A Gate City Drug Store tile sign embedded in the sidewalk has somehow survived largely intact after more than a century.
GA2A’s agenda includes a totally unsexy and downright obscure item about restoring the common-law definition of assault, which is winning praises from criminal defense attorneys.
The Atlanta Botanical Garden’s plan to swap one Atlanta BeltLine self-storage facility for another was raked over the coals Jan. 18 by a review committee.
“I think it’s an innovative approach to the museum working outside its walls,” said the Atlanta History Center president and CEO.
As controversy over the “Defend the Atlanta Forest” protest movement escalates into terrorism charges and civil liberties infringements, you’d be forgiven for having no idea that a big piece of it revolves around model airplanes.
I’m proud to announce the debut of the Stanley Suppression Awards for Georgia’s worst attempts to stifle First Amendment activity and cloud government transparency.
By John Ruch Concerns about biased policing of public safety training center protests sparked by remarks from the Atlanta Police Department’s (APD) second-in-command fit into a bigger picture that includes a pending lawsuit alleging illegal ...
The Atlanta Botanical Garden expansion is one of those acts of Atlanta’s political gods that gets presented from their heavenly view as coloring in relatively blank spots on the map. Down at the human scale, ...
Scaffolding has risen like a banner for historic preservation on a smokestack at Cabbagetown’s old Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, marking the long-awaited start of rehab work on one of Atlanta’s most significant structures.
A new Georgia-based disability rights and justice group aims to unite advocates in 14 states in the South, a region notorious for inequities and discrimination.
With a newly elected Georgia General Assembly set to meet in January, it’s not too early to start warning it away from the kind of First Amendment assault we saw in last year’s session.
A Virginia-Highland preschool’s expansion plan has sparked one of those neighborhood battles that is about way more than just that site.
Renewed concerns about the historic campus at Milledgeville’s Central State Hospital (CHS) are a reminder that public buildings embody the government’s opinion of the people who use them.
A gun-ban debate has become a legal precedent on a bigger question: Does the public indeed control public land and public money?
From a murky community survey to an unhappy resident’s lawsuit, a proposal to protect Atlanta’s Ansley Park neighborhood with an official City historic district has become a classic preservation debate.
The state is investigating reports of dirt blowing and flowing off the site of the Rivian electric vehicle plant in Morgan and Walton counties.
The best thing about Red Hot City, GSU professor Dan Immergluck’s new book on the hyper-gentrification of Atlanta, might be its timing.
The Atlanta Streetcar extension onto the Eastside Atlanta BeltLine is moving toward a final design phase with no clear answer to its oldest question: What the heck is this transit service for, exactly?
Metro Atlanta’s thriving kink community is in transition as a legendary BDSM club is closing after nearly 20 years – but a new one is rising to carry on its traditions.
What happens at Star Bar will inform the futures of punk, metal, hip hop and other venues across the city.
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