Taking The Long View of Main Street Rocky Mount, NC That Includes The Main Street Program

I took this photograph from the fantastic roof deck that Troy Davis created on top of the Davis Lofts. Looking out and across the track you see typical commercial architecture found across Eastern North Carolina. These commercial buildings are like the garden after the gardener is finally gone: the spirit of the garden changes. This … Continue reading Taking The Long View of Main Street Rocky Mount, NC That Includes The Main Street Program →

Rocky Mount NC: Let The Influence of Stepheny’s ‘Foolish Things’ Begin

Do you remember the wonderful love song, These Foolish Things Remind Me Of You? It isn't a cigarette that bears a lipstick's traces or an airline ticket to romantic places but 'foolish things' come to mind when I write and speak. My reading life and the research I love, the stories I am told, the … Continue reading Rocky Mount NC: Let The Influence of Stepheny’s ‘Foolish Things’ Begin →

Rocky Mount, NC – Preservation At Work – The Restoration of Historic Homes

Downtown Concord’s North Union Street Historic District. I couldn't resist writing a blog piece about the Milas B. Leslie House. Preservation North Carolina (PNC) featured the house and provided the description. When you study these 'before and after' photographs, I hope you find them fascinating too. Once there were raggedy windows and missing porch posts, … Continue reading Rocky Mount, NC – Preservation At Work – The Restoration of Historic Homes →

Guest Blogger – Knox Porter – More About Branch Street

Left to Right -Denise Watkins, Sky-Vue Skateland, Stepheny Houghtlin, and Knox Porter enjoying a meal together. Knox is a regular reader of this Main Street blog. He leaves wonderful comments, and appropriate quotations and often acts as editor if necessary. Knox was raised in Rocky Mount, his father was a landscaper and plantsman. He planted … Continue reading Guest Blogger – Knox Porter – More About Branch Street →

The Shame of Branch Street In Rocky Mount, NC – Councilman Joyner – Ward 3

"With the input from The Public Hearings, the American Rescue Plan Act money is intended for housing like you find on Branch Street." SFH I first drove up and down Branch Street in February 2022. I took the following photographs of boarded up houses and garbage. Here is a neighborhood that should be saved. My … Continue reading The Shame of Branch Street In Rocky Mount, NC – Councilman Joyner – Ward 3 →

A Light Shines Within The Abandoned Bungalows of Rocky Mount

Tuesday afternoon, wanting to finish David Habersham's book, The Powers That Be, I turned on my Kindle and snuggled back in bed. Between falling asleep and reading, it grew dark outside and there were no lights turned on in the 'cottage for two' either. From the interior of the house, a small light came from … Continue reading A Light Shines Within The Abandoned Bungalows of Rocky Mount →