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The Trashcan Saga
Our story this week comes from Atlanta’s long-time Chief of Police Herbert Turner Jenkins. Chief Jenkins served on Atlanta’s police force from 1932 to 1972 and was named chief of Atlanta’s police force in 1947, a position he held for 25 years. In his book, Forty Years on the Force, Jenkins reminisced about his time […]
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An Eye for Detail
One of the challenges of our 21st century lifestyle is trying to process the unprecedented amount of information available at any given moment. We are subjected to so much input on so many different topics that it is hard for us to imagine how people got along before the invention of instantaneous communications. It helps, […]
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Carapace celebrates 15 years of ‘weird, vibrant’ live stories
Seven minutes to speak. A name drawn from a hat. Absolutely no notes allowed. Bombastic performed stories — and they’re all completely true. These are the foundations of Carapace, Atlanta’s long-running “live lit” storytelling event at Manuel’s Tavern. For the past 15 years, Atlanta’s self-proclaimed literary weirdos have met in the back room to drop […]
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Love in the Workplace
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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Vote, vote! Metro Atlanta – different locations and times
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Community Standards
Shakespeare had it right, “the play’s the thing.” And that was especially true of Atlanta in the 1890s. The theater was the dominant form of entertainment and, as you would expect, it was an industry that gave many people a chance to make money. One such Atlantan was Martin J. Dooley who made a nice […]
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Not Everyone was Saved
There is no question that Atlanta’s Downtown Connector, when unobstructed, is a benefit to the region’s commuters. There is also no question that much was lost as a result of the construction of the Downtown Connector. Some of that loss was anticipated, some of it was not. Join us for the story of an unintended […]
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Messages from the past
If you could leave a message, knowing that it would be seen for years to come, what would you say? Thousands of people took just that opportunity before the 1996 Olympic Games came to Atlanta. What they chose to say – and how they said it – is the subject of this week’s Stories of […]
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Delayed Gratification
With the news this past week of the passing of basketball legend Lenny Wilkens we wanted to rerun one of our earliest Stories of Atlanta videos about the Hawks legendary player and coach. Wilkens was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame on 3 separate occasions, once as a player, once as a coach and […]
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Marci Collier Overstreet elected Atlanta City Council President
After a heated campaign, unofficial results show longtime Atlanta City Councilmember Marci Collier Overstreet will be the next city council president. She narrowly beat out nonprofit leader Rohit Malhotra for the second-in-command seat on Nov. 4. Overstreet will take over for Doug Shipman, who was elected in 2021 but decided not to run for reelection. […]
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The Manager Gets Managed
In baseball, every number tells a story…but few tell one quite like this. For more than three decades, Bobby Cox was the heart and backbone of the Atlanta Braves. Unwaveringly loyal, fiercely competitive, and never afraid to speak his mind, Cox managed his team the way Atlanta loves its heroes, with passion, grit, and a […]
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The Skill of the Pen
Throughout history, some of the world’s most enduring companies have been the result of business partnerships. Sometimes, the partnership brings renown to all of the partners, Procter and Gamble, Hewlett-Packard and Ben and Jerry come to mind. But not every partnership can be Rodgers and Hammerstein and, as they say, ‘Fair’ does not always mean ‘Equal’. […]
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CompassionCon 2025: A living ecosystem of compassion comes to life in Decatur
On Sunday, Oct. 26, at Legacy Park, hundreds of Atlantans gathered for CompassionCon, the annual outdoor celebration hosted by Compassionate Atlanta. Blending the spirit of a festival with the depth of a community conference. The event offered an immersive experience designed to show how compassion can transform systems, relationships and communities. Atlanta Way 2.0 joined […]
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The Resignation that Wasn’t
In 1972, Atlanta’s Symphony faced a crescendo of controversy. Its world-famous conductor, Robert Shaw, had transformed the orchestra into a national powerhouse…but not everyone applauded the changes. When Shaw was suddenly dismissed, the city’s music lovers didn’t take to the streets.They didn’t carry signs.What they did instead was conduct a masterclass in community resolve…a reminder […]
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A Matter of Honor
In 1895, Atlanta set out to prove it was more than a railroad town rising from the ashes. The Cotton States and International Exposition would dazzle the world, until the money ran out. As the fair teetered on the brink of disaster, one man stepped forward with an offer that would save the city’s reputation, […]
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What metro Atlanta can learn from Charlotte’s economic mobility story
Charlotte, N.C. — More than 100 people from around the country gathered in Charlotte on Oct. 7 to learn how they can improve economic mobility in their communities. Charlotte has emerged as a national model for tackling economic mobility issues, given its success as seen through the research of Harvard University’s Raj Chetty, founder of […]
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Where Atlanta Grew Up
Atlanta was born beside the railroad tracks—but it didn’t stay there for long. In the years after the Civil War, the city rebuilt itself from the ashes, its heart beating along the rail lines of what is now South Downtown. But as Atlanta grew in wealth, ambition, and confidence, the city’s center began to shift […]
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What’s the deal with economic mobility? And why does Atlanta rank last?
By Oli Turner, Atlanta Way 2.0 Journalism Fellow In Atlanta, leaders and concerned citizens are uniting over a troubling statistic. Atlanta ranks 50th out of 50 U.S. metropolitan areas in upward economic mobility, according to a 2024 study by Harvard Economics professor Raj Chetty. If that strikes you as grim, it is—but Atlantans may find […]
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A Few Things Remain
Atlanta may tear down its past, but sometimes it leaves a trace. From vanished libraries to long-lost theaters, Atlanta’s buildings have a way of disappearing. Yet if you look closely, fragments of the city’s history still remain—columns, tiles, chandeliers, even signage—surviving long after the walls around them fell. In this episode of Stories of Atlanta, […]
