A remnant of the small 'supermarkets' of the mid-20th century - now abandoned.

Bungalow at Old Chapel Hill Road gives a sense of the once rural character of this intersection.

"Modern High School" of 1928 felled by kids playing with matches in 1996

Looking southeast, 1960 (Courtesy Wayne Henderson) Per Ralph Rogers, there was a restaurant located on this site prior to the gas station above. Looking southeast, 04.03.11

Sara Foster's eponymous market, successful in an unlikely location on the boulevard

Still a center of food in Rockwood - bbq, at least.

Short-lived restaurant, likely built by the New Hope Realty Company for Forest Hills

1306 South Duke St., 1937 (Courtesy Gladys Glenn) 1304 and 1306 South Duke Street. (Courtesy Gladys Glenn) Gladys Glenn was kind enough to convey the history of the Forest Inn, which her parents ran during the 1930s, and her house next door at 1306 South Duke St. When not running the restaurant, her father was a teacher at East Durham Junior High...

Funky modern early fast-food architecture

502 Lakewood Ave., 05.08.11 The most interesting thing about this building to me is the fact that the roof is level with the sidewalk on the west side - which generally doesn't seem like a good idea from a no-water-in-building perspective. While it was some kind of porn store for awhile, it has seemed abandoned for ~5 years now. In 1960, it was...