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Construction work being done at de Roode St in Lexington, Ky., on Feb. 6, 2013. The residents who lived on de Roode Street have been relocated to a temporary trailer park with subsidized rent and will have an opportunity to purchase a home in the new development. Photo by Pablo Alcala | Staff
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Construction crews installed a box culvert under De Roode Street between temporary trailers for resident of Davis Bottom, and Nathaniel Mission in Lexington, Ky., on March 7, 2013. Photo by Pablo Alcala | Staff
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A construction crew buried one of the last sections of a box culvert, part of Phase 1 of the Newtown Pike Extension project on De Roode St. in Lexington, Ky., on March 15, 2013. Photo by Pablo Alcala | Staff
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Houses along DeRoode St., in Davis Bottom, December 12, 1980. Photo by Ron Garrison | Staff
WPA photograph of DeRoode Street in Davis Bottom, 1940. Courtesy: Special Collections, University of Kentucky
Lexington is planning to demolish this southend neighborhood, the area between Versailles Road, Patterson Street and Norfolk Southern Railroad, for another redevelopment project as part of the Newtown Pike extension project. This photo shows houses along De Roode St., Thursday, November 14, 2003, showing the neighborhood as it is before the demolision begins.
Lexington is planning to demolish this southend neighborhood, the area between Versailles Road, Patterson Street and Norfolk Southern Railroad, for another redevelopment project as part of the Newtown Pike extension project. This photo looks from the Versailles Road viaduct south on to De Roode St., Thursday, November 14, 2003, showing the neighborhood as it is before the demolision begins.
The 700 block of De Roode Street in Lexington, on Thu, Dec. 6, 2007. The neighborhood is in the path of the Newtown Pike extension project, so they will be moved into temporary housing then a new home. Photo by Pablo Alcala oe Staff 4636..
The 700 block of De Roode Street in Lexington, Ky., on Thu, Dec.13, 2007. De Roode Street is in the path of the Newtown Pike extension. displaced residents will be offered free temporary housing on the site of a former park, then will be offered a home on the land trust when the project is complete. The Nathaniel Mission will be moved and centrally located in the new neighborhood. Photo by Pablo Alcala oe Staff 4700..
The 700 block of De Roode Street in Lexington, Ky., on Thu, Dec.13, 2007. De Roode Street is in the path of the Newtown Pike extension. displaced residents will be offered free temporary housing on the site of a former park, then will be offered a home on the land trust when the project is complete. The Nathaniel Mission will be moved and centrally located in the new neighborhood. Photo by Pablo Alcala oe Staff 4700..
Lexington is planning to demolish this southend neighborhood, the area between Versailles Road, Patterson Street and Norfolk Southern Railroad, for another redevelopment project as part of the Newtown Pike extension project. This photo looks from the Versailles Road viaduct south on to De Roode St., Thursday, November 14, 2003, showing the neighborhood as it is before the demolision begins.
A back hoe operated by Rick Bevins of Wind Ridge Construction demolished a house at 730 De Roode St. in the Davis Bottom neighborhood, in Lexington, Ky., on Sept. 12, 2011. The former residents of the homes in Davis Bottom are in temporary houses while the Newtown Pike Extension construction transforms their neighborhood. Photo by Pablo Alcala oe Staff
Debbie Rowe walked into her home on De Roode Street in Lexington, Ky , on Thu, Dec.6, 2007. Their neighborhood is in the path of the Newtown Pike extension project, so they will be moved into temporary housing then a new home. **Debbie Rowe died in 2012 living in a temporary trailer** Photo by Pablo Alcala oe Staff 4636..
From left, Debbie Rowe, and mother Ann Rowe sister Daisy Rowe at their home on De Roode Street in Lexington, Ky., on Thu, Dec.6, 2007. Their neighborhood is in the path of the Newtown Pike extension project, so they will be moved into temporary housing then a new home. The three live in the one-bedroom home with one person sleeping the living area, one person in the kitchen and one in the bedroom, so a new home will be welcome. **Debbie Rowe died in 2012., preceded by her mother, all living in a temporary trailer. Daisy Rowe, is studying to become a nurse and still lives in a temporary trailer** Photo by Pablo Alcala oe Staff 4636..
Daisy Rowe at a neighborhood meeting for displaced residents from DeRoode Street at the Nathanial Mission in Lexington, Ky., on March 28, 2013. Rowe moved into a temporary trailer with her mother and sister, but both have died before the project has completed. Photo by Pablo Alcala | Staff
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A temporary trailer during an open house for an online auction for De Roode St. residents in Lexington, Ky., on March 8, 2013. Photo by Pablo Alcala | Staff
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Gertrude Wilson visited with a neighbor, Hazel Lambert, not pictured at their temporary housing neighborhood on DeRoode St. in Lexington, Ky., on March 7, 2013. Photo by Pablo Alcala | Staff
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David Puckett, took a look a neighbors coming and going from his truck at a temporary housing near De Roode St. in Davis Bottom for residents who have been displaced for the Newtown Pike Extension project in Lexington, Ky., on March 14, 2013. Puckett has since moved away to Georgetown St. Photo by Pablo Alcala | Staff
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Nathaniel Mission director, David McFarland spoke with David Cooper outside his temporary trailer on DeRoode St. in Lexington, Ky., on March 7, 2013. Photo by Pablo Alcala | Staff
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Amanda King, left and Melissa Banks shopped during at Nathaniel's Market at the Nathaniel Mission Church in Lexington, Ky., on Oct. 22, 2013. The church gave away an estimated 21,000 bags of food last year and is trying to provide the service uninterrupted as it relocates. Photo by Pablo Alcala | Staff
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Linda Dickinson, left, prayed with Melissa Banks, right, at the Nathaniel Mission Church in Lexington, Ky., on Oct. 22, 2013. Photo by Pablo Alcala | Staff
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Kevin McCormick of South Hill Auto Repair uncovered a '53 Studebaker he is working on at his restoration and repair shop on DeRoode St. in in Lexington, Ky., on May 14, 2013. The shop is being forced to move for the Newtown Pike expansion project. Photo by Pablo Alcala | Staff
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