They look like fortresses. And in many ways, they are. 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 ...
The Velvet Cloak Inn, developed by York Properties in the early 1960s, was one of the first Raleigh hotels to be built outside of the downtown core, and for years was the premier destination for ...