The front window of Blue Coffee Cafe at Corcoran and Parrish streets is the place to witness the rebirth of Durham. The streets, once empty enough for tumbleweed, now teem with people. Hotels, skyscrapers, plazas, new businesses: The people making that happen all pass by Blue Coffee, an anchor of this neighborhood for the last […]
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The transformation of Mutual Community Savings Bank into swanky Hotel Durham
For years, I despised this building, and took the architect’s name in vain. The front is adorned with toothlike gold and white columns that threaten to bite anyone who walks beneath them. And is that a silo on the side of the building? But, over time, I warmed to the Mutual Community Savings Bank, with […]
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Durham could remove ghost bikes and roadside memorials
Roadside flowers and altars, mementos and ghost bicycles: These remembrances, which signify where a fatal traffic accident has happened, can remain in the public rights-of-way for years. As the INDY reported last week, the city of Durham wants to regulate roadside memorials, permitting workers to remove them if officials deem them a safety hazard or […]
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Popular local cyclist Kent Winberry dies from injuries in Durham traffic accident
The early evening of Oct. 18 was cool, 68 degrees, with a few scattered clouds, a perfect afternoon for cycling. Shortly before 6 p.m., Kent Winberry was biking east on Duke University Road, when Ernest Lipscomb, who was headed west, turned his Dodge Ram truck left onto Chapel Hill Road, striking Winberry. Winberry, a popular […]
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Durham Civilian Police Review Board accepting applications for five seats
The Durham Civilian Police Review Board, which was involved in the city’s tightening of the police department and protocol, is looking for new members. There are nine members on the board; the terms of five expire this year. Applicants must be 21 and have lived inside the Durham City limits for the past three years. […]
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Durham Bicycle & Pedestrian Commission OKs memorial policy, but with one change
The Durham Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Commission voted 9–1 to support the city’s “Memorials on City Property” policy with one important exception.As the INDY reported earlier this week, the proposed policy would allow the city to remove roadside memorials (ghost bikes, flowers, altars, mementoes) from the right-of-way 30 days after city personnel noticed them—if the […]
Posted inFood & Drink
The perfect staycation meal: A Dos Perros margarita and Parlour ice cream
“I’m drinking my dinner,” I told the cheerful bartender at Dos Perros. My husband and I had been on staycation only about 30 minutes, and to celebrate we headed to the Mexican eatery for one of our favorite drinks—the Skinny Dip—the best margarita in Durham. This is not one of those cocktail heresies—margaritas fruitified and […]
Posted inNews, Housing
Thursday morning read: the national trend influencing the Triangle’s apartment/condo boom
If you talk to people about the recent rush of new apartments and condos being built in Raleigh and Durham, the question always arises: Who is going to live in these places? Well, The New York Times published an interesting story today about the huge growth in construction of apartments and condos nationwide. More people […]
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More election fun: Watch the Orange County candidates’ forum
The same evening the INDY co-sponsored a candidates’ forum in Wake County, we also hosted and filmed one at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill for Orange County candidates. Commissioner candidates Mia Burroughs (D), whom we endorsed, and her opponent, Gary Kahn (R) participated, as did three Democrats for legislative races: Valerie Foushee of Senate 23, […]
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Latest Public Policy Polling survey: Kay Hagan 46, Thom Tillis 43, Sean Haugh 5
Early voting starts tomorrow, and Kay Hagan is maintaining her slim lead over Thom Tillis by 3 percentage points, according to a PPP survey. Libertarian Sean Haugh’s 5 percent is within that difference, but his polling has fallen since summer. Neither major-party candidate is inspiring confidence with voters, but Hagan, whom the INDY endorsed, is […]
