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In NC, it seems Durham essentially created the blueprint for successful downtown revitalization via newly-constructed and adaptively reused anchor developments like Brightleaf Square, DPAC, Durham Bulls Park, and American Tobacco. Its downtown seems to be more compact, structurally dense, and synergetic of the three.
Greensboro took a page out of Durham's playbook with its downtown parks, the PAC, the ballpark, etc. as its anchors in addition to other features like the greenway loop. Additionally it has the benefit of being flanked by two sizable universities which gives its nightlife scene a youthful, vibrant vibe.
Winston-Salem has a more impressive historic urban fabric which testifies to its historic industrial importance and unique historic assets in Old Salem and Historic Bethabara. To me, this conveys a more mid-Atlantic type of feel to the downtown core.
To varying degrees, the three midsized Piedmont cities are where legacy NC industry meets the modern NC economy and they embody both the past and current essence and identity of the state best, culturally, demographically, and economically.
Yes. Reasons I prefer an evening out in downtown Durham over downtown Raleigh; despite living marginally closer to the latter.
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