Moving the Shaky Knees Music Festival from Central Park in the spring to Piedmont Park in the fall went as smoothly as could be expected. Shaky Knees held its annual festival from Sept. 19 to 21 at Piedmont Park. Reading messages on Next Door and other social media apps, the level of outrage was minimal. […]
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Atlanta Dogwood Festival needs $250,000 for 2026 event
Atlanta’s most historic festival could soon be history. The Atlanta Dogwood Festival, a ritual of spring since the Great Depression, is pleading with the community to help cover a $250,000 shortfall so the nonprofit can put on the 2026 festival. The festival, which would turn 90 in 2026, needs to raise the money by Nov. […]
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Piedmont Park aims for expansion, transformation with first major plan in 25 years
The Piedmont Park Conservancy launched its first comprehensive plan in 25 years on April 24 at the 28th annual Landmark Luncheon, kicking off a decades-long effort to turn the city’s iconic park into a true “crown jewel.” It’s a major plan to maintain and update Atlanta’s signature park, which sees over 6 million visitors every […]
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Brian Hill says it’s his last year running the Atlanta Dogwood Festival
In the closing hour of the 2025 Atlanta Dogwood Festival, Brian Hill stood alone, watching the last musical performance of the three-day-long festival. “I’m having an emotional moment,” said Hill, while fighting back tears. “I love this festival.” Hill has been executive director of the Atlanta Dogwood Festival for 17 years — steering the event […]
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Was Atlanta the First?
In the mid-1880s, George Eastman invented a process for coating a photographic emulsion onto a flexible material…put more simply, he invented film. Not only was that a giant leap in the evolution of photography, but the new medium also opened the door for the development of motion pictures. A decade later, Thomas Edison unveiled the […]
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Atlanta needs to improve its unsafe crosswalks
Paint is the cheapest way to improve pedestrian safety.
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They deserved a monument
It is not hard to imagine how difficult life must have been for America’s early settlers. Most of us today would be ill-equipped at, best, to walk out into the wilderness and make a home for ourselves. In the 1800s however, it would have been expected of you. Tales abound in American history of the […]
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New and long-term leases suggest Piedmont Park expansion plan is not coming soon
The City of Atlanta’s secretive plan to expand Piedmont Park appears to not be coming soon, according to details of leases and negotiations in a crucial shopping center. Among the tenants of Clear Creek Center at Monroe Drive and Piedmont Avenue is a hair salon that says it is negotiating a new lease and a […]
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Reflections: Tale from Piedmont Park’s past offers lessons for today
Seeing thousands of people enjoying the Atlanta Jazz Festival this weekend reminded me of the disaster that could have been.
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Landmark Luncheon: Piedmont Park Conservancy celebrates CEO’s legacy, fundraise for inclusive playground
On Thursday, April 27, elected officials, local leaders and greenspace supporters gathered in the green heart of Atlanta.
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Appreciating two legacy Atlanta festivals – Dogwood and ATLFF
It’s a tale of two festivals. The Atlanta Dogwood Festival, now in its 87th year. And the Atlanta Film Festival, now in its 47th year.
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A close-up look at the Atlanta Botanical Garden’s expansion map
The Atlanta Botanical Garden expansion is one of those acts of Atlanta’s political gods that gets presented from their heavenly view as coloring in relatively blank spots on the map. Down at the human scale, however, there are many details in flux and lives in transition.
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Five years later, Piedmont Park expansion plan remains a mystery with signs of momentum
Nearly five years since its surprise announcement, the status of a Piedmont Park expansion remains mysterious.
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The lumberman who saved a few trees for Atlanta
The name Martin Amorous is not one that most Atlantans associate with the development of the City of Atlanta but that doesn’t diminish his contribution to the well-being of our city, not in the least. Martin Amorous was born in Savannah, in 1858. His father , Mathias Amorous, was a proud Spaniard from Barcelona who […]
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Proposed new storage facility at Atlanta BeltLine and Piedmont Park a blow to city’s urban design
You’ve got to be kidding. That is my initial reaction to the news that a new storage facility is being proposed along Monroe Drive – steps away from a major node of the Atlanta BeltLine, Piedmont Park and the Virginia-Highland community.
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Atlanta Botanical Garden moves to expand with $35M and a self-storage facility swap
A long-planned expansion of the Atlanta Botanical Garden is moving ahead with major donations and a $40 million land swap that would create a new self-storage facility in Virginia-Highland.
