Tag: preservation
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Local summer camp fosters appreciation for Atlanta’s history
For the second year in a row, the Atlanta Preservation Center teamed up with Zoo Atlanta and the City of Refuge to host a summer camp for local elementary school students. Last week, 30 children spent the week getting to know Atlanta, touring some of its iconic landmarks and learning the history that makes the […]
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West Paces Ferry Road: Potential compromise could protect historic integrity
The historic integrity of Atlanta’s iconic West Paces Ferry Road could be better protected through a potential compromise outlined Tuesday between homeowners and a developer who plans to build eight houses.
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Rivian plant criticized for risks to environment, culture as market setbacks arise
The newly released regional planning review of the proposed Rivian electric vehicle plant is filled with warnings about risks to the environment and cultural heritage of Morgan County if the facility is built as proposed on land an hour east of Atlanta.
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Oakland Cemetery: New visitors center, restored Bell Tower part of major upgrade
Oakland Cemetery is embarking on its largest rehabilitation program in memory. The $12.5 million project is to begin Tuesday, with Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms scheduled to lead a ceremonial groundbreaking at the 1899 Bell Tower building.
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Black Crackers former practice field at Bush Mountain – Service day by Delta and Braves – July 28, 2021
Read John Ruch’s column on the effort to commemorate this rare piece of Negro Leagues baseball history in Southwest Atlanta: https://saportareport.com/braves-and-major-league-baseball-join-the-effort-to-commemorate-a-negro-leagues-field/columnists/johnruch/
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More collaborations, fewer crackdowns, might be future of Atlanta’s historic preservation
Unique buildings can fall to a common fate: demolition by neglect
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RuPaul’s 1985 drag shows at Atlanta Eagle site could help stop potential demolition
The drag queen RuPaul’s early career at a building now known as the Atlanta Eagle could help avert the city’s proposal to allow future development above and behind the structure, including some structural demolition and the potential relocation of the KODAK sign to some other spot on the property.
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John Ripley Forbes Big Trees Forest Preserve named to Old-Growth Forest Network
The John Ripley Forbes Big Trees Forest Preserve, in Sandy Springs, has been designated part of the Old-Growth Forest Network, a national network of mature forests that are protected, native and publicly accessible.
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David Mitchell bringing renewed energy to the Atlanta Preservation Center
With the naming of a new executive director, a reinvigorated Atlanta Preservation Center is seeing to create a greater awareness of the city’s identity and history.
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Ashby Street Theatre, Atlanta Eagle on Georgia Trust’s ‘Places in Peril’ list
The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation on Wednesday released its annual 10 “Places in Peril,” including to landmarks in Atlanta – the Ashby Street Theatre and the Atlanta Eagle and Kodak buildings in Midtown.
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Atlanta set to resume construction in historic districts after pandemic shutdown
Construction in Atlanta’s historic districts is set to resume after a pandemic-related shutdown.
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Atlanta church, bar, cemetery joining national historic registry
The listing preserves the stories of each site.
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Isakson: A common thread in conservation of right whales off Georgia’s coast
Bipartisan support now surrounds the endangered right whales off Georgia’s coast. Republican Gov. Brian Kemp proclaimed December as Right Whale Awareness Month. Former Democratic Gov. Joe Frank Harris signed legislation that made the right whale the state’s marine mammal in 1985.
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Death of African-American architect Jeffrey Robinson leaves a void in Atlanta
An important link to Atlanta’s architectural history has died.
Architect Jeffrey L. Robinson, 58, died suddenly on Nov. 30. Robinson was president of J.W. Robinson & Associates – the oldest African-American architectural firm in the state of Georgia. It was founded by his late father – Joseph W. Robinson Sr. – in 1970.
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Georgia’s family farms: Preservation efforts recognized by governor’s award
There are those who preserve Georgia’s past in photo archives before it falls to decay or development. Then there’s Madison-Morgan Conservancy, which aims to protect the past by giving it an economic foundation for the present and future.
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Historic Fountain Hall receives grant from National Trust
Fountain Hall, the historic tower owned by Morris Brown College, has received an important $75,000 grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
In all, the National Trust announced Friday morning it was awarding a total of $1.6 million to 22 sites and organizations through its African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund.
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Invest Atlanta reaches legal settlement with CAU; fate of Gaines Hall still unclear
The city of Atlanta’s Invest Atlanta has settled a lawsuit with Clark Atlanta University over a property dispute involving land that used to belong to Morris Brown College – including the historic Gaines Hall.
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Sad song: ‘The Old Town Road’ ends at Margaritaville
By King Williams Any day now, the city of Atlanta will approve the demolition permits for 141 Walton Street and 152 Nassau Street, home of the first-recorded country music song. This demolition is for the construction of a Jimmy Buffett Margaritaville Bar and Hotel. The irony is that we are witnessing another large moment in […]
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Atlanta’s Design Awards offer chance to contemplate the city being built
In the yin and yang duality that illustrates Atlanta’s development cycles, the annual Design Awards presented by Atlanta’s Urban Design Commission represent a moment to pause and take stock of the city’s built environment, of what has been lost and gained.
