From Rob: “Since completion in 1913, The Ponce has shared its place in Atlanta History with the Georgian Terrace and later the Fox Theater. The Ponce’s rooftop with its sentinel lions, balustrade, and ornamentation is amazing. The foyer of the Ponce with its wooded décor and beautiful Tiffany skylight beckons you in.
That all three of these buildings are located in what is called the Fox Triangle means you have to visit and enjoy the designs and motifs here of our early 20th Century Atlantans.”
I’ve never heard this 4 way intersection referred to as “the FOX Triangle” in all of my days.
Did you make this up?
Who uses this phrase?
Can you site this phrase in several books or magazines?
Are you an amateur historian in the practice of inventing local vernacular?
The Fox Triangle is a memorial – from the days of the trolley cars that once intersected there.
“The Fox Triangle is sited at the prominent intersection of Peachtree Street and Ponce de Leon Avenue and is adjacent to a trio of Atlanta’s architectural gems: the Fox Theater, the Georgian Terrace, and the Ponce Condominiums.
http://johnston-dumais.com/filter/cultural/Fox-Triangle-Memorial#sthash.xNgiDDlb.dpuf“
letmesaythis Actually, the Fox Triangle is memorialized in the street intersection at Ponce and Peachtree. I have photos of the commemoration which I will post. Obviously, “letmesaythis” you haven’t checked the reality that exists on the wondrous streets of Atlanta. And, had I the opportunity, I would gladly invent as much local vernacular as I could. However, this Fox Triangle has been around for over a hundred years.
letmesaythis I see someone already posted a link to the website that details the Fox Triangle. See above post. BTW, just imagine that streetcar headed out Peachtree making its angled turn there at the Fox Triangle on the way out Ponce de Leon to the Springs. Can’t you hear the conductor and see the people on board enjoying the ride!
@Facts Are Fun
That citation will work – technically not Chicago Style but it will due.
So to clarify your sentence, the ‘triangle’ refers to the curb traffic triangle created by the curve of the old street car tracks and NOT the 4 way intersection of Peachtree & Ponce.
Obviously the architects chosen moniker was dropped as quickly as Izzy was dragged out of town after the 1996 Olympic Games.
I looked at the old streetcar maps and the tracks ran N-S along Peachtree and E-W along Ponce, east of Peachtree. The Ponce tracks did not cross Peachtree.
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