Attractions Downtown Durham Downtown is back in style! Downtown Durham offers a unique combination of convenience, entertainment, simplicity & style. Downtown Durham is proud to be leading the trend in transforming turn-of-the-century tobacco warehouses into chic apartments & condominiums, shopping centers, restaurants, and cutting-edge office & lab space. Second-story spaces over classic storefronts provide extraordinary living areas. Downtown's historic buildings & warehouses offer classic amenities such as high ceilings, hardwood floors & expansive windows. This development is guided by our Downtown Master Plan, which is sensitive to smart growth principles, respects the renovation of historic properties & places growth where major public infrastructure already exists .