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American Tobacco Turns 10

By Laura Lee,
Frank Stasio
Published September 3, 2014 at 12:10 PM EDT
Items from the old American Tobacco Campus.
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Items from the old American Tobacco Campus.
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Lucky Strike Cigarettes predating World War One.
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Lucky Strike Cigarettes predating World War One.
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Vintage Luck Strikes
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Vintage Cigarette Case (exterior).
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Vintage Cigarette Case (exterior).
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Vintage Cigarette Case (interior).
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This year marks the 10th anniversary of the American Tobacco Historic Campus revitalization in downtown Durham. The businesses and retail stores occupy a space that was once the epicenter of the tobacco industry. 

Host Frank Stasio talks with former American Tobacco employee Richard Clements about the rise, fall and rebirth of the area.

The conversation continues with ATHD developer and Capitol Broadcasting Company CEO Jim Goodmon; Bull City Forward founder Christopher Gergen; city and regional planning professor at UNC-Chapel Hill Mai Thi Nguyen; Walter magazine editor and general manager Liza Roberts; and Triangle Business Journal reporter Jason deBruyn.

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Laura Lee
Laura Lee was the managing editor of The State of Things until mid February 2017. Born and raised in Monroe, North Carolina, Laura returned to the Old North state in 2013 after several years in Washington, DC. She received her B.A. in political science and international studies from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2002 and her J.D. from UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law in 2007.
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Frank Stasio
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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