2803 Hillsborough Road, November 2006
The few remaining former/current residential properties on Hillsborough Road, concentrated in the 2800 block, continue to incrementally decrease. Last known victim: the duplex at 2803 Hillsborough Road, which showed progressive decline over many years before being 'removed' by NIS last April.
2803 Hillsborough, 2007.
Immediately after demolition (sorry for the cell phone pic) - 04.13.08.
2803 Hillsborough, 04.15.09
I'm often asked if I ever find it acceptable to tear down a historic property - which is usually an effort to find out if I am 'reasonable'. You can point to the ongoing deterioration of this property, its location and potential residential undesirability on Hillsborough Road, etc. - all as 'reasonable' justifications for its removal.
The problem in Durham is that every single demolition is deemed reasonable by the powers-that-be.
My return question is generally "what is an adequate number of historic properties for Durham to have?" It's a similarly unanswerable question, and my point is simply this: if you can't determine the answer to this question, how can you ever decide whether or not losing "just this one" is reasonable?
Our record on saving structures from the wrecking ball in Durham is abysmal. We lose the vast, vast majority of fights to save structures from demolition. Given that demolitions and natural attrition aren't going away, how can we afford to 'allow' any historic structures to be demolished without a fight? When does yet another demolition become unreasonable - when there are 500 historic structures left? 200? 50? 5?
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