Brenda Bradshaw thought she’d die before anything would ever be done about Fayette Place.
The vacant, city-owned lot on Merrick St. brushing up against the Durham Freeway in the heart of her native Hayti has been an eyesore for thirty years, she said.
For all that time, it’s been a sad reminder of what was built and demolished there twice in history — single-family homes and businesses during “urban renewal” of the 1950s and then, the Fayetteville Street public housing complex — and the years since of unfulfilled proposals for its 20 acres…