It’s that time of year when we hear about the alleged war on Christmas, the war on God—battles manufactured by the religious right to stir up the fundamentalist troops snoozing in the pews. Well, while religion is waning in public life, it’s not a war, but more like a “meh.” The “war,” one could argue, […]
Lisa Sorg
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Wake County’s new transit future starts tonight at Raleigh Convention Center
Wake County, wrestled from the grip of gas-guzzling, fill-it-up-with-premium, to-hell-with-that-catalytic-converter Republican county commissioners, is launching a new vision for mass transit tonight. The public meeting starts at 6 p.m. the Raleigh Convention Center, in Ballroom C. If you can’t make the meeting—perhaps it would take you 90 minutes and three buses to get there—you can […]
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Today in caffeine: Intrepid Coffee to open in new space; Blue Coffee makes Kickstarter goal
It appears Durhamites love coffee so much that they’re willing to donate big bucks to keep their favorite spots open. Intrepid Coffee & Spirits, which closed its downtown spot on Parrish Street for financial reasons, is reopening at 904 Broad St. Owner Matt Victoriano, an Iraq War veteran, Iaunched a successful Indiegogo campaign—he raised more […]
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All in all, it’s just another brick in the crumbling wall
The Oh Shit factor has arrived. When I interviewed Greg Hills of Austin Lawrence Partners in July about his plans for the City Center Project in downtown Durham, he noted that developers have to prepare themselves for the unexpected, often inevitable entanglements that emerge during a project: mold, asbestos, soil issues, structural problems, even human […]
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After three deaths in two months, cycling advocates call for new bike plan, education, enforcement
Until mid-October, Elizabeth Hopkins had not encountered a significant problem between motorists and bicyclists. Then her friend Kent Winberry, an avid cyclist, was killed while riding in a bike lane on Duke University Road. As Winberry approached the intersection of Chapel Hill Road, a driver turned left in front of him. “This changed everything,” Hopkins […]
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Durham City Council to discuss affordable housing, transit and Erwin Square project today
Affordable housing and mass transit, both in short supply in Durham, are on today’s City Council agenda, specifically the Erwin Square Project. Council meets at 1 p.m. If Council approves a rezoning, which could happen Monday night, Erwin Square would be built to capacity, the 9.8-acre project could have 322 residential units, 168,000 square feet […]
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Photo journal: Another cyclist dies
Last Saturday afternoon, bicyclists headed toward downtown, past the future Durham Co-op Market at Chapel Hill and Kent streets. Later that evening, Tony Morris Turner, 56, died after a car hit him while he was riding his bike on North Roxboro Street. Police are still searching for the driver of the car, thought to be […]
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Mean streets: Navigating downtown Durham as a blind person takes courage, a cool head and thick skin
Mean streets: Our guide to making downtown Durham safer for the blind—and everyone Navigating downtown Durham as a blind person takes courage, a cool head and thick skin Where to go for help Contribute to our crowdsourced map of hazards for those with limited vision around downtown Durham He must have heard the scuffing of […]
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Mean streets: Our guide to making downtown Durham safer for the blind—and everyone
Open the map in a larger view How the blind can read this This story, including photo captions, has been specially designed for OCRs optical character recognition readers that many low-vision people use to read printed material. We’ve specially coded all the stories so that text-to-speech software can also read the story, including a description […]
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When the walls come tumbling down, who gets the piano?
Burned out and roofless: That’s one sadsack row of buildings at 119 W. Parrish and 119-121 W. Main streets. (They are near Corcoran, for you development trackers at home). But something is stirring in this block, besides the rats that have hunkered down in the detritus for the winter. Early next year Austin Lawrence Partners […]