Fayetteville Street (Raleigh)

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Fayetteville street is a street in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. It is a north-south thoroughfare that connects the State Capitol to the Raleigh Convention Center (under reconstruction).

[edit] History

Fayetteville Street was the main thoroughfare south of the state capitol in the early 20th century, ^[1] but by the 1950s, parallel streets had become more heavily traveled. ^[2] In 1977, the street was closed to traffic and converted to a pedestrian mall in an attempt to revitalize the downtown area. It was returned to vehicular traffic in 2006, in a renewed, and thus far, more successful revitalization effort. In 2008, the Fayetteville Street Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

[edit] Attractions

• North Carolina State Capitol
• Raleigh City Museum
• Wake County Courthouse
• WTVD-TV Channel 11 studios (ABC)
• Raleigh Convention Center]] (under reconstruction)
• Raleigh downtown Post Office

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