A frustrated landlord on Maiden Lane installed a fence between Sadlack’s and the street, but it never lasted long. Between “anarchist, hippies, and punks,” Wilson says, the free-flowing atmosphere on Maiden Lane welcomed musicians, artists, leftists, and gay-rights activists, with parties at any one house open to neighbors, too.
IndyWeek (NC), “Born in the Shadow of N.C. State, Steeped in Parties and Punk Rock, Raleigh’s Historic Maiden Lane Will Soon Perish in the Name of Progress”
