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Lea discusses the Roanoke Island Festival Park. The park, which had its beginnings in 1983, is located in Manteo on a 120-acre island and marsh in Dough Creek. The Elizabeth II, a replica of one of the ships that made the Roanoke Voyages, is docked there. Twenty-seven acres of the island are set aside for a museum complex, history center, art gallery, a settlement site where the life of soldiers and craftsmen who arrived on the Elizabeth II is interpreted, and an outdoor pavilion.
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Located on two acres off Raleigh's Fayetteville Street Mall, Two Progress Plaza, Progress Energy's new building, is the city's first new skyscraper in a decade. The 19-story mixed-used structure cost $100 million to build. METRO design editor Diane Lea discusses the fascinating details of the building in an in-depth study of this major new shape in downtown Raleigh.
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Metro Magazine
(NoCar F 264 R1 M48), Vol. 5 Issue 11, Nov 2004,
p52-56, 58-61, il
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METRO design editor Diane Lea discusses the role of The National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of North Carolina in saving, restoring, and maintaining three of the most significant residences associated with the role of the state and the capital city in the Revolutionary War. The residences are the Joel Lane House (Raleigh) ca. 1770; Haywood Hall at New Bern Place (Raleigh) 1799; and the Burgwin-Wright House (Wilmington) 1770.
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Located at the corner of Second and Dock Streets, high on a terraced hill that overlooks downtown Wilmington and the Cape Fear River, the de Rosset House was constructed in the 1840s for Dr. Armand de Rosset, III and his family. By 1975, the house, damaged by fire, was deteriorating badly. It was then purchased by the Historic Wilmington Foundation, which used part of the building for offices until 1996. The foundation offered it for sale with a protective covenant. Lea describes the restoration of the house and how it was put to practical use as a city club, hotel, and restaurant dining.
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Raleigh's deteriorating 1960s-era North Hills, the Raleigh Research Triangle's first enclosed mall, and the adjacent North Hills Plaza have been transformed into the Triangle's quintessential mixed-use district. The new North Hills creatively combines many of the necessary and pleasurable elements of daily life - shopping, working, living, dining, and enjoying entertainment - into a carefully designed setting that compares to the style and livability of mid-town Atlanta.
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The Hammock House in Beaufort was built around 1709 and was named for the rise of land it sits on. The house passed through thirty-three owners before it was purchased in 1995 by Giles and Betty Cloutier. Lea discusses the history and mystery that surround the house and its restoration by the Cloutiers.
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Lea describes Duke University's new art museum, which opens in October 2005. The museum is named for benefactor Raymond D. Nasher, a 1943 Duke alumnus and was designed by Uruguayan-born architect Rafael Vinoly. The Nashers collected modern American and pre-Columbian art. Their 20th-century modern sculpture collection is one of the world's most extensive and significant private collections. The 65,000-square-foot museum features 14,000 square feet of exhibit space, a cafe, a museum shop, and classrooms.
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Incorporated in 1873, Apex was one of the first towns to develop around Raleigh. Because it was the highest point on the Chatham Railroad between Richmond, Virginia, and Jacksonville, Florida, it took the name of Apex. The town has grown from 5,000 residents in 1990 to 30,000 today, with the numbers expected to double in the next decade. Lea discusses the progress of Apex as it changes from a sleepy stop into one of the dynamic centers in the Research Triangle Metropolitan Region.
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Factories that were the backbone of the tobacco industry in Durham closed in 1987. For almost two decades, the sixteen-acre property with nine buildings and over one million square feet of space declined into dilapidated warehouses with sagging roofs and broken windows. The buildings represent some of Durham's finest architecture. The Capitol Broadcasting Company and its chief executive officer, Jim Goodmon, have begun a $200 million project, which is the largest historical renovation in the history of North Carolina. Lea discusses the history and architecture of the area and the restoration project.
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Dorothea Dix Hospital, which stands on a high hill overlooking the city of Raleigh, was the state's first hospital to treat mental illness. The North Carolina General Assembly approved appropriations for the hospital on December 23, 1848. Lea recounts the history of the institution from its opening to its closing. Today much of the land has been deeded away by the State of North Carolina, but a core section, dotted with dozens of interesting and historical buildings, remains. This core section is up for grabs, and the legislature is reviewing proposals of what to do with it. One promising proposal would designate Dix Hill as a Park District.
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The AIA Triangle Chapter serves over 600 members from central North Carolina counties. The AIA Triangle Design Award, a juried competition, recognizes member architects for design excellence. Judges for the 2006 competition were Boston-based architects. The nine winners, selected from eighty-four entries, were divided into four Honor Awards and five Merit Awards. Projects designs must be developed in the Research Triangle, but the project can be carried out in any area of the country.
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After closing two-and-a-half years for expansion and renovation, the Pine Knoll Shores Aquarium reopened in May 2006. Lea discusses the renovation project and describes exhibits in the mountain, Piedmont, coastal plains, and ocean galleries. The simulated environments have been praised as being indistinguishable from the real thing. Of the three state aquariums, the one at Pine Knoll Shores is the only one with access to natural seawater for the exhibit tanks.
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The new Museum of the Albemarle seeks to convey and instill the customs and values of the people who settled and sustained the Albemarle region. The four-story 50,000-square-foot building draws upon the historic Outer Banks United States Life Saving Service buildings for its design. The museum began in 1967, and the new building opened in April 2006. Lea discusses the design of the building, the people who made it happen, and the exhibits.
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14.Warrenton Classic Reclaims Hospitable Past by Lea, Diane Metro Magazine Vol. 7 Issue 9, Sept 2006
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The town of Warrenton in Warren County has preserved the best of its grand homes over the years. Lea describes Raleigh residents Charlie and Judy Edwards' search to find a historic house to restore. They eventually settled on the Warrenton's historic Arrington-Alston House, circa 1851, a classic Greek revival residence attributed to master builder Jacob Holt.
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Franklin Street and Rosemary Street link downtown Chapel Hill from the famous 100 block of Franklin westward to the edge of Carrboro at Merritt Mill Road. Lea discusses new buildings and plans now in place for a number of mixed-use residential developments and one luxury hotel that will transform this area into a classy downtown.
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