PEOPLE + PLACE

BOOK TALK
Classic Restaurants of Durham with Author Chris Holaday
Facebook Live & Zoom Virtual Event

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

12:00 Noon

Preservation Durham’s People + Place Speaker Series connects the people of Durham with the importance of our historic, architectural and cultural places and the stories they bring to life. 

Discover Durham’s history through food culture. Author Chris Holaday will take us on a journey through a book he co-authored call Classic Restaurants of Durham.

The story of the restaurant industry in Durham is also the story of a once prosperous tobacco town that suffered through a long decline only to undergo a stunning rebirth. Legendary barbecue restaurants such as Little Acorn, Bullock’s and Dillard’s and small cafés like

Annual Neighborhood Walk with, “Street Historian” John Schelp

SAVE THE DATE
Sunday, March 28, 2021 @ 4:00pm
Join the Zoom Virtual Hike on March 28
Click the link below to join live
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82969941787?pwd=eVlSZFlnTjByMlpkUVVGcW9Md1J2UT09
 
Meeting ID: 829 6994 1787
Passcode: history
 
Where was Wall Street? What’s a Pinhooker? How did the Washington Duke Cigar Stand end up in a federal trial? Where did Madonna take early dance lessons? Why is Walltown called Walltown? What highway was going to connect Duke Gardens and Oval Park? Which famous songwriter was born behind Monuts? Where was the West Durham airport? Why wasn’t Cameron Indoor Stadium built on Ninth Street? Where was Kevin Costner spotted in his boxer shorts, near East Campus? What’s buried under Duke Hospital? Why do neighborhoods change so quickly in Durham?
 
To know the history of West Durham is