{"id":1878,"date":"2014-03-17T11:59:29","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T15:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/\/?p=1878"},"modified":"2018-04-27T15:14:01","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T19:14:01","slug":"big-idea-observation-towers-downtown-raleigh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/parks-green-space\/big-idea-observation-towers-downtown-raleigh","title":{"rendered":"Big idea: Observation towers in Downtown Raleigh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Downtown Plan work is just beginning, with the <a href=\"http:\/\/dtraleigh.com\/2014\/03\/first-downtown-plan-visioning-session-april-2\/\">first visioning session set for April 2nd<\/a>. \u00a0The\u00a0\u00a0visioning session will include breakout group discussions on how Downtown Raleigh\u2019s role could evolve and transform over the next 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>So what are the BIG IDEAS that will help transform downtown Raleigh and our city?<\/p>\n<p>I \u00a0came across this <a href=\"http:\/\/southwestraleigh.com\/2014\/03\/rising-up-for-the-view-above-the-oaks\/\">post on SouthwestRaleigh.com<\/a> with one such idea, placing a group of\u00a0observation towers around the downtown to view our tree canopy and our beloved cityscape from above. \u00a0Suggested spots for towers around downtown include\u00a0<a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/dtraleigh.com\/2010\/03\/baseball-in-downtown-devereux-meadow-meets-progress-in-raleigh\/\">Devereux Meadows<\/a>, <span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/localwiki.net\/raleigh\/Dix_Park\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Dix Park<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/raleighpublicrecord.org\/news\/2013\/03\/14\/after-half-a-century-historic-st-agnes-will-operate-again\/\">St. Agnes\/Oakwood<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jump over to <a href=\"http:\/\/southwestraleigh.com\/2014\/03\/rising-up-for-the-view-above-the-oaks\/\">SouthwestRaleigh.com<\/a> to read more about this &#8220;Above the Oaks&#8221; idea, including how the towers could serve as a focal point and a connection for neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/map_above_the_oaks.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[1878]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1880\" alt=\"map_above_the_oaks\" src=\"http:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/map_above_the_oaks-300x211.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"211\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Downtown Plan work is just beginning, with the first visioning session set for April 2nd. \u00a0The\u00a0\u00a0visioning session will include breakout group discussions on how Downtown Raleigh\u2019s role could evolve and transform over the next 10 years. So what are the BIG IDEAS that will help transform downtown Raleigh and our city? I \u00a0came across [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1878"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1878"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1883,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1878\/revisions\/1883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}