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Southern Hospitality

Avatar photo by Lance Russell February 5, 2023 10:36 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:11 pm

The City of Atlanta is host to hundreds of conventions each year, and millions of people visit Atlanta for those conventions…every year. Atlanta is most definitely a major player in the world of event planning and, if you think about it, it is a role that the City of Atlanta comes by quite naturally. Hospitality […]

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Thanks to him…we know

Avatar photo by Lance Russell January 22, 2023 9:40 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:09 pm

Much of our knowledge of Civil War Atlanta comes from the work of the official photographer of the Army of the Mississippi, George Barnard. Assigned to document military camps, fortifications and rail lines, Barnard followed General William Sherman and his troops on their infamous March to the Sea. In the process of completing his assigned […]

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Defying Convention

Avatar photo by Lance Russell January 8, 2023 6:16 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:11 pm

May Irwin was a 19th century actress who starred – with John Rice – in an 1896 short film titled The Kiss. Chances are you are not familiar with The Kiss – or Ms. Irwin or Mr. Rice – but the film’s title holds a special place in movie history as do its actors. Today, […]

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The Balloon Ride

Avatar photo by Lance Russell January 2, 2023 4:55 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:10 pm

For a species born without wings, we sure have spent a great deal of time trying to learn to fly. The desire to fly is probably as much a part of being human as is the fear of falling. Go figure that one out. This week we examine an event that took place in Atlanta […]

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From Prussia to Peachtree

Avatar photo by Lance Russell December 19, 2022 5:24 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:09 pm

When the Civil War ended in 1865, life, as you can imagine, did not just magically return to normal. There was no “normal.” Chaos was the order of the day and the State of Georgia had been particularly hard hit. Its politics was scattered, the economy was in shambles and in June of 1865 the […]

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His request has been honored

Avatar photo by Lance Russell November 21, 2022 5:09 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:07 pm

Even Atlanta, with it comparatively young history, is not without its colorful characters. And one of Atlanta’s more interesting individuals was Jasper Newton Smith. Smith was an Atlanta businessman during the city’s reconstruction days. He owned a business at what is today the intersection of Peachtree and 14th Streets. Jasper Smith, or Jack as he […]

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Understanding the name

Avatar photo by Lance Russell October 31, 2022 2:40 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:07 pm

It will come as no surprise to anyone that Peachtree Street was not always the bastion of business that it is today. At the turn of the 20th century, Peachtree Street was a tree-lined avenue with magnificent mansions on either side. It was a neighborhood…a neighborhood filled with well-to-do residents…but a neighborhood none the less. […]

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For a while, it was king of the hill

Avatar photo by Lance Russell September 19, 2022 7:36 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:07 pm

There was a time when movie-goers had a number of choices in downtown Atlanta. From the Loew’s Grand and the Paramount to the 81 and the Roxy, the options on Peachtree Street were plentiful. In the early 20th century, Atlanta boasted the largest movie theater in the Southeast and it’s still in operation today. Only, […]

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What’s your favorite color?

Avatar photo by Lance Russell September 12, 2022 5:02 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:07 pm

They say the human eye can distinguish upwards of 7-million different colors. With so many options, it makes one wonder just how picky must Steve Jobs have been that he had to design his own shade of white because he couldn’t find one he felt worked for his computers. But the truth is, color, in […]

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A wartime skill finds new life

Avatar photo by Lance Russell September 5, 2022 5:23 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:06 pm

One of the challenges of our 21st century lifestyle is trying to process the unprecedented amount of information available at any given moment. We are subjected to so much input on so many different topics that it is hard for us to imagine how people got along before the invention of instantaneous communications. It helps, […]

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Atlanta’s presidential candidate

Avatar photo by Lance Russell August 1, 2022 6:17 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:05 pm

I can think of at least two residents of Metro Atlanta that have tossed their hat into the Presidential candidate’s ring. Maybe there are more, but, has there ever been a Presidential candidate who was actually a resident of the City of Atlanta? Our friend Greg Hodges asked that question and the answer he discovered […]

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It had everything to do with necessity

Avatar photo by Lance Russell June 20, 2022 3:24 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:05 pm

Necessity is the “Mother of Invention.” Not much to argue with there. If it weren’t for necessity, there would never have been a MacGyver. The crew of Apollo 13 could probably tell you a thing or two about the motivation provided by necessity. And we’re pretty sure that if it weren’t for necessity, Ron Popeil […]

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It’s a stretch. . . But it does reach

Avatar photo by Lance Russell June 13, 2022 12:25 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:03 pm

It is a safe bet to say that there were no Atlantans who fought at the Battle of the Alamo. Safe because the battle was over and done with a year before the terminus stake was ever driven into the ground. And yet…there is a connection between Atlanta and the Alamo. Not surprisingly, the connection […]

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An-out-of-towner raises the roof

Avatar photo by Lance Russell May 30, 2022 5:37 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:04 pm

The term “carpetbagger” is defined as one who is an unscrupulous opportunist. But just as it is true that all that glitters is not gold, it is also true that not all who came to Atlanta following the Civil War were solely unscrupulous, opportunistic carpetbaggers. Take the case of Hannibal Ingalls Kimball. H.I. Kimball was […]

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Not everyone in Atlanta was pleased

Avatar photo by Lance Russell April 25, 2022 5:00 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:02 pm

Atlanta’s connection to the newspaper business is long and colorful. And over the years, there have been a large number of publications that tried to make a go of it in our town. Most did not stand the test of time. The Atlanta Journal and the Atlanta Constitution are two of the obvious exceptions, as […]

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An Atlanta Institution

Avatar photo by Lance Russell April 11, 2022 5:08 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:05 pm

“You want to be where everybody knows your name.” That is a line in the chorus of the theme song from the long-running TV show “Cheers,” a show about a fictional Boston tavern and its regular customers. “Cheers” was patterned after Boston’s Bull and Finch Pub, an actual tavern that opened for business in 1969 […]

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Out of tragedy came opportunity

Avatar photo by Lance Russell March 21, 2022 4:30 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:03 pm

One of the more interesting aspects of a circus is that it is, essentially, a visual art form. Unlike almost any other form of public performance, television, radio or movies to name a few, one does not need to speak the language of one’s audience to put on a circus. And though the circus has […]

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Knowing your place

Avatar photo by Lance Russell March 7, 2022 3:29 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:01 pm

It is becoming increasingly difficult to get lost. In fact, with the exception of traversing the fringe regions of the planet, those areas without access to a cell signal, wi-fi or satellite reception, one has to work pretty darn hard to lose one’s way. For sure, you can get confused or disoriented…but lost? Thanks to […]

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It was the country’s first, but it didn’t last

Avatar photo by Lance Russell February 28, 2022 4:30 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:02 pm

Today, a visit from the President of the United States often means traffic jams and inconvenience. But, in the early days of the City of Atlanta, a visit from the Commander in Chief was an occasion for great fanfare. Probably because such visits were few and far between and the opportunity to see, first-hand and […]

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Maybe not what he had in mind

Avatar photo by Lance Russell February 21, 2022 4:29 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:01 pm

Atlanta’s history is intertwined with Atlanta’s religion. Houses of worship were not just a presence in Atlanta, they were one of the major forces that helped shape and support our community. This week, we tell the tale of Leonard Broughton who came to Atlanta to lead a church and ended up building one of Atlanta’s […]

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