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• Near to: Chapel Hill (9), Hillsborough (10), Oxford (33), Raleigh (33), Roxboro (32) (distances in miles)
• Satellites: (north) Bahama, Rougemont; (east) Butner, Creedmoor,
• Part of: The Triangle, Durham County
• Same name: Durham, NH; Durham, England
• Alias URLs: descriptive, short descriptive

Topics /activism /autism /brontosaurus: life-sized prehistory commuter rail /crime /events /history /mental health /neighborhoods /news /online: e-community /race issues Durham skyline from the north, showing the former CCB Building and the "Blue Pickle"

Services /assisted living /family care homes /landlords /lawyers /waste disposal Organizations Carolina Friends School Durham Police Department Pinecrest Road Neighborhood Business pages on HTYP Adan Landscaping - from a business card China Buffet Duke Golf Course - seed article Golden Corral Kashmir Indian Cuisine Michael D. Fleming, DDS Nice Price Books - nothing yet! Sitar India Palace Stone Brothers & Byrd TrinocCon Wheels categories advertising agriculture: see groceries appliances art: see performance, pottery automobile banking bicycling charity churches: see charity, religion: Christianity coffee: see food dentists dining education electronics food: see also dining, groceries gaming: see books gardening see household/outside, landscaping government groceries home housing real estate religion

People

• HTYP users: Harena, Woozle, Tim Crone
• Other residents Will Cook
• Notable Natives: Fred Brooks, John D. Loudermilk
• Local Writers:
  • Kate Shefte: lulu.com (2007-05-24 news article)
  • Mur Lafferty (Twitter)
  • Pam Spaulding (Pam's House Blend blog)
• Memorials:
  • Frank L. Borchardt, 1938-2007 (appreciations, anecdotes, photos etc.)
  • Lucie Lee Abramson Wing, 1926-2006
  • Kenneth Daland Hall, 1926-1999
  • Jennifer Ruth Hall, 1965-1983

Reference

• Wikipedia
• Wikitravel
• Issuepedia
• Downtown Durham Inc. (DDI)
• Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce
• The Columbia Gazetteer of North America, 2000
• City-Data: pictures, graphs, detailed statistics
• HelloDurham
• We Love Durham
• Sperling's BestPlaces: population and demographics data; mini-forum
• Topix: Durham News
• Other directories:
  • LooBoo
  • ThinkLocal
  • Yahoo Local

Images

• Durham County Library: Changes in the Landscape of Downtown Durham, 1950-2000

RSS feeds

• News:
  • Herald-Sun
  • The News & Observer: |index| (registration required for access)
  • WRAL: |index| |local news| |AP NC news|
• Other:
  • Endangered Durham
• Note: Any MediaWiki site (including HTYP, DUiki, and TIP wiki) automatically has an RSS feed of edit activity, though much of this is typically irrelevant. Click on "Recent changes" near the top left, then look under the "Search" box. You should see links to both RSS and Atom feeds.

Miscellany

• Durham Classifieds: free searchable classified ads
• Durham Gas Prices: volunteer-reported gas prices in Durham

Directory

Broadcasting

• The People's Channel (Durham: ch18, Chapel Hill: ch8)

Business

• Locally-owned businesses with web sites:
  • Grandfather Clocks: The Clock Depot in Durham.
  • DesignHammer: web site design
  • I & B Enterprises: "The Art of Technology and the Technology of Art"
  • Preation: web site design, development & promotion
  • vbz.net, an online store selling mostly t-shirts
• Business properties
  • The Studebaker Building

Books

• Books Do Furnish a Room: used music (CDs, LPs), books, comics
• Durham County Library: includes online renewal system
• Nice Price Books: see CitySearch: user music (CDs, LPs, 45s, 78s), books, videos, comics
• The Regulator Bookshop: new books
• Ultimate Comics: "new and old comic books, toys, games, trading cards and many other unique items"; also located in Chapel Hill

Catering

see also #Food

• Sage & Swift Gourmet Catering

Childcare

• Craig's List
• Mother's Choice Nanny Services, LLC: Durham, Chapel Hill, and surrounding areas

Clothing

see also #Consignment / Thrift

• Chain stores:
  • Hot Topic [[W!]] (Streets at Southpoint Mall) "~clothes that ROCK!~ It's all about the music!"

Consignment / Thrift

• Classic Treasures: 15-501 business (Chapel Hill Blvd.)
• Durham Children's Clothing Exchange (web): 3438 Hillsborough Rd., just east of 15-501 bypass

Crafts

• A.C. Moore: part of a national chain
• Durham String Thing meets weekly off 9th Street
• The Tarheel Crocheters meet monthly; a somewhat more conservative bunch, some from small rural towns north and west of Durham
• The Scrap Exchange

Elections

see Issuepedia

Employers

• Duke University Human Resources
• Measurement Incorporated: development and scoring of educational tests

Information Technology

• Motricity 2800 Meridian Parkway, Suite 150, 27713
• Web Performance, Inc.

Entertainment

Movie Theaters

• Starlite Drive-In

Furniture

• Habitat Hand-Me-Ups: used furniture

Genealogy

• Durham-Orange Genealogical Society

Handiwork

carpentry, #Plumbing, and other "handyman" services

• Southern Yankee Home Services: Robert Maher

Hardware

• Durham Public Hardware
• Lowe's of North Durham (#0576): off Roxboro Road north of I-85
• Lowe's of Chapel Hill (#0487): off 15-501 south of I-40

HVAC

(Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning)

• ACME Plumbing, Heating, and Air Conditioning: heating, air conditioning. 636 Foster St. 27701
• Carolina Air Conditioning: 809 Ramseur Street, 27701. "Since 1947"
• Comfort Engineers, Inc.: 4008 Comfort Lane, 27715
• Lee Air Conditioners: based in Durham and Morehead City; factory authorized Carrier dealer, but "trained to service all makes and brands of residential and commercial heating and air equipment". Service request form online. "Since 1951"

Information Services

• SportsMEDIA Technology Corporation: apparently provides "real-time timing and scoring data" for television broadcasts of most major sporting events, as well as for several sports websites (according to Joe M.)

Internet

see also #Web Design

• RDU Online: web hosting
• Time Warner Cable: cable internet connection

Jewelry

• Jewelsmith

Kids

see #Childcare, #Education, #Recreation, #Toys, #Youth Activities

Landscaping

• Adan Landscaping

Law

see /lawyers

Lodging

• bed & breakfast (a list: Inns of Durham):
  • Arrowhead Inn: north, near Eno
  • Blooming Garden Inn: Holloway St. downtown
  • Greystone Inn: corner of Vickers and Morehead, near downtown
    • some history
  • Morehead Manor (reviews): near downtown, close to 147

Museums

• Museum of Life and Science

Music

Lessons

• Beautiful Music Studios: J. Michael Pope – 2903 Chapel Hill Road 27707 – Google map
• Joyful Noise Studios
• Pearson Piano Studios - Lessons and Instruction

Instruments

• The Music Loft
• Pearson Music
• Sound Pure LLC: high-end instruments & equipment

Recordings - Retail

• Books Do Furnish a Room
• (Chaz's) Bull City Records: "Durham's finest in punk, indie and rock'n'roll. CDs / LPs / 7"s. New & Used. Located next to Cosmic Cantina." (near 9th Street)
• Nice Price Books

Office Supplies

• Office Depot

Outdoor Activities

see also #Bicycling

• Trails:
  • Duke Golf Course: includes 5-mile unpaved jogging trail
• American Tobacco Trail: includes a 7-mile paved bike trail along disused railroad tracks from downtown to near I-40 and Southpoint Mall, and additional trails in various stages of completion totaling a planned 20+ miles of contiguous trail
• Horseback riding
  • Nature Activities - Horseback Riding listings at Durham Convention & Visitors' Bureau

Painting

• Carrington Painting

Performance Space

• 305 South performance space closed mid-May 2007, anti-mall slated to close by 2007-10-31

Pet Sitting

• Angelic Devotions "Pet Sitting and Home Care Services"

Plumbing

see also #Handiwork

• Acme Plumbing, Heating, & Air Conditioning: Foster Street, downtown

Pottery

• Sarah's House of Clay (alt) (Ridge Rd.)

Poverty Reduction

• Urban Ministries of Durham

Printing

• Body Billboards, Inc.: screenprinting, embroidery, promo items, etc.
• Laser Image Corporate Printing

Publications

• The Durham News: Durham section of the Raleigh News & Observer

Recreation

• Wheels: skating rink and indoor playcenter

Recycling

see also #Sustainability, #Waste Disposal

• The nearest paid recycling facility appears to be Wise Recycling, with locations in Raleigh and Burlington

Religion

• Christian
  • First Chronicles Community Church
  • Hope For Durham "is a ministry based on the life-changing gospel of Jesus Christ. Our desire to serve our neighbors is an outward expression of the grace and humility we have received by being part of the body of Christ. ... Hope for Durham seeks to provide awareness to believers in this area about the current needs in Durham. We have several local affiliate ministries that have partnered with us to more effectively reach the people of Durham."
  • Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
  • Mount Zion Christian Church: home of the godawful abortion truck
  • newhope church (near New Hope Creek)
  • Reality Ministries “'the reality…is found in Christ' Col. 2:17”
  • Reconciliation United Methodist Church
  • St. Philip's Episcopal Church
  • Watts Street Baptist Church
  • Union Missionary Baptist Church
• Judaic
  • Judea Reform Congregation (1933 West Cornwallis Road, 27705)

Schools

see #Education

Shopping

• Brightleaf Square: former tobacco warehouses preserved as a shopping mall
• Shannon Plaza: small shopping center out towards Chapel Hill (near Hope Valley)
• 9th Street: near Duke University's East Campus
  • The Play House
• Northgate Mall
• South Square
• Southpoint Mall
• 305 South Anti-Mall at 305 South Dillard St.

Price Clubs

• Costco (North Pointe Drive, near I-85)
• Sam's Club in South Square, near 15-501 Business

Sights

see also #Museums

• Duke Chapel
  • Durham News article: some additional history and trivia
• Duke Gardens (photos @ Consultwebs)

Social Services

• Durham Area Corp
• The Durham Center
• TROSA: Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers

Storage

• self-storage
  • Alston Avenue Self Storage 2542 Alston Ave., 27713
  • Ample Storage: 4 locations
  • Brassfield Self Storage: east side, near US 70
  • Cardinal Self-Storage: North (Old Oxford Road) South (Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway)
  • Highway 70 Mini Storage 600 Muldee St., 27703
  • North State Storage 2015 Sherron Road, 27703
  • Security Self Storage 1945 E Cornwallis Rd., 27713
  • chains with Durham locations:
    • Public Storage
    • Uncle Bob's Self Storage
  • Directories:
    • Yahoo Local
• storage containers
  • Triple S Rentals
• TROSA Moving: southwest Durham, near where 15-501 Business connects to University Drive (1820 James St. 27707)
  • not self-storage; $40 access fee per visit, appointment required
• warehouses
  • Liberty Warehouse (alt): Corporation St. between Rigsbee and Foster, Central Park area

Sustainability

• Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission
• Bull City Biodiesel
• Clean Energy Durham
• Durham Bike Collective
• NC Powerdown Triangle Peak Oil Group: meets monthly

Toys

• Squirrel Tracks
• The Play House: 9th Street

Transportation

• Greenway Transit, LCC: all vehicles run exclusively on human energy or biofuels; fleet includes one pedicab (bike-rickshaw)

Tree Services

• Tree Removal
  • Above & Beyond Wilmoth Tree
  • Big Blue Tree Service
  • Brad Allen Tree Service
  • Carver Tree Service
  • Dean's Tree Service
  • Joel's Tree Service
  • Perry's Tree Service
  • Not Durham-based but serving Durham:
    • Arbor Lawn Tree Care, LLC: based in Raleigh

Veterinarians

• Directories: see Durham County
• Durham Animal Hospital 4306 N Roxboro St 27704
  • listings: raleigh.com
• Westside Animal Hospital 3653 Hillsborough Road: office hours?

Video

• Pelican Productions
  • reportedly owned/operated by Mark Goodwillie, former HS science teacher at CFS

Waste Disposal

• Waste Disposal in Durham, NC

Web Design

• Dazz Design: basic site design & hosting
• Virante, 2635 Meridian Parkway 27713
• WebBasix, 2310 S. Miami Blvd 27703: design & hosting, db/app design/dev, e-commerce

Writers (freelance)

• Alice Bumgarner: "I've written everything from parenting columns for Sesame Workshop to hard-edged news features for Salon.com to travel pieces for Town & Country."

Youth Activities

• See Saw Studio: "free afterschool design and business program for motivated and creative Durham youth"

Summer Camps

• Camp Riverlea
• City of Durham Parks and Recreation Department
• Durham Bulls Summer Baseball Camp

Miscellany

Not quite sure how to categorize...

• Blue Pane Studio (Rougemont, NC): web and other graphic design
• Durham Hope VI: neighborhood revitalization initiative, apparently focused on the former Few Gardens area in "North East Central Durham"
• Vacant House Listing - District 1 (where is the master index?)
• Scrap, Stamp & work with Jennifer (Juhlin)!: could probably go in a "scrapbooking" section, along with the "Carolina Memories" link – but how long will the "scrapbooking" craze last?

Defunct

• Carolina Memories: scrapbooking supplies; store manager: Leslie Jacques-Capon. Went out of business c.2007? Web site now occupied by a domain squatter.
• Fowler's Food and Wine: ceased operations 2006-11-05; replaced by Parker & Otis in early 2008
• Ooh-La Latte
• The Untidy Museum: vintage clothing & kitsch