Durham, North Carolina.

"Ms. DeShazor originally came to Durham from Brooklyn, NY, and appears to have opened her beauty college by 1936. The business was quite successful, and she purchased the building in 1945 for $42,000. DeShazor's was persevering in the late 1960s as the surrounding area was being torn down.

DeShazor's appears to have moved downtown after the City Of Durahm's urban renewal project began. She was located at 108 East Main St. in the 1980s, and later somewhere on Parrish St.

I believe the original location of DeShazor's was converted initially to part of 'Tin City' - the derisive name given to the temporary relocation sheds set up by the Relocation Authority (charged during urban renewal with relocating businesses displaced by urban renewal.)
By the 1980s, most of Tin City was gone (one building remains) and the area was redeveloped as housing."


Narrative & photographs source: Open Durham-From Preservation Durham