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. Tax records from the Wake County Revenue ...

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And then there were two. With the exception of a handful of squatters, Mary Keef and Brian Walingsford are the last two people living in the Velvet Cloak Inn in Raleigh. Since July, several of their ...

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 ...

SAN MIGUEL ESCOBAR, Guatemala (AP) — The hefty velvet cloaks, finely embroidered with gold thread will cover the wooden Virgin Mary and Christ figures carried by the faithful down cobblestone streets ...

SAN MIGUEL ESCOBAR, Guatemala (AP) — Stitch by stitch, artisans have worked for months on the elaborate garments that will debut this week in Holy Week processions across Guatemala and beyond. The ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN MIGUEL ESCOBAR, Guatemala (AP) — Stitch ...