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EAST END - VOLUNTEER INVENTORY
Help document the history and transformation of one of Durham's oldest African American neighborhoods!
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BACON RIND BRIDGE
Before Falls Lake, Before Interstate-85...
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From Barfields to Brandt's
Our editor's pick for best update from September 2020 - from contributor Rashida Brandt - brings to life the business history of a bygone downtown building.
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Crowd-Sourced Chronology - When Was This Photo Taken?
Every building you can identify could be a clue...
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The Marks of Urban Transformation
How one image from Durham County Library's archival collections connects threads of the city's past - from the tobacco industry's heyday to the tragedy of urban renewal and the long road to revival.
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FOREST HILLS SHOPPING CENTER / THIRD FORK CREEKBy jhv on 04/21/2022 - 1:47pmShould have posted this with my question above: -
FOREST HILLS SHOPPING CENTER / THIRD FORK CREEKBy jhv on 04/21/2022 - 1:42pmWould anyone happen to have a picture of Halby's Deli/Restaurant? I don't know when Halby's opened...
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ASBURY BUILDING - TRINITY PARK HIGH SCHOOLBy jhanks on 04/08/2022 - 1:22pmAsbury was the first home of the Duke Music Department (as far as I know), where my father, John K... -
MURDOCK BUILDINGBy gagibson on 02/08/2022 - 4:37pmIt was 18 July, 1930 to 4 August 1930 that John Arnold Taylor Jr. (aka "Arsenic" Taylor), age 14,... -
LITTLE RIVER HIGH SCHOOLBy rnchristyer on 01/26/2022 - 12:38pmHi! I was a student of this school during the 70s. Can you post the video? I would love to see it!...
