Introducing the DT Raleigh Walking Tour
I have launched a new resource that will hopefully grow over the years here on the site, The DT Raleigh Walking Tour. This is a simple, self-guided tour of downtown Raleigh for new residents and visitors that need an introduction to the area. The tour covers some of the newer developments and dives into some of the city’s history.
An idea in the (slow) works for about a year, the DT Raleigh Walking Tour has been in my head for years. If you are a veteran reader, you may remember some of the older posts with pictures of the stops off the Visit Raleigh Walking Tour. Well, this post over a year ago was really the start of it all.
The tour takes people through the core downtown area and shows off almost all areas of interest. The route is approximately two miles long and at a slow pace takes about an hour. The provided reading can be printed out or can be read on your phone.
The tour maps and documents will continue to be updated, with small tweaks being added regularly. For those of you on Twitter, make sure to follow @RaleighWalking for updates and suggestions for anything related to walking around Raleigh.
I’ve laid the foundation so we’ll see how far this project goes.
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Comments
Nicely researched Leo — good job man! In future updates to sites on the tour I’d suggest adding Century Post Office, Memorial Auditorium, Esty Hall on the Shaw campus, the Art Deco Durham Life Building and across the street, the International style Capital Bank Building (aka the former BB&T Bank, aka ‘L’il Seagram’). btw– there are geodetic survey markers dating to 1912 embeded in the walls of both Union Station and the Century Post Office buildings — might be of esoteric interest to some tourists.
Thanks!! We will be visiting next month, checking out what all the hype about Raleigh is all about, and this seems like a perfect way to start.
Excellent! What a great idea.