Author Archives: Phil Veasley

Like most major cities in the United States, the City of Raleigh is facing a housing crisis. The Raleigh metropolitan area is one of the fastest growing areas in the country, causing many home seekers further and further from the core. This accelerates urban sprawl which leads to increased traffic and a multitude of otherContinue reading “Raleigh Underused Space Plan”

The North Hills area of Raleigh has been booming with development since the conversion of North Hills Mall into a lifestyle center in the early 2000s. As the North Hills area has grown and densified, the lack of greenspace and connectivity usually seen in urban environments continues to hold the area back. A combination ofContinue reading “Connecting Downtown Raleigh Bonus: North Hills Freeway Cap and Grid Plan”

With the East End Connector nearly complete in Durham, the idea of transforming the Durham Freeway through Downtown is a feasible one. While browsing local development news I came across an amazing three part series exploring the possibility in depth. Give the series a read at http://www.buildingbullcity.com/2022/02/147-from-freeway-to-boulevard-pt-4-new.html?m=1 http://www.buildingbullcity.com/2021/07/147-from-freeway-to-boulevard-pt-1.html. To further develop the idea, I conceptuallyContinue reading “Sketching the Durham Freeway Conversion Idea”

The Wendell Falls community is expected to have more than 4000 residences and 2,000,000 square feet of commercial once completed. One of the major issues facing the neighborhood currently is the speed on some of the residential streets. I believe this is due to the vast width of some of the streets. Big Falls DriveContinue reading “Wendell Falls Bike Lanes and Street Calming”

The fourth part of my Connecting Downtown Raleigh series takes a look at access to and from the North. Catch up with the other parts of the series here: Triangle Transit Plan Part 1: Part 1 Part 2: Trails Over Rails Part 3: South Current Conditions: There is one primary route in and out ofContinue reading “Connecting Downtown Raleigh Part Four – North”