Raleigh Streets (Bonus): W. Lane
West Lane Street Well guess what folks? We have two Lane Streets. Lane is a minor East/West street in the north end of downtown that extends westward from Oakwood until it is bisected by the railroad tracks in the Glenwood South area. The solution here is to rename the segment west of the railroad tracks. [...]
Raleigh Streets (Bonus): Peace/Clark
Peace Street/Clark Avenues map it #1, #2 Another great street debacle in Raleigh is the Peace Street/Clark Aveue mess. Guess what! There are TWO Clark Avenues. (You knew I couldn’t resist pointing that one out!) Peace Street extends westward from its Eastern terminus at N. Person Street (where Krispy Kreme is). After crossing Capital Blvd [...]
Raleigh Streets (Bonus): St. Mary’s/Lassiter Mill
Thank you so much for all of the feedback we’ve gotten on our Raleigh Streets series. It has been great to see the City of Raleigh create some excellent arteries that make the city flow well. However the map is unnecessarily complicated. There are a few more that we failed to address in the series. [...]
Raleigh Streets: Western/ML King
Western Blvd/Martin Luther King Blvd – map it This is the final part of a 10-part series (there will be bonus entries soon!) in which we examine Raleigh’s most embarrassing shortcoming to visitors: the abundance of dysfunctional street names. A city should try to be easily understood instead remaining a labyrinth only understood by the [...]
Raleigh Streets: New Hope Church/Buffalo/Hardimont
This is part 9 of a 10-part series in which we examine Raleigh’s most embarrassing shortcoming to visitors: the abundance of dysfunctional street names. A city should try to be easily understood instead remaining a labyrinth only understood by the long-time natives. New Hope Church Road/Buffalo Road/Hardimont Road – map itNew Hope Church Road extends [...]
