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Article: MANTEO: IT'S A GENUINE DOWNTOWN.(REAL ESTATE WEEKLY)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- May 30, 1998
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Byline: Chris Kidder
Next Saturday, June 6, is Dare Day, Manteo's version of a community street fair. It's one of my favorite events because it draws people to one of my favorite places - downtown Manteo - where shops, restaurants, the waterfront, boardwalk and grassy parks with benches, a playground and picnic tables provide an ambience that can't be found anywhere else.
The town is midway on Roanoke Island, between the upper (north) end where Sir Walter Raleigh's explorers probably camped in 1584 and the lower end where the fishing wharves of Wanchese have been the mainstay of that village's economy for more than 50 years.
Manteo was ...