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.
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Proposal to speed City-ordered demolitions draws preservationist concerns
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.
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Historical Commission to expand sites and digital exhibits to be considered by Atlanta City Council
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.
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New owner seeks to demolish historic Nabisco factory
The new owner of Southwest Atlanta’s historic Nabisco factory has applied to demolish the property.
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Southwest Atlanta’s shuttered Nabisco factory is sold, raising preservation hopes and fears
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.
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APS to ‘pause’ controversial plan to demolish historic Lakewood Heights school building
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.”
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Plan to demolish historic Lakewood Elementary School blasted as ‘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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‘Adaptive reuse’ of older buildings adapts to pandemic real estate trends
“Adaptive reuse” – the repurposing of older buildings for modern uses – is doing some successful adapting itself as the pandemic shakes up real estate. The urban trend is spreading into suburbs, remaking troubled malls and hotels, and the surge in industrial uses like delivery-oriented ghost kitchens.
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A trailblazing effort to honor metro Atlanta’s Asian, Latino and immigrant communities takes its first step
A trailblazing effort is gearing up to identify and protect historic sites connected with metro Atlanta’s Asian, Latino and immigrant communities.
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After Confederate controversy, Rome experiments with naming diverse historic landmarks
Once upon a time, the Northwest Georgia city of Rome was ahead of most of the state on historic preservation programs. Now in the wake of a Confederate monument controversy, the city is experimenting with modern methods of diversity in preservation that might once again be a path for other towns to follow.
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Ansley Park, Chattahoochee Brick site are among Georgia Trust’s historic ‘Places in Peril’
The entire Ansley Park neighborhood and a former brick factory infamous for abusing prisoners are among the “Places in Peril” on the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation’s annual list of the 10 most endangered historic sites.
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In remaking part of Mechanicsville, the future may lie in the past
For the strip of Whitehall Street nestled between Castleberry Hill and Mechanicsville just southwest of Downtown, the future is easy to predict. Redevelopment.
But redevelopment into what and for whom? A skyscraper-crowned mega-project freshly announced for the strip’s Downtown end is one kind of answer. Another future, however, might lie in the past.
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Reporter’s Notebook: Georgia State receives $5 million to research brain development
In Atlanta, cars are king. Some folks are looking to change that, though. The Atlanta City Council is considering legislation that would make a three-mile stretch of Peachtree Street car-free on Sunday afternoons. If approved, the ordinance would go into effect in September 2022. Would you support making some of the city’s streets more pedestrian- […]
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Atlanta projects, volunteers honored with Georgia Trust’s historic preservation awards
Three Atlanta projects and two local volunteers are among the honorees of the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation’s annual awards.
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Emory may remake Peachtree-Pine shelter and nearby buildings into sustainability center
Emory University is considering a plan to remake the former Peachtree-Pine homeless shelter and most of its Midtown block into a new academic center for sustainability and resilience.
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In debate on saving a historic West End house, everyone can agree there’s gotta be a better way
By John Ruch Last month, I told you about 731 Lawton St., a 120-year-old house in the West End Historic District that’s on the verge of collapse after years of neglect. I wondered if a preservation process with more collaboration and fewer crackdowns might be a better way of saving the many such buildings around […]
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Historic landmark status proposed for Ormewood Avenue Bridge, History Center farm
By John Ruch A railroad bridge over Ormewood Avenue and a reconstructed 1800s farm at the Atlanta History Center have been nominated as official landmarks as the City continues to expand its definition of “historic.” The landmark nominations of the Ormewood Avenue Bridge and the Smith Farm were approved enthusiastically by the Atlanta Urban Design […]
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Krispy Kreme’s return to Ponce would be even sweeter with historic preservation advice
Krispy Kreme’s efforts to bring back the fire-gutted doughnut shop on Ponce is good news that would be even sweeter with more input from local preservation experts. The shop has been a Midtown institution for over 55 years, attracting customers to its 24-hour drive-thru with an iconic neon sign. Now that local history has a […]
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Buckhead condo project moves ahead with deal to partly preserve historic book bindery
A historic brick building in Buckhead that once housed a book factory and a beloved bookstore would be largely preserved, after years of community efforts, as part of a surrounding condo development that recently won zoning approval. Currently home to Peachtree Battle Antiques and Interiors, the building at 2395 Peachtree Road began life in 1929 […]
