Mayor Andre Dickens came to Oakland Cemetery June 10 to pay respects, this time to the roughly 12,000 people buried in the African American Grounds, and to cut the ribbon on a five-year restoration of ...
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.
Some famous and not-so-famous projects were honored with the City of Atlanta’s annual Design Awards May 17.
By John Ruch The hot trend in historic preservation is diversifying who and what gets remembered beyond ye olde rich, straight, white people and their mansions. Nedra Deadwyler is among the movement’s Atlanta pioneers with ...
Five Atlanta sites are among statewide winners of Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation awards, including a school rehabilitation that earned the top honor.
A heavily criticized plan to erect a cell tower looming over Oakland Cemetery has been shot down by the state's historic preservation office. The developer is now looking at alternatives that could include choosing a ...
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.
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.
The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation is accepting nominations for its 2023 “Places in Peril,” an annual list of the state’s 10 most endangered historic places.
The Smithsonian Magazine on March 11 provided a nuanced portrayal of the debate in Smyrna over the fate of Aunt Fanny’s Cabin, a relic of the Jim Crow South where the bowed but not broken ...
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 ...
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 ...
Smyrna’s Committee to Honor Fanny Williams met for the first time Tuesday to discuss a planned memorial for the woman’s whose namesake Aunt Fanny’s Cabin is to be moved or demolished.
A proposal to streamline City-ordered demolition of buildings in Atlanta is being met with concern from preservationists who say historic structures could lose their second chance.
The creation of an Atlanta Historical Commission to highlight a more diverse array of history sites will be considered by the City Council at its Feb. 21 meeting.
The new owner of Southwest Atlanta’s historic Nabisco factory has applied to demolish the property.
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.
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.”
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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