The late Lottie Watkins, a Georgia state representative and pioneering African American real estate broker, will be honored with a City historical marker outside her namesake building in the West End.
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GDOT seeks public tips on historic bridges
The Georgia Department of Transportation is seeking information from the public about historic bridges across the state.
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City departments disagree on demo of historic Adams Park clubhouse
Two City departments disagree on the fate of Adams Park’s historic clubhouse, with Parks and Recreation seeking its demolition while the Historic Preservation Studio wants a chance to save it.
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Nabisco factory project will be all-industrial; historic ‘relics’ to go to Georgia Tech
As Southwest Atlanta’s historic Nabisco factory comes down, community and historic preservation groups are nearing some small victories in the emerging redevelopment plan – though smaller than they originally hoped.
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Historic Roswell farmhouse on sale for $125K and preservation agreement
If you’re a history buff in the market for a fixer-upper, $125,000 and a preservation agreement could get you one of the oldest surviving houses in Fulton County.
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At long last, there’s hope for historic preservation on the Westside
A $1 million grant from the National Park Service to renovate two historic homes in Vine City is a sign that finally Atlanta is grasping the value of preserving our unique Black history on the Westside.
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NPS grant of $1 million to help restore two historic homes in Vine City
Two historic, but dilapidated homes in Atlanta’s Vine City, will be preserved thanks to a $1 million grant from the National Park Service.
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Ten neighborhood groups call on next planning commissioner to support historic preservation
Ten neighborhood groups across Atlanta have signed onto a letter calling for historic preservation to be a priority in selecting the next City planning commissioner.
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Endangered Auburn Avenue building housed pioneering Black-owned bank, research finds
An endangered historic building in Sweet Auburn is even more historic than preservationists knew, as new research has discovered it was home to Atlanta’s pioneering Black-owned bank and the first ever chartered in Georgia.
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South River Forest vision expands with a look at historic South-View Cemetery
Already metro Atlanta’s biggest green space concept in decades, the South River Forest may get bigger still by embracing the historic South-View Cemetery.
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Pioneering study of Atlanta’s LGBTQ+ history seeks public input
A pioneering study of Atlanta’s LGBTQ+ history is taking public input and contributions, with some community events to be announced soon.
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Sweet Auburn project could brighten the future — but cost a piece of the legendary past
A major redevelopment intended to brighten Sweet Auburn’s future with deeply affordable housing might also mean losing a significant piece of the legendary African American neighborhood’s past.
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Complicated history lives at Oakland Cemetery’s restored African American Grounds
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 their final resting place.
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Mechanicsville to get first-ever historic sites study
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.
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Projects big and smaller honored with Atlanta Design Awards
Some famous and not-so-famous projects were honored with the City of Atlanta’s annual Design Awards May 17.
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New ‘Save Your Spaces’ festival aims to empower people in DIY historic preservation
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 Civil Bikes, a program of tours of Sweet Auburn’s history and life. Still lagging is diversifying who makes those decisions […]
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Five Atlanta sites win Georgia Trust historic preservation awards
Five Atlanta sites are among statewide winners of Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation awards, including a school rehabilitation that earned the top honor.
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State shoots down plan for cell tower looming over Oakland Cemetery; alternatives under review
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 new site altogether.
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Plan for cell tower looming over historic Oakland Cemetery draws fire; could be first of many
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.
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English Avenue church and Black school are up for Atlanta historic landmark status
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.
