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"Riverwalk for Raleigh? Posted: Apr. 23 3:19 p.m. Updated: Apr. 23 9:56 p.m. Raleigh, N.C. — City officials are eyeing a piece of land north of downtown for a possible water feature inspired by the Riverwalk in San Antonio and the American Tobacco complex in Durham. "Our goal is to really establish Raleigh as an emerging, 21st-century city. We want those special landmarks, those special icons that define this city," Raleigh Planning Director Mitchell Silver said. A 16-acre site near Capital Boulevard and Peace Street is the prime candidate to have a river run through it. The site now is the home base for Raleigh's fleet of sanitation trucks, but the Solid Waste Services Department is gradually moving the trucks to satellite locations around the city. The property, which has a creek running parallel to it, could be sold to a developer as early as 2010 or 2011, officials said. "I think there is a tremendous amount of potential," said City Councilwoman Mary Ann Baldwin, who lives across Capital Boulevard from the site. "It's one of our gateways into the city. It's almost an embarrassment to me that that's one of the first things they see when they're coming into our downtown," Baldwin said. Redeveloping the creek into a tourist destination will be a challenge, Silver said, but it can be done. "It is possible," he said. "(In) San Antonio, it was a drainage basin that they reinvented into a Riverwalk. It's definitely possible engineering-wise of creating a similar element." The American Tobacco complex, which is owned by WRAL parent Capitol Broadcasting Co., also has a man-made stream running through the middle of the complex of renovated buildings. Raleigh officials haven't discussed any timeline or price tag for the project, but call it one of the more promising concepts in the long-range plan for downtown. Other possible ideas include a downtown sports venue and revamping the landscaping and design of Capital Boulevard."

That would be awesome.

4/24/2008 2:01:13 PM

We sure do have enough mexicans for it to work.



ZING!

4/24/2008 2:02:12 PM

lounge

4/24/2008 2:03:04 PM

Your tax dollars at work.

4/24/2008 2:10:41 PM

^ Read much?

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"The property, which has a creek running parallel to it, could be sold to a developer as early as 2010 or 2011, officials said."

4/24/2008 2:11:28 PM

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"A 16-acre site near Capital Boulevard and Peace Street is the prime candidate to have a river run through it."

What a classy part of town that is

4/24/2008 2:15:41 PM

They should convert Hargett Street into a river walk. That would be awesome.

4/24/2008 2:19:19 PM

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"What a classy part of town that is"

thats the idea, to make it a better part of town

4/24/2008 2:40:02 PM

oh yeah, a shitty manmade river

truth be told, if it brings in the money San Antonio's has brought that city - Raleigh would flourish

I might even consider visiting that shitty city if it got a shitty riverwalk

4/24/2008 2:41:34 PM

Just lift up the part of Durham with the ATC and the Bulls stadium and set it down over here.

4/24/2008 3:19:54 PM

they should go ahead and turn all of capital blvd into a riverwalk

4/24/2008 3:21:54 PM

Capital Blvd. is a horrible place. If it wasn't for the Tiger Direct store I'd never go near it.

4/24/2008 3:22:47 PM

i would love it they would start some project to clean up that shit hole called Capital Blvd and Mini City

4/24/2008 3:26:35 PM

WILL THERE BE BOOZE?!?!

4/24/2008 3:31:57 PM

i would love it they would start some project to clean up that shit hole called pretty much all of Raleigh

4/24/2008 3:33:03 PM

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"they should go ahead and turn all of capital blvd into a riverwalk"

Not a bad idea. Demo all the businesses make it like Venice.

4/24/2008 3:35:57 PM

we DON'T HAVE A RIVER running through raleigh

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this is asinine

man made piece of crap what?

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city's need to stop with the quick fixes and just focus on doing correct planning and managment

[Edited on April 24, 2008 at 3:38 PM. Reason : .]

4/24/2008 3:36:51 PM

Yay another breeding ground for canadian geese

4/24/2008 6:55:34 PM

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"capital blvd"

you mean that shadowy place beyond the borders?

4/24/2008 6:57:59 PM

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"What a classy part of town that is"

aha, that was my first thought.

If they do it right, it could actually be really nice. Even razing that side of town to the ground would be an improvement to what it is currently.

[Edited on April 24, 2008 at 7:28 PM. Reason : .]

4/24/2008 7:28:14 PM

did this ever happen?

10/28/2013 7:21:46 PM

yep, right along with the raleigh beach

10/28/2013 7:32:08 PM

A river walk on capital would be nice ive always wanted to canoe to the foxy lady.

10/28/2013 7:36:03 PM

hahaha

10/28/2013 7:39:17 PM

obviously this happened.

10/28/2013 7:45:58 PM

They moved the garbage truck parking lot out of downtown which frees up the area in question. They're trying to remake the entire Capital corridor between 440 and Peace in the next 5-10 years, this is probably tied in with that master plan.

10/28/2013 7:52:37 PM

Let's go to the Raleigh Riverwalk! It's between the engine building district and the city's largest homeless camp!

10/28/2013 8:38:40 PM

water...so emerging and 21st-century

[Edited on October 28, 2013 at 10:22 PM. Reason : ]

10/28/2013 10:22:37 PM

Apparently it's being designed by some people who livestream Sim City on their youtube channels

10/28/2013 10:34:20 PM

I'm pretty excited for the opening of the Raleigh squidport

10/28/2013 10:40:50 PM

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"we DON'T HAVE A RIVER running through raleigh ... this is asinine man made piece of crap what? ... city's need to stop with the quick fixes and just focus on doing correct planning and managment"

Pigeon House Branch is part of the Neuse River Basin and it is in need of a restoration. We have already channelized it and built on top of it, we need to restore it.

They need to move the concrete plant, it drains sediment into the stream and puts heavy traffic on Wade and Capital.

10/29/2013 8:30:06 AM

can't wait until more cities have fake riverwalks and no one wants to visit any of them because they're not special.

10/29/2013 8:38:04 AM

I love how it mentions that the council womans home is right across the street from said "investment".

Talk about corruption in local government ...

10/29/2013 9:03:17 AM

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"Pigeon House Branch is part of the Neuse River Basin and it is in need of a restoration. We have already channelized it and built on top of it, we need to restore it. They need to move the concrete plant, it drains sediment into the stream and puts heavy traffic on Wade and Capital."

10/29/2013 11:56:31 AM

i thought they were putting a park near the old bowling alley in the next couple years, that's why they tore it down

this: http://www.wral.com/raleigh-plans-park-for-capital-boulevard-corridor-near-downtown/12292645/

[Edited on October 29, 2013 at 12:00 PM. Reason : ]

10/29/2013 11:58:09 AM

Sounds like a great place for homeless people to congretate

10/29/2013 12:01:52 PM

i think it's going to be nice

10/29/2013 12:07:00 PM

^^true, being right across the street from the new salvation army place.

10/29/2013 2:23:36 PM

Capital Boulevard Corridor Study Report
http://www.raleighnc.gov/content/PlanUrbanDesign/Documents/CapitalBlvd/Capital_Blvd_Final_Draft_Report.pdf

10/29/2013 2:50:25 PM

Just realized I said congretate. Thanks for not making me look like an idiot, as I do know how to spell.

10/29/2013 6:56:38 PM

Theres a river in Raleigh.......?

10/29/2013 7:19:14 PM

I'm sure they'll implement something to handle the "homeless problem" there. I'm pretty certain they've already made plans for that.

btw, I think this is cool as fuck.

but I wish they'd put the old minor league baseball park back there. No reason to whatsoever, but it'd be cool.

10/29/2013 8:05:41 PM

cause minor league baseball is the shit. go grasshoppers!

10/31/2013 2:30:43 AM

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"thats the idea, to make it a better part of town"

Then it becomes a classy part of town with a riverwalk that people still don't want to visit?


[Edited on October 31, 2013 at 7:47 AM. Reason : -]

10/31/2013 7:41:15 AM

Seal the bottom story of buildings with that Flex Seal stuff from the infomercials. Flood downtown. I always wanted to ride a jet ski to Coopers.

10/31/2013 8:29:03 AM

Hell, the back of the Carter Building is already about to fall into the railway cut. Flex-Seal it is!

10/31/2013 11:55:44 AM

When are they starting on the downtown replacement for the PNC Center?

10/31/2013 1:21:01 PM

Has anyone ever been to the river walk...not that impressive

11/1/2013 11:19:50 PM

I have. It's more impressive than that tiny mud building everything is named after.

11/2/2013 8:26:12 AM

^^ is it the fun bars, the great dining, the fun people watching that you don't like?

11/2/2013 1:18:48 PM