The 1933-34 bathhouse has remained shuttered for 15 years, despite the efforts, chronicled by Barry, of the surrounding community to lease the structure from Durham Parks and Rec for a community center. There was a Molina family who lived on W. Knox Street in a pretty ranch style home at the corner of Washington Street.Great photos..... my sisters and I spent many summers, going to the park pool every Wednesday to spend hours in the pool. You're doing good here, keep it up.I remember that Big Boy statue getting stolen a lot and ending up just about everywhere in town at one time or another! Those of us who didn't have a dime to swim recreationally would 'learn' to swim every summer.
It had over 400,000 visitors last year. If you shop on Amazon you can use Amazon Smile to support Duke Homestead!
I was a friend and neighbor of your sister, Karen.
I have the history of the department on hard copy if your interested.I remember going to that park with my teen-aged siblings a couple of times in the late 60s when I was very young. When I moved to Duke Park 30 years ago, there was already a parade of parents begging for better maintenance, decent bath rooms and new playground equipment. Duke Farms is an estate that was established by James Buchanan Duke, an American entrepreneur who founded Duke Power and the American Tobacco Company.Located in Hillsborough, New Jersey the property is managed by the Doris Duke Foundation after the death of Doris Duke, the second owner. Indoor aquatic centers can be used 12 months of the year, and I'm sure are advantageous for the athletic swimmers of the community, but for the kids and adults who just want to have some fun in the sun, the indoor pools don't offer much.Seems unlikely to happen but I'd prefer to see any new pools the city builds to be outdoor ones.Until then I guess we have to be content sneaking into the private pools of certain neighborhoods and complexes. named Alex Molina?
Pins came with a metal disk with the basket number on them.
'Fairview.' For more historical information on J.B. Duke, Doris Duke and the history of Duke Farms, visit Duke University Archives. It's wonderful you still have a video of your times at the pool. The happy little boy in the front right corner is my brother "Eric Nicholson" and he was born 7-23-57...so he was probably 10 in that photo and it should have been 1967.
It probably wouldn't cost much more than that to renovate the structure, and since DPPI is a 501(c)3 corp, it's able to receive both tax deductible cash donations and in-kind donations to complete the project.When the Beaver Lodge first approached Mr Bain, the Duke Park caretaker, about the first Beaver Queen Pageant he shared many stories about festive pool events. Beaver Lodge Local 1504 returns pageantry and community quirkiness to the old pool site.
Nobody has thrown up a red flag saying the building is beyond saving. If the school maintenance crews suddenly and independently, decided to close down a popular elementary school and convert it to their own use, I doubt they'd get approval from either the public or management. Neither would Parks & Rec, so they never bothered to ask. They clearly see their need for space to store trash cans as more important than the public's need to park. Join us in creating another Durham story.I'll have a VIB All Access Pass for you and two tickets to the After Party. It looks like you're in . Just beyond the interstate on Avondale, one could see the Big Boy restaurant with its statue of Bob out front. Duke owned most of the surrounding land, and had begun plotting streets and selling off building lots, primarily to the south of the current park, between Glendale and North Roxboro prior to his death in 1919.
My sister told me that a child once was decapitated when s/he fell from the old hand-push go-round (I don't know the proper name for it). God Bless your soul.
Pins came with a metal disk with the basket number on them. Come to think of it, I still do.You're in my neighborhood now.
(Even on a cold winter day. Duke Realty’s largest industrial footprint is in Indianapolis where it is headquartered. Contestants are judged on the quality of their tails and their Wetland Ready Wear. Wish you could find a picture of that.
Wish you could find a picture of that. After, well...it was up to you!Marta, I do hope you see my reply. The idea behind the lease Barry mentioned, was to attend to the bath house if the city wouldn't, and it required DPPI to renovate and maintain it for 20 years renewable.
Turn left on Adams St., over the bridge and past Hobart Arena turn left onto Riverside Dr. Lastly, Gary, let me update your blog as to the most recent developments. She said the area was "dangerous" and "bad". The unfortunate fact is that any improvements to that section of the park would attract pesky park visitors, and that would put pressure on Parks & Rec to return the use of that stolen parking lot.
Of course most of us who lived in the county felt anything downtown (or close to it) was not "safe."
We also lived close to the park at the corner of Everett Pl and Washington .Glenda, the Johnson's (who open/owned/operated Johnson Motor Company) lived in that house before the Molinas; both families whom I remember.
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Perhaps that will change when they move to a new location. Tours are postponed when school groups are on the property. You can argue that the engineer's opinion is a calculus, unbiased by the things you mention.
Still have movie film (now copied to video tape) of my sisters and me in that kiddie pool.The photo label Duke Park Pool 6-17-57...I believe is dated incorrectly. Lastly, Gary, let me update your blog as to the most recent developments. That went up during an unusually long period the park was closed due to a few fallen trees.
Neither would Parks & Rec, so they never bothered to ask.
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But that's my opinion, and I'll concede the point, as I don't wish to impugn the reputations of all structural engineers.
Beaver Lodge Local 1504 returns pageantry and community quirkiness to the old pool site. I have no idea if the present-day "Beaver Queen Pageant" organizers were aware of this history of Duke Park, but, if …