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| [[Pinecrest Road Neighborhood]] is an informal association of residents
| | The "Pinecrest Road Neighborhood" is an informal association of residents of the "old" section of [[US/NC/Durham/roads/Pinecrest|Pinecrest Road]] in [[Durham, NC]]. There is a Yahoo Groups mailing list where these residents frequently exchange advice and news. |
| of Pinecrest Road in [[Durham, NC]]. | | |
| | To the best of [[User:Woozle|my]] knowledge, residents of the "new" Pinecrest Road have never expressed an interest in being involved with the "old" section, but this is understandable because of the rather difficult geographic barrier posed by the dangerous intersection at 751. (As far as I know, those residents do not have their own group or mailing list.) |
| ==Links== | | ==Links== |
| *[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pinecrestrd/ pinecrestrd on Yahoo | | * [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pinecrestrd/ pinecrestrd on Yahoo Groups] |
| Groups] | | ==Pages== |
| *[[Durham, NC#Neighborhoods|Durham, NC neighborhoods]]
| | * [[/block party]]: an annual event since the dawn of prehistory (early 1980s) |
| ==Issues== | | * [[/scrapbook]] |
| [[Image:2005-09-30 CIty of Durham re | | * [[/crime]] |
| Pinecrest.web.png|thumb|right|letter from the City of Durham]]
| | * [[/speed humps]] |
| * '''2005-10-01''' City of Durham is now forbidding parking on the
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| north side of old Pinecrest, in an effort to allow fire engines to get
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| through faster. (This will also no doubt aid the many morning
| | * [[Duke Forest home sales#Pinecrest_Rd.]] |
| commuters, who also use Pinecrest as the fastest route between Point A
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| and Point B, to get to their respective fires.) Should we start an
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| online petition about this?
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| [[Image:PA030001 opposing cars on pinecrest.jpg|200px|Two cars, parked | |
| opposite each other on the Academy-Dogwood section of Pinecrest Road]]
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| [[Image:PA030002 tape measure crossing street.jpg|200px|Tape measure
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| crossing between the two cars, showing the whole tape measure and a
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| distance of at least 11'4"]]
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| [[Image:PA030003 tape measure at car.jpg|200px|Tape measure at
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| right-hand car, showing that the distance is closer to 12 feet]]
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| * And for that matter, what ever happened to speed humps? I gather that
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| the current obstacle is funding. How do we keep updated on this so that
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| we will have a petition ready when there's funding again?
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| ==Events==
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| * '''2005-09-25''' [[Annual Old Pinecrest Road Block Party]] | |
| ==Properties==
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| * '''#106'''
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| ** no longer for sale as of 8/31/05. [http://www.crone.us/ Second
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| owner] says: Feel free to stop by and say hi!
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| * '''#113''' - (why in the world are they cutting down that gorgeous
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| old oak tree? --[[User:Woozle|Woozle]] 10:00, 21 Sep 2005 (EDT))
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| * '''#122''' - home of [[The Hypertwins]] and [http://vbz.net/ vbz.net] | |
| **built by [[User:Harena|Harena]]'s granddaddy F.G. Hall | |
| * '''#139''' - home of [http://ib-ent.com/ I&B Communications]
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| * '''#[[143 Pinecrest|143]]''' - burned down in the early hours of
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| 2005-08-06, while undergoing extensive renovations :-( (but at least
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| nobody was hurt, as far as we know...)
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| ==Crime Watch== | |
| *'''2005-07-08 @ #138''' "Last Friday night someone opened the DeVille | |
| parked in our driveway and rummaged through the glove compartment.
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| Whoever it was had no luck, because after losing a cell phone in this
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| manner several years ago we don't keep anything worth stealing in our
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| cars overnight. We also have the car secured by a steering wheel club.
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| *"We notified the area police, who were not particularly interested,
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| because nothing was stolen. The would-be thief, who had very dirty
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| hands, left an almost perfect red fingerprint on a piece of paper,
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| which we handed over to the detective, but I doubt anyone will bother
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| trying to identify the perpetrator."
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| *2 other residents reported similar incidents:
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| **"I have had comparable experiences with my car when I have left it
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| unlocked. He or she has taken my parking change out of the ashtray. I
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| am not sure, but sometimes I think he or she lets a little air out of
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| my tires just for the fun he gets out of it."
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| **"the police caught someone in my car late at night....they had to
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| swerve to miss the bicylcle the thief had left lying in the middle of
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| the road. They caught him in the back seat of my car picking up my
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| laptop. He said he was looking for change to use at the laundrymat (at
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| 2 AM)! The police said lots of would-be thieves ride around on bikes at
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| night -- less likely to be seen or heard."
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| *'''2005-07-03 - 07-10 @ #122''': Someone got into my unlocked Nissan
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| Maxima and emptied the glove box contents onto the seat. Nothing was
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| taken, but the door was left just slightly open which caused the
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| battery to drain (judging from the extent of the drainage, it had been
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| that way for at least 2-3 days when I found it on 7/10). Didn't notice
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| any handprints. My theory is that the burglar was looking specifically
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| for loose change. --[[User:Woozle|Woozle]] 17:59, 28 Jul 2005 (EDT)
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About
The "Pinecrest Road Neighborhood" is an informal association of residents of the "old" section of Pinecrest Road in Durham, NC. There is a Yahoo Groups mailing list where these residents frequently exchange advice and news.
To the best of my knowledge, residents of the "new" Pinecrest Road have never expressed an interest in being involved with the "old" section, but this is understandable because of the rather difficult geographic barrier posed by the dangerous intersection at 751. (As far as I know, those residents do not have their own group or mailing list.)
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