Davis recalls childhood neighborhood

Tin Can Alley – Elbert Street has changed

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Randolph Davis (top) looks toward Elbert Street as he stands in front of Regions Bank. Davis’ father’s barbershop and other African-American businesses sat on the property where the bank is now before the street was widened in the 1960s. (Photo by Scoggins)

Randolph Davis (top) looks toward Elbert Street as he stands in front of Regions Bank. Davis’ father’s barbershop and other African-American businesses sat on the property where the bank is now before the street was widened in the 1960s. (Photo by Scoggins)

Randolph Davis was around six or seven years old when his family moved into his grandparents’ house at 225 Elbert Street.

It was around 1952 or 1953 and his grandmother Selina had just passed away. His…