{"id":55,"date":"2010-04-26T10:43:33","date_gmt":"2010-04-26T10:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/\/?p=55"},"modified":"2018-04-27T15:15:33","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T19:15:33","slug":"glenwood-souths-northeast-corner-frontier-of-possibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/glenwood-south\/glenwood-souths-northeast-corner-frontier-of-possibility","title":{"rendered":"Glenwood South’s Northeast Corner – Frontier of Possibility"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taking in the view from the terrace of my condo on Glenwood South, I can see many acres of underutilized land.  Though my street has been transformed into a bustling entertainment district, the tract of land on the northeast corner of Glenwood South has not yet been touched by our Downtown’s development.  But from my viewpoint, I see a frontier of possibility. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Arial map shows blocks bounded by Capital Boulevard to the east, the rail spine to the south, West Street to the west, and Peace Street to the north. <\/p>\n

Buildings today mainly used to house various city\/county services, along with some remaining warehouses. <\/span><\/p>\n

(The West condos were under  construction when this photo was taken, as shown on the right side of the map.)  <\/span><\/p>\n

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This tract of land is clearly underutilized when considering its location, adjacent to Downtown’s northern gateway, and flanked by the heavily developed Glenwood South and the Blount Street Commons<\/span><\/a> development underway further to the east. <\/span><\/p>\n

I’m reminded of the vision of Dan Douglas<\/span><\/a> for the Downtown’s northern gateway, where the “grungy highway” of Capital Boulevard would be replaced with “a tree-lined boulevard, with stoplights, sidewalks and cross streets that connect to a pair of new frontage streets parallel to the train tracks, perhaps including a street car line up the middle”. <\/span><\/p>\n

If this could happen to Capital Boulevard, then what could happen with this tract of land, here on the northeast corner of Glenwood South?  I envision a mixed use area, with lots of retail including a full service grocery store, an area with easy walking access from  the Capital district and the rest of Glenwood South, served by underground parking and a pedestrian bridge that would link to the nearby Seaboard Station.   <\/span><\/p>\n

Now that would be nice! <\/span><\/p>\n

Looking down from my terrace, I also see a small creek that emerges from under my building, then disappears under West Street.  I’ve recently learned that this is Pigeon Creek Branch, a heavily polluted creek that today is mostly buried in giant pipes.  And I’m now hearing more about the possibilities for cleaning and opening up this creek into a featured waterway, maybe even a river-walk.  Now that would REALLY be nice!  More about this in another post, coming soon!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Taking in the view from the terrace of my condo on Glenwood South, I can see many acres of underutilized land.  Though my street has been transformed into a bustling entertainment district, the tract of land on the northeast corner of Glenwood South has not yet been touched by our Downtown’s development.  But from my viewpoint, I see a frontier of possibility. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55"}],"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=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2882,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions\/2882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}