Comments on: Rural Raleigh http://rduwtf.com/blog1/2007/11/15/rural-raleigh/ Lamenting the demolition of yesterday's future. Thu, 22 May 2008 17:49:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Raleigh Geography « The Natural History of Raleigh draft http://rduwtf.com/blog1/2007/11/15/rural-raleigh/#comment-468 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:33:40 +0000 http://rduwtf.com/blog1/2007/11/15/rural-raleigh/#comment-468 [...] Raleigh is, of course, an invented city.   Planned in advance at a tavern somewhere between Litchford and Falls of the Neuse, drawn in regular squares, sold in lots to the prominent families who expected to inhabit it, it is a nevertheless a fairly typical large Southern town in many respects, with a seasoning of “cow-path roads” to leaven those squares, which do impart a certain pleasant order into the streets.  Raleigh’s growth went straight north for several decades, but has famously expanded in lots of directions -though not evenly.  Rural scenes can still be had with just a few minutes driving going south or especially east. [...] […] Raleigh is, of course, an invented city.   Planned in advance at a tavern somewhere between Litchford and Falls of the Neuse, drawn in regular squares, sold in lots to the prominent families who expected to inhabit it, it is a nevertheless a fairly typical large Southern town in many respects, with a seasoning of “cow-path roads” to leaven those squares, which do impart a certain pleasant order into the streets.  Raleigh’s growth went straight north for several decades, but has famously expanded in lots of directions -though not evenly.  Rural scenes can still be had with just a few minutes driving going south or especially east. […]

]]> by: Goodnight Raleigh at rduwtf.com http://rduwtf.com/blog1/2007/11/15/rural-raleigh/#comment-288 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:00:52 +0000 http://rduwtf.com/blog1/2007/11/15/rural-raleigh/#comment-288 [...] About « Rural Raleigh [...] […] About « Rural Raleigh […]

]]> by: John Morris http://rduwtf.com/blog1/2007/11/15/rural-raleigh/#comment-281 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:59:07 +0000 http://rduwtf.com/blog1/2007/11/15/rural-raleigh/#comment-281 Thanks for providing such a vivid and detailed first person account of Raleigh "back in the day" as well as a humorous and enlightening synopsis of the perceived turkey smash on the highway. I enjoy your blog, hope you continue to dot your posts with great photos like these. Thanks for providing such a vivid and detailed first person account of Raleigh “back in the day” as well as a humorous and enlightening synopsis of the perceived turkey smash on the highway.

I enjoy your blog, hope you continue to dot your posts with great photos like these.

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