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Sunday at Oakland by Kelly Jordan

October 22, 2018, 6:27 pm/1 Comment

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Sunday at Oakland by Kelly Jordan

Monuments by Kelly Jordan

October 22, 2018, 6:15 pm/1 Comment

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Monuments by Kelly Jordan

Oakland Cemetery launches $1 million campaign to protect shrinking tree canopy

September 6, 2018, 4:53 pm/0 Comments

By David Pendered

Oakland Cemetery is launching a $1 million fundraising campaign to preserve a tree canopy that has suffered a loss of about 50 percent since 1982. This is the latest push in the cemetery’s ongoing effort to promote and protect trees in the city’s original garden cemetery.

Civic Statues by Kelly Jordan

March 26, 2018, 11:56 am/1 Comment

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MLK National Historical Park (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Peachtree Center (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Morehouse College (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

MLK National Historical Park (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Shepherd Center (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Piedmont Park (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Carter Center (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

“Sloppy” Floyd Towers (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

State Capitol (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

State Capitol/Atlanta City Hall (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

State Capitol (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Georgia Plaza Park (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Downtown Decatur (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Woodruff Arts Center (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Marietta Street (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Underground Atlanta (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Peachtree Center (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Ted Turner Drive (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

State Capitol (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Woodruff Arts Center (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Centennial Olympic Park (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Oakland Cemetery (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Former Turner Field (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Woodruff Park (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

MLK National Historical Park (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Georgia International Plaza (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

The King Center. Credit: Kelly Jordan

David Pendered

Free tours filled at Oakland Cemetery’s partly restored African American Grounds

February 7, 2018, 8:49 pm/1 Comment

It’s good news, with a twist. The free, guided walking tours of Oakland Cemetery’s African American Grounds are sold out every weekend in Black History Month. The sell-outs happen to coincide with the completion of the first hardscape restoration in this part of the cemetery.

Tour of mayors’ graves in Oakland Cemetery a solemn reminder before election day

November 3, 2017, 12:33 pm/0 Comments

The Greek leader Pericles said something about legacy that is worth recollecting in the final weekend of the campaign in Atlanta’s general election. Oakland Cemetery is putting in its 2 cents, as well.

Past reflections by Kelly Jordan

October 30, 2017, 3:24 pm/1 Comment

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Ebenezer on MARTA by Kelly Jordan

MARTA’s plan would see the city’s existing streetcar linked into a light rail line from Cambellton to parts of northeast Atlanta. Credit: Kelly Jordan

Oakland Cemetery by Kelly Jordan

Morehouse by Kelly Jordan

Candler on GSU Law by Kelly Jordan

Carnegie on Ga Pacific by Kelly Jordan

Grady on Grady by Kelly Jordan

“Flatiron” and Grant Bldg on Muse’s by Kelly Jordan

Grant Building on Muse’s by Kelly Jordan

First Presbyterian by Kelly Jordan

The Ponce on Fox by Kelly Jordan

Former Atlanta Life (GSU) on APEX by Kelly Jordan

Shrine on Fulton by Kelly Jordan

Ga State Univ. by Kelly Jordan

City Hall on City Hall by Kelly Jordan

Georgian Terrace on Fox by Kelly Jordan

Ponce on Georgian Terrace by Kelly Jordan

Ponce on Fox by Kelly Jordan

Emory University requested to be annexed into Atlanta, a move that has landed at the state Capitol and Fulton County Superior Court. File/Credit: Kelly Jordan

Biltmore on Ga Tech by Kelly Jordan

Candler on Equitable by Kelly Jordan

S. Peachtree St by Kelly Jordan

Wheat St Baptist on Haugabrooks by Kelly Jordan

Grady on Hughes by Kelly Jordan

Big Bethel by Kelly Jordan

Odd Fellows by Kelly Jordan

Submitted Photos, Kelly Jordan

Photo Pick: Spirits of Oakland 10/27 & 10/29 by Kelly Jordan

October 30, 2017, 1:24 pm/1 Comment

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Spirits of Oakland by Kelly Jordan

Kelly Jordan, Seen in Atlanta

Pedal Power by Kelly Jordan

October 16, 2017, 2:19 pm/0 Comments

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Oakland Cemetery – Day in the Park by Kelly Jordan

Moon Ride – Piedmont Park by Kelly Jordan

Moon Ride -Piedmont Park by Kelly Jordan

Moon Ride – Little Five Points by Kelly Jordan

Waffle House Museum – Avondale Estates by Kelly Jordan

Photo Fence – Beltline by Kelly Jordan

Marietta Square by Kelly Jordan

East Atlanta Strut by Kelly Jordan

Broad Street – Streets Alive by Kelly Jordan

Streets Alive – Five Points by Kelly Jordan

Woodruff Park by Kelly Jordan

97 Estoria – Cabbagetown by Kelly Jordan

Krog Street Market by Kelly Jordan

North Avenue Smart Corridor kickoff by Kelly Jordan

Stories of Atlanta

Unknown stories of everyday people

August 27, 2017, 7:57 pm/2 Comments

At the intersection of Memorial Drive and Boulevard sits Oakland Cemetery, the City of Atlanta’s first official burial grounds. Established in 1850 on an original six acres of land, Oakland now spans 88 acres and is home to thousands of residents. Among them are names familiar to most generations of Atlantans, a “who’s who” of […]

Oakland Cemetery offers two guided tours this week of African American Grounds

July 23, 2017, 4:55 pm/0 Comments

Historic Oakland Cemetery is expanding its efforts to share information about the restoration of the African American Grounds section of the city’s cemetery. Two guided tours are scheduled this week, on Wednesday and Saturday. Admission is free and registration is required.

Former Atlanta Mayor Sam Massell seeks interment in Oakland Cemetery

May 8, 2017, 11:54 am/1 Comment

Former Atlanta Mayor Sam Massell, now president of the Buckhead Coalition, is making arrangements to be interred in Historic Oakland Cemetery. The proposal is to get its first public discussion at Tuesday’s meeting of the Atlanta City Council’s Community Development Committee.