Some blocks are just really, really hard to put together a sequence of images for - the south side of the 100 block of East Parrish St. is one of those. Below is one of the few views of the block face, with 108 East Parrish clearly visible, and the remaining structures rather fuzzy. Looking east, 1940. Another view of the block, from a colorized...

Some blocks are just really, really hard to put together a sequence of images for - the south side of the 100 block of East Parrish St. is one of those. Below is one of the few views of the block face, with 108 East Parrish clearly visible, and the remaining structures rather fuzzy. Looking east, 1940. Another view of the block, from a colorized...

116 E. Parrish, The Oriental, 1954. Some blocks are just really, really hard to put together a sequence of images for - the south side of the 100 block of East Parrish St. is one of those. The "Oriental" - one of Durham's earliest Asian restaurants, was established in this block, at 116 East Parrish St., in 1938. Below is one of the few views of...

Today will continue the theme of how I would have liked to have lived on Liberty St. once-upon-a-time. Until the late 60s, anyway. 317 Liberty You guessed it. The city of Durham declared all of these houses blighted - a menace to society, really, and tore them all down. It was a campaign for more modern, healthy and 'efficient' housing that would...

Today will continue the theme of how I would have liked to have lived on Liberty St. once-upon-a-time. Until the late 60s, anyway. I think the crenelated front porch on this house is awesome - I've never seen this before. 315 Liberty St., November 1963 You guessed it. The city of Durham declared all of these houses blighted - a menace to society...

Today will continue the theme of how I would have liked to have lived on Liberty St. once-upon-a-time. Until the late 60s, anyway. 313 Liberty You guessed it. The city of Durham declared the houses on Liberty St. blighted - a menace to society, really, and tore them all down. It was a campaign for more modern, healthy and 'efficient' housing that...

Today will continue the theme of how I would have liked to have lived on Liberty St. once-upon-a-time. Until the late 60s, anyway. 311 Liberty St., 11.63 You guessed it. The city of Durham declared this house blighted - a menace to society, really, and tore it down. It was a campaign for more modern, healthy and 'efficient' housing that would save...

Today will continue the theme of how I would have liked to have lived on Liberty St. once-upon-a-time. Until the late 60s, anyway. 309 Liberty St., November 1963 You guessed it. The city of Durham declared this house blighted - a menace to society, really, and tore them all down. It was a campaign for more modern, healthy and 'efficient' housing...

Today will continue the theme of how I would have liked to have lived on Liberty St. once-upon-a-time. Until the late 60s, anyway. 307 Liberty St. You guessed it. The city of Durham declared this house blighted - a menace to society, really, and tore them all down. It was a campaign for more modern, healthy and 'efficient' housing that would save...

Several attractive storefronts lined the south side of Morgan St. between Holland St. on the west side and Rigsbee Ave. on the east. The Piedmont Furniture Co. was located on the southeast corner of Holland and Morgan (at 219-223 Morgan St.) The businesses in the 200 block of Morgan St. directly faced the Big 4 warehouse and the Star Brick...