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What To Do With 118 S. Driver Street? Part 4
Whoever purchases 118 S. Driver is moving into a great neighborhood. Yes, the secret is out. Just 2+ years ago, back in 2012, I had to really talk East Durham up to people who were looking to buy. Now I have people coming to me saying, “We’re looking to buy Read more…
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What To Do With 118 S. Driver Street? Part 3
“Hey Wendy, it’s Victoria. Call me back when you have a chance.” She sounded very serious. Victoria Broccolo is usually an effusive Italian-American New Yorker. More than once she had called me, excited about hidden features found during the rehab process. This sounded different. I called her back. “So,” she Read more…
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What To Do With 118 S. Driver Street? Part 2
Thanks to all of you for the great responses to yesterday’s piece on 118 S. Driver Street. As promised, here’s the follow up on the house’s history, excerpted largely from OpenDurham.org. Big thanks to Gary Kueber for creating such an amazing community resource. Early History The house at 118 South Read more…
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What To Do With 118 S. Driver Street??
When I arrived at Preservation Durham 2-1/2 year ago, as Executive Director, I inherited many ongoing projects. Once of them was the house at 118 S. Driver Street, in East Durham. It was down on its heels and had been unoccupied for at least 4 years. It had structural problems and Read more…