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by Leo Suarez

Fourth Ward Entertainment District Created to Honor The Historic Raleigh Neighborhood

Photo of a sign of the Fourth Ward Entertainment District, September 2026

Looks like we’ve got a new district. The area at the southern side of downtown Raleigh, including our convention center, performing arts center, and amphitheater, is now named the Fourth Ward Entertainment District. The district includes everything from South to Cabarrus Street and from Dawson to Wilmington Street. (see map below) With the help and guidance from community members, the process to create the branding was inclusive and led to the creation of the visual elements that you see in the signs that are already placed around the district. More branding elements are sure to come as the area is poised to change over the next few years.

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by Leo Suarez

Fourth Ward Plans 10 Townhomes For South Street Area

Corner of Dorothea Drive and Saunders Street, April 2017.

Corner of Dorothea Drive and Saunders Street, April 2017.

At the corner of Dorothea Drive and Saunders Street, ten 2-bedroom townhomes are planned for an area that’s seeing a lot of new residential. SR-036-17 shows two buildings with five units each at the corner with a driveway along Dorothea.

The property is actually much bigger than this actual townhome cluster with some of it being used as a riparian buffer to the nearby stream. (if I’m reading this site plan correctly)

Site plan

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Site plan

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The property is mostly wooded with a pair of houses along Saunders that are set to be demolished.

Houses along Saunders Street, April 2017.

Houses along Saunders Street, April 2017.

With the amount of activity in this area, the Fourth Ward units aren’t alone so I created a Google map showing the activity taking place in the area. If you can’t see the map, click here.

Let me know if you think of anything else to add in this area. I’ll update it as announcements come out. This also does not include any onesie-twosie house renovations that are taking place nearby in Boylan Heights and Rosengarten Park.