A striking new sculpture garden by acclaimed Nigerian artist Olu Amoda is on view at Woodruff Park through June 17. The exhibit, titled “Memory in the Material,” transforms the park’s landscape with seven large-scale sculptures forged from bolts, nails, and reclaimed metal. The installation is a part of the Atlanta Downtown Improvement District and Arts […]
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Conceptual design picked for Ivan Allen Jr., Maynard Jackson monument
A tribute to former Atlanta Mayors Ivan Allen Jr. and Maynard Jackson will be more abstract than figurative.
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Legacy to Mayors Ivan Allen Jr. and Maynard Jackson taking shape
A legacy to honor the intertwined lives of Atlanta Mayors Ivan Allen Jr. and Maynard Jackson will adorn the northern part of Woodruff Park and activate the plaza in front of the fountain at the corner of Peachtree and Auburn Avenue.
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Woodruff Park’s proposed vendors to help pay to maintain park, fountains
Woodruff Park is soon to have vendors selling the food and tourist knickknacks now available from vendors on Atlanta streets. It’s part of a pending deal between Atlanta and an affiliate of Central Atlanta Progress to raise money to maintain the city-owned park and its fountains.
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Bars and Stripes by Kelly Jordan
This week’s theme is “Bars and Stripes”
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Common ground with the homeless raised as Easter approaches
Regardless of religion, we all are equaled through humbling moments.
The Palm Sunday service at the Church of the Common Ground in Woodruff Park repeatedly chipped at the gap between the homeless worshippers and those who were much better .
Staring into a street person’s face to see the face of Christ is a stark discovery of one’s own neediness – for status, approval and fleeting comforts.
