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Atlanta’s sister cities
“The founding of the Georgia School of Technology I regard as the most important event, of a public nature, that occurred in my life” Nathan Harris said in his autobiography. At the time, he was a Macon politico and during … Continue reading
Neel Reid on tour
I always love to see Neel Reid’s designs. This one is on Adrews Ave in Buckhead and was built in 1926, the year he died. Architectural Tourist put together a great photo gallery from an estate sale. Speaking of Reid, while … Continue reading
Study: The Changing Face of Atlanta (1970-2015)
A super-cool new demographic report was just issued by Sjoquist and Padney. They put together a website for their presentation here: http://cslf.gsu.edu/changing-face-atlanta/ The report itself only exists there as a PowerPoint, so I generated a PDF for it here: http://jolomo.net/atlanta/ChangingFaceAtlanta.pdf … Continue reading
Ponce Postcard Provenance
There’s a vintage postcard floating around that doesn’t actually have anything to do with Ponce Springs. It has been used in wayfaring signs and marketing materials from the fine folks at Ponce City Market. Sadly the unscrupulous or simply misguided … Continue reading
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1916 Southeastern Fair
I like this graphic and calendar for the fair which took place down at the then-new Lakewood facility
Links for today – transit and Olympics
Nice little write-up from Saporta Report about the state of MARTA train cars: MARTA’s trains are old. They’re to reach their lifespan in 2021. Each vehicle received a mid-life overhaul at some point between 2005 and 2008, a solicitation shows. … Continue reading
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Blick’s Bowling Center
Located in the massive parking structure for the Candler Building, Blick’s Bowling Center had 52 lanes and on the site at Dobbs and P’tree Center Ave is now the massive parking structure (and gallery space) for Georgia Pacific. Then (1949): … Continue reading
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Baker’s Cajun Cafe
This place was open from 1981 to 2001. Wonderful, affordable food and my introduction to anything New Orleans style. 1126 Euclid Ave was originally just a house, it was owned by Mrs. Sarah Eason in up until the 1950’s when … Continue reading
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