515 Willard, 1965 (Courtesy Durham County Library) Looking northeast, 1948 (Courtesy Herald-Sun) The 500 and 600 blocks of Willard Street extended from Jackson to the 'point' with Warren St., divided by Yancey Street on the west side of the street. (Yancey didn't extend east of Willard.) These houses were torn down in 1967 by the city using urban...

513 Willard, 1965 (Courtesy Durham County Library) Looking northeast, 1948 (Courtesy Herald-Sun) The 500 and 600 blocks of Willard Street extended from Jackson to the 'point' with Warren St., divided by Yancey Street on the west side of the street. (Yancey didn't extend east of Willard.) These houses were torn down in 1967 by the city using urban...

511 Willard, 1965 (Courtesy Durham County Library) Looking northeast, 1948 (Courtesy Herald-Sun) The 500 and 600 blocks of Willard Street extended from Jackson to the 'point' with Warren St., divided by Yancey Street on the west side of the street. (Yancey didn't extend east of Willard.) These houses were torn down in 1967 by the city using urban...

507 Willard, 1965 (Courtesy Durham County Library) Looking northeast, 1948 (Courtesy Herald-Sun) The 500 and 600 blocks of Willard Street extended from Jackson to the 'point' with Warren St., divided by Yancey Street on the west side of the street. (Yancey didn't extend east of Willard.) These houses were torn down in 1967 by the city using urban...

505 Willard, 1965 (Courtesy Durham County Library) Looking northeast, 1948 (Courtesy Herald-Sun) The 500 and 600 blocks of Willard Street extended from Jackson to the 'point' with Warren St., divided by Yancey Street on the west side of the street. (Yancey didn't extend east of Willard.) These houses were torn down in 1967 by the city using urban...

The 400 block of Yancey Street ran between South Duke and Willard Streets 406 Yancey, looking northeast, 1965 (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) Another view of 406 Yancey, looking northwest, 1965.

The 400 block of Yancey Street ran between South Duke and Willard Streets 403 Yancey, looking southwest, 1965. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)

The 400 block of Yancey Street ran between South Duke and Willard Streets 401 Yancey, looking southwest, 1965. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) These houses were cleared by the city as part of the urban renewal program. The urban renewal program is a good demonstration of how people can become convinced of how a 'simple'...

The 500 block of Willard Street ran between Jackson St. and Yancey St., which terminated at Willard. 516 Willard, 1965. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) These houses were torn down by the city using Federal urban renewal funds (2/3) and the money of the good taxpayers of Durham (1/3).

The 500 block of Willard Street ran between Jackson St. and Yancey St., which terminated at Willard. 514 Willard, 1965. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) These houses were torn down by the city using Federal urban renewal funds (2/3) and the money of the good taxpayers of Durham (1/3).