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.
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Nabisco factory project will be all-industrial; historic ‘relics’ to go to Georgia Tech
As Southwest Atlanta’s historic Nabisco factory comes down, community and historic preservation groups are nearing some small victories in the emerging redevelopment plan – though smaller than they originally hoped.
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At long last, there’s hope for historic preservation on the Westside
A $1 million grant from the National Park Service to renovate two historic homes in Vine City is a sign that finally Atlanta is grasping the value of preserving our unique Black history on the Westside.
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Ten neighborhood groups call on next planning commissioner to support historic preservation
Ten neighborhood groups across Atlanta have signed onto a letter calling for historic preservation to be a priority in selecting the next City planning commissioner.
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Endangered Auburn Avenue building housed pioneering Black-owned bank, research finds
An endangered historic building in Sweet Auburn is even more historic than preservationists knew, as new research has discovered it was home to Atlanta’s pioneering Black-owned bank and the first ever chartered in Georgia.
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Local summer camp fosters appreciation for Atlanta’s history
For the second year in a row, the Atlanta Preservation Center teamed up with Zoo Atlanta and the City of Refuge to host a summer camp for local elementary school students. Last week, 30 children spent the week getting to know Atlanta, touring some of its iconic landmarks and learning the history that makes the […]
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Sweet Auburn project could brighten the future — but cost a piece of the legendary past
A major redevelopment intended to brighten Sweet Auburn’s future with deeply affordable housing might also mean losing a significant piece of the legendary African American neighborhood’s past.
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Mechanicsville to get first-ever historic sites study
Atlanta’s Mechanicsville neighborhood is getting its first-ever historic study as a step to possible National Register designations for certain streets and buildings in a time of development pressures.
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Plan for cell tower looming over historic Oakland Cemetery draws fire; could be first of many
A 165-foot-tall cell tower looming over Atlanta’s Oakland Cemetery and historic Cabbagetown is the goal of a proposal being blasted as ugly and secretive by City officials, preservationists and neighborhood leaders.
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English Avenue church and Black school are up for Atlanta historic landmark status
A segregation-era Black school in Southwest Atlanta and the site of a prominent English Avenue church will be considered for official City historic landmark status next week.
