April 2012
39 posts
Bacon Dangler Needed (Downtown Decatur) →
atlanta.craigslist.org
I am in need of someone who will cook (not microwave) and dangle bacon in front of my starving face while running to the YMCA. The objective is to trick my arse into working out.
Qualifications:
Must be able to run a few miles without going horizontal
Must be able to fend off wild dogs and rodents
Must be able to dodge stray bullets
Must provide own transportation
G-rated picture is required to prove physique
I am serious. The objective is to be alternative school skinny.
Interviews will be conducted on Thursday. Please respond before then. The downtrodden need not apply.(via Reddit)
Wow.
What’s the pay?
When someone wears cargo shorts and flip flops to blakes
Ha the standard outfit of the scene…unfortunately.
Play
WALKING FROM JOES TO BLAKES
I’m so glad that the Atlanta gays are finally discovering Tumblr. Because this will entertain me to no end
New Demolition Threat to Midtown's Crum & Forster Building →
atlantapreservationcenter.com
“Application by the Georgia Tech Foundation, Inc. for a permit to demolish approximately two-thirds of the Landmark building was filed on April 17, 2012. The application will be heard by the Atlanta Urban Design Commission on Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at 4:00 pm at City Hall”
Fresh from the Atlanta Daily World building controversy - here we go again.
City Haul: Today: Downtown Streetcar Public Info Open House →
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CAP and ADID are hosting a public information open house from 3:30 to 6:60 today - Wednesday, April 18 - on the topic of redevelopment along the route of the downtown streetcar.
From the CAP/ADID email:
“Central Atlanta Progress and the Atlanta Downtown Improvement District
in…
A Trio of Midtown Swag Details, Plus a Return Visit to the Death Star
I’m almost embarrassed to share these photos because of their horrendous ancient iPhone quality, but oh well. Noticed a few swags around Midtown today and I had to capture them for my ongoing obsession. There’s just something so innately graceful about droopy fruit/leaves/linen.
This one was on Charles Allen just south of 8th Street. It’s hard to make out in the photo but the plaster was very detailed with flowers and fruit.
The next swag was a plaque on the side of the venerable Sig Samuels dry cleaners at Monroe and 8th. The droopy part looked like laurel leaves with a band in the middle, and the vertical members are some kind of flower that decreases in size as it goes down.
I got sidetracked by this modern home that’s finishing up on 9th Street. I posted it a while back when the black undercladding made it look particularly Death Star-ish, and it’s looking less severe these days. Hoping it’ll be on the Modern Atlanta tour so I can get a peek at the interiors…
It’s not hard to imagine a house standing on the southwest corner of Juniper and 7th Street. The stairs have disintegrated but the stone wall and a healthy tree hold the corner as they have for God knows how long.
The last swag of the day is probably my favorite; it’s on the facade of the decaying Neel Reid apartment building behind the Starbucks at 7th and Peachtree. Come on Novare, make good on that restoration promise. Really, the swags are just one part of a larger composition that’s centered on a curvy cartouche. The way the vertical component folds in on itself is gorgeous.
The ones of the twisted chimney
Those were killer right?
Found the pictures from that last post from something you posted on your twitter. Very cool!
Which ones?
“There is a certain unique and strange delight about walking down an empty street alone. There is an off-focus light cast by the moon, and the streetlights are part of the spotlight apparatus on a bare stage set up for you to walk through. You get a feeling of being listened to, so you talk aloud, softly, to see how it sounds.”
—Sylvia Plath The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath (via rebel-sexx)
“Starting from the vicinity of the railroads you can proceed fearlessly till you come to the first cross street, called Alabama street. Don’t think of walking out of your direction to walk up that street, unless the moon shines particularly bright…”
—A Word to Strangers, Atlanta Intelligencer, 1852 (via atlantahistorycenter)
