New draft rules set off enviros, developers.
Tag: Atlanta
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Reporter’s Notebook: Atlanta court reopens in time for Halloween
Happy socially distant Halloween!
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Reporter’s Notebook: Suing Google, eating at the new Slutty Vegan and more
Also, go vote.
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Transient Atlanta erases its history and loses its soul
Atlanta is such a transient city.
It’s a city that has demolished many of its greatest landmarks – including Terminal Station, Union Station, the Loew’s Grand Theatre, and so many more.
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Reporter’s Notebook: Early voting, unemployment checks and more
And Chattahoochee Brick is back in the news.
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The beginning was almost the end
Looking at photographs of downtown Atlanta in the late 1800’s one cannot help but be impressed with the number of railroad tracks that populated the area we now call The Gulch. By some accounts, at the height of Atlanta’s railroad history there were over 350 trains a day that traveled through the city. Atlanta was […]
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Updated: Atlanta overspent tree money on salaries instead of canopy, say auditors
Trees come up short.
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Census count extended as Atlanta, Georgia lag nation in being counted
The federal court ruling issued late Thursday that extends the Census count through Oct. 31 comes as Georgia and Atlanta are reporting completion rates that are among the lower in the nation.
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Reporter’s Notebook: Award season for some, trouble for others
Plus, lots of hospital funds raised and more …
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The boss’s daughter
A young man from Cartersville, GA comes to the big city hoping to pursue a career in medicine. He walks the streets of Atlanta, knocking on the door of every drug store in town. As the sun is setting, he is hired on the spot by one of the best-known druggists in Georgia and his […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: Atlanta billboards, booze and going beyond profit
Bad news for some, good news for others.
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A new way to dine
When the Hyatt Regency on Peachtree Street opened as the Regency Hyatt House in 1967, it immediately became one of Atlanta’s biggest tourist attractions. It was, in fact, completely unique in the history of modern hotels and people came from near and far to experience architect John Portman’s newest creation. Part of that experience involved […]
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Opinion: In praise of … government online
C-SPAN doesn’t top the ratings either, but it does open government to more people.
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The Walker farm
That almost everything was something else before it became what it is today is hardly news to anyone. Knowing that fact, however, does not make the observation of the evolution of a city any less fascinating. Such is the case with the subject of this week’s Stories of Atlanta. At its heart, this story is […]
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Solomon
He was a freedman, a barber at the Atlanta Hotel and, by all accounts, well-liked and respected. He just picked the wrong day to step outside for some fresh air as you’ll see in this week’s Stories of Atlanta. Producer’s Note: this story references a lamppost located in Underground Atlanta and, while true at the […]
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Final resting place
At the intersection of Ponce de Leon Avenue and Oakdale Road sits a grand old home, one of many along that stretch of Ponce. Built for well-heeled Atlantans, many of the homes, including this one, are no longer residences but, unlike most of the grand homes that once lined Ponce, this home is memorialized in […]
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Despite Confederate monument removals, debate over effigies in Georgia still red-hot
Georgia has exorcised some of its Confederate ghosts in recent years, although many still haunt the state’s public spaces, casting shadows in communities that have largely matured since the horrors of the Civil War.
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Reporter’s Notebook: Atlanta Police policy changes and more
Also: COVID-19 in schools and the performing arts.
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Hedging his bet
As automobile fever began to sweep across America, not everyone was enthralled with the new type of transportation. Among those said to be less than thrilled with the new-fangled form of conveyance was the founder of the Coca-Cola company, Asa Candler. A passing fad thought Atlanta’s best-known businessman, which makes one wonder why, then, did […]
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Descendants of Henry Grady seek civil discourse, positive change
It’s an awkward time to bear the name – Henry Grady. Just ask Henry Grady III, the great, great grandson of Henry Grady, champion of the “New South” movement launched in the 1880s.
