INC NEWS - Urban Hike THIS Saturday -- Club and 9th

[Pat Carstensen]

Urban hike: Watts Hospital, West Durham, East Campus,
Ninth Street & beyond 
 
Saturday, April 12 at 9:00 AM 
Meet at West Club & 9th Street
 
What's happening in Watts Hospital's old operating
room today? What Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist
went to EK Powe school? Was Duke Chapel really going
to be built in Walltown? Why is Ninth Street called
Ninth Street? Where did Madonna take early dance
lessons? What song writer for Nora Jones (and Lou
Rawls) was "born on a kitchen table" near Magnolia
Grill?
 
Come along and find out...
 
4-mile loop starts in Watts Hospital-Hillandale at
corner of West Club & 9th Street, in front of the NC
School of Science & Math. 
 
We'll start by walking down a hidden route, over to
Walltown, along Markham Ave by Trinity Heights, past
the Bassett Affair house on Buchanan. We'll then go
down Watts Street, past Trinity Park park, and cross
East Campus. 
 
We'll stroll up Ninth Street, past EK Powe, and see
the South Ellerbe Creek Nature Area. We'll walk
through an old mill village and check out a historic
house ordered from a Sears & Roebuck catalogue. 
 
We'll continue into Watts Hospital-Hillandale up
Oakland Ave to the West Ellerbe Trail in 17-acre Urban
Nature Reserve, head over to Westover Park, and end
where we started at Club & 9th. 
 
You'll see some nature and learn a little Durham
history along the way. We might also get into current
events in the Bull City. 
 
Local history lover John Schelp will narrate along the
way. You don't have to register. 
 
The NC School of Science & Math is located on West
Club Blvd, near Broad Street. Ample parking (for your
bike or car) is available on nearby streets.
Well-behaved dogs on leashes are welcome.
 
After, lunch & drinks are available at several nearby
restaurants on Broad St, near Club.
 
Sponsored by the Sierra Club. 
 
More info & old streetmap...
www.owdna.org/selfguidedtourOWD.htm 
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