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.
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Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation opens nominations for 2023 ‘Places in Peril’ list
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.
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Aunt Fanny’s Cabin gains support of ‘Smithsonian Magazine,’ professional architects
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 structure evokes the strength of the restaurant’s Black cook.
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Historic Nabisco factory site’s future could be a sweet case of preservation
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 seems Prologis is bringing those to the table for historic preservation and MARTA connectivity that could mean a future as sweet as an Oreo.
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Finalist for Rogers Bridge art installation faces March 14 vote by Duluth City Council
An Atlanta sculptor is the finalist to build an installation that’s to celebrate the heritage of Duluth’s Rogers Bridge, the engineering marvel of its day that’s to be replaced with a pedestrian bridge across the Chattahoochee River.
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Reporter’s Notebook: New City Historical Commission is approved
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 check the schedule. On to other city news from the week: New City Historical Commission is approved A new historical […]
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Smyrna begins process to honor Fanny Williams, of Aunt Fanny’s Cabin
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.
