Atlantans will soon be able to visit their local pharmacy to collect three N95 masks free of charge. Click here to find a list of participating pharmacies. The N95 masks are more effective at protecting folks from COVID-19 than cloth masks, according to the CDC. If you’re looking for a COVID test, you can order […]
Tag: Zoo Atlanta
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IllumiNights at the Zoo: Take a stroll with the larger-than-life animal kingdom
By Hannah Elise Jones From now until mid-January, Zoo Atlanta after sunset is a different world — one filled with over 80 larger-than-life, illuminated animals intermingling with the real-life furry and scaly creatures. President and CEO Raymond King says IllumiNights at the Zoo, a Chinese Lantern Festival, celebrates the natural world and the upcoming holiday […]
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Lost graveyard of zoo animals at Prison Farm may get a memorial
A lost graveyard for zoo animals may be memorialized in perhaps the strangest outcome of the debate over the future of the former Atlanta Prison Farm.
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Reporter’s Notebook: Medical cannabis very popular (with would-be Georgia growers)
Also, only one Georgian is in philanthropy’s biggest league.
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Vote clears path between Zoo Atlanta and federal tax credits
By Maggie Lee and Maria Saporta The city-county authority that oversees Zoo Atlanta’s lease at Grant Park took a vote Thursday that puts an end to zoo management’s worries about possible delays to work on Savanna Hall. The building that formerly held the Cyclorama painting will overlook a new and expanded natural habitat for elephants […]
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Zoo’s Savanna Hall project could be forced to halt construction
Zoo Atlanta’s transformation of Savanna Hall could come to a halt in a matter of days due to inaction on the part of the Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority.
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We all knew it was wrong
In his epic work “The Souls of Black Folk,” WEB DuBois seems to describe the City of Atlanta in terms that separate Atlanta from what is generally considered to be a traditional Southern city. “South of North, yet north of South lies the city of a hundred hills…” he writes. The image of Atlanta as […]
