What’s Out There® Raleigh-Durham The Cultural Landscape Foundation connecting people to places™ tclf.org Chapel Hill Raleigh - Durham - Chapel Hill Welcome to What’s Out There Raleigh-Durham- and American Tobacco Trail, exemplars of open-space-network Chapel Hill, organized by The Cultural Landscape planning, and the squares, historic districts, and governmental Foundation (TCLF) in collaboration with the North complexes that continue to reference Raleigh’s original Carolina State University College of Design, with city plan. Landscapes such as Dorothea Dix Park and the generous support from national and local partners. American Tobacco District illustrate themes of adaptive reuse and innovation. This guidebook provides photographs and details for 30 examples of the city’s incredible landscape legacy. Its This guidebook is a complement to TCLF’s digital What’s publication is timed to coincide with What’s Out There Out There Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Guide, an interactive Weekend Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, April 14-15, 2018, a online platform that includes the enclosed essays plus many weekend of free, expert-led tours. others, as well as overarching narratives, maps, historic photographs, and biographical profiles. The guide, viewable at Photo courtesy North Carolina Museum of Art North Carolina’s Research Triangle—including Raleigh, tclf.org/raleigh, is one of several online compendia of urban Durham, and Chapel Hill—is a rich tapestry of natural landscapes, dovetailing with TCLF’s web-based What’s Out and cultural systems interwoven with campus landscapes There, the nation’s most comprehensive searchable database (academic, corporate, and cultural), regional and urban parks, of historic designed landscapes. Profusely illustrated and and residential communities that serve diverse populations. carefully vetted, the searchable database currently features Although the idea of the ‘Research Triangle’ first began to form more than 2,000 sites, 12,000 images, and 1,100 designer in the post-War era, the region’s history dates back centuries profiles. The database has been optimized for iPhones and and includes periods of great achievement despite generations similar handheld devices and includes What’s Nearby, a GPS- of racial strife. Now, in the first quarter of the 21st century, enabled feature that locates all landscapes within a certain Raleigh, the state capital, and the neighboring cities of Durham distance, customizable by mileage or walking time. and Chapel Hill are embracing their roles as incubators The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) for fresh ideas in planning, design, and stewardship, with On behalf of The Cultural Landscape Foundation, I appreciate TCLF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 1998 to connect people to landscape architects often taking the lead. your interest in What’s Out There Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, places. TCLF educates and engages the public to make our shared and I hope you will enjoy experiencing the region’s unique and landscape heritage more visible, identify its value, and empower its The guidebook highlights notable academic campuses in the region, including North Carolina State University, Meredith valuable landscape legacy. stewards. Through its website, publishing, lectures and other events, College, Duke University, and the University of North Carolina TCLF broadens support and understanding for cultural landscapes. Sincerely, at Chapel Hill, all of which were designed by landscape tclf.org architects and firms of local and national significance, including the likes of Olmsted Brothers, Charles Gillette, Richard Bell, Lewis Clarke, Ellen Shipman, and Laurie Olin. Charles A. 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