August 2012
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thebookoflewis asked: i absolutely love your blog. i love seeing the things that i pass everyday on my way to class, or work, or just walking around -- and learning the back story. you are doing an amazing job. keep up the good work.
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Anonymous asked: Now you're diminishing the damage of Sherman's march?
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Nashville Has a Guitar-shaped Skyscraper in the... →
Architectural sophistication at its finest.
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Anonymous asked: You know those daybeds at dancing goats are gonna have to come in each night or they will get nasty.
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Third annual Living Walls conference and mural... →
Come out to tonight’s Block Party!
Map Release and Block Party. Projections by Martha Cooper and Teen Witch, a traveling drag show, live music and dancing in celebration of the visual guide to this year’s installations. Supporting establishments are Sound Table, Noni’s, Church, the Music Room, Corner Tavern and Vesuvius. 8 p.m. August 16. Edgewood Avenue at Boulevard.
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The self-induced paralysis of Georgia government →
Moody’s, the New York-based bond-rating firm, this week noted the damage that could do to the region’s economy, and thus to the bond ratings of local governments. The region “needs major upgrades to its dated and limited transit system and congested roadways to maintain its long-term position as an influential economic center,” Moody warned, concluding that the region now has no means to fund...
ATL Urbanist: Atlanta's street grids →
atlurbanist:
Blogger Pecanne Log posts a nice image of the original street grids of downtown Atlanta, much of which are intact today. One of the reasons I like living downtown is the way its so easy to walk around on these gridded streets — versus ones elsewhere that are winding and have bad…
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Managed arterials, anyone? Two views on more tolls →
It is time for Atlanta to move beyond the idea that traffic congestion is a problem that must be “solved.” Yes, traffic is bad in Atlanta, but so is it in any economically vibrant region where people want to be. In fact, Atlanta doesn’t even rank in the top 10 most-congested metropolitan areas in the country. Traffic in many of the cities we worry about competing with is even worse.
So what are...
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