Author Archives: newtreeguy

New little Beltline extensions 2019

Posted on Sun 14 April 2019

Complete as of late March from Wylie to Kirkwood Ave. They took a while to get the curb cuts and traffic table in place so this little twenty foot section was fenced up for six months. The section from Kirkwood … Continue reading →

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Lapidus and Portman

Posted on Sat 9 March 2019

Found a little poem about what is now the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel. Here’s Portman’s original design for the Peachtree Plaza Hotel, built as the tallest hotel in the world: The big pedestal held a half acre lake and one … Continue reading →

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The Loew’s Grand Fire

Posted on Sat 9 February 2019

Here’s the old beauty in 1972. It had been a long time since she showed first run Hollywood films, but Hollywood itself was pretty moribund at the time. See the nice array of shops surrounding the ground floor. Plentiful commercial … Continue reading →

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Last section of NE Beltline is poured

Posted on Fri 1 February 2019

Between Piedmont Park and the Krog Street tunnel only had one little unfinished part which was waiting on the completion of The Edge condo building. It’s pretty much done now but the segment isn’t officially connected yet although you can … Continue reading →

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Broad Street Recognized

Posted on Sat 29 December 2018

Nice little write-up on the wonderful StreetsBlog featuring the newly-pedestrian-only section of Broad St. downtown. I remember back in the early 2000’s when the city first started closing it down for “Friday Wind Down”, they would fill the street with … Continue reading →

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Atlanta Has Another Gifford Lecturer!

Posted on Wed 5 December 2018

For the third time in 130 years, the Gifford Lecture will be given by an Atlantan. Emory philosopy professor Robert McCauley will give the lectures in 2020-2021 at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. He is the founding directory of … Continue reading →

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HENSE is so legit now

Posted on Tue 4 December 2018

Oh, he had so many death-defying tags around town: rail bridges over The Connector, old warehouse roofs you could see from MARTA, etc. But now that he’s a “Real Artist” including the huge mural at 14th and Spring, he’s graduated … Continue reading →

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