The idea for transforming Durham’s Downtown Loop began to crystallize last night as as group of developers and urban designers unveiled sketches of what such a metamorphosis would look like. [pdf-1] This version of the Loop plan has been updated, as of May 18. In March, developers, including Church & Cleveland Partners, urban planners, the […]
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On a street corner, Mount Zion schoolkids preach fire and brimstone
“Repent, for the kingdom of God is at hand!” About a half-dozen kids, about 7, 8 years old, from Mount Zion Christian Academy had camped out at Chapel Hill and Morris streets in downtown Durham Thursday morning. While the adults stood in the background chatting among one another, the kids passed around a megaphone to […]
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Initial sketches of new Durham Police Department show way to save Carpenter Building
I wish I could say I have confidence in the appearance of the new Durham Police Department headquarters. But at last night’s public input meeting—at which the public was supposed to comment—there were no labels on the streets, the buildings, the green space, the parking deck or the big blue slab that appeared on some […]
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Tonight: Give your input about new Durham Police headquarters
Tonight we get to see what’s behind Door No. 1 in the designs for the new Durham Police headquarters on East Main Street. A second public input meeting about the new $62 million DPD headquarters is scheduled for Wednesday evening from 5:30 to 7 at the Durham Armory, 212 Foster St. This is a drop-in […]
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Durham History Hub and a new online project both trace Durham’s dining past
F IS FOR FOOD History Hub 500 W. Main St. 919-246-9993 www.museumofdurhamhistory.org Tuesday–Saturday 10 a.m.–5 p.m., with extended hours on Third Fridays Free A time machine of Durham’s food landscape www.savaslabs.com/durham-restaurants-map One of the most coveted items in the History Hub’s new food exhibit is a white T-shirt with maroon raglan sleevesthe kind worn by […]
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Durham (finally) getting serious about affordable housing
Affordable Housing DensityAffordable Housing Possible Sites Sure, 9,500 affordable housing units sounds promising until you realize that because of rising land values, most of them will disappear once the light-rail route is built.Two meetings next week will get down to brass tacks on solving both the cultural and financial aspects of the affordable housing problem […]
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Tonight: Craig LeHoullier and his ‘Epic Tomatoes’ at Durham County Public Library
No food experience is better, in my view anyway, than picking a ripe garden tomato off the vine, rubbing it on your shirt (or just eat the dirt, it’s good for you) and taking a big, juicy bite. Get ready for tomato season tonight when Craig LeHoullier of Raleigh, arguably one of the nation’s tomato […]
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Historic home in Watts-Hillandale neighborhood can be torn down
The fate of the historic Williams-Muse House at 2308 W. Club Blvd. is now in the hands of Trevor and Jordan Smith. The couple want to tear down the 1920s Craftsman bungalow and build a new home on the three-quarter-acre lot in the historic Watts-Hillandale neighborhood. The Durham Historic Preservation Commission voted yesterday to allow […]
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Affordable housing, transit on today’s Durham planning agenda
Bedtime reading it’s not, but key two reports are up for discussion this morning at the Durham Joint City-County Planning Committee. The first deals with density bonuses for affordable housing. These incentives—allowing more units and less parking than the zoning would prescribe otherwise—help developers cut costs in return for building a greater number of affordable […]
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In Durham, murder is up, rape is down
Read the Durham Police Department’s 1st Quarter Crime Report Anything that could be thrown had to be removed. In anticipation of a sizable citizen protest against Durham police on May Day, workers spent part of a stormy afternoon downtown picking up bricks. There were stacks of them on several corners, saved for streetscaping projects. But […]