{"id":95,"date":"2011-02-18T16:32:48","date_gmt":"2011-02-18T16:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/\/?p=95"},"modified":"2018-04-27T15:15:06","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T19:15:06","slug":"raleighs-warehouse-district-repurposed-hip-in-downtown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/warehouse-district\/raleighs-warehouse-district-repurposed-hip-in-downtown","title":{"rendered":"Raleigh&#8217;s Warehouse District: Repurposed Hip in Downtown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>Raleigh&rsquo;s Warehouse District is a kind of crossroads, literally and figuratively. One of downtown&rsquo;s popular entertainment districts, Raleigh&rsquo;s Warehouse District blankets five-plus blocks where industrial and commercial commerce, artistic exploration, diverse dining and nightlife&nbsp;converge.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span><\/p>\n<p><span><span class=\"full-image-float-left ssNonEditable\"><span><img style=\"width: 200px;\" src=\"\/storage\/downtownraleigh_wd.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1298047105859\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/span>Situated just south of the Glenwood South District and west of the Fayetteville Street District, this area is also referred to as the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Depot_Historic_District_(Raleigh,_North_Carolina)\"><span>Depot Historic District<\/span><\/a> and is noted on the National Register of Historic Places. For nearly 100 years until the 1950s, this part of town served as Raleigh&rsquo;s railroad and warehouse distribution hub. Today, while the Norfolk Southern Railway lines still run through the district and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raleigh_(Amtrak_station)\"><span>Raleigh&rsquo;s Amtrak Rail Station<\/span><\/a> resides in the southernmost part of the area&rsquo;s footprint, this now often-described &ldquo;urban hip&rdquo; locale, still riddled with immense, historic red brick warehouses, radiates an artistic vibe as evidenced by its growing number of creative design studios, art galleries and the highly anticipated, soon-to-open <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cam.ncsu.edu\/visit-building.php\"><span>Contemporary Art Museum<\/span><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Jump over to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.helloraleigh.com\/articles\/neighborhood\/7179\/raleighs_warehouse_district__repurposed_hip_in_downtown.cfm\"><span>HelloRaleigh.com<\/span><\/a> for more on the Warehouse District.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raleigh&rsquo;s Warehouse District is a kind of crossroads, literally and figuratively. One of downtown&rsquo;s popular entertainment districts, Raleigh&rsquo;s Warehouse District blankets five-plus blocks where industrial and commercial commerce, artistic exploration, diverse dining and nightlife&nbsp;converge.&nbsp; Situated just south of the Glenwood South District and west of the Fayetteville Street District, this area is also referred to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95"}],"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=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2844,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions\/2844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}