Fayetteville Street is one of Downtown Raleigh's signature streets, bound by the North Carolina State Capitol on the northern terminus and the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts to the south. Part of the Fayetteville Street District, the street includes the $15 million City Plaza, formally opened in 2009. It is one of the four streets radiating out from the Capitol Building (the other three being Halifax and Hillsborough Streets and New Bern Avenue.)

Fayetteville Street is highly walkable, populated by restaurants and storefronts and frequently hosts many of the city's largest civic gatherings and festivals, such as Raleigh Wide Open and Hopscotch Music Festival.

View from State Capitol © 2011 ChrisRiefPhotography.com

Photos from the 1960's

Fayetteville St Raleigh 1965  Was posted on Facebook by  Deena Andre Belgoderi
 

Photos from the 1950's

Carolina Power and Light linemen at work on wires on Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, NC, July 13, 1950. From the Barden Collection, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.
 

Photos from the 1920's

Fayetteville Street, 1924 Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh
 

  Fayetteville Street, 1924 Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh

Fayetteville Street, 200 Block Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh