In 2005, this building was the Ole Gray Nash Auction House, where a number of Ku Klux Klan robes and Klan paraphernalia were auctioned off. Auctioneer Gary Gray told a New York Times reporter that he wasn't racist, but that "this is history, and we can't forget that it happened." The auction was originally scheduled to take place on the Martin Luther King Holiday weekend, but was postponed following widespread outrage. Today the building is empty, and flowers have been painted in the windows. (Desiree Cooper)

Reversing a Reputation

In 2005, this building was the Ole Gray Nash Auction House, where a number of Ku Klux Klan robes and Klan paraphernalia were auctioned off. Auctioneer Gary Gray told a New York Times reporter that he wasn't racist, but that "this is history, and we can't forget that it happened." The auction was originally scheduled to take place on the Martin Luther King Holiday weekend, but was postponed following widespread outrage. Today the building is empty, and flowers have been painted in the windows.

Credit: Desiree Cooper