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 [...]
Pic of the Week
Sorry for the lack of updates but being sick this past weekend and also being swamped with work has not really helped much for the blog. There are more topics coming up soon but I wanted to throw an idea out there for people to think about. I was thinking of re-shooting the walking tour [...]
Downtown Walking Tour (the finale)
We are finally here, the conclusion to the Downtown Raleigh Walking Tour. This last leg takes people out of the Blount Street Commons area and down Hillsborough and surrounding streets. The tour also lists some ‘honorable mention’ sites that could deserve a stop on any walking route. I honestly think that the walking tour needs [...]
Downtown Walking Tour (part 5)
The walking tour continues in the Blount St. area around the future Blount Street Commons. BSC may cause some of these houses to move so the walking tour will have to be updated later. Actually, I think the walking tour needs major work with more interactive features online, history, and lots of pictures/media. (RalCon idea?????) [...]
Downtown Walking Tour (Part 4)
The walking tour starts to take us out of the core downtown district and past some of the more historic homes of Raleigh. The Blount Street Commons project will greatly affect this area of the tour with parking lots being ripped up and developed and houses renovated or even moved. 31. First Baptist Church (1859) [...]
Downtown Walking Tour (part 3)
Here is the third set of 10 pictures from the Downtown Raleigh Walking Tour. You can really tell how different the pictures look in the winter then if taken in the summer. When the trees have their leaves, they block most of the sites and it is hard to get the whole building into the [...]
Downtown Walking Tour (part 2)
Here are the next 10 stops on the downtown walking tour. The Moore Square and Helig-Levine pics are more recent. I had put HL off due to construction this past winter. Also, the park looks better in the summer then in January. Should the convention center really be included in the downtown walking tour? The [...]
Downtown Walking Tour (part 1)
Visit Raleigh is probably the official website for Raleigh tourist information. On their webpage, they have a downtown walking tour. This self guided tour takes you to 65 stops spread out all over downtown. To do the entire tour yourself takes some time and I’ve been working on getting a picture of each stop. I [...]
