A chief engineer identifies the terminus point, a stake is driven into the ground and, around that marker, the City of Atlanta grows. It’s a pretty neat story…except that isn’t exactly how it happened. Nothing in this world – or that world – is safe from political intrigue, as you see in this week’s Stories […]
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Art of Jazz – Atlanta Jazz Festival 2019 by Kelly Jordan
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What would you take if given the opportunity
It is an iconic image, to say the least. Astronaut Alan Shepard, in his full spacesuit, standing on the surface of the moon…swinging at a golf ball. Amid all of the hi tech, “get me to the moon and back” gear aboard the Apollo 14 mission, Shepard had smuggled a makeshift golf club and some […]
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Connected to the past
Near the core of the Georgia State campus sits a Victorian structure that seems a bit out of place. Amid the multi-story buildings that line the street, it stands out in its uniqueness. With a gabled roof and turreted facade, what is today the home of the University’s Baptist Student Union resembles none of the other buildings in the neighborhood.
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Photo Pick: Ribbon-cutting of CODA by Maria Saporta
The ribbon-cutting Thursday afternoon for CODA – a research and office hub designed by John Portman & Associates and developed by Portman Holdings. The lead tenant in the building will be Georgia Tech. The ribbon-cutting brought top officials, including Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp among others. The city of Atlanta was represented by Eloisa Klementich, president of […]
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A dubious first
Being a lawman in Atlanta during the Civil War was challenging enough. It was especially hard for Tom Shivers when he came face to face with the man who wanted his job. It’s a story with an ironic ending that culminates with a dubious first on this week’s Stories of Atlanta.
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Not everyone shared his enthusiasm
James Litchfield Beavers is not a name that most Atlantans today are familiar with but back in his day James Beavers was “The Man”…literally. For 26 years, James Beavers was a member of Atlanta’s police force and from1911 to 1915 he was Atlanta’s “Top Cop,” the Chief of Police. In his almost three decades of […]
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Photo Pick: Explore parks by Michael Halicki
We are always inspired by Michael Halicki’s photos. As the Executive Director of Park Pride, Michael always shares amazing images from Atlanta’s parks on his Instagram feed. Below are 3 images from around Atlanta’s parks last week. Where is your favorite park? 1) Historic Oakland Cemetery opening of Illumine 2019 (Wednesday, May 8) 2)Peach season […]
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Photo Pick: UNG develops app to help citizen Scientists ID snakes (photos by Peggy Cozart)
A copperhead, worm snake, scarlet snake, black racer and timber rattlesnake are among the 20-plus species that can be identified with the “Snake ID for Citizen Scientists” app developed by University of North Georgia faculty and students. Jessica Patterson, a lecturer of biology, collaborated with Dr. Allison Bailey, associate professor of environmental studies in the […]
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Photo Pick: Midtown’s historic fabric torn down to make way for a new office development. Photo by Maria Saporta
Another piece of Midtown’s historic fabric is being demolished. A bank building at the corner of West Peachtree Street and Third Street being torn down to make way for a new office development. According to Jeff Clemmons, a historian who conducts tours in Midtown, the building was built in 1949 at a branch of Trust […]
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Moral Moviemaking
In September of 1895 at Atlanta’s Cotton States and International Exposition, Charles Jenkins demonstrated to the world what he called a Phantoscope, an early version of a movie projector. From that moment on, the world would never be the same. The invention of the movie projector led to the emergence of filmmaking as an art […]
