The Atlanta Opera broke ground Monday afternoon on the Molly Blank Center for Opera and the Arts at the historic Bobby Jones Golf Course Clubhouse along Woodward Way in Buckhead. The project celebrates Atlanta’s history with the renovation of the Bobby Jones Clubhouse, designed in a neoclassical style, which opened in 1941. On the back […]
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Historic Georgia Baptist Hospital is now rubble
Three men walked into a meeting — a preservationist, a developer and the head of a demolition company. The topic was the historic Georgia Baptist property, which is being redeveloped by the Integral Group. We met in the offices of Barry Roberts, founder and an executive of Atlanta Demolition, which is clearing the site of […]
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Slow down with the wrecking ball; save the most historic Georgia Baptist hospital building
It’s so Atlanta to celebrate the demolition of history. Such was the case Monday afternoon when various VIPS, including Atlanta City Council President Doug Shipman (a stand-in for Mayor Andre Dickens) and various dignitaries with Wellstar Health System and the Integral Group, gathered at the site of the former Georgia Baptist Hospital (the now-vacant Atlanta […]
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Save 148 Edgewood for history’s sake
It happened once before. It can happen again. Georgia State University announced plans in 2014 to tear down the historic Bell buildings on its campus as part of its master plan to transform the area east of Woodruff Park. The plans called for turning the site along Auburn Avenue into a surface parking lot. But […]
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Heated public hearing leaves fate of 148 Edgewood building unclear
A May 28 public hearing on the planned demolition of Atlanta’s historic 148 Edgewood Ave. building turned sour when preservationists and project leaders clashed over the Georgia State University park project — and what it might mean for the Martin Luther King Jr. Historic District. In early May, Georgia State University announced plans to tear down […]
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Georgia State University makes way on campus remake – and Sparks Hall demolition
Georgia State University is gearing up for a major transformative project on its downtown Atlanta campus, but the $107 million overhaul will destroy the first building designed and built for the college. It’s a fast-tracked catalog of nine projects set to turn the commuter-centric campus into a true college destination before Atlanta hosts the 2026 FIFA […]
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Historic Edgewood Avenue building set for demolition makes ‘Places in Peril’ list
A nearly century-old building on Edgewood Avenue set for demolition, and a Duluth railway museum struggling to stay afloat are two of 10 “Places in Peril” on the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2025 list of endangered historic sites. The 2025 list announced on Feb. 26 aims to push historic spots threatened by demolition, neglect, […]
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Preservationists express concern over latest fire at Gaines Hall
Once again, there’s been a fire at the historic Gaines Hall on Atlanta’s Diamond Hill.
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Atlanta Public Schools seeks to rebuild trust on future of historic properties
Officials from Atlanta Public Schools and the Atlanta Preservation Center standing side-by-side, taking questions from the public about a chummy historic preservation plan, would have been unimaginable less than two years ago. That’s when APS, out of the blue, announced a demolition of the highly historic Lakewood Elementary in Lakewood Heights. This is how things typically go in […]
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Prince Hall Masonic Lodge to be restored thanks to Blank Foundation gift of $1.5 million
Nearly all of the money needed to restore one of the most significant historic buildings in Atlanta – the Prince Hall Masonic Lodge on Auburn Avenue – has been raised.
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Preservationists to call for saving Central State Hospital historic buildings at Aug. 31 meeting
Preservationists plan to press officials at an Aug. 31 meeting to back off a demolition plan for historic buildings at Milledgeville’s Central State Hospital. Friends of Central State Hospital (FCSH) and the Atlanta Preservation Center (APC) are among those who plan to attend the meeting of the Board of the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health […]
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Atlanta’s historic Grant Mansion gets a new doorway from the past to the present
The grand front doorway of Atlanta’s historic L.P. Grant Mansion has been freshly reconstructed in the embodiment of preservation metaphors about portals to the past. The project “creates that natural gateway from the past to look at the future,” says David Yoakley Mitchell, executive director of the Atlanta Preservation Center (APC), which calls the 1856 […]
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Georgia Works and the Odd Fellows building – restoring lives while restoring history
The symbolism is rich. A significant and historic building on Auburn Avenue is being brought back to life with the upcoming move of Georgia Works, a nonprofit that provides housing and employment to homeless men who are drug and alcohol free and willing to work.
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Atlanta Public Schools historic property inventory sets a course for long-term preservation
Atlanta Public Schools has turned an embarrassing demolition debate into a long-term historic preservation system that other government agencies would be wise to imitate.
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Preservationists and real estate firm partner to showcase metro Atlanta landmarks
The new “Atlanta Legacy Trail” project shows how preservationists and the real estate industry can work together.
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Lakewood Elementary’s role in legendary union strike shows more history we almost lost
Lakewood Elementary played a role in labor union organizing that triggered perhaps the most important strike in U.S. history.
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How landmarking a Midtown park could prevent a repeat of a historical mistake
Landmarking Pershing Point Park could prevent the fate of the historic buildings around it.
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Reporter’s Notebook: Spelman President welcomed back to Atlanta, MARTA names new CEO, Westside Wise Podcast launches
For The Braves’ first 25 years in Atlanta, the team was the worst in baseball — but that all turned around on Oct. 28, 1995. On that October day 27 years ago, The Braves won the World Series, becoming the first Georgia sports franchise to secure a major world championship. During this time, the team […]
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Sweet Auburn developers draw support with pledge to save historic office building; plan may include other structures
A giant mixed-use project in Sweet Auburn is drawing new support after the developers’ abruptly switched plans to save rather than demolish the historic office building at 229 Auburn Ave.
