Tag Archives: architecture

Time Ball or High Ball?

Posted on Sat 25 September 2021 by newtreeguy

Browsing through some old newspapers at the Library of Congress (site) and it turns out the New Years Ball Drop was an actual daily thing 120 years ago. There was one in New York and one in DC at the … Continue reading →

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Lapidus and Portman

Posted on Sat 9 March 2019 by newtreeguy

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 by newtreeguy

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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Atlanta Airport keeps growing

Posted on Sun 19 August 2018 by newtreeguy

Got to tour the airport grounds with Hannah Palmer, who’s new book Flight Path details the absorption of small towns like Mountain View. The house-by-house buyout through the early 1970’s cost some $350 million. The town would be to the … Continue reading →

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A bill from Olmsted for Druid Hills

Posted on Fri 10 August 2018 by newtreeguy

The Library of Congress just released a clutch of Olmsted documents and there was a nice little Atlanta bit in there. I hoped for more, but this was nice. LOC link Joel Hurt had begun the buildout of Inman Park … Continue reading →

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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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Neel Reid on tour

Posted on Mon 24 April 2017 by newtreeguy

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 →

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