Plans for the old Durham Police Department headquarters remain in limbo. The four-acre property was built in the late 1950s for the Home Security Life Insurance Company. It’s become an eyesore along West Chapel Hill Street since DPD opened its new facility.
“When we look at that building, we literally see our building reflection in it,” said Heather Rodriguez, lead pastor with Duke Memorial United Methodist Church.
Rodriguez has been the lead pastor at the church for 11 years. She said she remembers when the empty building was a bustling police station. The five-story building has been vacant since the fall of 2018. Boarded-up windows and a rusted staircase are part of what’s visible on the fenced-in overgrown lot…