Category Archives: Preservation

How did Portman do it?

Posted on Sat 24 February 2018 by newtreeguy

The recent passing of John Portman has led me to a lot of thinking about what parts of Atlanta he saved and what he could be said to have destroyed. Arguably, downtown would have completely turned into cement bunkers, surface … Continue reading →

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MLK Day 2018

Posted on Mon 15 January 2018 by newtreeguy

Here’s MLK Sr.’s entry in the 1935 Atlanta City Directory and a shot of the official planning map from the time with a large Ward “4”, the nearby original Morris Brown campus and a little stretch of the future Atlanta … Continue reading →

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19 Hilliard Street

Posted on Tue 4 June 2013 by newtreeguy

Well, from what I can tell that’s the address. There’s hasn’t been a business there since the 1930’s. I believe it was the the Trio Laundry and later the Tanner Laundry. It’s about 40 feet south of the new streetcar … Continue reading →

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