What a uniquely Atlanta tale. Atlanta-born playwright Alfred Uhry was honored at the Temple on March 30 – weaving together several strands of religious and racial history and prejudice. Uhry is an acclaimed author and playwright who has won two Tonys, an Oscar and the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for dramatic writing. He is best known […]
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Metro Atlanta driving headfirst into a traffic nightmare
The Atlanta Regional Commission forecasts the Atlanta region’s population will hit nearly 8 million people by 2050 – an increase of more than 1.8 million people. So, how will all these people get around our region? Cars, cars, cars and more cars.
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Expanding transit in the Atlanta region remains elusive
The state of Georgia has a really good track record of creating regional transit agencies. But none of them has a good track record in actually building regional transit.
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Civic leader A.D. “Pete” Correll (1941-2021) – ‘He got stuff done’
A.D. “Pete” Correll, one of Atlanta’s most influential business leaders, died Tuesday afternoon after a long illness.
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Atlanta developer John A. Williams ‘was larger than life’
John A. Williams would have loved his memorial service.
Family and friends gathered Monday at Peachtree Presbyterian Church in Buckhead to remember the 75-year-old apartment developer who died on April 16.
“He was larger than life, but most of all my father was a builder,” Jay Williams told a full sanctuary. “He built companies – two great ones.”
