InTheCityToday.com - Powered by Joomla! site syndication http://inthecitytoday.com/raleigh.north.carolina 2009-07-04T07:23:58+01:00 http://inthecitytoday.com/raleigh.north.carolina http://inthecitytoday.com/raleigh.north.carolina/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2008-11-15T19:28:44+01:00 http://inthecitytoday.com/raleigh.north.carolina http://inthecitytoday.com/raleigh.north.carolina/content/view/71/2/ Raleigh, North CarolinaFrom Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page), the free encyclopediaRaleigh (pronounced rah-lee) is the capital of the state of North Carolina and the seat of Wake County. Raleigh is known as the “City of Oaks” for its many oak trees. It is the second most populous city in North Carolina after Charlotte. The estimated population on July 1, 2008 was 380,173. Since 2006, Raleigh's municipal population has surpassed those of Minneapolis, Tampa, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and St. Louis, and it is the 15th fastest growing city in the United States. Its population has grown by more than 100,000 since 2000, an increase of nearly 40%.Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill make up the three historically primary cities of the Research Triangle metropolitan region. The regional nickname of The Triangle originated after the 1959 creation of the Research Triangle Park, located between the cities of Raleigh and Durham. The Research Triangle region encompasses the U.S. Census Bureau's Combined Statistical Area (CSA) of Raleigh-Durham-Cary in the central Piedmont region of North Carolina. The estimated population of the Raleigh-Durham-Cary CSA was 1,635,974 as of July 1, 2007, with the Raleigh-Cary Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) portion estimated at 1,047,629 residents.Most of Raleigh is located within Wake County, with a very small portion extending into Durham County[6]. The towns of Cary, Garner, Wake Forest, Apex, Holly Springs, Clayton, and Knightdale are some of Raleigh's primary nearby suburbs. text/html 2008-08-15T08:10:16+01:00 http://inthecitytoday.com/raleigh.north.carolina http://inthecitytoday.com/raleigh.north.carolina/content/view/42/2/ Stuff Downtown Raleigh Likes: Warehouses When looking at the history and current state of downtown Raleigh, there is no doubt that it likes warehouses. It just can’t get enough of them. Downtown Raleigh even has a district called “The Warehouse District.” Then again, don’t most cities have “warehouse districts”? They do IF they haven’t torn all the warehouses down to make room for stucco laced condos or big box retail. Red clay makes up most of the soil in the midlands of North Carolina. Bricks are made of red clay. And what are warehouses made of? Yes, that’s right, brick. Warehouses embody history and we love history. Therefore, deductive logic states that Downtown Raleigh must celebrate its warehouses. Just think, what if there wasn’t a warehouse district. Raleigh wouldn’t have a church in the same building as a bar with a sand filled volleyball court which is across the street from the car wash with the outdoor basketball court. How convenient. And what about all the design firms, art galleries, bars, trophy shops and restaurants that Raleigh has in old warehouses. See Artspace, Designbox, Legends, Mosquito, Humble Pie, The Pit and White Rabbit. What would downtown do without these places? Old buildings whose history is preserved in the rawest of ways, vault and all, like at White Collar Crime. An old car showroom that is now El Rodeo and Artspace. That’s what Downtown Raleigh likes. Warehouses also create great alleyways, another thing that Downtown Raleigh likes. Alleyways are good for a couple of things other than garbage collecting, fights and late night rendezvous, including video and photography shoots. What would these artists do without the warehouses that create these shadow-catching alleyways? I guess shoot under a funky local bridge. There are a couple of those around too. Downtown Raleigh needs warehouses. Where would all the artists go that make up the warehouse district. Oh wait, there aren’t any artist lofts in The Warehouse District. But don’t most big cities and their “warehouse districts” play host to artist lofts and “hip” warehouse, glow stick parties with electro music? Where are those? Surely one warehouse could host one or so a month for the artsy crowd. Maybe I was wrong, maybe Downtown Raleigh doesn’t like warehouses. Then again, they did save many them from demolition by canceling, or should I say postponing, the mass transit rail that was proposed through the area and was to eradicate the empty Dillon Supply Company spaces. Quite possibly Sidetrack Brewpub, Goodlife and Five Star could go too. But does that mean Raleigh still likes its stock of warehouses? Maybe Downtown Raleigh needs to take more care of its warehouses. The Depot has been empty for over 3 years now, other than a mechanical bull, some massive spot lights in the parking lot and 75 televisions hanging from beautiful wood trusses. Maybe TTA needs to reroute the commuter rail to miss the beloved Dillon Supply warehouses. With the condo boom slowing down, those raw loft ideas aren’t such a bad idea after all. Graffiti adorns their unused facades and beer bottles continually litter their parking lots, but that’s character right? Fly posters show up from time to time, but they are quickly removed. Presumably, I believe, to preserve the beauty of these west end gems. It is clear that Downtown Raleigh still does like its warehouses, but just a small amount of TLC wouldn’t hurt. Source: newraleigh.com What are we waiting for? text/html 2008-08-09T08:04:13+01:00 http://inthecitytoday.com/raleigh.north.carolina http://inthecitytoday.com/raleigh.north.carolina/content/view/1/2/ 2008 Depot Fest Concert Series Finally, something good is happening with the Raleigh Train Depot. Last year, several businesses there closed, leaving Raleigh residents to anticipate what would occupy this crucial Warehouse District location. Recently, Jibarra announced they will be relocating to this area. On Thursdays this summer and fall, Mosquito, Deep South, and Ess Lounge are hosting a concert series in our favorite underutilized cobblestone area of downtown. Schedule: August 14th: Parmalee EFFIGY August 28th: 80Z ENUFF September 11: Crush September 25th: The Coconut Groove Band October 9th: (to be determined) October 23: The Embers User Enigma of www.newraleigh.com (http://www.newraleigh.com/) commented on a recent post about new construction in Cameron Village. The lurker wants to know: What would you do with: Cameron Village? Perplexed by the New Raleigh community’s ‘negative comments’ Enigma essentially says ‘let’s see you do it better.’ Good idea, let’s. We aren’t asking for renderings here, but we are willing to bet the audience does indeed have some good ideas about more appropriate development in CV. source: newraleigh.com Waraji Downtown Location Padlocked By Wake County text/html 2008-08-09T08:17:54+01:00 http://inthecitytoday.com/raleigh.north.carolina http://inthecitytoday.com/raleigh.north.carolina/content/view/3/ Annuals Tour with Minus the Bear, Play Lincoln Theatre Annuals are becoming a daily thing around these parts. It seems we haven’t been able to go a week without mentioning a new album, a date at Raleigh Wide Open, a new album from their alter ego, and now a full US tour with Minus the Bear including a stop at Lincoln Theatre in Downtown Raleigh. Annuals lovers will want to mark their calendars with a couple of dates. First is the Raleigh Wide Open gig on September 5th, the second is October 7th for the release of their sophmore album Such Fun, and the final date is October 29th when they will play Lincoln Theatre with Minus the Bear and Sylvie. Annuals all the time, but who’s complaining? Not me. Tickets will be on sale HERE (http://www.lincolntheatre.com/schedule.htm) on Saturday August 9th. text/html 2008-08-09T08:18:18+01:00 http://inthecitytoday.com/raleigh.north.carolina http://inthecitytoday.com/raleigh.north.carolina/content/view/4/ Recycle your CFLs in Raleigh Raleigh’s Waste Reduction Specialist (http://www.raleighnc.gov/recycling), Linda Leighton, announced today that residents can now recycle compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) (http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=cfls.pr_cfls) in Raleigh. Until now CFLs had to be taken to one of Wake County’s Household Hazardous Waste Facilities, the North Wake facility open the first Saturday of each month and the South Wake facility open the third Saturday of each month.