Sweeping velvet hooded cloak lined with taffeta? Check. Ostrich-feather bonnet? Check. Multicolored sashes pinned just so with jeweled stars, crosses, and historical figures? Check. Check. Check ...

Once considered one of the most elegant hotels in Raleigh, the Velvet Cloak Inn has been sold to a developer with a record of investment in student housing. Posted 2016-04-20T20:05:40+00:00 ...

RALEIGH â The Velvet Cloak Inn, a Hillsborough Street landmark that has hosted sports fans, lobbyists and other visitors to Raleigh for more than four decades, has been shut down after city ...

Residents at the Velvet Cloak Inn rise up against property owners in legal fight that has ramifications for North Carolina by Aaron Lake Smith 07/30/2014 02/06/2023. Share this: ...

The Velvet Cloak inn on Hillsborough Street in Raleigh, and the old Jack Tar motel, aka the “Oprah Building” in downtown Durham, are two of the most mysterious, yet iconic structures in their ...

The Velvet Cloak was built in 1962. Once-swank Velvet Cloak reduced to heap of rubble Barney Fife used to get a hotel room at the Raleigh YMCA on Hillsborough Street and always got a corner room ...

Raleigh’s once-luxurious Velvet Cloak Inn will soon be no more. Demolition permits were issued last week to Summit Contracting. The Velvet Cloak Inn, developed by York Properties in the early ...

The Velvet Cloak Inn still has a place in the hearts of natives and long-time Raleigh residents — but its days as a premier hotel and showplace were long gone, which is why the site now will be ...

An Unassuming Prince Dons the Velvet Cloak at Ballet Theater Thomas Forster, promoted to principal dancer during the pandemic, makes his New York debut in “Giselle” as the company returns to ...