[Durham INC] @@ Annual Neighborhoods Hike: West Durham, East Campus & beyond (Sat, April 14)

[John Schelp]

Annual Neighborhoods Hike: West Durham, East Campus & beyond (final reminder)


Saturday, April 14 at 10:00 AM 
Meet at Ninth
 & Green (free)


* Why do neighborhoods change so quickly in Durham?

* Where did Madonna take early dance lessons?

* What Pulitzer Prize winner attended EK Powe school?
* Why is Ninth Street called Ninth Street?

* What old road connects the mill villages of West Durham and Henry River (where 'Hunger Games' was filmed)?

* What song writer for Norah Jones and Lou Rawls was "born on a kitchen table" behind Magnolia Grill?

* What's with all that dirt at Erwin Square?

* Where was Kevin Costner spotted in his boxer shorts in the Bull City?

* Why wasn't Duke Chapel built in Walltown?

* Is it really going to be 76 and sunny on Saturday?

Come along and find out...

Three-mile loop starts at Ninth &
 Green (next to EK Powe & White Star).

We'll start with the South Ellerbe Creek Nature Area and continue through an old mill village. We'll see an old liquor house, a parsonage ordered from a catalog and a quiet urban garden in Old West Durham.

We'll continue up Oakland, past Oval Park, in the Watts-Hillandale neighborhood and past the old Watts Hospital.

We'll go down a
 hidden alley and see where a songwriter for Nora Jones and Jefferson Airplane was born. We'll head over to Walltown and hear about Duke's original plans to build here. Then we'll go by Richard Nixon's house in Trinity Heights and continue past the homes of Duke's famous faculty and coaches on Buchanan -- including Cap Card, the father of Duke basketball, and Wallace Wade, whose bowl games paid for Cameron Indoor Stadium.

We'll go down Watts Street, past Trinity Park park, and see where Mr. Costner was filmed in his boxers. Then we'll head across East Campus to Ninth Street, past Erwin Cotton Mills and back to where we started.

You'll see a little nature and learn some Durham history on the route. We might even get into current events in the Bull City.

Local history lover John Schelp will narrate along the way. No need to register. Parking is available on streets near Ninth and Green. Bikes racks are also nearby. (Note start time of
 10 AM; thanks to hiker
 feedback.)


Post-tour gathering at Dain's Place on Ninth -- for a cold drink and further conversation.


More history & old street map... http://www.owdna.org/selfguidedtourOWD.htm

Slide-show of recent walking tour...http://www.flickr.com/photos/dukedurham/sets/72157623837857952

Co-sponsored by Sierra Club, Clean Energy Durham & the Old West Durham Neighborhood Association. Lovely weather expected.
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