Views of Broad Street

The images below show different views of our neighborhood in the 900 block of Broad Street. This block is located two blocks south of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM), one block east of E.K. Powe Elementary School, and four blocks north of Duke East Campus and the shops on Ninth Street. Shodor currently leases office space in the bottom floor of 923 Broad Street. The two properties shown in the photos below are adjacent to Shodor's offices and are zoned as residential properties.

	A panoramic view of Broad Street from the south looking north. The building in the foreground is currently unoccupied, and sits just north of South Ellerbee Creek. The white house in the middle is currently leased by Shodor and is undergoing renovations. The red brick building in the distance is Shodor's offices and training facilities
This photo shows the two residential properties adjacent to Shodor offices. We are currently leasing the white building on the right, and renovations to the interior began in July of 1999. This view is from Broad Street looking west.
	Students currently attending Shodor workshops have little space in which to have lunch, relax, or throw a frisbee during breaks. Currently we have two picnic tables in front of Shodor's office for outdoor experiments, break periods, and lunch. Students typically use the parking area next to the offices for doing data collection experiments (such as water rockets) and recreating. The abandoned yellow truck visible in the last photograph can be seen just to the left of the leftmost student.
South Ellerbee Creek is directly south of the property at 917 Broad Street. The portion of the creek next to the property is full of a wide variety of waste, such as bricks, cinder blocks, old pipes, and automobile tires. Our plans call for close collaboration with the "Friends of South Ellerbee Creek" to work towards cleaning up "our" portion of this feeder creek for the Neuse River.
	This photo shows the current state of the rental property at 919 Broad Street, immediately adjacent to Shodor's offices. In addition to the general state of disrepair of the house, the backyard is highly susceptible to flooding, resulting in a periodic condition we call "Shodor Lake". Recent help from the City of Durham's Public Works Department have helped us to identify the drainage patterns. Our plans call for significant landscaping to make this area useable for outdoor scientific experiments and observations, as well as a place for recreational activities, picnics, etc.
The house at 917 Broad is in a substantial state of disrepair, both inside and out. This photo shows the view of the property from the backyard. Shodor students, parents, and other visitors are presented with this view from our parking area.
	This photo shows the existing condition of the house at 917 Broad Street. Even when there were tenants living in this house, all of the side and rear windows are boarded over.
Another view of the house at 917 Broad Street, showing the abandoned automobiles of the previous tenant. The cars have recently been removed through the cooperation of the City of Durham and Mayor Nick Tennyson.