Annual Neighborhoods Hike
What’s a Durham Shorthorn? Who lived on the hilltops and who lived in the creek bottoms? Where were Durham’s three municipal incinerators located? Who saved Trinity College from bankruptcy? What do the Blue Ridge Parkway, the National Cathedral and Duke’s West Campus all have in common? What does the invention of English Mustard in 1720 have to do with Durham? Where was Kevin Costner spotted in his boxer shorts? Who stopped Duke from building a Barnes & Noble down the street from the Regulator Bookshop? Where did Madonna take early dance lessons? Who dedicated the Muhammad Ali Gymnasium in Durham? What does a Saturday morning press conference in 1964, with locked doors in the largest federal auditorium in DC, have to do with the Bill City?
Come along and find out.
Sun, Oct 25 at 10AM. Two hour walking tour starts at Ninth St. & Green St.
Local street historian John Schelp will join us as we walk through Old West, Watts-Hillandale, Walltown and across East Campus.
Co-hosted by the Museum of Durham History, Preservation Durham and the Sierra Club.
Lots of parking on nearby streets. No four-legged friends please. Peel off anytime. Free, no registration needed.
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