"The building on N.C. State University's campus most likely to evoke doo-wop harmonies, hot rods and drive-ins is months away from demolition — unless a long-shot preservation effort by a local blog succeeds.

University officials plan in June to tear down the 50-year-old student book store, with its distinctive wavy 'folded-plane' walkway canopies, to make way for a major expansion of the Talley Student Center.

The blog Goodnight Raleigh!, which covers local architecture, history and art, has started a campaign to persuade the university to save the building."

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NewsObserver.com (2/13/2011)