on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. The store closes Wednesday, one of two closing this month in southeast Raleigh.
Election Day is about one week away, and signs are cropping up.
The North Carolina State Fair opens Thursday. Until then, food trucks are being washed down, signs are being painted, supplies are being delivered to every corner of the fairgrounds in west Raleigh.
The Oakwood neighborhood was threatened by a highway that would have divided the neighborhood, but residents defeated the proposal in 1972.
The Chavis carousel house construction project is underway.
About 30 cyclists gathered Wednesday to install a ghost bike at the site where State Mental Health Director Steve Jordan was killed July 4.