Buildings with Vestigial Fronts

Pop Quiz:  What drives me totally bonkers?

A. Loud gum chewing
B. Licking of fingers to extract maximum Dorito dust
C. Nice old buildings that have lost their orientation in their surroundings so that they could be more comfortable places for cars to hang out.
D. All of the above

If you answered D, congratulations! You are correct. You win a virtual tour of Durham Public School's Central Services Building, a once lovely school building that has totally lost its orientation and ended up with a vestigial front.

 Is it worth giving up the civic pride that beautiful buildings engender for the comfortable accommodation of our cars? 

Here is a video tour:

View of 511 Cleveland St. Durham from Mangum looking NE. Is this the front?

Standing on sidewalk N Mangum looking NE. My, what a large parking lot you have!

The former front of the building, before everything on earth became a parking lot.

Front door detail. Note the curved columns and light fixtures. Most of the embellishments on buildings I see these days are on Taco Bell. 

Front door detail.

I love this narrow arched window. 

View from the former front steps. Something terrible must have happened when the downtown loop went in. Otherwise, why would the front of this building be looking at the back of the fire station? Anybody know these details?

Comfy cars. 

Current front of building. Yes, this sign is needed!

More space for cars to frolic and play.

Even more parking.