A dozen statewide preservation organizations are calling for a 180-day delay in the recently authorized demolition of historic buildings at Milledgeville’s Central State Hospital to seek alternatives. An Aug. 1 letter to the state agency that operates the hospital campus was circulated by the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation and signed by 11 other groups […]
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Governor OK’s demolition of historic Central State Hospital buildings in surprise to preservationists
Demolition of three major historic buildings at Milledgeville’s Central State Hospital campus was approved this week by Gov. Brian Kemp, the latest surprise to preservationists concerned about their future. In two July 25 executive orders, Kemp authorized the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) to demolish three large and significant structures: the […]
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2023 City of Atlanta Design Awards honor many projects around town
The 2023 edition of the City of Atlanta’s annual Design Awards honored many projects, organizations and people around town June 23. There are two categories of awards whose nominees are voted on by different groups: the Awards of Excellence, chosen by the Atlanta Urban Design Commission, which oversees changes to historic buildings, and the Community […]
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Railroad company resubmits plan for controversial antenna next to historic Cabbagetown mill
Railroad company CSX has resubmitted a plan for an antenna tower next to a historic Cabbagetown mill after an earlier version criticized by preservationists ran into power problems. CSX last year proposed the 70-foot-tall tower, which would serve internal railroad communications, on a site in the Hulsey Yard freight facility about 220 feet from the […]
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Cell towers rising near Georgia’s historic sites raise questions of bandwidth for review
A plan to erect a 250-foot-tall cell tower on a Civil War battlefield in north Georgia is not the stuff that historic preservationists’ dreams are made of. The battle over the battlefield in Resaca isn’t as simple as it may sound, with an already heavily altered site and a developer willing to compromise on height. […]
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Georgia Trust offers preorders for book on state’s architectural history
The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation is offering preorders for its new book on the state’s architectural history, from 1733 to the present. “Architecture of the Last Colony: Georgia’s Historic Places, 1733-2000” is scheduled for release in October. Mark C. McDonald, the president and CEO of the Atlanta-based Georgia Trust, tells SaportaReport that 77 copies […]
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Atlanta Public Schools historic property inventory sets a course for long-term preservation
Atlanta Public Schools has turned an embarrassing demolition debate into a long-term historic preservation system that other government agencies would be wise to imitate.
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Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation opens nominations for 2024 ‘Places in Peril’ list
The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation is accepting nominations for its 2024 “Places in Peril,” an annual list of the state’s 10 most endangered historic places.
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Atlanta sites, leaders win Georgia Trust historic preservation awards
Several Atlanta-area leaders and sites are among the statewide winners of Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation awards.
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Preservationists and real estate firm partner to showcase metro Atlanta landmarks
The new “Atlanta Legacy Trail” project shows how preservationists and the real estate industry can work together.
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Lakewood Elementary’s role in legendary union strike shows more history we almost lost
Lakewood Elementary played a role in labor union organizing that triggered perhaps the most important strike in U.S. history.
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Pittsburgh joins the list of Atlanta neighborhoods considering historic protections in development frenzy
Add Pittsburgh to the list of Atlanta neighborhoods considering stronger historic protections as a bulwark against madcap redevelopment.
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How landmarking a Midtown park could prevent a repeat of a historical mistake
Landmarking Pershing Point Park could prevent the fate of the historic buildings around it.
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Saving a historic Sweet Auburn sidewalk sign
A Gate City Drug Store tile sign embedded in the sidewalk has somehow survived largely intact after more than a century.
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Sweet Auburn’s historic Odd Fellows tower could become Georgia Works’ HQ and housing
Sweet Auburn’s historic Odd Fellows tower may become a new headquarters and housing site for the homelessness program Georgia Works.
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Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation leader to retire; praised for decades of saving sites
The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation is seeking a new leader as president and CEO Mark C. McDonald is retiring after a nearly 40-year career in protecting the state’s historic sites for future generations.
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Cabbagetown’s historic mill gets a much-needed rehab – but who covers the tab?
Scaffolding has risen like a banner for historic preservation on a smokestack at Cabbagetown’s old Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, marking the long-awaited start of rehab work on one of Atlanta’s most significant structures.
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Asbestos work at Central State Hospital’s historic buildings is linked to demolition plan, documents show
Mysterious asbestos work on historic buildings at Central State Hospital is – as preservationists feared – part of a still-unauthorized demolition proposal.
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Sweet Auburn office building is among Georgia Trust’s 10 historic ‘Places in Peril’
A Sweet Auburn office building nearly lost to redevelopment is among the “Places in Peril” on the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation’s annual list of the 10 most endangered historic sites.
