Durham Central ParkCentral Park Condo’sCentral Park ImprovementsCentral Park Property ConveyanceEasement Agreement Another crane will soon crack the skyline near downtown, this time to build a 100-unit luxury condo project at 539 Foster St., which abuts the northern end of Durham Central Park. City Council approved the development agreement on Monday, by a 6–1 margin, with […]
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Durham’s ghost bikes could disappear
Does it bother you that people have commemorated their loved ones by marking the spot near the road where they died? Us neither. The memorials are a sobering reminder of the dangers of traffic. Well, someone was pissed, because he or she griped to the Durham General Services Department about two ghost bikes, claiming that […]
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Council approves a much-needed road diet for the Boulevard
The cyclists arrived at City Hall on Monday night en masse, flush with endorphins, sporting their sun-kissed brows and chiseled calves. They, and many other Durhamiteseven those who unfortunately had to drive to the meetingwere there to persuade City Council to approve a road diet for Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard, or as it’s formally known, U.S. […]
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It’s official: Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard is going on a road diet
Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard is shrinking. Last night Durham City Council voted 7-0 to approve a plan to reduce the number of car lanes from five to three along the portion of the thoroughfare between Hardee’s and James Street. There would also be new bike lanes and 21 on-street parking spaces. The re-striping will begin later […]
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Durham, don’t fear the 15-501 road diet
For the nine years that I have traveled Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard, I’ve wondered how Foster’s customers could possibly relax in those Adirondack chairs, the ones on the lawn facing the busy road. It must be the same crowd who enjoys the infield at the racetrack. About 14,000 cars, many of them traveling 50 mph in […]
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Do Durham cops target black drivers?
Last year, a Durham Human Relations Commission report concluded that city police, either consciously or unconsciously, engaged in racial profiling. As the result of those findingswhich DPD disputedand other recommendations to increase transparency, the department is tracking more fine-grained data to determine if racial bias is occurring in traffic stops. For example, officers who stop […]
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DISH: Tips on which peppers suit which dish
My dad, always the prankster: I must have been about 8, when one summer day he handed me a long, thin, red pepper. “Go ahead and take a bite,” he said. Having been a previous victim of his practical jokes, I felt a bit head shy. But as with many wild animals, I also did […]
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Why are negotiations between a developer and Durham Central Park being held behind closed doors?
The five acres of Durham Central Parkthe setting for the farmers market, concerts, movies, food truck rodeos, weddings and simply beingare as close to sacred as a public space can be. Now, how we experience the parkour sense of placeis on the verge of being upended. In the works for at least a year, 539 […]
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The DPD’s new headquarters are looking more and more like a missed opportunity
Can’t. Can’t. Can’t. Were it not for the apostrophe, that word could have earned its own hashtag at Thursday’s City Council work session, when the architect unveiled the latest drawings for the new $62 million Durham Police Department headquarters, to be built on the east side of downtown. The city hired local architect O’Brien/Atkins, entrusting […]
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N.C. Legislature: Gagging its citizens—in more ways than one
Talk to the hand. Actually, just shut up. That seems to be the message from our chatty state Legislature, which hears only what it wants to hear—or deems legal to. First, the Legislature overrode the governor’s veto of the ag-gag bill—effectively silencing any employee who wants to document abuses at farms and processing plants where […]
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