September 2011
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Tales of Old Atlanta →
Juniper Could Emerge as Atlanta's First Green... →
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High-rise will meld the old and new: 1922...
Dirt is already turning on Peachtree between Sixth and Seventh streets, but Midtown’s latest high-rise-to-be has been given a spanking new name and an 84-year-old heart.
Touting it as the vanguard of a new urban lifestyle for Atlanta, a collection of business and civic leaders officially launched the next addition to the sprouting Midtown skyline Wednesday.
As they prepared to turn the...
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Birds eye view of Atlanta →
From 1892 - you can make out a few landmarks in the background, ie Piedmont Park
- http://mariettayells.tumblr.com/
Very cool - thanks!
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"The house where Margaret Mitchell wrote "Gone...
New paintings of the Margaret Mitchell House as it will appear when restoration is completed next spring show a structure with a split personality.
From Peachtree Street, visitors will see the two-story Victorian residence that Cornelius Sheehan built in 1899 at 10th and Peachtree. From Crescent Avenue, they will see the structure’s later incarnation as the apartment building where Margaret...
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mariettayells asked: Hi,I have been following this blog for the past few weeks and it is amazing! I'm writing because you actually posted a picture of my condo today (9/7/11 building at the corner of 14th & Piedmont). I was wondering if you know where I could get a higher resolution of this photo. Thanks for the great photos and articles! -Kevin
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Midtown landmark bites the dust 'Very sad': With...
The old Midtown Hospital, a contributing structure to the newly designated Midtown historic district, met a sudden death last week when bulldozers moved in to make way for a new commercial project.
“Not a piece of it was saved,” said Jim Holbrook, president of the Midtown Neighbors’ Association. “We were looking for somebody to come take the columns, or even relocate...
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Gay landmark to fall for condos (2005)
Backstreet, a disco that hosted the likes of Cher and Farrah Fawcett-Majors and was a landmark in metro Atlanta’s gay history, will fall under the wrecking ball and be replaced by at least one, and maybe two, 40-story condo towers.
Developer Jim Borders, who is building condo high-rises from Buckhead to downtown Atlanta, plans to build the two condo skyscrapers in phases along Peachtree...
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