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Raleigh: The City as an Oak Tree

January 5, 2012 by Kristen Jeffers
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I spent my New Years weekend in my adopted hometown of Raleigh. I watched as they dropped an acorn to ring in the New Year, a nod to the city’s designation of the “City of Oaks”. I hung around for a couple of extra days as well to chill out. As part of my vacation, I was banned from using my computer or tablet and ordered to go window-shop and relax.While on that 24 hour sabbatical from my most trusted device, I begin to think about how Raleigh itself has the planning structure of a tree. [read more]

Raleigh Convention Center joins the ranks of LEED certified Convention Centers

October 28, 2009 by Chris Schultz
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From NewRaleigh.com - Raleigh joins Pittsburgh and five other cities in having LEED certified convention centers. Additional photos by Brian Gassel can be found at the official RCC website. The website also lists the criteria for which the center was awarded LEED sliver status. Link to original post [read more]

Bold, smart, green vision proposed for Raleigh

October 13, 2009 by Kaid Benfield
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Dan Douglas was, until recently, chief downtown planner and director of the Urban Design Council in Raleigh, the state capital of North Carolina. He is now in private architectural practice, but his passion for the city remains, apparently. In particular, he is now proposing that a public/private corporation be formed to undertake a... [read more]

Transit Roundup

October 2, 2009 by Aaron Renn
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Guerrilla Bus Shelters in RaleighRaleigh, NC, is in big need of bus shelters but the city isn't providing them. So what to do? According to New Raleigh, if the city won't, then the public will.The Raleigh area needs more guerrilla art and architecture... Something else Raleigh needs more of is bus shelters. I could probably count on... [read more]

Collective Cul-de-sac Action

March 2, 2009 by Ryan Avent
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In a generally interesting post, Mary Newsom includes a fascinating piece of information:An intriguing study from Charlotte’s city staff illustrates another of sprawl’s hidden costs, with city taxpayers in this instance footing the bill: Fire station costs are sharply lower in older parts of town where streets connect. The study... [read more]

Is Our Planners Learning?

February 19, 2009 by Ryan Avent
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See if you can follow this logic. Raleigh has been building a massive outer beltline for the past decade or so. The northern arc is basically finished. Now there are projections that the northern arc will be congested within another decade. To address the congestion problem, Raleigh is going to add lanes to the road. To pay for the new... [read more]