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.
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Report sets stage for historic reuses at Atlanta public safety training center site
A new report on historic and cultural resources at the site of Atlanta’s public safety training center is important mostly for what’s between the lines. While finding little of significance, the report lays the groundwork for detail on reuse of the debris of a historic library and two stone buildings that apparently will flank a future public entrance on Key Road.
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Historic Nabisco factory site’s future could be a sweet case of preservation
There’s nothing stopping the new owner of Southwest Atlanta’s historic Nabisco snack-making factory from bulldozing it the ground as part of a $50 million warehouse development – unless goodwill and local pride count. And it seems Prologis is bringing those to the table for historic preservation and MARTA connectivity that could mean a future as sweet as an Oreo.
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Reporter’s Notebook: New City Historical Commission is approved
This week marks Atlanta’s first Peace Week, introduced by Mayor Andre Dickens. The week-long event focuses on nurturing physical and mental wellbeing for individuals and the larger community. There’s a final day filled with events, so click here to check the schedule. On to other city news from the week: New City Historical Commission is approved A new historical […]
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Southwest Atlanta’s shuttered Nabisco factory is sold, raising preservation hopes and fears
A shuttered Nabisco snack-making factory, a fixture of Southwest Atlanta for 80 years, has been bought by a warehouse company, raising hopes and fears about its preservation and reuse.
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APS to ‘pause’ controversial plan to demolish historic Lakewood Heights school building
Atlanta Public Schools will “pause” its plan to demolish the historic former Lakewood Elementary School following opposition from preservationists and City planners who called it “shameful.”
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Plan to demolish historic Lakewood Elementary School blasted as ‘shameful’
An Atlanta Public Schools proposal to demolish the historic Lakewood Elementary building is being blasted as “shameful” by City planning staff in advance of a Jan. 12 review hearing.
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Saving historic St. Mark church will spark revitalization of English Avenue community
In the heart of the historic English Avenue neighborhood in Atlanta’s Westside, there stands a monumental stone shell of a building – St Mark AME church.
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Reporter’s Notebook: Financial aid reinstated at Morris Brown after 20-year absence
Anyone looking to ring in the new year in the heart of the city is in luck — the iconic Peach Drop at Underground Atlanta is back this year after a three-year hiatus, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Atlanta-based hip-hop group Goodie Mob and singer Ashanti will headline the iconic New Year’s Eve celebration. More […]
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After Confederate controversy, Rome experiments with naming diverse historic landmarks
Once upon a time, the Northwest Georgia city of Rome was ahead of most of the state on historic preservation programs. Now in the wake of a Confederate monument controversy, the city is experimenting with modern methods of diversity in preservation that might once again be a path for other towns to follow.
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In remaking part of Mechanicsville, the future may lie in the past
For the strip of Whitehall Street nestled between Castleberry Hill and Mechanicsville just southwest of Downtown, the future is easy to predict. Redevelopment.
But redevelopment into what and for whom? A skyscraper-crowned mega-project freshly announced for the strip’s Downtown end is one kind of answer. Another future, however, might lie in the past.
