tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90406280417087749212024-02-06T22:31:01.997-08:00Atlanta Historic Block PartyA historic review of Atlanta's built environment, one block at a time.Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07029902962598209651noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040628041708774921.post-6554825160947471142022-11-02T18:23:00.004-07:002023-04-16T18:01:50.812-07:00Constitution Building<p>Hello there!</p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Halloween is recently behind us, and there's no scarier story than that of Atlanta's urban development. So join me by the campfire for a bone-chilling tale of vacant lots and abandoned buildings...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Today's block is right across the street from the Five Points MARTA station in the historic heart of the city. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnL60bScpsM4shegWIddrrKhifzWLTbH1tWAJ3c5mR5qPBAUeYSXFOA9wtZURJOX613cxv0DcCaarz4VFAjMzdALd9moGj8H_g1wQfYtGBosYxvw_tIUOn8DuebGi9xrWHZh32GNa8H8i-3ovi3oGk0gRPu0uTh2gLVgy6wRz2mMkzkg7DfYWN9Uvf/s719/2022%20wide.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="690" data-original-width="719" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnL60bScpsM4shegWIddrrKhifzWLTbH1tWAJ3c5mR5qPBAUeYSXFOA9wtZURJOX613cxv0DcCaarz4VFAjMzdALd9moGj8H_g1wQfYtGBosYxvw_tIUOn8DuebGi9xrWHZh32GNa8H8i-3ovi3oGk0gRPu0uTh2gLVgy6wRz2mMkzkg7DfYWN9Uvf/w400-h384/2022%20wide.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">The boundaries aren't </span><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">always apparent because a major feature of the block has been railroad tracks and viaducts. Today I am saying it is bounded by Forsyth Street, Alabama Street, Ted Turner Drive (formerly Spring Street), and Wall Street.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBXnN_y_lTvSPLj1Pa4j6p4SapR4K2lWtP7atqq4bky1tK0PDm2MAcUWWr7sj0lnctCyNR5uQgNKgJ6KjFy2B9z7_vo0cj8wHtbrSq1npwur8N8oO9gxLIY5EIA3IiMPgqUmsiS7UmNraAvf5IkCqGFSc_dvxQJGUaoKDlw_GmH6YuSfbAAgtcAhbc/s513/2022%20aerial%20labels.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="507" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBXnN_y_lTvSPLj1Pa4j6p4SapR4K2lWtP7atqq4bky1tK0PDm2MAcUWWr7sj0lnctCyNR5uQgNKgJ6KjFy2B9z7_vo0cj8wHtbrSq1npwur8N8oO9gxLIY5EIA3IiMPgqUmsiS7UmNraAvf5IkCqGFSc_dvxQJGUaoKDlw_GmH6YuSfbAAgtcAhbc/w395-h400/2022%20aerial%20labels.JPG" width="395" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We begin our tale in the antebellum days and this 1853 map.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span id="docs-internal-guid-db9ce78c-7fff-8838-1bdf-13a8144b0d51"></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW3DqKema0F4tw2I7oafplrMNaWL8x57eDsbgErm1-HyVQVbbfqLTEuDthL2sPZZxDx9jNN-iuz9FY7ASKz34AGZtfrp6wXmKxo4DAHePA7rozoa3BicpD2Yd1iKPdt7OquCCUlx80W732m_QLmpKYmHtr24GPvGoQ2OFSCf9tB6CsD1jobkJF0hxM/s708/1853%20wide.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="708" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW3DqKema0F4tw2I7oafplrMNaWL8x57eDsbgErm1-HyVQVbbfqLTEuDthL2sPZZxDx9jNN-iuz9FY7ASKz34AGZtfrp6wXmKxo4DAHePA7rozoa3BicpD2Yd1iKPdt7OquCCUlx80W732m_QLmpKYmHtr24GPvGoQ2OFSCf9tB6CsD1jobkJF0hxM/w400-h359/1853%20wide.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-b5b5358f-7fff-a1c9-b518-3bda14cf81b3"></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Immediately it’s hard to see what we’re supposed to be looking at because there’s no real block to speak of. But the pieces that I am saying belong to us are boxed in below.</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtcPcCytYvgDDwcu44MuSRHYQvu586GAA-w6qEHfXflcdPK5hKHcdimlVnAkagM68fxmoS2x6qDcDz4NZxQVAdZ4NFPwsFmbwdYa3dPbWDneB17Gdzl_atr5QKhsrrbqtHxUKzO96r2t2p_nPxcNVy3zowvbzEbkizRPST2BPlHCuC-gHjygiSzpzI/s427/1853.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="382" data-original-width="427" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtcPcCytYvgDDwcu44MuSRHYQvu586GAA-w6qEHfXflcdPK5hKHcdimlVnAkagM68fxmoS2x6qDcDz4NZxQVAdZ4NFPwsFmbwdYa3dPbWDneB17Gdzl_atr5QKhsrrbqtHxUKzO96r2t2p_nPxcNVy3zowvbzEbkizRPST2BPlHCuC-gHjygiSzpzI/w400-h358/1853.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The dotted lines are the railroads. That wedge-shaped bit in the bottom right will become important soon, but right now let’s focus on the building marked ‘B’. That would be the freight depot for the Western & Atlantic Railroad.</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD4YQ1WeGti88Q0cWg44EQ9m7iDSAomH8COfpEk2yJGm-dPuk9u1DVvt2Cszzx1gHfRuucVEu4rYNUQyBToe3Ae007Kj2nQxsV8_-siflg4xnSmqQoeual_lp3EsPkhYj1UcJMaJwJyYo6S-0WfdvtVYCZNx4AWTkRELnZ1z1_-hQDcBQzVsDQHSs6/s600/1863ca%20AHC.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="569" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD4YQ1WeGti88Q0cWg44EQ9m7iDSAomH8COfpEk2yJGm-dPuk9u1DVvt2Cszzx1gHfRuucVEu4rYNUQyBToe3Ae007Kj2nQxsV8_-siflg4xnSmqQoeual_lp3EsPkhYj1UcJMaJwJyYo6S-0WfdvtVYCZNx4AWTkRELnZ1z1_-hQDcBQzVsDQHSs6/w379-h400/1863ca%20AHC.jpg" width="379" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Western & Atlantic Freight Depot, 1863<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As some of you may know, Atlanta was founded in 1837 as the terminus of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, giving the city its original name. A settlement developed around the railroad, and the town was incorporated as Marthasville in 1842, then Atlanta in 1847.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">When the Union Army occupied Atlanta in 1864, they made sure to cut off the Confederacy’s supply lines by destroying things like railroad depots. So the W&A depot here was ultimately toast.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgipCcQMnT_RDfiLUVIwZfKOD5DDW_NUxMv9bm9lTBJ5XUs6c-qLpeu_axMB1avIsxNUUqG16itjjcuVXL58pvXNChuoqfr8WVxzbeYHy0KGG3nRPJQ7IPI6-ty8vxlBCS_cr5RNOEaCnYiOZbKquRXlvMbKErbRlAwDQiNiq-Qs0zVHShbGZJtdS1u/s1024/1864%20Library%20of%20Congress.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="1024" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgipCcQMnT_RDfiLUVIwZfKOD5DDW_NUxMv9bm9lTBJ5XUs6c-qLpeu_axMB1avIsxNUUqG16itjjcuVXL58pvXNChuoqfr8WVxzbeYHy0KGG3nRPJQ7IPI6-ty8vxlBCS_cr5RNOEaCnYiOZbKquRXlvMbKErbRlAwDQiNiq-Qs0zVHShbGZJtdS1u/w400-h205/1864%20Library%20of%20Congress.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shortly before its destruction, 1864<br />Library of Congress</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-b68fc582-7fff-b601-bdb0-6fe8f9593429"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After the war, Atlanta was quick to rebuild, and a new depot was erected right where the old one was, as you can see in the 1871 birds eye drawing (‘E’ in the image below). The building also housed the offices of the superintendent and various other railroad officials.</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRmiLTqCVp_z2W5K8DzTRyvnlui4RSYqcQ5F9elVhbpdT7zzwJNMu6__uh-YnsC2Ebz3j75E8Y7ZWfrYrSV0AZ64s-50NWflTmau-eA_Qe_MC4aw4KDEk5ZcI97eK1G7aIs7MmfpTMTcEiUSbMPm9z4Y6EoeDwOFJyxEExeaAQk3h8x835BCutrEyP/s421/1871.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="303" data-original-width="421" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRmiLTqCVp_z2W5K8DzTRyvnlui4RSYqcQ5F9elVhbpdT7zzwJNMu6__uh-YnsC2Ebz3j75E8Y7ZWfrYrSV0AZ64s-50NWflTmau-eA_Qe_MC4aw4KDEk5ZcI97eK1G7aIs7MmfpTMTcEiUSbMPm9z4Y6EoeDwOFJyxEExeaAQk3h8x835BCutrEyP/w400-h288/1871.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1871</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-77a5e60b-7fff-7a0c-c115-e12441d78afc"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here we can also see that little wedge of property now has a few little buildings on it </span></span>(the choo-choo is passing between it and the depot)<span style="font-family: inherit;">. You can see it in the photo below, looking south along Forsyth Street. </span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwfWFoNIeEGSwvXBK2OfAfttHDz397yPW241w9CH5hJBJ_OlhwvLgSOoLUnepP_1ihEZ2ulcXc-8slJH6McrPEIsBDWUiabjI_orcX6wr0F2k3uNol8OVFq5w0MBVmO-TNFyS4t-JpfIDWrOHebT1i6MLvQo6X3xu5RVcpTf8-exxdrzyl8QiRKOt8/s600/1877%20South%20on%20Forsyth%20St%20AHC.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="557" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwfWFoNIeEGSwvXBK2OfAfttHDz397yPW241w9CH5hJBJ_OlhwvLgSOoLUnepP_1ihEZ2ulcXc-8slJH6McrPEIsBDWUiabjI_orcX6wr0F2k3uNol8OVFq5w0MBVmO-TNFyS4t-JpfIDWrOHebT1i6MLvQo6X3xu5RVcpTf8-exxdrzyl8QiRKOt8/w371-h400/1877%20South%20on%20Forsyth%20St%20AHC.jpg" width="371" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1870s<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Our wedge is just to the right of Forsyth on the far side of the tracks. The depot is just out of frame to the right. The buildings in the foreground are different blocks on the north side of the tracks.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">In the 1878 atlas below, the little buildings are gone and replaced by Alexander T. Cunningham’s new warehouse building (the shaded portion).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi694M6CubPMiFQSqKCpFFTRbUsp3wKlhTQQzR_XDK2kAfUhWy3sGBdm1owjALcYUxIjl7lpFKVCPlSY7OexpTGA8TaCeRQN9kZOYqtF3-I8vMA1UQc8PkFdhZ5fo9dvo8u6E-YWh1H-BQR9sQM5u8W-kv_dZb5GbuW78Y3HBMaOXIqv3i-UGdc9SzC/s694/1878.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="687" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi694M6CubPMiFQSqKCpFFTRbUsp3wKlhTQQzR_XDK2kAfUhWy3sGBdm1owjALcYUxIjl7lpFKVCPlSY7OexpTGA8TaCeRQN9kZOYqtF3-I8vMA1UQc8PkFdhZ5fo9dvo8u6E-YWh1H-BQR9sQM5u8W-kv_dZb5GbuW78Y3HBMaOXIqv3i-UGdc9SzC/w396-h400/1878.JPG" width="396" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1878</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">According to the </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Atlanta Constitution</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">, that building’s construction was already underway in September of 1875 at a cost of $25,000, and it was ready for tenants by December of that year.</span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRxJ21wGJeTMO_45j7HeUropepKQbGkYKTz-2xHgwasrwsZa51km6AAS5W64kVG_iAV6M89HQ23W3uKmR9s5dpT_CfCQ0_n65SElhp7L_N6oRJi2-EoMRo-Ljs3RyV82qAnqerenodSHtR2FWCV1ROIfhWY9rHzJGs5f8K6jtC7xgNweB3MZssBUcJ/s6436/18751217%20A%20T%20Cunningham.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6386" data-original-width="6436" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRxJ21wGJeTMO_45j7HeUropepKQbGkYKTz-2xHgwasrwsZa51km6AAS5W64kVG_iAV6M89HQ23W3uKmR9s5dpT_CfCQ0_n65SElhp7L_N6oRJi2-EoMRo-Ljs3RyV82qAnqerenodSHtR2FWCV1ROIfhWY9rHzJGs5f8K6jtC7xgNweB3MZssBUcJ/w400-h398/18751217%20A%20T%20Cunningham.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlanta Constitution | Dec. 17, 1875</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-87d06f45-7fff-a3a0-3a95-0d1a1b06eb46"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The earliest tenants of the Cunningham Building I could find, however, are in 1882. First, we have B. F. Avery & Sons, a wagon, buggy, and carriage shop.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhacJtzUTbvA51vOoBpz8vPuHPxGv18o7v-TpyqIegZclaQ00vIm3G-vS9yWrKK36zYeyCUEbo0Dn9kaijcBHP7cuCerPP1l1FgXzmH-ZF-30ZqPED6wBJBTO9vkvpKorKvIktIZqRVwt2yBC4bIdYKmwCPXfMdLzBdwE_X306vc-WTncVcs_cGSgvP/s5405/18820402%20Avery%20and%20Sons.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5405" data-original-width="5112" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhacJtzUTbvA51vOoBpz8vPuHPxGv18o7v-TpyqIegZclaQ00vIm3G-vS9yWrKK36zYeyCUEbo0Dn9kaijcBHP7cuCerPP1l1FgXzmH-ZF-30ZqPED6wBJBTO9vkvpKorKvIktIZqRVwt2yBC4bIdYKmwCPXfMdLzBdwE_X306vc-WTncVcs_cGSgvP/w379-h400/18820402%20Avery%20and%20Sons.jpg" width="379" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlanta Constitution | Apr. 2, 1882</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c629465f-7fff-c93f-25ec-e9cd22533177"></span></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Then we have Walton, Whann, and Co., manufacturers of fertilizers based out of Wilmington, DE, who according to the ad below appear to be vacating the building soon.</span></span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGccZ5_33OVBPDcatRc-6_RBCm-wlolZ36py1VPkJaqBsocp4q8shUjhV6gG2KIOejMqhMR378XnHAcH9Fe4POmyrWCI8MmUSix1nEeamhmViJYY578BMvOvMDL6wBs4QM212e3Zhxejn3UthrpO49tups92W1FBoaBISAytOv9seOJc7of3J92fp7/s4820/18821015%20A%20T%20Cunningham.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1252" data-original-width="4820" height="104" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGccZ5_33OVBPDcatRc-6_RBCm-wlolZ36py1VPkJaqBsocp4q8shUjhV6gG2KIOejMqhMR378XnHAcH9Fe4POmyrWCI8MmUSix1nEeamhmViJYY578BMvOvMDL6wBs4QM212e3Zhxejn3UthrpO49tups92W1FBoaBISAytOv9seOJc7of3J92fp7/w400-h104/18821015%20A%20T%20Cunningham.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlanta Constitution | Oct. 15, 1882</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE66QEFAWTpEiL6H4cQY9DGrmlHZfBJVXvdCpVLd9EhXvMfPGijKgUKVBVCjOOx-AxyPoFpLOlSpXZFQ6Z78Wtii8-1IDmh3sep_Ir1lwfRufGVco9hk52qUuWPQt28HkN8fNZmwujpI-AVC88AQ2eIAIF9xJZsLj31fN3EMse8X0v9Lb4LBbE4SO8/s6332/18740218%20Walton%20Whann.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5554" data-original-width="6332" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE66QEFAWTpEiL6H4cQY9DGrmlHZfBJVXvdCpVLd9EhXvMfPGijKgUKVBVCjOOx-AxyPoFpLOlSpXZFQ6Z78Wtii8-1IDmh3sep_Ir1lwfRufGVco9hk52qUuWPQt28HkN8fNZmwujpI-AVC88AQ2eIAIF9xJZsLj31fN3EMse8X0v9Lb4LBbE4SO8/w400-h351/18740218%20Walton%20Whann.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Historic poop mongers
Atlanta Constitution | Feb. 18, 1874</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-678078e7-7fff-6896-863f-b122e14f28ae"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">By 1886, the Cunningham Building had expanded to fill the entire wedge of land, as we can see in the Sanborn map below:</span></p><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwubWYDHVgKXiJpFLJMPIZgk4t1jbJpvsF_G78ew2NeyWDAHcsci8jKr3VD2HIJ3AXdk5e5FQFP0hkiounwcGP6wyScASyUH7IIkMswJuyA2BozIzMWe5xYg7xU_WzcOzugr-uCoE-xcyZGZt_IoE3pdC50uAREU73pLZR6plQT2BdolRgdPLUygLl/s3343/1886.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2831" data-original-width="3343" height="339" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwubWYDHVgKXiJpFLJMPIZgk4t1jbJpvsF_G78ew2NeyWDAHcsci8jKr3VD2HIJ3AXdk5e5FQFP0hkiounwcGP6wyScASyUH7IIkMswJuyA2BozIzMWe5xYg7xU_WzcOzugr-uCoE-xcyZGZt_IoE3pdC50uAREU73pLZR6plQT2BdolRgdPLUygLl/w400-h339/1886.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1886</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-36885385-7fff-4b03-2825-a8b8ab2ffcd5"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The 1892 Sanborn map looks largely the same, but we see John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company at the east side of the building. </span></p><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXOPncINClbVdTMldpswDijbYyEfv_PEBaV2L7oABwsbBCtQP5g0j8CbCVve9ttDHBFl4oicivTEH5MrIee8OGxX_lf4iMBPK2a6c7NS6g8XB1_VqszP6MymANMFvzu2uDEB_kInRn5Y7inBzJwFgsacpQnqyGbfoSTT7gr92sQBT8qsCrGBRpI2sZ/s3132/1892%20SAN.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2742" data-original-width="3132" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXOPncINClbVdTMldpswDijbYyEfv_PEBaV2L7oABwsbBCtQP5g0j8CbCVve9ttDHBFl4oicivTEH5MrIee8OGxX_lf4iMBPK2a6c7NS6g8XB1_VqszP6MymANMFvzu2uDEB_kInRn5Y7inBzJwFgsacpQnqyGbfoSTT7gr92sQBT8qsCrGBRpI2sZ/w400-h350/1892%20SAN.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1892</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2035748b-7fff-f61c-3e19-774dcd23eb49"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">This was a storage facility for Standard Oil, and in case you were wondering, yes it did catch on fire. A pile of trash “spontaneously combusted” in 1890, according to </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The Constitution...</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvfLaNi3pjSEkeLcoEvswRy00GHydZV76wRjsLNlXFqdzMYMIi6wuR1_XJX8OkruRYUVlAlGB67X0L_NPCeil9HUiLQkfQ8jAsDFYbwGfUpYzL9j5S3a4kUcuGx6JZ7CqkFmagIIGwuhoOJpQNrWtRy2c6g5mOmGcI-8uaX4t1fmBsl3v6lNfuiBZR/s574/Sure%20Jan.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="382" data-original-width="574" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvfLaNi3pjSEkeLcoEvswRy00GHydZV76wRjsLNlXFqdzMYMIi6wuR1_XJX8OkruRYUVlAlGB67X0L_NPCeil9HUiLQkfQ8jAsDFYbwGfUpYzL9j5S3a4kUcuGx6JZ7CqkFmagIIGwuhoOJpQNrWtRy2c6g5mOmGcI-8uaX4t1fmBsl3v6lNfuiBZR/w400-h266/Sure%20Jan.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">...but the fire department managed to put it out before any of the oil ignited.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-09c5d30e-7fff-1607-1314-b38ac3b15d82"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Next, the 1892 birds eye view gives us a look at a major infrastructure upgrade attached to our block.</span></span></p><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl1bbvQGE25VLvc2a-19XvP9FQ4VGW8RH6qUNY5-7qBxJqZGcAitREh8ezD8M6cIBuNYx53wqN3RcslwsOiCHIpw0I_w1BjmelDeRwCKUDK4F1qxAwnnzDsYuHgdV3YWkhqz0VsHkqSj8VX-cdu3tk7s5qQedyFr-Ou1n_ejU8Wob7V8XOUCHkjs3T/s509/1892.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="509" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl1bbvQGE25VLvc2a-19XvP9FQ4VGW8RH6qUNY5-7qBxJqZGcAitREh8ezD8M6cIBuNYx53wqN3RcslwsOiCHIpw0I_w1BjmelDeRwCKUDK4F1qxAwnnzDsYuHgdV3YWkhqz0VsHkqSj8VX-cdu3tk7s5qQedyFr-Ou1n_ejU8Wob7V8XOUCHkjs3T/w400-h371/1892.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1892</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Taking a moment to orient ourselves, the number 5 in the image is not our block. But the wedge-shaped building directly behind it is our Cunningham Warehouse. Then in the middle of the railroad tracks is the Western & Atlantic freight depot. The infrastructure upgrade I spoke of would be the bridge we see stretching across the tracks toward the right side of the image.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-05bc4cce-7fff-4fa2-0676-35de10974e91"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Completed in July of 1893, the Forsyth Street Bridge connected Alabama and Marietta Streets, allowing pedestrians and carriages to safely cross over the railroad tracks, which had become increasingly dangerous as the city grew.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The bridge was of further benefit to Atlanta, apparently</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">, </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">because the railroad tracks had physically divided Atlanta into two sections, which led to the city developing two distinct social and political areas. The new bridge, according to a July 2, 1893 article of </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The Constitution</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">, “forms a link between the two sections of the city which will not only bring the two sections closer together, but has had a large tendency to wipe out the feeling of division.”</span></span></span></p><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW8xtyYJjuJ7YbFtKrA1NsI20OXlyq6bZrr-_6F-tdq27IvN8DMVbyvPnjZUmG4B-YJ-QC4bcdJTANKxeotIKDIr_byKm3BzRQlMS5HN4w36AGR8igSdGEovO0MFuomuPJlNZavqzQNIP4JoHSuvFCsrw30Ryk0tCueodHJBBCkIkcpGSY6p2wE-J8/s600/1897%20AHC.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="600" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW8xtyYJjuJ7YbFtKrA1NsI20OXlyq6bZrr-_6F-tdq27IvN8DMVbyvPnjZUmG4B-YJ-QC4bcdJTANKxeotIKDIr_byKm3BzRQlMS5HN4w36AGR8igSdGEovO0MFuomuPJlNZavqzQNIP4JoHSuvFCsrw30Ryk0tCueodHJBBCkIkcpGSY6p2wE-J8/w400-h340/1897%20AHC.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1897<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center<br />The building in the distance is across the tracks from our block.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-5d93e7fc-7fff-15ea-2584-81953ed7aef3"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Reports of another fire in 1897 tell us a bit about the Cunningham Building’s tenants at the time. We’ll go through the various occupants of the building first and then talk about the fire.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">First, at 29 Alabama we have Camp Brothers, a wholesale feed company founded by Milton and Daniel Camp (Milton also served on Atlanta’s City Council).</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Also at 29 Alabama was Whitcomb & Son, merchandise brokers specializing in meat and lard. Joseph T. Whitcomb was born in Vermont in 1833 and made his way to Atlanta in 1886. He started his business with his son, H. H. Whitcomb in 1887. Joseph died in 1902 and his son kept the business going.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7wRnilAHD1oqxq8SIHG75kqNnBAJCAnWBqK0fnc3srwHZGvRmAMIZqrhTGq6aSvRs2OsRLaEoODF2H5iEP4wXaBmq8FM0WhNy9K5j7l-HGqhI8bVN8yAQxp44zqSVMvYGR6BzOF7IaTwP3pHDfxbFh1Aip9YQzGKiHVXjheQZswUV1wfFCLBp_Ms2/s2018/1902-0302%20Whitcomb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2018" data-original-width="1149" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7wRnilAHD1oqxq8SIHG75kqNnBAJCAnWBqK0fnc3srwHZGvRmAMIZqrhTGq6aSvRs2OsRLaEoODF2H5iEP4wXaBmq8FM0WhNy9K5j7l-HGqhI8bVN8yAQxp44zqSVMvYGR6BzOF7IaTwP3pHDfxbFh1Aip9YQzGKiHVXjheQZswUV1wfFCLBp_Ms2/w228-h400/1902-0302%20Whitcomb.jpg" width="228" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joseph T. Whitcomb<br />Atlanta Constitution | Mar. 2, 1902</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><br /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Also <i>also </i>at 29 Alabama (getting crowded here) was Sumner W. Bacon Fruit Co., known for the “Lord Bacon” watermelons grown in DeWitt, GA (nearby Baconton is named for the family). </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-79d91e50-7fff-fb11-6b68-30f6182e6e69"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Next door at 31 Alabama was Dodge & Heard, commission merchants dealing in hay, grain, and lard.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">On the second floor of 31 was Grant Sign and Mirror Works, which as the name implies crafted signs and mirrors. It was founded by Edward L. Grant around 1890.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSGNsRSAA_v8UVDpuOwhhQHCYwtdtRPW4HYuZ8rG-dLZKdcMQKGNL6JeMTowlZU8kyR2iPacR3O-ziBc0KaSjo_8wg4o0iqCkA31Oud_Im5wqbJwVcbLHAwnouK2as-e2pavHyYvLz7Sm-zoNJyPip4U4ahRxop2arwxKOEooafBCS1ein_0ISlWVH/s7651/1917%20Ed%20L%20Grant.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="7651" data-original-width="4307" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSGNsRSAA_v8UVDpuOwhhQHCYwtdtRPW4HYuZ8rG-dLZKdcMQKGNL6JeMTowlZU8kyR2iPacR3O-ziBc0KaSjo_8wg4o0iqCkA31Oud_Im5wqbJwVcbLHAwnouK2as-e2pavHyYvLz7Sm-zoNJyPip4U4ahRxop2arwxKOEooafBCS1ein_0ISlWVH/w225-h400/1917%20Ed%20L%20Grant.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlanta Constitution | Oct. 8, 1917</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><p style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">At 33 Alabama was the G. H. Hammond Packing Company, which distributed meat from Indiana, Nebraska, and Illinois.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And then the rest of the building was occupied by White Hickory Wagon Company, which was incorporated in 1893 and would eventually move to Broad Street in 1900.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">So anyway, the fire started in the basement storage area of Dodge & Heard. The cause is a mystery, but it is speculated that maybe a spark from the railroad came in through an open window and landed on some flammable material. Or maybe it was spontaneous combustion, I don't know. Even though the fire station was across the street, the smoke from the fire mixed with steam from the trains and went unnoticed for a while. By the time smoke started billowing from the front doors, the fire was already raging through the basement. The fire department worked for three hours to put it out.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXu6nA3LgA0H260SMIHoIBuYHJ21c_Obtq8QHxoMn1nfet10BF1E488vl5Bw_mApvbZqXHZKfHL_Z8knpssJoAqpCes1izDpqMyncUymsngWEuAc5YnXWNc0l7huTtvbLp1Ms_nwTJRlrnMNXJyQr_3KE35uvhnqEAUa7QmY2itySoQ1N2SJ3PF1NC/s718/1916_1116%20Fire%20Dept%2044%20Alabama.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="718" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXu6nA3LgA0H260SMIHoIBuYHJ21c_Obtq8QHxoMn1nfet10BF1E488vl5Bw_mApvbZqXHZKfHL_Z8knpssJoAqpCes1izDpqMyncUymsngWEuAc5YnXWNc0l7huTtvbLp1Ms_nwTJRlrnMNXJyQr_3KE35uvhnqEAUa7QmY2itySoQ1N2SJ3PF1NC/w400-h320/1916_1116%20Fire%20Dept%2044%20Alabama.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fire Station across the street at 44 Alabama<br />Nov. 16, 1916<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Camp Brothers, Whitcomb & Son, and Grant Sign & Mirror appear to be hit the hardest by the fire. White Hickory Wagon was spared completely by a firewall that separated the original portion of the building and the expansion that they occupied. Most of the damage was to the various companies’ stock, which was pretty much all insured. The building suffered interior damage, but the overall structure survived. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-29340d9b-7fff-5af5-5a01-0ec3f1991868"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Despite being insured, Camp Bros ended up going broke by the end of 1898. Certainly not helping them was ANOTHER fire on Nov. 30 of that year. This one was caused by an employee knocking over a kerosine stove and spilling liquid hot death all over the basement of Whitcomb & Son, where Camp Bros had some of their stock stored. A new firewall installed after the last fire kept this one from spreading to the rest of the building, and the damage was limited to some of both companies’ stock.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I would love to tell you that was the last fire this building would suffer. But I would be lying.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For now, let’s turn our attention to the 1899 Sanborn map, where we see much of the same as before with one major exception.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaLoZ7_rPkzlporrOU_eWSiSWf7JVgQeltP5qSqZW_FDMV_D_Jdmvxoum6myKDIpw1GEVt055JsPHZAtH7uuXbrHTHORqSd_KDB3X74YJAIMmbvbOVwY6YcqifN0AsSqCmeaX-TekUQD2owneFozbA7gPqSZkkeMs27iBanFB6-z5KjmvuCG5LhJFC/s3174/1899.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3174" data-original-width="2960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaLoZ7_rPkzlporrOU_eWSiSWf7JVgQeltP5qSqZW_FDMV_D_Jdmvxoum6myKDIpw1GEVt055JsPHZAtH7uuXbrHTHORqSd_KDB3X74YJAIMmbvbOVwY6YcqifN0AsSqCmeaX-TekUQD2owneFozbA7gPqSZkkeMs27iBanFB6-z5KjmvuCG5LhJFC/w373-h400/1899.jpg" width="373" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1899</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yes, the Western & Atlantic freight depot is gone. The railroad offices had already moved to the Austell Building on the north side of the tracks (it’s the building on the other side of the Forsyth Street bridge in the photo from earlier), and the demolition allowed for more tracks to be laid.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e756d705-7fff-cfeb-71b0-ffad0ded582b"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In our fire-prone building, we now have the Carhart Shoe Manufacturing Company, founded by W. B. Carhart, who came to Atlanta from Macon in 1892.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Also in that building at this time was Cay, Parrott & Co. at 35 ½. These were cotton dealers founded in 1896 by John E. Cay and George W. Parrott, Jr. Parrott sold his interest in the firm to his father, George Senior, after only one year in business in August 1897. A few days later, George Parrott, Jr. took his own life. </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The Atlanta Constitution</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> published an account of Parrott’s last day. Jump ahead to the image below if you’d prefer to skip it, but the story goes:</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">In the months before his death, George Jr. had lost a significant sum of money on bad investments, first in the Jersey Central Railroad, and then the rest in a failed attempt to make that money back in the sugar and wheat markets. The afternoon before he died, he spoke with a reporter at the </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Atlanta Constitution</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> about his losses, which he estimated at close to $100,000. Downplaying the situation, Parrott said that he would soon be traveling to New York to begin paying off his debts. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But later that day, he met a friend, John Johnson, at the Cay, Parrott & Co. offices here on West Alabama Street to crunch some numbers, and he discovered that he owed more than he originally believed. Distraught, Parrott revealed a pistol and put it to his head, but Johnson was able to grab the gun away from him before he pulled the trigger. Johnson and Parrott then spent the night walking around the city together, and after some time Parrott assured his friend that he would not make another attempt.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Parrott returned to his home on Howard Street just after 1:00 am. His mother-in-law heard him moving around the house, and went downstairs to check on him. As she approached the dining room, she heard a gunshot, and found Parrot on the floor moments later. He had placed two pillows on the floor and laid his head down before shooting himself in the temple. He was 23.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSo1AtDqo-Ktf3JZzU062kas1Jd9_nPEFR6I_hv_YunLYO_o_EuLoK01u5LVBRgi5gRSHpNMSYDuBQUmzDn_NJLQ9Tg6C3AVX-qbNY_33dMu1vDpdOPDy2qX0LlWHPkYqK08YmxxQt6vDc3853ei0LvaQZpcMY8xsbn2n0ZRoWWYKzLSK4uxQ-f50z/s2044/1897_0829%20George%20Parrott%20Jr.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2044" data-original-width="1608" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSo1AtDqo-Ktf3JZzU062kas1Jd9_nPEFR6I_hv_YunLYO_o_EuLoK01u5LVBRgi5gRSHpNMSYDuBQUmzDn_NJLQ9Tg6C3AVX-qbNY_33dMu1vDpdOPDy2qX0LlWHPkYqK08YmxxQt6vDc3853ei0LvaQZpcMY8xsbn2n0ZRoWWYKzLSK4uxQ-f50z/w315-h400/1897_0829%20George%20Parrott%20Jr.jpg" width="315" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlanta Constitution | Aug. 29, 1897</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7cab85c4-7fff-0a18-ee9d-0da44daeaf1c"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Moving along to the 20th Century, we have yet another fire to discuss. This one started the morning of February 19, 1906 in the basement of the A. C. Wooley wholesale grain company at 33 West Alabama, where a lit candle tipped over onto a bunch of hay because of course it did. Smoke from the fire began filling the building, making for a particularly harrowing experience for employees of the Bostrom-Brady Manufacturing Company at 31½ on the second floor. Most of the employees made it out on foot, but two people trapped by worsening smoke were ultimately rescued through windows by firefighters with ladders. A. C. Wooley lost a bunch of hay to the fire, and Bostrom-Brady experienced some smoke and water damage, but things were otherwise not too bad.</span></span></span></span></p><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjacJan5bKcLOYpmYG1qGFnVXBMAa-xcG1VtLh7av3UP1lFEq8lu2ek4S2z-O-_4MvR88qoMdsgvqpgf93xfvY_f4R9979xKUH_b89pVeNXtpOwWrUyZ2A3_uZ54FZ3ZMuKH0t2mJ3t7BB6k5c1WTfoHawGsT0JKDoay3Hu2L2dCjmHsyWr084HSHLY/s2528/1906_0220%20Fire.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2528" data-original-width="2370" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjacJan5bKcLOYpmYG1qGFnVXBMAa-xcG1VtLh7av3UP1lFEq8lu2ek4S2z-O-_4MvR88qoMdsgvqpgf93xfvY_f4R9979xKUH_b89pVeNXtpOwWrUyZ2A3_uZ54FZ3ZMuKH0t2mJ3t7BB6k5c1WTfoHawGsT0JKDoay3Hu2L2dCjmHsyWr084HSHLY/w375-h400/1906_0220%20Fire.jpg" width="375" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlanta Constitution | Feb. 20, 1906</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-8307aa02-7fff-33a9-3a95-5136848d59c6" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bostrom-Brady, by the way, was a machine and tool manufacturing company founded in Atlanta by Swedish-born Ernst Alfred Bostrom in 1901. Bostrom was particularly well-known for designing a simple and affordable level. The Smithsonian has one in its collections at the National Museum of American History, which you can see <a href="https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1305322" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bostrom-Brady wouldn’t remain in our building for long, but it seems the company lasted quite a while. I found newspaper ads all the way into the 1980s. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Looking back at the image of the fire above, it’s hard to make out, but you might be able to see the sign for Albright & Prior Grocers. They moved in around 1902 but were bought out by the Oglesby Grocery Co. some months after the fire.</span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSA-AssJzKQgM2eWngcXrSlmkSqIoRCeX_kKyc_nYpREJXTfcjHHzJgwcJqPwKU8cS-OauElsiyYt0V01c4imXuHbupugxWWurjAgeOxDeqopiij3q19K3-oHjIFojyNCX2efLkZisQHGthX3veqDOGXKXhv-hlUFHtdza7p_Trlk7mfYy0oi5cuPL/s7559/19061227%20Albright%20Prior.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="7559" data-original-width="4869" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSA-AssJzKQgM2eWngcXrSlmkSqIoRCeX_kKyc_nYpREJXTfcjHHzJgwcJqPwKU8cS-OauElsiyYt0V01c4imXuHbupugxWWurjAgeOxDeqopiij3q19K3-oHjIFojyNCX2efLkZisQHGthX3veqDOGXKXhv-hlUFHtdza7p_Trlk7mfYy0oi5cuPL/w413-h640/19061227%20Albright%20Prior.jpg" width="413" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlanta Constitution | Dec. 27, 1906</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-baf0d0ea-7fff-9ad2-a5f8-c10ab694571d"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Moving to the 1911 Sanborn map, we again see a lot more of the same. </span></p><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqmMMG6Wu1aF4onQdL6nGp4mbBFM280h1pI5wkOLZBHTXbu2GpixzQxjJimW_U6Kp2MU7ZgTH4cMhRw3O9hrMD6k5fgO6XyvE00KF7njJRq2ry_FP0oke2HtUhbEuhHLjsnJopoZtWY7ZuzrjfCMGDTi4A98CxxFgIryrzG8xbbaOkVmF8Kj19KVl0/s2977/1911.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2977" data-original-width="2759" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqmMMG6Wu1aF4onQdL6nGp4mbBFM280h1pI5wkOLZBHTXbu2GpixzQxjJimW_U6Kp2MU7ZgTH4cMhRw3O9hrMD6k5fgO6XyvE00KF7njJRq2ry_FP0oke2HtUhbEuhHLjsnJopoZtWY7ZuzrjfCMGDTi4A98CxxFgIryrzG8xbbaOkVmF8Kj19KVl0/w371-h400/1911.jpg" width="371" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1911</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Railroad tracks take up much of the area, with our wedge-shaped building at the southeast containing some hay and some groceries.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">One notable tenant around this time was German-born horticulturist and landscape architect Otto Katzenstein, who came to Atlanta from Boston in 1903. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXiCcblIzteBpI6OmM1CCq5-TYXdB-BVPXE-ui11uK6ETEeHZ5vl2UFITfk5ek7SA5u6fKIZ_lFrODw9cEvVvQKL7t1AyM-v5LJFMVdeYVp5j_utcTIeI2G0BStnmuM65w9gHsfwkmDs_DE0Ea00LAJvuHjvDkaMoHdpD0-rFBc-yE88MrS2XJ-IzQ/s5483/19140512%20Otto%20Katzenstein.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5483" data-original-width="2901" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXiCcblIzteBpI6OmM1CCq5-TYXdB-BVPXE-ui11uK6ETEeHZ5vl2UFITfk5ek7SA5u6fKIZ_lFrODw9cEvVvQKL7t1AyM-v5LJFMVdeYVp5j_utcTIeI2G0BStnmuM65w9gHsfwkmDs_DE0Ea00LAJvuHjvDkaMoHdpD0-rFBc-yE88MrS2XJ-IzQ/w211-h400/19140512%20Otto%20Katzenstein.jpg" width="211" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlanta Constitution | May 12, 1914</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ba67a061-7fff-5716-f975-d04ca34bc6eb"></span></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Katzenstein initially arrived as a member of the Olmsted Brothers firm commissioned to implement the plans of the brothers' father, famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, for the new Druid Hills neighborhood east of Atlanta. Once here, Katzenstein set up his own horticulture business, which was briefly housed in our building here on West Alabama. He died in 1934. His wife, Carolyn Kraushaar Katzenstein, was a charter member of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. She died in 1944.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi481PcPCnUZa3KWvy3CzHBBF0a2himAppxq9FJaxSXCkjgM97LMa8Ol35QfnAtFgkXcn_nm4hAT14n3Z1gOC47nx1erY2i-nAD3KTT03xRpmkdX5PAsQHF-Js337JzUa-YYKM14_F-asgneLgio6pBVA8uY-M2KtX7st5ihU8lUEr7wBD7JTfQGv3K/s5524/19090923%20Otto%20Katzenstein.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2821" data-original-width="5524" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi481PcPCnUZa3KWvy3CzHBBF0a2himAppxq9FJaxSXCkjgM97LMa8Ol35QfnAtFgkXcn_nm4hAT14n3Z1gOC47nx1erY2i-nAD3KTT03xRpmkdX5PAsQHF-Js337JzUa-YYKM14_F-asgneLgio6pBVA8uY-M2KtX7st5ihU8lUEr7wBD7JTfQGv3K/w400-h204/19090923%20Otto%20Katzenstein.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlanta Constitution | Sept. 23, 1909</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7a1f300a-7fff-5a7a-2eca-cb0d67950235"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">There are plenty of other commercial tenants I could mention, but to keep things from getting tedious (too late?), let’s jump ahead to the 1919 bird’s eye view.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXZd6tU09DaLpCkmlrRTYxtpdwIRF1scvoEG76FFH9s-0j_Ld9_LCkJquSWXywBdpU6jruR1UdTrSLdAzMdcagDKyi0HDWa-Ue-vyZzXwdkGl6CWTlAtTLMlBrOpqsJzjIR9rdG69e9bnCRF3q6HlUtlKOIuGiO1ZA2-UqKSxLx8_EMe84iORXVDO3/s597/1919.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="452" data-original-width="597" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXZd6tU09DaLpCkmlrRTYxtpdwIRF1scvoEG76FFH9s-0j_Ld9_LCkJquSWXywBdpU6jruR1UdTrSLdAzMdcagDKyi0HDWa-Ue-vyZzXwdkGl6CWTlAtTLMlBrOpqsJzjIR9rdG69e9bnCRF3q6HlUtlKOIuGiO1ZA2-UqKSxLx8_EMe84iORXVDO3/w400-h303/1919.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1919</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-84dd8f21-7fff-830a-3729-bda54ec63b39"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">It’s a bit busy, so here’s our block (ish) outlined to make things easier.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZgp0OdoJ4lG9M2P58Dl8I67oHV5gugw_Dtnvwidgg70f6eswGnxeu2XkcFOu3K47q7zJBBET5iSumdprNtP8F7j0Y03EV4kfjRBKWa0sbI2L4Z14udvihuFve1oU1ay1lmwjBZNzS8jvFRPxzg_Cszf2exKvbEgV89nA8mvOrRgLdwaGRjqAkTMU/s597/1919a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="452" data-original-width="597" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZgp0OdoJ4lG9M2P58Dl8I67oHV5gugw_Dtnvwidgg70f6eswGnxeu2XkcFOu3K47q7zJBBET5iSumdprNtP8F7j0Y03EV4kfjRBKWa0sbI2L4Z14udvihuFve1oU1ay1lmwjBZNzS8jvFRPxzg_Cszf2exKvbEgV89nA8mvOrRgLdwaGRjqAkTMU/w400-h303/1919a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></span></div><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fad303d4-7fff-13b5-5702-062bb9edd823"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Wrigley Engraving was founded by William H. Wrigley, a Philadelphia native who came to Atlanta in the 1890s to run </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The Atlanta Journal</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">’s stereotyping department. After about 10 years there, he started his own engraving company. He ultimately retired and left his company in the care of his four sons. He died in 1928.</span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizGb9Xk3_cxzi4vGEX-mKaLIoyCzS_0rUmadWL-fkQJlKJLbPnIzyQxSFIeg9eoLLtR3RT8E6s1C3b-0RKYnsKJDy0bcFN5eqTcyCIyfQTp5Kcp7dsWAXF44ghFTk21DKNHbUmLuqr_GY5fA9zgI5j5AXx9FY5fJA55b9BnCsPC1EO89StN8Lpk7JU/s5267/19150810_Wrigley%20Engraving_Macon%20Daily%20Telegraph.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3790" data-original-width="5267" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizGb9Xk3_cxzi4vGEX-mKaLIoyCzS_0rUmadWL-fkQJlKJLbPnIzyQxSFIeg9eoLLtR3RT8E6s1C3b-0RKYnsKJDy0bcFN5eqTcyCIyfQTp5Kcp7dsWAXF44ghFTk21DKNHbUmLuqr_GY5fA9zgI5j5AXx9FY5fJA55b9BnCsPC1EO89StN8Lpk7JU/w400-h288/19150810_Wrigley%20Engraving_Macon%20Daily%20Telegraph.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Macon Daily Telegraph | Aug. 10, 1915</td></tr></tbody></table><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />The images from the old newspaper aren't the best quality, but here are some close-ups anyway for good measure.</span></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjg-rtVAy2zaXjUlDQ4uEISTPfpwPKmso0T7bWfATahSiW2Ce6G0pw9hdtHjClaavG2QVZcbFZ69Sj8W3fKsLmo-ZyamWJZmQG9aPrPONtn6AsifIAdRTRwIhafmrRE-J5dCuvfTp0wWE9cLIDTQXXhWZW1TfJUaNWLdX0_IPdzrhWBcJaBMeg_V-/s1350/1915-0810_01%20Wrigley%20Engraving_Macon%20Daily%20Telegraph.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1010" data-original-width="1350" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjg-rtVAy2zaXjUlDQ4uEISTPfpwPKmso0T7bWfATahSiW2Ce6G0pw9hdtHjClaavG2QVZcbFZ69Sj8W3fKsLmo-ZyamWJZmQG9aPrPONtn6AsifIAdRTRwIhafmrRE-J5dCuvfTp0wWE9cLIDTQXXhWZW1TfJUaNWLdX0_IPdzrhWBcJaBMeg_V-/w400-h299/1915-0810_01%20Wrigley%20Engraving_Macon%20Daily%20Telegraph.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiahYy5tdv-8qnPs0EJMZQQjklzfo-zmElZa4cmQwWgimMRcQY-7lZQJ_playnNBHQ2OYvFHbz-2Uv21OVS-HLA9wBOblV0IOevyQTTdkwH9jHhmJV_dVNdCS9vEucNVZraCSOzplKqaOIsV5q3evep7kzAp7kMDXnXL_qZlVWT4_nKZy67fAJAhm7L/s1242/1915-0810_02%20Wrigley%20Engraving_Macon%20Daily%20Telegraph.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1037" data-original-width="1242" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiahYy5tdv-8qnPs0EJMZQQjklzfo-zmElZa4cmQwWgimMRcQY-7lZQJ_playnNBHQ2OYvFHbz-2Uv21OVS-HLA9wBOblV0IOevyQTTdkwH9jHhmJV_dVNdCS9vEucNVZraCSOzplKqaOIsV5q3evep7kzAp7kMDXnXL_qZlVWT4_nKZy67fAJAhm7L/w400-h334/1915-0810_02%20Wrigley%20Engraving_Macon%20Daily%20Telegraph.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span><br /></span></p></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-4c09157c-7fff-a441-9208-50105de433de">Everett Seed Co. was founded in 1901 by J. H. Everett and his son. They moved into our building in 1913, and the company would remain there for decades.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1mY-J5rB09cRgZOxTxgQq3jv3ENDD0uqEnK6ei6gLzxSEuF3yo1LijMc7tvXzKtTq6xg9JU9MAiz6U98P_3xcCw089QbG0GXDKiEOGkx-0z5r8wV2Zw2K5sBe3MPUJbw9Ht4HU73WV5nRO1BEZYpM5TbEmZXpWAycrBJLy4jMa4rF2990ZxUY32YY/s7853/19130203_Everett%20Seed.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="7853" data-original-width="4607" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1mY-J5rB09cRgZOxTxgQq3jv3ENDD0uqEnK6ei6gLzxSEuF3yo1LijMc7tvXzKtTq6xg9JU9MAiz6U98P_3xcCw089QbG0GXDKiEOGkx-0z5r8wV2Zw2K5sBe3MPUJbw9Ht4HU73WV5nRO1BEZYpM5TbEmZXpWAycrBJLy4jMa4rF2990ZxUY32YY/w235-h400/19130203_Everett%20Seed.jpg" width="235" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlanta Constitution | Feb. 3, 1913</td></tr></tbody></table><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-b93e232e-7fff-fa11-3e49-c4ac99c46a4e"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We still haven’t really seen a decent photo of the Cunningham building, and that is no different in the 1922 photo below:</span></span></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrTSC3mGtnjfvyjN0WHVH7soYs3d9arcE7DlvyzB6C9P1CtkGaZFnaRXNQ6Pe6YkgL5ngvijWLxCTOVQ68k1di--A9xukj6x4RDPDB22GUtCf2tbR7bhyT0PDz0vChPdEKn--YNMbbtjf0vUHsN0I6pKc191cOVOF0x4cZaUSXSZzY2ZZmlPoPF8oQ/s600/1922%20AHC%20bottom%20left.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="600" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrTSC3mGtnjfvyjN0WHVH7soYs3d9arcE7DlvyzB6C9P1CtkGaZFnaRXNQ6Pe6YkgL5ngvijWLxCTOVQ68k1di--A9xukj6x4RDPDB22GUtCf2tbR7bhyT0PDz0vChPdEKn--YNMbbtjf0vUHsN0I6pKc191cOVOF0x4cZaUSXSZzY2ZZmlPoPF8oQ/w400-h316/1922%20AHC%20bottom%20left.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1922<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Our building is peeking out of the bottom left corner. That would be the Everett Seed Co. side. We do get a nice look at the Forsyth Street viaduct here, though, which will get a significant upgrade by the end of the decade. More to come there.</span></span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">1922 also brought a notable new tenant to the building with the Donaldson-Woods Printing Company. </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiygHxNxwzQWcHXlXGyusn4SE9njR9hs__2dRQ7XFlxM7qRP4jZJFCAAm_0EBlONU394OKsaF2_4kiYwhxIw9nVz-VyK6RMr97YucK0_PD0Lvjn19pWNHNPdMSkT2BQahsmSD2RIRzXYZVvef5OzhepAVodQRBTVVwxTqBSsrFp6OCLYVpMupf5m1X_/s1960/1922_1105%20Donaldson%20Woods_AJC.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="1632" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiygHxNxwzQWcHXlXGyusn4SE9njR9hs__2dRQ7XFlxM7qRP4jZJFCAAm_0EBlONU394OKsaF2_4kiYwhxIw9nVz-VyK6RMr97YucK0_PD0Lvjn19pWNHNPdMSkT2BQahsmSD2RIRzXYZVvef5OzhepAVodQRBTVVwxTqBSsrFp6OCLYVpMupf5m1X_/w333-h400/1922_1105%20Donaldson%20Woods_AJC.jpg" width="333" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlanta Constitution | Nov. 5, 1922</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">As the ad above says, </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the company was founded by Gordon W. Donaldson and John H. Woods. </span>
<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGlmoWmsjKDhBagkC-LGgYDmpUBTd6CzyShpvyLnDjSiJUS9ptt0YQ0z4JC1uv3fIT9dVWVsqnzKckZuaWVGHEAnLIzUQ7Kt9ohFbUUMNfNlqKHKygaSGZk1GAy-z3dpwi57RAvtl_jdIMcCsbwhdcDdndq66VEGUEp6EwIUIpvlyOXRjiCdjsuipU/s1856/1922_1105%20Donaldson%20Woods_AJC_02.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1856" data-original-width="1708" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGlmoWmsjKDhBagkC-LGgYDmpUBTd6CzyShpvyLnDjSiJUS9ptt0YQ0z4JC1uv3fIT9dVWVsqnzKckZuaWVGHEAnLIzUQ7Kt9ohFbUUMNfNlqKHKygaSGZk1GAy-z3dpwi57RAvtl_jdIMcCsbwhdcDdndq66VEGUEp6EwIUIpvlyOXRjiCdjsuipU/w368-h400/1922_1105%20Donaldson%20Woods_AJC_02.jpg" width="368" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlanta Constitution | Nov. 5, 1922</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="clear: both; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">This company also brings us our best look at the building to date via an advertisement in </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The Constitution</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">.</span></p><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiokEDskcZTuMlsthXnaar0DuTyR6cnja44M8_2G4unp6IaFFo46bP6Z-yBPjB9T5-ynZxj-6wo9N4O7h9pOvuhP5GOefmOpK9PNerFUBRsKvnt50zfP0YuLJtUSEIDl6VgqAzlf71BMHV-3sd1RfOwibnjO__JOCMo0stWUfGPaEQIjSB0oNuEElXz/s5404/19221112%20Donaldson%20Woods_02.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4175" data-original-width="5404" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiokEDskcZTuMlsthXnaar0DuTyR6cnja44M8_2G4unp6IaFFo46bP6Z-yBPjB9T5-ynZxj-6wo9N4O7h9pOvuhP5GOefmOpK9PNerFUBRsKvnt50zfP0YuLJtUSEIDl6VgqAzlf71BMHV-3sd1RfOwibnjO__JOCMo0stWUfGPaEQIjSB0oNuEElXz/w400-h309/19221112%20Donaldson%20Woods_02.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlanta Constitution | Nov. 12, 1922</td></tr></tbody></table><br />And this 1929 aerial shot, where we can see our block in the bottom left corner.</div><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh68x_IDThh9Da_ToT2uLJCO2MtfOS192h8apeMQJXxGzveFnclItupHEYcolfSUMTxYlSzLTkHF68VBgtHgpMfnxAZaWt0aUmW2yWUraflWA_w21Rb7B2JZRSVxFCYLy82UAIg8S4MOQMl9fgonj-sR-7sVeS1p5G5puRHbUYF3gFT5n7aXuz7Nu_q/s719/1929%20AJC%20GSU.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="491" data-original-width="719" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh68x_IDThh9Da_ToT2uLJCO2MtfOS192h8apeMQJXxGzveFnclItupHEYcolfSUMTxYlSzLTkHF68VBgtHgpMfnxAZaWt0aUmW2yWUraflWA_w21Rb7B2JZRSVxFCYLy82UAIg8S4MOQMl9fgonj-sR-7sVeS1p5G5puRHbUYF3gFT5n7aXuz7Nu_q/w400-h274/1929%20AJC%20GSU.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1929<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Okay, now let’s get into the fun stuff.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">A few blocks east of us, down the railroad tracks, sat Atlanta’s Union Station. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3T1MziSGOL-BZjf8yymzzjlekCPYdUkLy5BrVa6z0wSEU8pMz3sxYuwMTu9_i64twOclcFqklzQqip5s0EIolpOicPa8LA3gzqKIXMdsNSItkkRX6GWo1Cm_rOV6oRB7bWitEo5hfUimHVFDIftj51kWgVnCp65li-Csb95omLh-gRq6g9ZHYgo6E/s720/1927%20Union%20Station.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="720" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3T1MziSGOL-BZjf8yymzzjlekCPYdUkLy5BrVa6z0wSEU8pMz3sxYuwMTu9_i64twOclcFqklzQqip5s0EIolpOicPa8LA3gzqKIXMdsNSItkkRX6GWo1Cm_rOV6oRB7bWitEo5hfUimHVFDIftj51kWgVnCp65li-Csb95omLh-gRq6g9ZHYgo6E/w400-h335/1927%20Union%20Station.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old Union Station | Nov. 19, 1927<br />Photo by Edgar Orr<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The passenger railway depot was built in 1871 on the site of the original Union Station, which burned during the Siege of Atlanta. By the mid-1920s, the second iteration of Union Station was getting a little long in the tooth. It needed renovations, but it was also too small for the traffic it was getting. Officials began eyeing a new location for the station, and<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">yes, the Forsyth Street viaduct here on our block was chosen for the new Union Station. The main building would stand atop a newly expanded viaduct and plaza over the tracks, with stairway access to the platforms below. Designed by McDonland & Company, construction began in 1929 with Southern Ferro Concrete Company as builders.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDLJ6pCB0ANRra5aNhI1I4kYTM0YD_HO6jVpEVuPMDlP9Be8udxTk5wtUqWAEbkNqvbEMzZnko4Bq5VW-cPVO_mBbgE2dzYD89shCUzPep6Z5ACwJ2yjJJmHSNg0GkHCtDazaA5YxJ9lp9jgisWJJMq_lGJI7pqgHz_nOoB2ZOaZ2V4_RklEz6Mvb/s843/1929_1105%20Union%20Station%20construction.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="843" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDLJ6pCB0ANRra5aNhI1I4kYTM0YD_HO6jVpEVuPMDlP9Be8udxTk5wtUqWAEbkNqvbEMzZnko4Bq5VW-cPVO_mBbgE2dzYD89shCUzPep6Z5ACwJ2yjJJmHSNg0GkHCtDazaA5YxJ9lp9jgisWJJMq_lGJI7pqgHz_nOoB2ZOaZ2V4_RklEz6Mvb/w400-h239/1929_1105%20Union%20Station%20construction.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Union Station Construction, looking west | Nov. 5, 1929<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbJEGj7-CdceJ0sOujWqJrw5blQW7rU18cZqDTCU83U4fywx483DPRAkjcKPFjYiiD26JWVZVneUHt-4-jgL5FUiKNMRsy2YmHz1qF4wehBQEumcT9pqREsavS15FqWswjNP7EjWIoTVa0R5Wj_zUEx1kLpRhmbmGqSiSqBkBGEdqfoqomxO4iih95/s840/1930_0109.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="840" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbJEGj7-CdceJ0sOujWqJrw5blQW7rU18cZqDTCU83U4fywx483DPRAkjcKPFjYiiD26JWVZVneUHt-4-jgL5FUiKNMRsy2YmHz1qF4wehBQEumcT9pqREsavS15FqWswjNP7EjWIoTVa0R5Wj_zUEx1kLpRhmbmGqSiSqBkBGEdqfoqomxO4iih95/w400-h244/1930_0109.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Union Station Construction, looking west | Jan. 9, 1930<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></span></div><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFTTwwxjx7X6coGnAo10Z0u_BN69FXsRAg3mnB1q_EFssp9MmccwFO8xJ7RJpbMOEmtEZ5ZaL9BBGi1tnoHGcC1ZQkyuEE9G6Q3TIO1XHstWNFK-bvqptrOHkUrH6BSWR5_vMdj-lE_lrSoq1geIo2NifqHW9m4ykFU6wri7b0QQ-_pcqJlE8UK32V/s600/1930%20AHC.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="353" data-original-width="600" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFTTwwxjx7X6coGnAo10Z0u_BN69FXsRAg3mnB1q_EFssp9MmccwFO8xJ7RJpbMOEmtEZ5ZaL9BBGi1tnoHGcC1ZQkyuEE9G6Q3TIO1XHstWNFK-bvqptrOHkUrH6BSWR5_vMdj-lE_lrSoq1geIo2NifqHW9m4ykFU6wri7b0QQ-_pcqJlE8UK32V/w400-h235/1930%20AHC.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Union Station construction, looking north | 1930<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-f5aeea57-7fff-176b-aed9-2f3e1304a6a3"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">In order to construct the newly expanded viaduct, the existing one had to be temporarily torn out.</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiusBxCeNVfqBpAGDraYXszTqlyWI11weKHshl375Rsn71kbLQangh_Fy9YN0BOuRMrpoYW4IR-96jgnE__EEl6XKfTmUg2JSrgggl3igXHTqG_pxRWCFW3619_qMLgQnmyI7XvYTZvzX_HxCyOnY-vGcIo_nyF3JOIRs5YUVKEf4lWFf5zqEk-4C-t/s821/1930_0414.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="821" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiusBxCeNVfqBpAGDraYXszTqlyWI11weKHshl375Rsn71kbLQangh_Fy9YN0BOuRMrpoYW4IR-96jgnE__EEl6XKfTmUg2JSrgggl3igXHTqG_pxRWCFW3619_qMLgQnmyI7XvYTZvzX_HxCyOnY-vGcIo_nyF3JOIRs5YUVKEf4lWFf5zqEk-4C-t/w400-h275/1930_0414.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Apr. 14, 1930<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">That photo gives us a pretty good view of the backside of our old Cunningham building (the one on the right). We clearly see Everett Seed and if you can make out some of the other businesses named on the building, they are Grant Sign Company (who we already met) and Kingan & Co.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Kingan was a meat and lard dealer that sold its “reliable” bacon.</span></p></span></span></div></span><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDIySDDL8-KlO3RLYij8oAOSlAf3xHStdauprXM1zdVcxB0WUO2Z1rGd6OyetzZLgzmpjqkmu5ytuudWW8ottwqfDN7vQkrBT-Nuiv1t0rv5WiEu8CIOD-NIo4uSOBmFuh6UKXnJXxAgEz54wTVi3UtT4d0Bu4X1VNMf3nUK67f32IhQEIm910qFim/s7707/19380422_Kingan's%20Reliable%20Bacon.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="7707" data-original-width="6443" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDIySDDL8-KlO3RLYij8oAOSlAf3xHStdauprXM1zdVcxB0WUO2Z1rGd6OyetzZLgzmpjqkmu5ytuudWW8ottwqfDN7vQkrBT-Nuiv1t0rv5WiEu8CIOD-NIo4uSOBmFuh6UKXnJXxAgEz54wTVi3UtT4d0Bu4X1VNMf3nUK67f32IhQEIm910qFim/w335-h400/19380422_Kingan's%20Reliable%20Bacon.jpg" width="335" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlanta Constitution | Apr. 22, 1938</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-417298d0-7fff-3631-39c2-908da2a6ff92"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Anyway, Atlanta’s third Union Station was completed in 1930.</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCA6Kj-GvcqVsIX90JtxiygVS5Osc9aRcvh87gW8C9y1D98WWh-wz6paLxR6FBq4ZUcewH2M4ynANBnfjPEyXmAxp0cNylTzHdWXoluH_XmSTetquuyj5skQ1kJR1zHeKqNjPo3ie4KLG3Knb9uYQKqb05P1qQbhSSR-I31uo9k_JRagJglXDpwaCe/s737/1930s%20AJC%20GSU.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="737" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCA6Kj-GvcqVsIX90JtxiygVS5Osc9aRcvh87gW8C9y1D98WWh-wz6paLxR6FBq4ZUcewH2M4ynANBnfjPEyXmAxp0cNylTzHdWXoluH_XmSTetquuyj5skQ1kJR1zHeKqNjPo3ie4KLG3Knb9uYQKqb05P1qQbhSSR-I31uo9k_JRagJglXDpwaCe/w400-h283/1930s%20AJC%20GSU.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Union Station, ca. 1930s<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSagbXtd-016tyl566Mbfa8o9ixcFoqE54FzJlPV68zkTVD0PFpb99szM5Ni28yuPuOugueBVUnbVjuUf1URBGqRhc7aZssiRioY9swzwG3A7KLO_tbX0HG2PMjLJjC5r3e7IoofQTwDBWgOKR9SjomnvudcYQgiqxP272U0w6WyKdffePm6vhALvV/s705/1946_06%20AJC%20GSU%20Tracy%20ONeal.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="705" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSagbXtd-016tyl566Mbfa8o9ixcFoqE54FzJlPV68zkTVD0PFpb99szM5Ni28yuPuOugueBVUnbVjuUf1URBGqRhc7aZssiRioY9swzwG3A7KLO_tbX0HG2PMjLJjC5r3e7IoofQTwDBWgOKR9SjomnvudcYQgiqxP272U0w6WyKdffePm6vhALvV/w400-h329/1946_06%20AJC%20GSU%20Tracy%20ONeal.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">June 1946<br />Photo by Tracy O'Neal<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-6643140d-7fff-a6de-c2a0-ea7eb7ac19f9"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">If we look at the 1931 Sanborn map, we can see how the overall block is changed by the addition of Union Station.</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh58uuA0YXtOq3ShyphenhyphenCHKs9YWD_DtWfzpXiSajdGDzOGBZ-128fhSIKkVrFs0NFGAy3VK2ZOijNAUQnzEhR8LBdAlZq1-sSNxPCts8jki2Gqjy_u8qETGmGg_Nm3RkdTYXtSHtMh5SgGXAU/s2580/1931_01.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="2580" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh58uuA0YXtOq3ShyphenhyphenCHKs9YWD_DtWfzpXiSajdGDzOGBZ-128fhSIKkVrFs0NFGAy3VK2ZOijNAUQnzEhR8LBdAlZq1-sSNxPCts8jki2Gqjy_u8qETGmGg_Nm3RkdTYXtSHtMh5SgGXAU/w400-h360/1931_01.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1931</td></tr></tbody></table><span id="docs-internal-guid-5ec30877-7fff-4d3b-618b-3a0f76532bde"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It might be a little tricky to process that black-and-white image of the map, but I am here to help. We have, starting at the bottom on Alabama Street, the wedge-shaped Cunningham building that we should all be very familiar with by now. On the right we have Forsyth Street, which in this map is shaded with diagonal lines to indicate that it’s an elevated viaduct crossing over the train tracks. Follow that north and we see the newly expanded viaduct extending westward, on top of which is the new Union Station. To the west of the main Union Station building are steps that descend to the platforms adjacent to the tracks.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In the close-up of Union Station below, you can see that there are two waiting rooms, which are a product of the era's racial segregation.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6RuS1jtImcTtcpH36YnhOHXr4qTUK7xW3EWiBj4fAGWnaOn8dVRs8yqy76zsQpfMjeDesEoeh2gbNhRyfLbk4nPqc4kJNd6Vtf3djGRNiejpZzBHkxZoR5L68U4iDnImr4u02eZ5rVG1nGx0DWUjYU4f28BASl0OWoMyKRMebHaPpDJHO3LtNOdKx/s1547/1931_02.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1352" data-original-width="1547" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6RuS1jtImcTtcpH36YnhOHXr4qTUK7xW3EWiBj4fAGWnaOn8dVRs8yqy76zsQpfMjeDesEoeh2gbNhRyfLbk4nPqc4kJNd6Vtf3djGRNiejpZzBHkxZoR5L68U4iDnImr4u02eZ5rVG1nGx0DWUjYU4f28BASl0OWoMyKRMebHaPpDJHO3LtNOdKx/w400-h350/1931_02.png" width="400" /></a></div></span></div></span></div></span></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-d0796ef6-7fff-eb57-bdf9-b52b788546cb"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Not long after it opened, Union Station received a particularly noteworthy passenger. In October of 1932, Democratic nominee for President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, arrived on a campaign tour and was greeted by a crowd of 25,000 people at Union Station. He would, of course, go on to win the election a month later.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFLrLdiU3VwtA496FXE7HnZWilTQSLV_xoZIkXN-o9fzgIW2G5BOQWLdpgLnJsOwZcwou2N2FCGqzOKMZqcNNB5WxUGWdIcyFfZ__yJkUurb41AXOj6izFgy9BdUlIB6MyI4_YxKsHAHASUMJJHZYYZ8bpZ8mPjPx9e_xrcAU2BUoYe6jjhd2GCxs/s600/1932%20FDR%20Kenneth%20Rogers%2002.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="600" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFLrLdiU3VwtA496FXE7HnZWilTQSLV_xoZIkXN-o9fzgIW2G5BOQWLdpgLnJsOwZcwou2N2FCGqzOKMZqcNNB5WxUGWdIcyFfZ__yJkUurb41AXOj6izFgy9BdUlIB6MyI4_YxKsHAHASUMJJHZYYZ8bpZ8mPjPx9e_xrcAU2BUoYe6jjhd2GCxs/w400-h309/1932%20FDR%20Kenneth%20Rogers%2002.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1932<br />Photo by Kenneth Rogers<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhotM3kGke69hoKER6m1FOfmSm5U2rOucadmoUVJLWRtjVmnhAty0wMCrXdsuYMBJOKoDQkdwmg-lr81xZxGFQhlM8EJ0hl9zaQvNaRhsyl5VKvAtOqRaZMcOuVaom6F7LLZXQkmMU1b2FsPyeiZLrtyXCVluRELeiudrmmaRDrrJER5LxlIKFR-NYM/s600/1932%20FDR%20Kenneth%20Rogers%2001.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhotM3kGke69hoKER6m1FOfmSm5U2rOucadmoUVJLWRtjVmnhAty0wMCrXdsuYMBJOKoDQkdwmg-lr81xZxGFQhlM8EJ0hl9zaQvNaRhsyl5VKvAtOqRaZMcOuVaom6F7LLZXQkmMU1b2FsPyeiZLrtyXCVluRELeiudrmmaRDrrJER5LxlIKFR-NYM/w400-h300/1932%20FDR%20Kenneth%20Rogers%2001.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1932<br />Photo by Kenneth Rogers<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYTmQcN6m1oNTzjD6xWp9h67yksxmGCvrVAclxdAvkOsM60ShNnQ1m8n4kU1ofoewYO0cenizjNtmWIjYqk95TfYBvbqRmojDd2hOfHf6JzJzJMy1KkJsa6hiZr53h-91JC-vEzXK4Fms/s600/1932+FDR+Kenneth+Rogers+05.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="600" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYTmQcN6m1oNTzjD6xWp9h67yksxmGCvrVAclxdAvkOsM60ShNnQ1m8n4kU1ofoewYO0cenizjNtmWIjYqk95TfYBvbqRmojDd2hOfHf6JzJzJMy1KkJsa6hiZr53h-91JC-vEzXK4Fms/w400-h313/1932+FDR+Kenneth+Rogers+05.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1932<br />Photo by Kenneth Rogers<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5Fu3WPDmG8XOXASx4f65TseDeFBrjMNyNaAARZPG4yblQMqITjwU0icxtIZc8UlwFZ72qh4t3X_twSgZwzPgORv0tG5-lyP_0ICH2HTmqKeXX8oij2ghvNsivvIDcUWyMKyX1AfxMoT7qLA0EOiGTr_mHqOr07mklLw4NXj0-G_tFpii03GKZUa4/s600/1932%20FDR%20Kenneth%20Rogers%2006.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="600" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5Fu3WPDmG8XOXASx4f65TseDeFBrjMNyNaAARZPG4yblQMqITjwU0icxtIZc8UlwFZ72qh4t3X_twSgZwzPgORv0tG5-lyP_0ICH2HTmqKeXX8oij2ghvNsivvIDcUWyMKyX1AfxMoT7qLA0EOiGTr_mHqOr07mklLw4NXj0-G_tFpii03GKZUa4/w400-h313/1932%20FDR%20Kenneth%20Rogers%2006.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1932<br />Photo by Kenneth Rogers<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">This last photo gives us a nice view of the Cunningham Building:
</span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirI4aF96Kg0rnW2L_7DxnOiC-O2AyRFyNcGcbb8rMJnPaj-HYAcMD6nzmVOsF4rTODitnFLYrgQ9q_WiJwocQ1h7xVBr8PHvLZ34cfmDIT_gO0va5guzXhNMsL-lfmsgMysR__l3c3pottfVrrIGlypmZgD1rDe29ZlJEH75ZM4Uq9hi5-nPiY7mvG/s600/1932%20FDR%20Kenneth%20Rogers%2003.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="600" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirI4aF96Kg0rnW2L_7DxnOiC-O2AyRFyNcGcbb8rMJnPaj-HYAcMD6nzmVOsF4rTODitnFLYrgQ9q_WiJwocQ1h7xVBr8PHvLZ34cfmDIT_gO0va5guzXhNMsL-lfmsgMysR__l3c3pottfVrrIGlypmZgD1rDe29ZlJEH75ZM4Uq9hi5-nPiY7mvG/w400-h311/1932%20FDR%20Kenneth%20Rogers%2003.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1932<br />Photo by Kenneth Rogers<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-8740dd64-7fff-46e6-4600-7b1f3b1a5b78" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">More big changes came to the block in the 1940s. To start the decade off, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The Atlanta Constitution</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> bought the Cunningham building property with plans to erect its new headquarters in its place. This meant tenants like Everett Seed, at this location for over 25 years, had to vacate. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The existing Constitution Building was across the street diagonally from the Cunningham building and was built in 1884. That building, whose offices at one time held the likes of Henry Grady and Joel Chandler Harris, was showing its age for its tenants. Elevators were sluggish and the old wiring was prone to starting small fires.</span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></div></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9CIQvWEyyRRq9rY07oEzki6N2YHZyB4so4A1AXYJplbfTuHJy3mqS48wjY0wSDPfx50XT5EH3KFw-x38RnKzAVwp-D4cKvQzPhqEJVefNBdgRQWhSWgyVofWJoST1hwg5EeG5quhlXWIIfDZatd_NhgiwnfQPPyiZ_1QrH5gc6MKQPzI0PBZarTfs/s600/1890%20Constitution%20Building_Art%20Publishing%20Company_AHC.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="462" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9CIQvWEyyRRq9rY07oEzki6N2YHZyB4so4A1AXYJplbfTuHJy3mqS48wjY0wSDPfx50XT5EH3KFw-x38RnKzAVwp-D4cKvQzPhqEJVefNBdgRQWhSWgyVofWJoST1hwg5EeG5quhlXWIIfDZatd_NhgiwnfQPPyiZ_1QrH5gc6MKQPzI0PBZarTfs/w308-h400/1890%20Constitution%20Building_Art%20Publishing%20Company_AHC.jpg" width="308" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old Constitution Building, 1890<br />Art Publishing Company<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-deca2387-7fff-c491-7373-2986b96b7a2c" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">In the following photo, the Cunningham building is gone, and construction of the new Constitution building is underway. Looking southeast, we can see the old Constitution building (the darker one) sandwiched between Rich’s department store’s buildings. Constitution staff members watched their new building go up in real time and would venture across the street to explore the new site and put pennies in the wet concrete.</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBtvx9IG6GulkIRH37fUsoYDrdofd_rP-NIT6Nxf6T3QAZPe6puRB17ENvEvjsQuDPgm8E0H4TGrWrGzJh0p0Rwla_IGTRMJPhmMPQdwXFzwb2HvT83h7Cew6-wkWJOcBDONNnnT4YhlXE6EDWxTgVcDumVCzDFE6EIma5ymTABzMMHUG8a-WFNWic/s683/1947%20construction.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="683" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBtvx9IG6GulkIRH37fUsoYDrdofd_rP-NIT6Nxf6T3QAZPe6puRB17ENvEvjsQuDPgm8E0H4TGrWrGzJh0p0Rwla_IGTRMJPhmMPQdwXFzwb2HvT83h7Cew6-wkWJOcBDONNnnT4YhlXE6EDWxTgVcDumVCzDFE6EIma5ymTABzMMHUG8a-WFNWic/w400-h330/1947%20construction.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1947<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-833c5a87-7fff-c97a-38ad-4b259eace29a"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Designed by Robert and Company, the new <i>art moderne</i> building was completed and occupied by the Constitution’s offices in December 1947, with the last edition of the newspaper coming out of the old building published on December 28. </span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji__fbMbRIyzw0iujoWZWuxgTadmnKsPToNMq8GZELPejOKm5mP8UDM7NjiOZa72Yh1ef5Ulp2F1SjMwlev9xeRLUdkLtnsBNnSDjih6eeCNhHiGOKMS3cSxlArTL8VccXoTPx5sKRdv1mcSmhKw1TCpy5XD7Z0lLPdviLIr1jO4FEpXn98EPXbcRn/s703/1947-1948.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="569" data-original-width="703" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji__fbMbRIyzw0iujoWZWuxgTadmnKsPToNMq8GZELPejOKm5mP8UDM7NjiOZa72Yh1ef5Ulp2F1SjMwlev9xeRLUdkLtnsBNnSDjih6eeCNhHiGOKMS3cSxlArTL8VccXoTPx5sKRdv1mcSmhKw1TCpy5XD7Z0lLPdviLIr1jO4FEpXn98EPXbcRn/w400-h324/1947-1948.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ca. 1947-1948<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3m3OL3HozoONqaKVDd5Ibo5UVQef4ck6f3qyghDO1OaWvbtnf8s9ntU3DkL0dU_Syd6p4TPdCE8cxFZhPGD7RJsElmJbbhEot8g_OPwBPZzRwhz8ea_U1fCKvSdR9pzWWo3IJOkD0skzwK_5Iu8b48IExGSOZpV302ysj1X6as-vqCVHmqlPhoBeC/s600/1947%20AHC%20Bill%20Wilson.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="600" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3m3OL3HozoONqaKVDd5Ibo5UVQef4ck6f3qyghDO1OaWvbtnf8s9ntU3DkL0dU_Syd6p4TPdCE8cxFZhPGD7RJsElmJbbhEot8g_OPwBPZzRwhz8ea_U1fCKvSdR9pzWWo3IJOkD0skzwK_5Iu8b48IExGSOZpV302ysj1X6as-vqCVHmqlPhoBeC/w400-h308/1947%20AHC%20Bill%20Wilson.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1947<br />Photo by Bill Watson<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXUzCz-EZz9xmwRel-r94yHjPF4Yy3hsOzDqkX7idEricB80Yio0bLJ_qbbSWfRZgYahDqTWVpZfHzCqNoQPR4nkHO1dLLbeb-R54Aby1CLwfWICHE4fDG3rP8KV1khKzGLP4Kv1LikrGwjk444tqIeApk6nRIoE-VmTMNZwsJynWYos7GvyDjtis7/s690/1948%20GSU%20Lane%20Bros.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="517" data-original-width="690" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXUzCz-EZz9xmwRel-r94yHjPF4Yy3hsOzDqkX7idEricB80Yio0bLJ_qbbSWfRZgYahDqTWVpZfHzCqNoQPR4nkHO1dLLbeb-R54Aby1CLwfWICHE4fDG3rP8KV1khKzGLP4Kv1LikrGwjk444tqIeApk6nRIoE-VmTMNZwsJynWYos7GvyDjtis7/w400-h300/1948%20GSU%20Lane%20Bros.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1948<br />Lane Bros. Commercial Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ee1428a3-7fff-1524-17a0-77c66b25a045"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Despite the need and excitement for new facilities, vacating the old building was met with sadness, particularly from the more veteran employees of the Constitution. Black arm bands were worn on moving day to represent the staff in mourning.</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixpXF9-EU3JhYvM1bixLQEPbTRyv7uk7dUV16eVoda66Tm6vFT2e2-7uJcbJKx9lPYzgJW_AYJKx0rkgNKfZGYGG-fJU2M7_Y9bqV2TpwSTaWCrLUNPB58727717kbK53__HgYJE_aRtP-i8TzltJhs4hSxmq9wRqy7rdVdBXctahG8HDGXzupXGRf/s699/1947%20GSU.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="699" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixpXF9-EU3JhYvM1bixLQEPbTRyv7uk7dUV16eVoda66Tm6vFT2e2-7uJcbJKx9lPYzgJW_AYJKx0rkgNKfZGYGG-fJU2M7_Y9bqV2TpwSTaWCrLUNPB58727717kbK53__HgYJE_aRtP-i8TzltJhs4hSxmq9wRqy7rdVdBXctahG8HDGXzupXGRf/w400-h335/1947%20GSU.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1947<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-175615a0-7fff-a534-0f40-acb56fb5b517"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Over the summer of 1948, a large relief sculpture was carved above the main entryway along Forsyth Street. Designed by sculptor Julian Harris, the frieze depicts scenes of the </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Atlanta Constitution</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">’s relationship with Atlanta history. Harris made large plaster models of the reliefs, and then hoisted them up scaffolding to copy them directly into the stone.</span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4mO4m0zzZgGUt-VMtYxHUWPMN_dAK0yu1L8bjRCHIrZUiI9G65UVBz3nGz4SoPuUgtTF1Nbp0WNbuLthJc8kT2JzWySXtOwNUB7wLgyWWtbOupme49-Hdl76Tk4IJrH5JC_F6XkoHmFQQm46EV00WcdljFNzmSMZJDwLMX6ZRfR1wTS_J07Bkgc-H/s3575/1948-0111_Constitution%20Bldg%20Carving.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1999" data-original-width="3575" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4mO4m0zzZgGUt-VMtYxHUWPMN_dAK0yu1L8bjRCHIrZUiI9G65UVBz3nGz4SoPuUgtTF1Nbp0WNbuLthJc8kT2JzWySXtOwNUB7wLgyWWtbOupme49-Hdl76Tk4IJrH5JC_F6XkoHmFQQm46EV00WcdljFNzmSMZJDwLMX6ZRfR1wTS_J07Bkgc-H/w400-h224/1948-0111_Constitution%20Bldg%20Carving.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julian Harris with plaster model<br />Atlanta Constitution | Jan. 11, 1948</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-12d8071b-7fff-48eb-036d-71ba73e14247" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">At one point, Constitution editor Ralph McGill tagged in to help with the carving.</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG8fYaAeP0I0TJ-hnUMpPWG5TnGL-18lg1p2k9SwU4DoiqLkIclSV1Gkh1UskLznIkP9hk2BN6zlG0QN8MJmnsGXyc7Qj2Q3XDC068Or-rYt1xBSJ61OyWyyRdN17f_udFGR0pOf68QfZYVfh1NaJKHTmfjNmRxRy8TzxDt-CwqspFoOB_pdx6HP5G/s3286/1948-0627_Constitution%20Bldg%20Carving_Hugh%20Stovall.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2339" data-original-width="3286" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG8fYaAeP0I0TJ-hnUMpPWG5TnGL-18lg1p2k9SwU4DoiqLkIclSV1Gkh1UskLznIkP9hk2BN6zlG0QN8MJmnsGXyc7Qj2Q3XDC068Or-rYt1xBSJ61OyWyyRdN17f_udFGR0pOf68QfZYVfh1NaJKHTmfjNmRxRy8TzxDt-CwqspFoOB_pdx6HP5G/w400-h285/1948-0627_Constitution%20Bldg%20Carving_Hugh%20Stovall.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julian Harris (left) watches Ralph McGill carve a portion of the sculpture<br />Atlanta Constitution | June 27, 1948<br />Photo by Hugh Stovall</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-1c4d51c0-7fff-59c5-7216-2762af7ad3b0"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The final relief was six feet high and 72 feet in length.</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh63A-l02NjUQFhG4-NMo-pZwi0Mw17FdVCPdpQ65fbZW-vNucEHoON5Iuby5S8eH-dfXBmk5IA02pPw1wCVKUCXEFIDuqjrn9DdKR8viJRb9o-givRXFTg6UzTDdgSP2fSNYj2HFjkQasr2ujuKYUk2G5eyHaLV8rzMTjIn-Y9nhp048uu08RZvL6/s12456/19481205_Constitution%20Bldg%20Carving%20FULL.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="12456" height="39" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh63A-l02NjUQFhG4-NMo-pZwi0Mw17FdVCPdpQ65fbZW-vNucEHoON5Iuby5S8eH-dfXBmk5IA02pPw1wCVKUCXEFIDuqjrn9DdKR8viJRb9o-givRXFTg6UzTDdgSP2fSNYj2HFjkQasr2ujuKYUk2G5eyHaLV8rzMTjIn-Y9nhp048uu08RZvL6/w400-h39/19481205_Constitution%20Bldg%20Carving%20FULL.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlanta Constitution | Dec. 5, 1948</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ce12f949-7fff-3eea-e7ce-6ed6a3b74ece"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The individual scenes depicted include an old flat-bed press used by the newspaper when it started in 1868:</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKHBi6ZlmafL1-Q7PzsDaB0QIfwToix0-4LlXTzOTsWz9M907k_QGlZMu29tm3vUm29EE0WZQPn34XpievecClnYvxn2jCt2Ql8VP9BAkzb1L0SyTVAqwlxKsJH97Gx4ZMOqpqkkwGHiE0f2jIKYMeeCF9wArvu4aBVTpJpI-Yy-CaExwkzvJMa9hR/s1816/19481205_Constitution%20Bldg%20Carving_01.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1816" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKHBi6ZlmafL1-Q7PzsDaB0QIfwToix0-4LlXTzOTsWz9M907k_QGlZMu29tm3vUm29EE0WZQPn34XpievecClnYvxn2jCt2Ql8VP9BAkzb1L0SyTVAqwlxKsJH97Gx4ZMOqpqkkwGHiE0f2jIKYMeeCF9wArvu4aBVTpJpI-Yy-CaExwkzvJMa9hR/w400-h270/19481205_Constitution%20Bldg%20Carving_01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-67652da1-7fff-17c7-1d5e-5eed18510e68"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Union troops leaving Atlanta at the end of Reconstruction, depicted across the first Constitution building (this new one would be the third):</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1fx5J8-lP4xU82U4XxsMawgU4ztm7h0wE_hE53Q6jS2bndOEpY02dpx0_csMeG-BuC2jB8usSXZzk_x5FjLPh3RapBWX7mhxvcj41FazOppMZvJVsefENh_yAD-PD2fHvBGz-ClBhN8jMgUHfRmnjbcdPHc1XzHBjy5VLgGGdAtS0PoAO6UsQEtRB/s1224/19481205_Constitution%20Bldg%20Carving_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="680" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1fx5J8-lP4xU82U4XxsMawgU4ztm7h0wE_hE53Q6jS2bndOEpY02dpx0_csMeG-BuC2jB8usSXZzk_x5FjLPh3RapBWX7mhxvcj41FazOppMZvJVsefENh_yAD-PD2fHvBGz-ClBhN8jMgUHfRmnjbcdPHc1XzHBjy5VLgGGdAtS0PoAO6UsQEtRB/w223-h400/19481205_Constitution%20Bldg%20Carving_02.jpg" width="223" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-071b893d-7fff-afc9-010a-3a07383385d0"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The special train that delivered the newspaper to Macon and West Point beginning in 1872:</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbUCccSL92pC3auKHS7bJhySvF20bo5tyqbPvjiN92mFOQ6z79kK4TjGTeVV_QubgtWu9gQYTCnsk7AXXLBMzhGI1f5th00BKvv27zfcZrIaA--8KjRF3oJt-PfTq6EzpMMwOXbS6vNB3zjizp4WWJoYxVnvw4dSkgFX_n-SqwBkbrxHmciQ2oizHr/s1648/19481205_Constitution%20Bldg%20Carving_03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1648" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbUCccSL92pC3auKHS7bJhySvF20bo5tyqbPvjiN92mFOQ6z79kK4TjGTeVV_QubgtWu9gQYTCnsk7AXXLBMzhGI1f5th00BKvv27zfcZrIaA--8KjRF3oJt-PfTq6EzpMMwOXbS6vNB3zjizp4WWJoYxVnvw4dSkgFX_n-SqwBkbrxHmciQ2oizHr/w400-h297/19481205_Constitution%20Bldg%20Carving_03.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-6357fda9-7fff-c066-217c-8fc25c7a5d76"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Characters from the Uncle Remus tales famously published by former Constitution journalist and editor Joel Chandler Harris:</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNSGSqGVtggM5ig2a3KCcq7aNM3laxTlRwjww9QG2DeO5hWlrvYJsLOOEYlLAVMJxVPC2afdW8aOeCqfo13xGRV9pi_PWa_1cX0i7ChYRUl6v761IifkliiNFbqXKKw6qCtTh_K_zCR-CnEN1UUnq2Heb_JCE-X5yiGSzNUP9fYJxB5b-WHYzoY52B/s1168/19481205_Constitution%20Bldg%20Carving_04.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1168" data-original-width="512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNSGSqGVtggM5ig2a3KCcq7aNM3laxTlRwjww9QG2DeO5hWlrvYJsLOOEYlLAVMJxVPC2afdW8aOeCqfo13xGRV9pi_PWa_1cX0i7ChYRUl6v761IifkliiNFbqXKKw6qCtTh_K_zCR-CnEN1UUnq2Heb_JCE-X5yiGSzNUP9fYJxB5b-WHYzoY52B/w175-h400/19481205_Constitution%20Bldg%20Carving_04.jpg" width="175" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-f88bf900-7fff-7c1b-ff74-9c11055037aa"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Former editor Henry Grady and owner Evan Howell watching in 1885 as word comes via telephone that Grover Cleveland was elected the first Democratic President in 25 years:</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj05QadPXE5XMH5g3zzGV8Rprw5FQAm4eC0XxL6PNs7L_ok1PhAr4SvOZmPmh_GEnHvqQLrrEE_BCLJN9pFJKaZdY1mm6sz2WQhR3Fm_6_PpYOWHH8okMv3S1VZeEpX0XTaa3i8GlGHZ0cM-lc31g71I-nta3Ip0fK4X87htK69UKmAMFBW2iv75j-j/s1736/19481205_Constitution%20Bldg%20Carving_05.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1736" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj05QadPXE5XMH5g3zzGV8Rprw5FQAm4eC0XxL6PNs7L_ok1PhAr4SvOZmPmh_GEnHvqQLrrEE_BCLJN9pFJKaZdY1mm6sz2WQhR3Fm_6_PpYOWHH8okMv3S1VZeEpX0XTaa3i8GlGHZ0cM-lc31g71I-nta3Ip0fK4X87htK69UKmAMFBW2iv75j-j/w400-h283/19481205_Constitution%20Bldg%20Carving_05.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c58a7982-7fff-a31d-7ac7-c7b57567babc"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The entryway to the last Constitution building:</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Fp6GJpMIredT0q6e34zZJIgQQzkvoC8y6lYmAf7IkWSy8ZgRLb3M9bTB7Do2J8ymq7CH-z5wJFomkswrDul8-xZZVmJ_ap-EAcz4Cx6y9vViOlzZUzkfmjHv27tkHSRbadMQOS4CaUKPH-AFRupA-M4hRIP6LnpqkAL9IDIWFnq7pvhQ6Rqq07aK/s1224/19481205_Constitution%20Bldg%20Carving_06.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Fp6GJpMIredT0q6e34zZJIgQQzkvoC8y6lYmAf7IkWSy8ZgRLb3M9bTB7Do2J8ymq7CH-z5wJFomkswrDul8-xZZVmJ_ap-EAcz4Cx6y9vViOlzZUzkfmjHv27tkHSRbadMQOS4CaUKPH-AFRupA-M4hRIP6LnpqkAL9IDIWFnq7pvhQ6Rqq07aK/w168-h400/19481205_Constitution%20Bldg%20Carving_06.jpg" width="168" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2a720e89-7fff-67f2-3b39-fc03d880877d"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">An agricultural scene highlighting mechanized farming:</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpXT0xVhVHRI_gfl0eQN-7M_dN5HiMShmNtnQjE4eJeFrMOQ5WEFlttGob6FQ3eLrNMarGx85mItVX26BNGIfzA9VWfutJOJ4TXE7ASW2WNT5o4hCUoGBB2uZfqDqex9l3TpyUov0S6Xt4GuvbZmbJFENvX3xZnE-jyn16tz2IcYV-Bgl3Kmls08ix/s1832/19481205_Constitution%20Bldg%20Carving_07.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1832" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpXT0xVhVHRI_gfl0eQN-7M_dN5HiMShmNtnQjE4eJeFrMOQ5WEFlttGob6FQ3eLrNMarGx85mItVX26BNGIfzA9VWfutJOJ4TXE7ASW2WNT5o4hCUoGBB2uZfqDqex9l3TpyUov0S6Xt4GuvbZmbJFENvX3xZnE-jyn16tz2IcYV-Bgl3Kmls08ix/w400-h268/19481205_Constitution%20Bldg%20Carving_07.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ed3dd5a9-7fff-2e63-8461-bbe27603dd38"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The various transportation methods that bring newspapers to the people:</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSg6BWVibJ3BX_IPDJ9BHzGBeZntJNY-VCXZo0mzWqdk_qYMYB-thluBmF7QUSwngcF8yh7sfibJUcK9i6mzp4T3eOaeaxFQGxx4vci2j4iZUG0Z3gjM_oe-xXfSfemve3dE1FZ6GpbN7fvmWGOvqAJRXSUINC_IxdKD9x2Pxhw71snJhBdksdDZPx/s1248/19481205_Constitution%20Bldg%20Carving_08.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1248" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSg6BWVibJ3BX_IPDJ9BHzGBeZntJNY-VCXZo0mzWqdk_qYMYB-thluBmF7QUSwngcF8yh7sfibJUcK9i6mzp4T3eOaeaxFQGxx4vci2j4iZUG0Z3gjM_oe-xXfSfemve3dE1FZ6GpbN7fvmWGOvqAJRXSUINC_IxdKD9x2Pxhw71snJhBdksdDZPx/w400-h393/19481205_Constitution%20Bldg%20Carving_08.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-178f6874-7fff-8502-d80f-2049f398e866"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">And finally, </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">a modern printing press with the newspaper staff that contributes to the process:</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3EgAePd20MQGqGJzJ3Ir5SuG1VuD-cuqVqpgfJKYe3aJZlq6GA71O3O0R7CsNv6aBsf-VvCRmRkD8bxeknl84Rf0Pg674lA_R_cQ-SH1vR0RpPbJLW1ecj0w1993rahK4zuosayPynov9VbTbmhdh9HdK9qIPbPgBC-hM-bD_OKjdU8N1U-6ZQZLG/s3184/19481205_Constitution%20Bldg%20Carving_09.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="3184" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3EgAePd20MQGqGJzJ3Ir5SuG1VuD-cuqVqpgfJKYe3aJZlq6GA71O3O0R7CsNv6aBsf-VvCRmRkD8bxeknl84Rf0Pg674lA_R_cQ-SH1vR0RpPbJLW1ecj0w1993rahK4zuosayPynov9VbTbmhdh9HdK9qIPbPgBC-hM-bD_OKjdU8N1U-6ZQZLG/w400-h154/19481205_Constitution%20Bldg%20Carving_09.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-14bd5e73-7fff-e9ad-60a5-89afe46cf4bf"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A dramatization of the story depicted on the relief aired on WCON, the Constitution’s new radio station operated out of the building.</span></span></span></p><div><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEsVu7mkbxXUJ-cyLSxGtGJ3Pz0E7PuTkMIzObn70FeBiz31OIAHelaldMeMiIlNfSIsdvnGu0owSLJwLB3WX9F_B3DFfpfu2CSbVmv1ZWh-hQ31103Dt98lTadR5Z52aX-0No1tNf19s2huCrUZBvfI71ZSt0jkvG17pRGkmppbxVFqMBh1gC_UgF/s717/1950%20AHC.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="717" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEsVu7mkbxXUJ-cyLSxGtGJ3Pz0E7PuTkMIzObn70FeBiz31OIAHelaldMeMiIlNfSIsdvnGu0owSLJwLB3WX9F_B3DFfpfu2CSbVmv1ZWh-hQ31103Dt98lTadR5Z52aX-0No1tNf19s2huCrUZBvfI71ZSt0jkvG17pRGkmppbxVFqMBh1gC_UgF/w400-h311/1950%20AHC.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1950<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTVWSdQn59HyRScnJ2p2AuwwtoTAHI6sMvjRZ9sr0YLzK3ZtvYHIQI3I4SG6Ow5b-JdVv6XD8sCR-xF8ZWIeDJEiVbRMv4d06EAdBgezmuD8khnU5D8-EXqLKkrxrbcvgzWIrxuRF4R-11AAnV3Q_wfCKWzHn4gVW2vjppj4X8o_inBAFFURdyBLaf/s712/1949%20GSU%20Southern%20Labor%20Archives.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="712" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTVWSdQn59HyRScnJ2p2AuwwtoTAHI6sMvjRZ9sr0YLzK3ZtvYHIQI3I4SG6Ow5b-JdVv6XD8sCR-xF8ZWIeDJEiVbRMv4d06EAdBgezmuD8khnU5D8-EXqLKkrxrbcvgzWIrxuRF4R-11AAnV3Q_wfCKWzHn4gVW2vjppj4X8o_inBAFFURdyBLaf/w400-h334/1949%20GSU%20Southern%20Labor%20Archives.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1949<br />Southern Labor Archives | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table></span></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-178f6874-7fff-8502-d80f-2049f398e866"><br /></span></div><div><span>Switching gears for a bit, Union Station would be getting its own upgrade around this time with a brand new escalator in 1946. According to station master T. G. Phillips, the escalator would be “the only one of its kind in the South” by taking passengers “both up and down.” Amazing!</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWP89b4HQRrB_tkzJBcGbh1mArUxVapcSe0TQXXCHSra7f2XTLxHwklY2U2FWFqWzmgcF36U_zwLg63m16Yb6NUd3UAUm83TNNuqnRFPIHexD2qkXV-1P1ueoGXzFFwQHibVEARWw76ZIKxbI2CDZ_D8iu6ayT-zLHUM3xk3Oe6qaB1hI5lYweIFl1/s5211/1946-0115%20Union%20Station_Bill%20Mason.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="5211" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWP89b4HQRrB_tkzJBcGbh1mArUxVapcSe0TQXXCHSra7f2XTLxHwklY2U2FWFqWzmgcF36U_zwLg63m16Yb6NUd3UAUm83TNNuqnRFPIHexD2qkXV-1P1ueoGXzFFwQHibVEARWw76ZIKxbI2CDZ_D8iu6ayT-zLHUM3xk3Oe6qaB1hI5lYweIFl1/w400-h308/1946-0115%20Union%20Station_Bill%20Mason.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New escalator at Union Station<br />Photo by Bill Mason<br />Atlanta Constitution | Jan. 15, 1946</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-b89a24ea-7fff-78f5-137b-a4889e4c6ca2"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Then in January of 1948, the Freedom Train arrived at Union Station on its tour of about 300 American cities. The red, white, and blue train held an exhibit of over 100 historic documents related to US history, including original versions of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Emancipation Proclamation (all of which is somewhat horrifying to me as an archivist). It had seven cars, three of which held the exhibits, with the remaining four used for maintenance and to house the Marines assigned to guard the records on board.</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_w1NZjPrWmbJ3auYj4-GF4e_RBbESm6TFGT-afl637qr05c6kcdijVzNUkqWOmTwlwjuU6l41qjIcfw0leFPyxh1yhXgidDl9a0eheOdMf5djCJY11dDe6JJWPQwMfUbjreMQDAN3MTjLymIlma29iW9lR2dGbLCX64f3qCtZLpq9GH3K2ziJnDZB/s702/1948_0101%2001.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="702" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_w1NZjPrWmbJ3auYj4-GF4e_RBbESm6TFGT-afl637qr05c6kcdijVzNUkqWOmTwlwjuU6l41qjIcfw0leFPyxh1yhXgidDl9a0eheOdMf5djCJY11dDe6JJWPQwMfUbjreMQDAN3MTjLymIlma29iW9lR2dGbLCX64f3qCtZLpq9GH3K2ziJnDZB/w400-h326/1948_0101%2001.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">U.S. Marines and Atlanta Police guarding the Freedom Train | Jan. 1, 1948<br />Photo by Jimmy Fitzpatrick<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4310e98d-7fff-8391-9712-8c9f599f5cf1"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The exhibit was open for two days from 10am-10pm, and the line to get in wrapped around the block, averaging a two-hour wait in the cold and rain. In the deeply segregated South, the Freedom Train’s governing body required access to be racially integrated. Memphis and Birmingham demanded segregated lines or entry times, but the Freedom Train’s response to those demands was to skip those cities entirely.</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdEbFmz3M-hlDdjkmegGyXNmHNtyco0lAYXrQLfPE0B3iflHyO8kVAwZm_g4Z2PGVyCWPU-mHbFY98sKYbSZJDmfRPBGBM2VeJavPfxqKzIgNj7KocceaB11iDu8qguTzp0HQLh-hCx_MOiJl8mfRjSJ1_U4i2V63IgVUKZBP1aew2Ld711iqZDMg7/s696/1948%20Freedom%20Train%20Jimmy%20Fitzpatrick%20AJC%20GSU.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="696" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdEbFmz3M-hlDdjkmegGyXNmHNtyco0lAYXrQLfPE0B3iflHyO8kVAwZm_g4Z2PGVyCWPU-mHbFY98sKYbSZJDmfRPBGBM2VeJavPfxqKzIgNj7KocceaB11iDu8qguTzp0HQLh-hCx_MOiJl8mfRjSJ1_U4i2V63IgVUKZBP1aew2Ld711iqZDMg7/w400-h331/1948%20Freedom%20Train%20Jimmy%20Fitzpatrick%20AJC%20GSU.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jan. 1, 1948<br />Photo by Jimmy Fitzpatrick<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH9_QBSiybKyiDkrPEeZN2qSe7waoMWv_7TfXXwsEMhWZ2ZWIcIElumcTIYpoboyKQd68nyNeYJDLXHQQShSzkBPhbUj6U2WpjHNopu4Op06WkmjBcRnoBvkfzCsUf5qcceTINUWP5XLxqkvZH2TOiBC_VUBtQ20Sb5jssSH5E43u1N6z69iqrhO7K/s702/1948%20Freedom%20Train%20Jimmy%20Fitzpatrick%20AJC%20GSU_02.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="702" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH9_QBSiybKyiDkrPEeZN2qSe7waoMWv_7TfXXwsEMhWZ2ZWIcIElumcTIYpoboyKQd68nyNeYJDLXHQQShSzkBPhbUj6U2WpjHNopu4Op06WkmjBcRnoBvkfzCsUf5qcceTINUWP5XLxqkvZH2TOiBC_VUBtQ20Sb5jssSH5E43u1N6z69iqrhO7K/w400-h328/1948%20Freedom%20Train%20Jimmy%20Fitzpatrick%20AJC%20GSU_02.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jan. 1, 1948<br />Photo by Jimmy Fitzpatrick<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-628b7392-7fff-f6c4-d252-3b18d3ef4c00"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Not everyone made it in time, as seen in the photo below. Inside Union Station, the police are guarding the doors to the platform after the Freedom Train exhibit had closed.</span></p><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyYFWlx_n6IrM1VsbONKEvewcAjf-c3fjjWaSGca9XQmKTLD1o0N4Sb5WKvauzAJcecd9enu9a51PP1nZZzDBP9zL6yOnNAtDO4sx-r_D3mUTA9LYzTvc_A8kHI4bRde0fb2NVmWxnHakEE7DTLf3e65bUNsiQ0bvlNTnVlhVp1FnO9sRcakVqcV3I/s699/1948%20Freedom%20Train%20didnt%20get%20in%20Jimmy%20Fitzpatrick%20AJC%20GSU_03.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="699" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyYFWlx_n6IrM1VsbONKEvewcAjf-c3fjjWaSGca9XQmKTLD1o0N4Sb5WKvauzAJcecd9enu9a51PP1nZZzDBP9zL6yOnNAtDO4sx-r_D3mUTA9LYzTvc_A8kHI4bRde0fb2NVmWxnHakEE7DTLf3e65bUNsiQ0bvlNTnVlhVp1FnO9sRcakVqcV3I/w400-h330/1948%20Freedom%20Train%20didnt%20get%20in%20Jimmy%20Fitzpatrick%20AJC%20GSU_03.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jan. 1, 1948<br />Photo by Jimmy Fitzpatrick<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span id="docs-internal-guid-d9d40a8f-7fff-6896-e32f-d0efbc0d6124"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For those that did make it in, a scroll was available to sign, acknowledging the rededication pledge accompanying it. The pledge read:</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“I am an American</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A free American</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Free to speak–without fear</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Free to worship God in my own way</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Free to stand for what I think</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Free to oppose what I believe wrong</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Free to choose those who govern my country</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This heritage of Freedom I pledge to uphold</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For myself and all mankind.”</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The signed scrolls were presented to President Harry Truman at the end of the train’s tour before ending up in the Library of Congress.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUo1Fb1Xh6stE7voUteRWpU9Aa00sUoJwtrNRvGyKEO2YP8yJuajGnFaH0WNWVh-xwwzIwYd9Vd3OfRXuz3hoPzyqNBG9TVfqNQWYWNc169B3T9dZ8wSxdR-a-5pu6kimz-Rf6q57Sw7fFhMvmhR7tBtWXWv-2IfBIPdmu7sckVI_tYS15Kvso-65W/s1072/1948%20Freedom%20Train%20scroll%20signing%20Jimmy%20Fitzpatrick%20AJC%20GSU_04.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="811" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUo1Fb1Xh6stE7voUteRWpU9Aa00sUoJwtrNRvGyKEO2YP8yJuajGnFaH0WNWVh-xwwzIwYd9Vd3OfRXuz3hoPzyqNBG9TVfqNQWYWNc169B3T9dZ8wSxdR-a-5pu6kimz-Rf6q57Sw7fFhMvmhR7tBtWXWv-2IfBIPdmu7sckVI_tYS15Kvso-65W/w303-h400/1948%20Freedom%20Train%20scroll%20signing%20Jimmy%20Fitzpatrick%20AJC%20GSU_04.jpg" width="303" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A boy signs the pledge | Jan. 1, 1948<br />Photo by Jimmy Fitzpatrick<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">If you are interested in learning more about the Freedom Train, you can visit the <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/story/freedom-train-u-s-national-archives/HQWxAuaDRw8A8A?hl=en" target="_blank">Google Arts & Culture page</a> on it, which has lots of nifty information and photos, particularly in relation to the exhibits (all those precious documents had to be insured, naturally).</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-6df6e35b-7fff-4f79-3eae-e5ca2d36db78"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">You can also check out this <a href="https://www.freedomtrain.org/freedom-train-home.htm" target="_blank">website</a></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> for lots of information on the train itself, as well as some of the memorabilia associated with the train’s tour.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Getting back to our block, let’s take a look at the 1949 aerial photo below:</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2sx3gBnnchGQHDUg1iaoLAiosei_0uEwj8BlN31mlr2LLGr9MFXqeCtGDt52HqH_0OAOyY12IxR1bss5_RjiTX6AMp_sjCd_rIfDandIaAzXEP2FfkcLA9OZ7FvpHOIhoD8r7w22KrtpP_LNZdZQg-81UUhH-olAxXw0A4gHPdK5YXXk3SAX4ehro/s1889/1949%20GSU.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1839" data-original-width="1889" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2sx3gBnnchGQHDUg1iaoLAiosei_0uEwj8BlN31mlr2LLGr9MFXqeCtGDt52HqH_0OAOyY12IxR1bss5_RjiTX6AMp_sjCd_rIfDandIaAzXEP2FfkcLA9OZ7FvpHOIhoD8r7w22KrtpP_LNZdZQg-81UUhH-olAxXw0A4gHPdK5YXXk3SAX4ehro/w400-h390/1949%20GSU.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1949</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now we see the new Constitution Building in place of the old Cunningham Building, but we see that the Constitution Building has maintained some of the wedge shape of that portion of the block. The new building is casting a shadow across the train tracks between it and Union Station.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">In 1950, there was a pretty big development at The Constitution. In a joint statement published on March 19, Clark Howell, publisher of the Constitution, and James Cox, chairman of the Atlanta Journal, announced that the two newspapers would be merging. They would maintain their separate editorial staffs and identities, with the Constitution as the morning paper, the Journal as the evening paper, and a combined edition on Sundays. The deal was finalized and the new company was chartered on May 31. </span></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Leadership of the newspapers claimed the merger would mean a bigger budget to report the news. But this also meant that the Constitution offices would be moving again already! The Atlanta Journal had also recently built a new building, and the decision was made that their facility would be best to house everyone under one roof. By the end 1951, the Constitution had mostly vacated the building that they occupied for only about three years.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here are some of the front pages published during the Constitution’s short time in the building:</span></span></p><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXW5eUKHqaXSPK0tonlCu-9Ikdr-atI_xyfp6yLGTcIrm06q3IKrNh16_Vxfej0RLrnMPjdPejMZV45Tci1m8y18Abu9qBv1OKE_o4WwSiJUJBOjIPE0pi_UkoNIF-hSWeaQ699SYQc2sCEnBg-vFEYIOIJmUH8nwdoXsEy7ICFaS1-KwQS-z-eM97/s5944/Constitution%20Front%20Pages_19480131.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4059" data-original-width="5944" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXW5eUKHqaXSPK0tonlCu-9Ikdr-atI_xyfp6yLGTcIrm06q3IKrNh16_Vxfej0RLrnMPjdPejMZV45Tci1m8y18Abu9qBv1OKE_o4WwSiJUJBOjIPE0pi_UkoNIF-hSWeaQ699SYQc2sCEnBg-vFEYIOIJmUH8nwdoXsEy7ICFaS1-KwQS-z-eM97/w400-h274/Constitution%20Front%20Pages_19480131.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jan. 31, 1948</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikqYYHPkvaWvBfeIqlsGxGebqwG7xsEO8Ebn66isn4QTTXD8k50NXsAUBlpR9a3EWqmKHKUcd5MR9OvkotETSAEdOPcfstNSrzfnw1VfsVoRkG76wl2v9j1AUkQV8_5dJ0vhl2yP6ouUa4cWdiSszAXhbXYeYqIaF8XlLj4lgyij-reEy6fg5-WJue/s6281/Constitution%20Front%20Pages_19490812.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4115" data-original-width="6281" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikqYYHPkvaWvBfeIqlsGxGebqwG7xsEO8Ebn66isn4QTTXD8k50NXsAUBlpR9a3EWqmKHKUcd5MR9OvkotETSAEdOPcfstNSrzfnw1VfsVoRkG76wl2v9j1AUkQV8_5dJ0vhl2yP6ouUa4cWdiSszAXhbXYeYqIaF8XlLj4lgyij-reEy6fg5-WJue/w400-h263/Constitution%20Front%20Pages_19490812.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aug. 12, 1949</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTJmb_zpY_CD_7SQT27MQfWyDBb2NgJCtUU6c9ABrzDJj9D6kFfSg6n3bMvkXYNbDMBqh9R0HQoMJaGtrDFIwFY5x5MYjsNVFI3ISZSGSBrbbqWhfjcHNwRE_SNecCgATuDVvrKFXi4Gnl9rb0ZQmJCL8ZhumyvemsTA5bOigSn1STUZRmpupPzRbZ/s6181/Constitution%20Front%20Pages_19490908.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4394" data-original-width="6181" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTJmb_zpY_CD_7SQT27MQfWyDBb2NgJCtUU6c9ABrzDJj9D6kFfSg6n3bMvkXYNbDMBqh9R0HQoMJaGtrDFIwFY5x5MYjsNVFI3ISZSGSBrbbqWhfjcHNwRE_SNecCgATuDVvrKFXi4Gnl9rb0ZQmJCL8ZhumyvemsTA5bOigSn1STUZRmpupPzRbZ/w400-h284/Constitution%20Front%20Pages_19490908.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sept. 8, 1949</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-f4a2912b-7fff-4c10-5b7d-5ad8e667a1af"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Meanwhile, as the Constitution was making their way out of the building, a new temporary tenant came in 1950. As the Korean War ramped up, the Army and Air Force Recruiting Processing Center at Fort McPherson was getting overwhelmed. Needing a new space, the operation moved to the ground floor of the Constitution Building.</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixuklkCQOvKYnZXkIy6khqMtivX-9pFd2oZ0nWXyOB6X-hvP-_ke_Z9zA-75pMIBDzH1pCcIyiWM2UNEFkZUv4MZecs8jRuVxSFoVmAgEQJ0Mg3dvmfpieixDvbkIwUzNIPgRkMhJjwsIic0rw4zoE-UYT2wvPWOpEtMyVPD1oGfQ0fpKu1d6KAu7k/s4012/1951-0105_Constitution%20Bldg%20Army%20Recruiting_Carl%20Dixon_01.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3065" data-original-width="4012" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixuklkCQOvKYnZXkIy6khqMtivX-9pFd2oZ0nWXyOB6X-hvP-_ke_Z9zA-75pMIBDzH1pCcIyiWM2UNEFkZUv4MZecs8jRuVxSFoVmAgEQJ0Mg3dvmfpieixDvbkIwUzNIPgRkMhJjwsIic0rw4zoE-UYT2wvPWOpEtMyVPD1oGfQ0fpKu1d6KAu7k/w400-h305/1951-0105_Constitution%20Bldg%20Army%20Recruiting_Carl%20Dixon_01.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New recruits waiting in the Constitution Building<br />Atlanta Constitution | Jan. 5, 1951<br />Photo by Carl Dixon</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDgDCH3yDfyP2HzbpLb8EdsBmklkO-1ceG2nHMlLLtC11IYO5Ngz-QHsqRv5kjVmVBRfdh7ZXpAXLJinkJddXpKXwqxYnCYmL4bsHPsbkXsVdvhcLOxbFMPobjaBsACdKwWTWD7-TjEoWgJJZCs60FtUYUp-WgTli_jecsHY2hwTvSaL9Q1JdqAKgD/s2926/1951-0105_Constitution%20Bldg%20Army%20Recruiting_Carl%20Dixon_02.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2926" data-original-width="2627" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDgDCH3yDfyP2HzbpLb8EdsBmklkO-1ceG2nHMlLLtC11IYO5Ngz-QHsqRv5kjVmVBRfdh7ZXpAXLJinkJddXpKXwqxYnCYmL4bsHPsbkXsVdvhcLOxbFMPobjaBsACdKwWTWD7-TjEoWgJJZCs60FtUYUp-WgTli_jecsHY2hwTvSaL9Q1JdqAKgD/w359-h400/1951-0105_Constitution%20Bldg%20Army%20Recruiting_Carl%20Dixon_02.jpg" width="359" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New recruits waiting in the Constitution Building<br />Atlanta Constitution | Jan. 5, 1951<br />Photo by Carl Dixon</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e4fae856-7fff-c891-ecef-20a292353444"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Fittingly, as the Korean War came to a close in 1953, many soldiers returned home via Union Station next door.</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfnZ7Hsq9ygo28BjZ58McH__9IMedFHEHUIG4jT29QHsAjYhVBsGnLErbjf-S1YY_2TlL-o0yAU0rOglmyWDlqcDRqWmFrCpEOyQxMWHB2wUk3iaXfolLol0NdPU6q8rtvW2mSPHEhg6h9R14F07I5pBRge7sfPYeRTZ4h34OoFqmDAwlxbcMKa0GN/s600/1953_0902%20POW%20Corporal%20Robert%20C%20Cater%20with%20parents%20Bill%20Wilson.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="600" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfnZ7Hsq9ygo28BjZ58McH__9IMedFHEHUIG4jT29QHsAjYhVBsGnLErbjf-S1YY_2TlL-o0yAU0rOglmyWDlqcDRqWmFrCpEOyQxMWHB2wUk3iaXfolLol0NdPU6q8rtvW2mSPHEhg6h9R14F07I5pBRge7sfPYeRTZ4h34OoFqmDAwlxbcMKa0GN/w400-h306/1953_0902%20POW%20Corporal%20Robert%20C%20Cater%20with%20parents%20Bill%20Wilson.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Bill Wilson | Sept. 2, 1953<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCtYJkoAjkvSCGgK7z5lPqyLmrOPrePJB-EjePxQqWgDGI-sarASKzDzhyk8qkrMgZbtIGWRtTSmKFJr3fJp8gL6B6jFdmkuuWD7kh7PziYdyHdKP6Om0X828G9bQ2XScV1jHzYE-8ETXwOIZSHK69_3Qsy5HJnHGB_POpI43RH4tj8jt_XYIjCHa2/s600/1953_0902%20POW%20PFC%20James%20Allen%20with%20family%20Bill%20Wilson.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="600" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCtYJkoAjkvSCGgK7z5lPqyLmrOPrePJB-EjePxQqWgDGI-sarASKzDzhyk8qkrMgZbtIGWRtTSmKFJr3fJp8gL6B6jFdmkuuWD7kh7PziYdyHdKP6Om0X828G9bQ2XScV1jHzYE-8ETXwOIZSHK69_3Qsy5HJnHGB_POpI43RH4tj8jt_XYIjCHa2/w400-h308/1953_0902%20POW%20PFC%20James%20Allen%20with%20family%20Bill%20Wilson.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Bill Wilson | Sept. 2, 1953<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZXqhVvYTVzxPwVglM44ixy5TaJ6fRY9GW7NIk02jrv1ovUwc__Vd4v8expRwLKl0ev3CuSzaS2qGfje48KNGpHMgAMxXA6a7CPFlL0dQwxpb4PyyYPbm4msNDDB5bGxZVS5eMIZIhEB1Mr85Cipj7GuR0iWPog_ZafSqHWEPwZFfwFZ6DDXGLArQk/s600/1953_0902%20POWs%20Cater%20and%20PFC%20James%20Allen%20photo%20by%20Bill%20Wilson.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="463" data-original-width="600" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZXqhVvYTVzxPwVglM44ixy5TaJ6fRY9GW7NIk02jrv1ovUwc__Vd4v8expRwLKl0ev3CuSzaS2qGfje48KNGpHMgAMxXA6a7CPFlL0dQwxpb4PyyYPbm4msNDDB5bGxZVS5eMIZIhEB1Mr85Cipj7GuR0iWPog_ZafSqHWEPwZFfwFZ6DDXGLArQk/w400-h309/1953_0902%20POWs%20Cater%20and%20PFC%20James%20Allen%20photo%20by%20Bill%20Wilson.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Bill Wilson | Sept. 2, 1953<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e5b40a66-7fff-0517-766d-1e204f3350a3"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">With the Constitution out, Georgia Power Company took over the building for their Atlanta Division Office, making this the building where lots of Atlanta residents paid their power bills.</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c9434f56-7fff-16fd-1b7a-0e84f60a9cbe"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Also around this time, Rich’s Department Store, just across Alabama Street from the Constitution Building, wanted more parking for shoppers. Around 1950, a new three-story deck went up over the railroad tracks between the Constitution Building and Union Station.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaZ2kU5MamJJEuXi-PS-Vbt4OHvP_qWKL4125qH1iWPet0SHDvSTbU2EiQLQVR7xnd9vLMp9x9TYJlyOyb4otWmvKntZVh2Pyc_KopUZ4d7eu5F0fvadPph9PRc7X83WlTFLr7X9fIz8BHrlcYnldwF4WTpXE0LUMPccPBdaXOWQywb_EVkbsw0d00/s600/1950ca%20AHC%20Ryan%20Sanders.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="600" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaZ2kU5MamJJEuXi-PS-Vbt4OHvP_qWKL4125qH1iWPet0SHDvSTbU2EiQLQVR7xnd9vLMp9x9TYJlyOyb4otWmvKntZVh2Pyc_KopUZ4d7eu5F0fvadPph9PRc7X83WlTFLr7X9fIz8BHrlcYnldwF4WTpXE0LUMPccPBdaXOWQywb_EVkbsw0d00/w400-h321/1950ca%20AHC%20Ryan%20Sanders.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top left area is us<br />Photo by Ryan Sanders | ca. 1950<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjubpJVGgkIziAFwv6gpsLiSAQdGNG339Y-nkIVFGGZM92rHNSrKqIPD2_RqFZ1_u767WQoc3uGwPGd0ka715WxQJYZWMPZAod80NazVr5nXyZO5RLMlKMGiJgD83j0vLI20LQOFR3AFkP081PZvzOnGzX-UlDeOC5Z7gCmslF11nK0VfK_khFGfwPE/s700/1953_0228%20GSU%20Lane%20Bros.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="508" data-original-width="700" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjubpJVGgkIziAFwv6gpsLiSAQdGNG339Y-nkIVFGGZM92rHNSrKqIPD2_RqFZ1_u767WQoc3uGwPGd0ka715WxQJYZWMPZAod80NazVr5nXyZO5RLMlKMGiJgD83j0vLI20LQOFR3AFkP081PZvzOnGzX-UlDeOC5Z7gCmslF11nK0VfK_khFGfwPE/w400-h290/1953_0228%20GSU%20Lane%20Bros.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Feb. 28, 1953<br />Lane Bros. Commercial Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWf_NZpf2beCzN3E4hSqLyS5wlbLe8MLvbR7e4YG79Q4EqwducDEgGuTWoYOwhwFBz5iz2sh2rSSEBS12DKSSqRUDiSQLOL3rUsl6NdKDkVAjUGJgJQgQ-b3qE6Oefj3y4LlcofizbQBZK_wZTWBU5AR59mpkvk1mYbRAsvxhT989pcosFuJeKvhdB/s600/1953.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="600" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWf_NZpf2beCzN3E4hSqLyS5wlbLe8MLvbR7e4YG79Q4EqwducDEgGuTWoYOwhwFBz5iz2sh2rSSEBS12DKSSqRUDiSQLOL3rUsl6NdKDkVAjUGJgJQgQ-b3qE6Oefj3y4LlcofizbQBZK_wZTWBU5AR59mpkvk1mYbRAsvxhT989pcosFuJeKvhdB/w400-h270/1953.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1953<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMtC_bxtbQjqGZhwjFuFuJMq5OLIELB1zRELAK5v8rHwYItz7dEWjM50w1Zv2aRcOKjC0RFabsczYM0e8MTg4a_g7V5dp7EL7wc5nkoTqQAnyrv7FC-ca4-wCk0KsTRMWf_sRQtVvxLLagIVUFBAaSslHvd5Q4H5JOjvzZX7wFOl8dypsdFlFSnhjF/s673/1954-11-30_Lane%20Bros_02.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="673" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMtC_bxtbQjqGZhwjFuFuJMq5OLIELB1zRELAK5v8rHwYItz7dEWjM50w1Zv2aRcOKjC0RFabsczYM0e8MTg4a_g7V5dp7EL7wc5nkoTqQAnyrv7FC-ca4-wCk0KsTRMWf_sRQtVvxLLagIVUFBAaSslHvd5Q4H5JOjvzZX7wFOl8dypsdFlFSnhjF/w400-h313/1954-11-30_Lane%20Bros_02.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Note the new Georgia Power sign on the former Constitution Building<br />Nov. 30, 1954<br />Lane Bros. Commercial Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-f59a6ec7-7fff-d6c5-5c93-75591e4affc1"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Back at Union Station, big changes came in 1956 when the Interstate Commerce Commission ordered all waiting rooms in train and bus stations to be integrated. All segregation signs were taken down at Union Station on January 10th. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwDeZtLroEh_7jAryPLnH0_f0p6f_KHRixwJwcVi6OVP-NT7vl_wVTWNLhDQDeVygRuVQKRJHP8b3NvXTjnBQ0brcpwC-5XCvWw4nj6F5-3brKS4OUH9ntH7HyPlSiutrJF8k7LmzLbrnkSzVwjaZwFq0IB2QceLlXd11vyOh9KQhPxj8gaNjbrgBO/s600/1954%20AHC%20Joseph%20C%20Fisch_02.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="402" data-original-width="600" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwDeZtLroEh_7jAryPLnH0_f0p6f_KHRixwJwcVi6OVP-NT7vl_wVTWNLhDQDeVygRuVQKRJHP8b3NvXTjnBQ0brcpwC-5XCvWw4nj6F5-3brKS4OUH9ntH7HyPlSiutrJF8k7LmzLbrnkSzVwjaZwFq0IB2QceLlXd11vyOh9KQhPxj8gaNjbrgBO/w400-h268/1954%20AHC%20Joseph%20C%20Fisch_02.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Joseph C. Fisch, 1954<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This directive did not, however, apply to the lunch counters at train stations, which remained segregated. This ultimately led to nearly 200 Black college students staging sit-ins at 10 white eateries across Atlanta on March 15, 1960. At Union Station, nine students sat down and asked for service. The police were called, and when the students refused to leave, they were arrested. The demonstrations that day led to 77 total arrests. One of the nine students arrested at Union Station was a 16-year old Morehouse freshman from Birmingham. Fulton Juvenile Court Judge W. W. Woolfolk ordered him to return home, telling his parents if they “can’t control him in Atlanta, then you will have to take him back to Birmingham.”</span></p></span></div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG5lWfE0F0oeAdjST1QxiVuM_E8Mpx7jQZfn3BBUzmDheI2d9gdh_goT4U28DaKBsOtwnaFucCXzjxpWawVppogvBmEQ171jykDwDhKVutWrMiem7_z0LdbsuPxZ_tEFDRKoQUlld-mir7bMOudrzqx41kEnOMMPr3psYyfR73HrC-8LT4bDVvlStu/s853/1960_03%20Union%20Station%20Sit-In_04.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="786" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG5lWfE0F0oeAdjST1QxiVuM_E8Mpx7jQZfn3BBUzmDheI2d9gdh_goT4U28DaKBsOtwnaFucCXzjxpWawVppogvBmEQ171jykDwDhKVutWrMiem7_z0LdbsuPxZ_tEFDRKoQUlld-mir7bMOudrzqx41kEnOMMPr3psYyfR73HrC-8LT4bDVvlStu/w369-h400/1960_03%20Union%20Station%20Sit-In_04.jpg" width="369" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sit-in at Union Station | Mar. 15, 1960<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></div></span></span></div></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvFydqPD07TYoNOh-cL9JvXzKRw00XghCY9R3LMxdG07w9FkYX97UHY6O6GG6QD-ECxLTKhubmMg5utm7dph9YFa7CGGvVQrPtaIcFSGDRecbKcZqzLKvlj9hb_zCgqSJ6WYmCeIXj3NDbuwR9rUKJLDa5axPzGAxQjJXF2OLXLGsCZ7mxyKmDx10X/s816/1960_03%20Union%20Station%20Sit-In_05.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="805" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvFydqPD07TYoNOh-cL9JvXzKRw00XghCY9R3LMxdG07w9FkYX97UHY6O6GG6QD-ECxLTKhubmMg5utm7dph9YFa7CGGvVQrPtaIcFSGDRecbKcZqzLKvlj9hb_zCgqSJ6WYmCeIXj3NDbuwR9rUKJLDa5axPzGAxQjJXF2OLXLGsCZ7mxyKmDx10X/w395-h400/1960_03%20Union%20Station%20Sit-In_05.jpg" width="395" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sit-in at Union Station | Mar. 15, 1960<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXUfT3xeuWzp8cGfz5NrIa_e5YpGqTR5gfBe3bp1A-cygwLJiTwSKpP8sS8jp9u6twLxbSKlNaaDNlCPajpcu_CCoL-JVRk5TJe1Pl1AKsIXOHbgduihw7MovgyaC6EKd0vdSaVXUKBERcxNT4xpcZKreMiFDNZl7g7owRVeEVnBq0ZzJpZoKMUhou/s853/1960_03%20Union%20Station%20Sit-In_01.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="786" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXUfT3xeuWzp8cGfz5NrIa_e5YpGqTR5gfBe3bp1A-cygwLJiTwSKpP8sS8jp9u6twLxbSKlNaaDNlCPajpcu_CCoL-JVRk5TJe1Pl1AKsIXOHbgduihw7MovgyaC6EKd0vdSaVXUKBERcxNT4xpcZKreMiFDNZl7g7owRVeEVnBq0ZzJpZoKMUhou/w369-h400/1960_03%20Union%20Station%20Sit-In_01.jpg" width="369" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sit-in at Union Station | Mar. 15, 1960<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjApOxtiYkDbSwBVaVxgxcgcNpekNqMNQF3Co5wKWA73qPiF-O65CWVQqlhgzil0lZOgW0E0_s5zkvmbPPb9KlYCHsaMQGCuekGgDNwqEts_IVgm9gzDc0CzeKmiwRX2-Byqku1c6F7u18ndBhlD77Jr5LJiklGGo8JfIZtyYr2PDWuaHJ91ovZsWiZ/s854/1960_03%20Union%20Station%20Sit-In_02.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="854" data-original-width="795" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjApOxtiYkDbSwBVaVxgxcgcNpekNqMNQF3Co5wKWA73qPiF-O65CWVQqlhgzil0lZOgW0E0_s5zkvmbPPb9KlYCHsaMQGCuekGgDNwqEts_IVgm9gzDc0CzeKmiwRX2-Byqku1c6F7u18ndBhlD77Jr5LJiklGGo8JfIZtyYr2PDWuaHJ91ovZsWiZ/w373-h400/1960_03%20Union%20Station%20Sit-In_02.jpg" width="373" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sit-in at Union Station | Mar. 15, 1960<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoEv_15E1K8YfU3jAftayazuzoXzfeoz2EYv8un6r2ND10NOV-6YExw4zG8HtNzBMmDIc7waHuXz7U8fKc4ddoW9IvkvbGUBy6RFPlj1G3f0vQNN2Ctt8LrOLGzjYk4o7Uce2IdmybK4YKheG5poAsmj7ZKdY-rFhcJXVMNKmivwa9PrJQR-ShT4uZ/s681/1960_03%20Union%20Station%20Sit-In_03.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="651" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoEv_15E1K8YfU3jAftayazuzoXzfeoz2EYv8un6r2ND10NOV-6YExw4zG8HtNzBMmDIc7waHuXz7U8fKc4ddoW9IvkvbGUBy6RFPlj1G3f0vQNN2Ctt8LrOLGzjYk4o7Uce2IdmybK4YKheG5poAsmj7ZKdY-rFhcJXVMNKmivwa9PrJQR-ShT4uZ/w383-h400/1960_03%20Union%20Station%20Sit-In_03.jpg" width="383" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sit-in at Union Station | Mar. 15, 1960<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Atlanta's lunch counters ultimately desegregated in September of 1961.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Moving on, we now begin the sad tale of our block's decline...</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-gVlKp3cnAUJpX2Xw1Gj2HrVsrc7-5Bp1w6F_9mikVC80KD0RQKVLfNsX9W1MjNg1MyXy6bhQmV4R7WeP9ZlFS6l9NMRiOjW85_-_JV7FH0QGbLrnYXZfRNjIwu0dES2ZECCNTMtDxqcBzTdkT3ZpJFVQKW5-D5Fi-7VKIVs_U1BujxRmlp-heWuD/s470/1967%20GSU.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="460" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-gVlKp3cnAUJpX2Xw1Gj2HrVsrc7-5Bp1w6F_9mikVC80KD0RQKVLfNsX9W1MjNg1MyXy6bhQmV4R7WeP9ZlFS6l9NMRiOjW85_-_JV7FH0QGbLrnYXZfRNjIwu0dES2ZECCNTMtDxqcBzTdkT3ZpJFVQKW5-D5Fi-7VKIVs_U1BujxRmlp-heWuD/w391-h400/1967%20GSU.JPG" width="391" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1967<br />Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Throughout the 1960s, passenger rail travel had sharply decreased nationwide due to a combination of factors including increased automobile travel spurred by the interstate highway system, increased air travel, and railroad companies prioritizing commercial freight with better profit margins. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">By 1967, only one passenger train was coming through Union Station, an Atlanta-to-St. Louis train called ‘The Georgian’ operated by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheCPKE4OSPgJeaoW48sfLnEkfT6e3NhLh9zZd-LA-4vcmQA_jDFvjtu1Vw_aZXxFZM3-pLg_7omCXT6jshmf9MaCJcTmcSuKtnzxhjGnB-bvA5JWAoB0atxpyjCThvMxY1OD5SqbCClOUdAb53w1YyA9x2QVsvloQwrpPq4Fwl5qeKPQM2OymlVL_n/s640/1940s_TheGeorgian.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="640" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheCPKE4OSPgJeaoW48sfLnEkfT6e3NhLh9zZd-LA-4vcmQA_jDFvjtu1Vw_aZXxFZM3-pLg_7omCXT6jshmf9MaCJcTmcSuKtnzxhjGnB-bvA5JWAoB0atxpyjCThvMxY1OD5SqbCClOUdAb53w1YyA9x2QVsvloQwrpPq4Fwl5qeKPQM2OymlVL_n/w400-h180/1940s_TheGeorgian.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ca. 1940s<br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-8eb0f16f-7fff-6030-95ab-9567559fca69"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Image found at <a href="https://streamlinermemories.info/?p=7674" target="_blank">Streamliner Memories</a></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">That train was used by only about one or two dozen passengers a day by 1969, though, so in July of that year, L&N Railroad requested permission from the Interstate Commerce Commission to discontinue service for the line. That request was initially denied by the ICC, who argued that service had declined due to L&N’s neglect. </span></span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzv82N8Nz2O27QEpwtwCG38vf1TR3Etbb6W4ku9DiHqqVPV4oRWTNC-FWiDwZPouDvXWel01YmfSmKMagd4uwDi0vtxB4qX1hljdyo48ecCFDyXwtsC-Vzu90qSezLA003IwEHElY_uc8NK8JODJqsqTEy6J5k4hpT8JobRhzHBfZL8wWQ4YfiqLxD/s393/1970_0420%20AJC%20GSU%20Joe%20McTyre_03.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="393" height="339" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzv82N8Nz2O27QEpwtwCG38vf1TR3Etbb6W4ku9DiHqqVPV4oRWTNC-FWiDwZPouDvXWel01YmfSmKMagd4uwDi0vtxB4qX1hljdyo48ecCFDyXwtsC-Vzu90qSezLA003IwEHElY_uc8NK8JODJqsqTEy6J5k4hpT8JobRhzHBfZL8wWQ4YfiqLxD/w400-h339/1970_0420%20AJC%20GSU%20Joe%20McTyre_03.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Station Master C. W. Turner chats with the conductor of The Georgian, 1970<br />Photo by Joe McTyre<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-f643a035-7fff-e4d3-8006-9fc55e863b81"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Still, the overall emptiness of Union Station was a noticeable issue, with one </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Constitution</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> journalist referring to it as a “toilet for vagrants” (July 7, 1969). Regardless of the ultimate fate of L&N’s last service line, the Georgia State Properties Commission decided to open bids to lease the air rights for the Union Station property in January of 1970.</span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz60m-f3TO-LrumWTY-ElpELM7kinMFRNEfOjZBrQgcf3fhpbr9Pix1AZsaJ15-BM6XBWiCfhuhEEQoRDMmHtLLPy4mZ2Zv7N1OGdtJugX9X-XpMSLf4Bm7wO1pANzrBKLx-klzQXDBdNHUQEJ0k1ImoTMWrAEvl6f-R35oZhAbuht21YF5YuyTcfE/s4812/19700118_Atlanta%20Constitution_Union%20Station%20Bids%20Open.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3552" data-original-width="4812" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz60m-f3TO-LrumWTY-ElpELM7kinMFRNEfOjZBrQgcf3fhpbr9Pix1AZsaJ15-BM6XBWiCfhuhEEQoRDMmHtLLPy4mZ2Zv7N1OGdtJugX9X-XpMSLf4Bm7wO1pANzrBKLx-klzQXDBdNHUQEJ0k1ImoTMWrAEvl6f-R35oZhAbuht21YF5YuyTcfE/w400-h295/19700118_Atlanta%20Constitution_Union%20Station%20Bids%20Open.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlanta Constitution | Jan. 18, 1970</td></tr></tbody></table></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-e8892ca6-7fff-3f21-c0ec-ee7c04261ec6"><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Commission accepted the only bid they received, which came from Downtown Development Corp., a subsidiary of Cousins Properties, Inc., the firm developing the Atlanta Coliseum (later the Omni). Nothing would happen with the property immediately, but Union Station’s days were officially numbered.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6VuESFjEURX55VrQBQhbglJhPXj0zP5t5iLPi03CkArNkqzmlL22iPHKELWzGNJxz7A7Av3YUccQsiJtSgA0MDfLiE-U0N10OKXYFV0KxyBDmwEoG_VgJu4QL7tYfXWCDaXcDFzo5UTCZXjx1eThVSgj0lvCN4_EPBYuPt81TRYYLR0eThHa20dP2/s756/1970_0421%20AJC%20GSU%20Joe%20McTyre.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="606" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6VuESFjEURX55VrQBQhbglJhPXj0zP5t5iLPi03CkArNkqzmlL22iPHKELWzGNJxz7A7Av3YUccQsiJtSgA0MDfLiE-U0N10OKXYFV0KxyBDmwEoG_VgJu4QL7tYfXWCDaXcDFzo5UTCZXjx1eThVSgj0lvCN4_EPBYuPt81TRYYLR0eThHa20dP2/w321-h400/1970_0421%20AJC%20GSU%20Joe%20McTyre.jpg" width="321" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Get your tickets while you can!<br />Photo by Joe McTyre, 1970<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In fact, The Georgian would soon discontinue service after all, which would be the final nail in Union Station’s coffin. With the decline of passenger railway service being a national problem, Congress passed the Rail Passenger Service Act in October 1970, which led to the establishment of the semi-public corporation known as Amtrak.</span></span></p></span></div></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfRTfuV_vbNxxEfN51ayhTEtuf4TvrkBmMTgRRj7tdl2tsxYg9Lwv5MtwaqIw4mFv3VJQbPrh5ZCmn_B4IkGGqcGKVg42BXxfuAmM8OFXieehcK7jwGVDSmfgu_voz9B4znBLFZ16xAUNQwa7rDuwkLzP3TusKGPxPOd0v4UiIJOZQ_Y0NmCgq_NBT/s800/Amtrak%201971.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfRTfuV_vbNxxEfN51ayhTEtuf4TvrkBmMTgRRj7tdl2tsxYg9Lwv5MtwaqIw4mFv3VJQbPrh5ZCmn_B4IkGGqcGKVg42BXxfuAmM8OFXieehcK7jwGVDSmfgu_voz9B4znBLFZ16xAUNQwa7rDuwkLzP3TusKGPxPOd0v4UiIJOZQ_Y0NmCgq_NBT/w400-h400/Amtrak%201971.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-79c4a58d-7fff-85a9-45a4-18668a3c05a9"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Amtrak allowed railroad companies to offload their passenger service into a federally subsidized corporation, freeing those companies from the obligation of continuing unprofitable services. Amtrak began operations on May 1, 1971, and passenger rail services were immediately slashed all over the country. Among the lines that didn’t survive was The Georgian, which made Union Station officially vacant. Atlanta was left with only one passenger train, which stopped at Terminal Station on its way between New York and New Orleans. Several cities lost all passenger rail services entirely.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">With rail service out of the way, possession of Union Station was turned over to Cousins Properties that July. Demolition commenced in August.</span></span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFitL4T1y0tPAro23UxFMC-gmDMb1B7gKyYxS42nCmJL6XqqmzroxXR0_KZwnTW86Jq2UMjhRYjwh1OLwxhaope5HFMS1u3LFcJu9zoWgqb2F7xODheZneZcMw1z8jvio8CwnlvyFCaBf0TGJX58bvH9Na_QRPdL0Eu7a8oH660uMn7d6dtTG8f9D3/s720/1971%20AHC%20Floyd%20Jillson%20rear.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFitL4T1y0tPAro23UxFMC-gmDMb1B7gKyYxS42nCmJL6XqqmzroxXR0_KZwnTW86Jq2UMjhRYjwh1OLwxhaope5HFMS1u3LFcJu9zoWgqb2F7xODheZneZcMw1z8jvio8CwnlvyFCaBf0TGJX58bvH9Na_QRPdL0Eu7a8oH660uMn7d6dtTG8f9D3/w400-h320/1971%20AHC%20Floyd%20Jillson%20rear.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Floyd Jillson, 1971<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHJuPR8iKiazcnrmHWGGyqKpJ5spbSb0Uig5NJQGRrcTrqiEQbrlOpZcSRWv2G5PxlmC_qZOTQW7FVOjnqn1dgFCbJxi-QU375aTblWHzOfMQAFYp43kconXl4LkCJtS5aZ5g4tT-zpg-TNoHUbGm0ptXA09sP1QNzjh2YdO2L04Mpwpflg4oVBhCX/s719/1971%20AHC%20Floyd%20Jillson_01.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="576" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHJuPR8iKiazcnrmHWGGyqKpJ5spbSb0Uig5NJQGRrcTrqiEQbrlOpZcSRWv2G5PxlmC_qZOTQW7FVOjnqn1dgFCbJxi-QU375aTblWHzOfMQAFYp43kconXl4LkCJtS5aZ5g4tT-zpg-TNoHUbGm0ptXA09sP1QNzjh2YdO2L04Mpwpflg4oVBhCX/w320-h400/1971%20AHC%20Floyd%20Jillson_01.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Floyd Jillson, 1971<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6SYyQA0-oL2_K0_J8yrJMlg47xeEwo8b3Zorvw1LtQj0RSXEjxKqswbQr_c8H6NzhqQ-7IsfrG2PAAmYc7cxfwC6X-D9oe4yjJouDvOYe3QoUJ6d9cpqPDFy_YDWBQ1AwM3IWwILJDzkxf-8FjjmWaPT3XFyq2UzOYBs8_z6BZkeGCw0QSN0Xfql1/s720/1971%20AHC%20Floyd%20Jillson_02.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="576" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6SYyQA0-oL2_K0_J8yrJMlg47xeEwo8b3Zorvw1LtQj0RSXEjxKqswbQr_c8H6NzhqQ-7IsfrG2PAAmYc7cxfwC6X-D9oe4yjJouDvOYe3QoUJ6d9cpqPDFy_YDWBQ1AwM3IWwILJDzkxf-8FjjmWaPT3XFyq2UzOYBs8_z6BZkeGCw0QSN0Xfql1/w320-h400/1971%20AHC%20Floyd%20Jillson_02.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Floyd Jillson, 1971<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-f890bc4e-7fff-a0b3-3689-09b19ad3cab6"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">An attempt was made to sell off the columns from the station’s facade...</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpkXkBumMwM0X4sZZsYTX6nEPLpQVCRSOrSbFE-gUBB6sfmUuzX96pYoDSQz0PwXcAKdhuroLraQeatiUAr37GyeQEq25dVpp6oQiMxw4ybxrfyCyuunt-r2an8ZPSQhWRWiGJUUDUfEnRjRHzgxOVNeXmGwIqGUz8n-cVLCRAjZGLEUgsUK-cIJ90/s4692/1971-08-21_Atlanta%20Constitution_Union%20Station%20Columns%20Ad.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1214" data-original-width="4692" height="104" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpkXkBumMwM0X4sZZsYTX6nEPLpQVCRSOrSbFE-gUBB6sfmUuzX96pYoDSQz0PwXcAKdhuroLraQeatiUAr37GyeQEq25dVpp6oQiMxw4ybxrfyCyuunt-r2an8ZPSQhWRWiGJUUDUfEnRjRHzgxOVNeXmGwIqGUz8n-cVLCRAjZGLEUgsUK-cIJ90/w400-h104/1971-08-21_Atlanta%20Constitution_Union%20Station%20Columns%20Ad.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlanta Constitution | Aug. 21, 1971</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">...but I couldn’t confirm if anyone bought them or not. They might have ended up in the rubble.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzcBFCWPDq_dbp_LAo9UwAbx6wyrU_wNZpTUrZAqvlRKxl5aXbQF7eOgqiPD_7XTN04Ny9MDcOWGeAk4IzXt2lMdy7ZrXTutHg_2pryGMQkICmHIAvE2GnQIB-r1ugd8iX-BQ2eYHgwwF9YmKFTFpqbjT4TZo0nodZdVdmMjZZgI1oJsbgFjlaXjua/s969/1971_1001%20AJC%20GSU%20Charles%20R%20Pugh%20Jr.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="969" data-original-width="730" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzcBFCWPDq_dbp_LAo9UwAbx6wyrU_wNZpTUrZAqvlRKxl5aXbQF7eOgqiPD_7XTN04Ny9MDcOWGeAk4IzXt2lMdy7ZrXTutHg_2pryGMQkICmHIAvE2GnQIB-r1ugd8iX-BQ2eYHgwwF9YmKFTFpqbjT4TZo0nodZdVdmMjZZgI1oJsbgFjlaXjua/w301-h400/1971_1001%20AJC%20GSU%20Charles%20R%20Pugh%20Jr.jpg" width="301" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Charles R. Pugh, Jr. | Oct. 1, 1971<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz1aINwwMJ2tNOk54sVOWTDmITiroEN3fiOclwa0OjlYDq8W7QhT5d8k9-qH192m2VIHwAKjaPY5tyfD8N3jA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Video courtesy of the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection at The University of Georgia Libraries.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-66068d29-7fff-559b-0fd4-08ab21513853"></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUiBOcOKr1IZmc0VW-UdQn6uIEIoYwiEUOYYO38udSWhw64XELl1qajhYEeW8XRnBq7PiVc3oxDO61D0pRbitU_zTqxaFZRl_RTJWV5a6kwJgv5k57uP_hmmBhqq9-7dVztxB7QJZKbiRZMHIihCF09Opd9OBB4e8SF1mr62s5wiNy7PnacfhSJvA7/s709/1972ca%20AHC%20Floyd%20Jillson.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="709" data-original-width="568" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUiBOcOKr1IZmc0VW-UdQn6uIEIoYwiEUOYYO38udSWhw64XELl1qajhYEeW8XRnBq7PiVc3oxDO61D0pRbitU_zTqxaFZRl_RTJWV5a6kwJgv5k57uP_hmmBhqq9-7dVztxB7QJZKbiRZMHIihCF09Opd9OBB4e8SF1mr62s5wiNy7PnacfhSJvA7/w320-h400/1972ca%20AHC%20Floyd%20Jillson.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All gone...<br />Photo by Floyd Jillson, ca. 1972<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cousins’ plan was to turn the area into a temporary parking lot until more permanent plans could be finalized. In the meantime, construction of the MARTA Five Points Station commenced across Forsyth Street to the east. This meant the Forsyth Street viaduct would close from February until around October of 1976 and be rebuilt to accommodate the new station.</span></span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSnxCk2P0vb6Bmyo7pFdnhHCx9qUzoUnpQO-t1krFhaZi9HQcL2Ev1rAvddL3Bb_QHCy5p2Yqt7bKpvHluOS-YyB4HzpT4rW3vhHYTO1udCP0fhaf-BWbjXIJuu1MqH2m24rjvAWMfzO7qaSzJIAsFXvdS6pGVoT3r4evJf4DJ0SDeXCi2F3Xy4tvX/s730/1976_0209%20AJC%20GSU%20Guy%20Hayes.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="565" data-original-width="730" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSnxCk2P0vb6Bmyo7pFdnhHCx9qUzoUnpQO-t1krFhaZi9HQcL2Ev1rAvddL3Bb_QHCy5p2Yqt7bKpvHluOS-YyB4HzpT4rW3vhHYTO1udCP0fhaf-BWbjXIJuu1MqH2m24rjvAWMfzO7qaSzJIAsFXvdS6pGVoT3r4evJf4DJ0SDeXCi2F3Xy4tvX/w400-h310/1976_0209%20AJC%20GSU%20Guy%20Hayes.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Guy Hayes | Feb. 9, 1976<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-0ceec074-7fff-aaa8-0ec4-22a512f0a5e4"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">In 1979, Cousins Properties CEO Tom Cousins finally unveiled his plan for the former Union Station property, which would become part of an ambitious, sprawling, and ultimately doomed project called Omnisouth. Budgeted at $265 million, Omnisouth would be a 22-acre multi-use development connecting the Omni Coliseum (where State Farm Arena is today) and Omni International (now CNN Center) with Rich’s Department Store across the street from us here to the south. The plan included a shopping mall, luxury housing, office towers, a hotel, a space-needle-style observation tower, and a cable car. Our block here would have been an office tower (the one closest to the bottom right in the image below).</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYqiVT2RoZdSUg80k7sddXxm-LaoYD_p91Ll7H0gSvgwMO7xzpqy3dsB5iM6Yti3txrzVK0cOpcqtBlZVJ5XsuXUi1Ty160gLKSolfRClME_ytHLCxr344uKx5_v2zVacfNhwq0BAUyv_AyjBzIgEjz7DRt6s29fpT11QqAuNGMNkskde8s3P1T7h/s2009/1979-06-04_Omnisouth.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2009" data-original-width="1609" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYqiVT2RoZdSUg80k7sddXxm-LaoYD_p91Ll7H0gSvgwMO7xzpqy3dsB5iM6Yti3txrzVK0cOpcqtBlZVJ5XsuXUi1Ty160gLKSolfRClME_ytHLCxr344uKx5_v2zVacfNhwq0BAUyv_AyjBzIgEjz7DRt6s29fpT11QqAuNGMNkskde8s3P1T7h/w320-h400/1979-06-04_Omnisouth.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlanta Constitution | June 4, 1979</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-3495602a-7fff-48c7-704e-a96a50ca59b8"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Curiously, the plan appears to include the location of the Constitution Building, which I don't believe was part of the Cousins property, and I found no mention of how that was going to be incorporated. The Rich’s parking deck next door was torn down sometime in the ‘70s, if anybody actually cares.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Anyway, the Omnisouth plan had a lot of support from local politicians and business leaders, but many questioned the size and scope of it, suggesting it could be scaled down for a smaller price tag. Others criticized the lack of affordable housing in the plan. With the project relying on $60 million in federal urban renewal grants, making the plan more competitive would increase the chances of receiving funding.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikeAZyQHtcXvEFN8uGkVOU2ofSoIeCr4VujaW0Qy61ybzASErCDmOd7MlZmC-zq9JUDSFdkYze9KABmSFx5OcGGCllTYVWo4sskzLoJCqBYPRsQtzVYmouZgHNrLe4tW24jbdKOrcRdptKH3xuQ3HzA-5eW2bzNFtdzQObYY11iue0wUUZ2PJchNCS/s4075/1979-0619_Atlanta%20Constitution_Omnisouth_Willis%20Perry.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3162" data-original-width="4075" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikeAZyQHtcXvEFN8uGkVOU2ofSoIeCr4VujaW0Qy61ybzASErCDmOd7MlZmC-zq9JUDSFdkYze9KABmSFx5OcGGCllTYVWo4sskzLoJCqBYPRsQtzVYmouZgHNrLe4tW24jbdKOrcRdptKH3xuQ3HzA-5eW2bzNFtdzQObYY11iue0wUUZ2PJchNCS/w400-h310/1979-0619_Atlanta%20Constitution_Omnisouth_Willis%20Perry.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlanta Constitution | June 19, 1979<br />Photo by Willis Perry</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Omnisouth plan was eventually scaled down to a 15-acre project, but it was still never able to materialize. Funding was never obtained largely because Cousins couldn’t nail down a department store to co-anchor the shopping mall with Rich’s. When J.C. Penney declined in August of 1980, that was pretty much the end of it.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tom Cousins would never get to be Atlanta’s Brad Wesley…</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyZfdx2qDW_5XtnCHWFu3SM89x1T2ny7N4bYVW-kAlc3ut29Kf_enRT5dxluI8qLSQMPEQaAnw8K3rKlwLy7w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-164c20c4-7fff-8be6-19aa-6c77dd5ac426"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">With Omnisouth dead, Cousins let the property on our block go into foreclosure in 1983. There was an attempt in 1989 to get a convention hotel built here, but that too never got off the ground. Then in 1991, Atlanta Regional Commission began mulling the possibility of a new multi-modal hub for Amtrak and MARTA. But hey guess what? It never happened…</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGM04Es-31WrBycUlpshX8Y84eN-6HLrG0FeIxTrABqlI3Ru7Re_tGPt5u_0zYar673iNe5AzcXVkxk4J1Epa-cdaWrbEY5yFiaN9PuhwAABAGatXcvqZz3lTNZnUUz6olG3IgG_MYyeP-pqZIgLNf100c5IQOHMMHcqen-Zw3kDrX5IuyoBL611Wb/s922/1991_0426%20AJC%20GSU%20Joey%20Ivansco.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="730" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGM04Es-31WrBycUlpshX8Y84eN-6HLrG0FeIxTrABqlI3Ru7Re_tGPt5u_0zYar673iNe5AzcXVkxk4J1Epa-cdaWrbEY5yFiaN9PuhwAABAGatXcvqZz3lTNZnUUz6olG3IgG_MYyeP-pqZIgLNf100c5IQOHMMHcqen-Zw3kDrX5IuyoBL611Wb/w316-h400/1991_0426%20AJC%20GSU%20Joey%20Ivansco.jpg" width="316" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the site of the old Union Station are Harry West, ARC executive director; Gerald L. Bartels, Atlanta Chamber of Commerce president; and Kenneth Gregor, MARTA general manager.<br />Photo by Joey Ivansco | Apr. 26, 1991<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8930357d-7fff-db7b-c478-dfc9255c37ef"></span></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Indeed, the temporary parking lot put in by Cousins in 1971 is still kicking 50 years later.</span></span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3d_b5EsO4ASrh1PuRoZzaOd_rNDBZSEwcaO-e1owiSo10TdD41kRrtEqIR8vnjN6CcMdcUDX026w5Y7jTOsDhtbPpf-2w5NaWt8ZBMGFr7FzgbxBAXd0qCBKcY1YL0t6U_o9NZEsh4wkMlPaXto0BvLfZJNREXQFVFYWIQc89MO7xhlMpjwxafV1m/s815/1992_0804.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="815" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3d_b5EsO4ASrh1PuRoZzaOd_rNDBZSEwcaO-e1owiSo10TdD41kRrtEqIR8vnjN6CcMdcUDX026w5Y7jTOsDhtbPpf-2w5NaWt8ZBMGFr7FzgbxBAXd0qCBKcY1YL0t6U_o9NZEsh4wkMlPaXto0BvLfZJNREXQFVFYWIQc89MO7xhlMpjwxafV1m/w400-h271/1992_0804.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aug. 4, 1992<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-bc2fd013-7fff-72d2-7645-1710c0fea3d1"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Getting back to the Constitution building for a moment, Georgia Power continued occupying the space through the 1970s, using it as their surplus inventory clearance center.</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8rwMBuBf0dVY_mWbHUIaGAheGVRC-a2iPOFfZUupsgiJd_UpLCpASBVvbYFIor8UPnnzFKztPnQ-h6UsorCkmfZX021u7U6d385Xt9Ht6is404Nsj3s3u9uYFtUpC9XA9OLeUKba1XN1OHa0_WwwX47wWObyqJP-jvcH5bxV4uuBzHRl-mJ5ks5RO/s5484/19750801_Ga%20Power%20Appliance%20Center.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5484" data-original-width="4448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8rwMBuBf0dVY_mWbHUIaGAheGVRC-a2iPOFfZUupsgiJd_UpLCpASBVvbYFIor8UPnnzFKztPnQ-h6UsorCkmfZX021u7U6d385Xt9Ht6is404Nsj3s3u9uYFtUpC9XA9OLeUKba1XN1OHa0_WwwX47wWObyqJP-jvcH5bxV4uuBzHRl-mJ5ks5RO/w325-h400/19750801_Ga%20Power%20Appliance%20Center.jpg" width="325" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlanta Constitution | Aug. 1, 1975</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-5cef0243-7fff-6369-afb8-9622296d9605"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">But they vacated the building entirely by 1977. That year, the relief sculpture above the entrance was donated to MARTA for installation in the Techwood station (later the CNN Center station) under construction at the time. It can still be seen there today above the escalators at the station entrance. Next time you’re at State Farm Arena or the Benz and take MARTA via the CNN Center station, check it out as you ride the escalators down into the station.</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEievgL234ogF6UnxLWA25VwSvlsfdeLMmSiGO71mJCPnEcyXvunwL-AGVuKclh7LrXWUVCowzBwp1wM3oA1WZQl3b98Y_jLgHS0ivNCYp6INdznkvZBrF_J4yPdGETdmBQVgoDorSI2XpKuIxDRmtNbBpvih_mh5vQV9X8BPYxw9QfIHr3lRXYI-mwG/s800/2018ca_AJC%20Pete%20Corson.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="800" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEievgL234ogF6UnxLWA25VwSvlsfdeLMmSiGO71mJCPnEcyXvunwL-AGVuKclh7LrXWUVCowzBwp1wM3oA1WZQl3b98Y_jLgHS0ivNCYp6INdznkvZBrF_J4yPdGETdmBQVgoDorSI2XpKuIxDRmtNbBpvih_mh5vQV9X8BPYxw9QfIHr3lRXYI-mwG/w400-h258/2018ca_AJC%20Pete%20Corson.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Pete Corson, 2018<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">I’m glad the sculpture has been preserved, but removed from any context it’s kind of pointless hanging out in a MARTA station where no one even really notices it. It’s a very Atlanta thing to do, though.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Back at the building, with Georgia Power gone, the old Constitution building has been vacant for over 40 years now.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">A Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) of the building was conducted in the 1980s, which documented its history and architectural significance.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9K7oJ9QPXxjwliY0w4SRA95O2qBv2nwmO3BLmrag7NMWqQSAodAli-noMsdpNriF5y31uiBk3KzvvKnOohiKn0AA-a1bgLqo55gspLyUGWyaYwxHhcsQWa3XcC1qqPyUif0Vo3zeK12SN37hlkEop-RDVnWR8cgv0IqNK3vjPRm6MGPIHxI-G-CDo/s1024/1980s%20HABS%20Survey.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="813" data-original-width="1024" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9K7oJ9QPXxjwliY0w4SRA95O2qBv2nwmO3BLmrag7NMWqQSAodAli-noMsdpNriF5y31uiBk3KzvvKnOohiKn0AA-a1bgLqo55gspLyUGWyaYwxHhcsQWa3XcC1qqPyUif0Vo3zeK12SN37hlkEop-RDVnWR8cgv0IqNK3vjPRm6MGPIHxI-G-CDo/w400-h318/1980s%20HABS%20Survey.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) | Library of Congress</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsoKcJOvK5_OYHrk5eVETVJVLOg8rQBf1Mg1zA_SF3YIwxoFwjc8WwnvB1QheovJz8tVdvIPjemMUFK77i81SffubK2C94yiIWDUeeuP543Ev19BzxEhk9ZeXZRc7Xws-JU774cj-bM6PZi2EAEQSQzxAbcJkiMdlRnnOKAEtZVm_JJiZMoSvrZoBK/s1024/1980s%20HABS%20Survey_02.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="826" data-original-width="1024" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsoKcJOvK5_OYHrk5eVETVJVLOg8rQBf1Mg1zA_SF3YIwxoFwjc8WwnvB1QheovJz8tVdvIPjemMUFK77i81SffubK2C94yiIWDUeeuP543Ev19BzxEhk9ZeXZRc7Xws-JU774cj-bM6PZi2EAEQSQzxAbcJkiMdlRnnOKAEtZVm_JJiZMoSvrZoBK/w400-h323/1980s%20HABS%20Survey_02.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) | Library of Congress<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNLFfg3wRMXbEpjfNMfJIC0Y0uvaJVkZIAajnCJFlwz1r61SiD1XvG2vBfHJ_Fe1fSszWg68aTZ-8Hzp4lKKm0VBO0KWNRFVBEyZy8edCf8-xzMazUEgf2Vwc2NsgSw7AE30ODptYeQiJxS51whpNB-1T0csVN_sSr6nkeE3xy00LxjGpnpf2mXFyv/s1024/1980s%20HABS%20Survey_03.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1024" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNLFfg3wRMXbEpjfNMfJIC0Y0uvaJVkZIAajnCJFlwz1r61SiD1XvG2vBfHJ_Fe1fSszWg68aTZ-8Hzp4lKKm0VBO0KWNRFVBEyZy8edCf8-xzMazUEgf2Vwc2NsgSw7AE30ODptYeQiJxS51whpNB-1T0csVN_sSr6nkeE3xy00LxjGpnpf2mXFyv/w400-h316/1980s%20HABS%20Survey_03.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) | Library of Congress<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">But the building has only further deteriorated since then, with trees growing out of the roof.</span><p></p></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiuq3h5kyXDk-sf-Av2Mq5yXrIyzEAq456-bmecrGQ2ZsEZORCfZR4-XreH-40c7BTh2I9sd7qVGdJr6ZORwYKtEitb0akh_yoWZDziidHtp3JKWkjh463fjmbRJ69mzGIOm78qGlGcsVz-acridzZcePTClEDF4fL7f8nvdoMs4xjQ41ejXH2hMAg/s1024/2009_0625.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1024" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiuq3h5kyXDk-sf-Av2Mq5yXrIyzEAq456-bmecrGQ2ZsEZORCfZR4-XreH-40c7BTh2I9sd7qVGdJr6ZORwYKtEitb0akh_yoWZDziidHtp3JKWkjh463fjmbRJ69mzGIOm78qGlGcsVz-acridzZcePTClEDF4fL7f8nvdoMs4xjQ41ejXH2hMAg/w400-h313/2009_0625.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2009</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsLIWTJTS-FDEwzMsbhFgm3lNwKnnvatMO2OPjHLYVaYLxIiDhfsnH9RVP32EvVDkuvkhFx98vnO_9MWReXLMRNstTSrEeqrOt2iOvKRRQ_OE8u9TRAfvZwwJHnN91C0FG8Kwo49yowPx3LID9tohkH1dbmDxt9mY74v4psky1NeiL_M8evDu9XdUk/s800/2018ca_AJC%20James%20Getz.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="542" data-original-width="800" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsLIWTJTS-FDEwzMsbhFgm3lNwKnnvatMO2OPjHLYVaYLxIiDhfsnH9RVP32EvVDkuvkhFx98vnO_9MWReXLMRNstTSrEeqrOt2iOvKRRQ_OE8u9TRAfvZwwJHnN91C0FG8Kwo49yowPx3LID9tohkH1dbmDxt9mY74v4psky1NeiL_M8evDu9XdUk/w400-h271/2018ca_AJC%20James%20Getz.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by James Getz, ca. 2018<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimRcxrFmdISCBi_rBmfnBF0o-wLBVajcfH1jXsxiIpbIswGUCIPajM-CBKplK01cTEefwJfXg-TY_o9-LdekEKiv0uqNq6Rjdp9DRT_84CjD1cC6BVVdFOhTjnNwDXVRPGU_mu9s60Vs0ryLH_y1IqKKMIxUTmIPVBooNiqs13APtY4UGQBtanZOtw/s800/2018ca_AJC%20Pete%20Corson_02.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="800" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimRcxrFmdISCBi_rBmfnBF0o-wLBVajcfH1jXsxiIpbIswGUCIPajM-CBKplK01cTEefwJfXg-TY_o9-LdekEKiv0uqNq6Rjdp9DRT_84CjD1cC6BVVdFOhTjnNwDXVRPGU_mu9s60Vs0ryLH_y1IqKKMIxUTmIPVBooNiqs13APtY4UGQBtanZOtw/w400-h297/2018ca_AJC%20Pete%20Corson_02.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Pete Corson, ca. 2018<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-97cd6409-7fff-b223-1273-fc5bb99adbad"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The City of Atlanta bought the building in 1995, but nothing has been done with it so far. In 2016, the city started looking into development options. The following year, developers proposed a $40 million dollar renovation of the site that included a rooftop bar and a new residential building next door.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjldhUPFbzwxXmzkBFr-MI8c2dzVfMXJnTYmQYfDEt1R9VTzrb1NJLPkxUh1hoYsivwO9iXWHsO7jxR99oTkhwasWQfEtFzd_6DKzCsfdvDKUsMFGs4pRMtcUTrMbIz9boxs6rU1IT3UzFvCA7AGk1PWaUzkM-P_dAB78wch09WN_2W38onjL02tfkZ/s1108/2017%20Redevelopment%20Plan%2001.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="737" data-original-width="1108" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjldhUPFbzwxXmzkBFr-MI8c2dzVfMXJnTYmQYfDEt1R9VTzrb1NJLPkxUh1hoYsivwO9iXWHsO7jxR99oTkhwasWQfEtFzd_6DKzCsfdvDKUsMFGs4pRMtcUTrMbIz9boxs6rU1IT3UzFvCA7AGk1PWaUzkM-P_dAB78wch09WN_2W38onjL02tfkZ/w400-h266/2017%20Redevelopment%20Plan%2001.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhyS0FhXXQpf6bdPkuKqV5FHZvHsYUMvQxIHwVN3BSujMUZyposBzP43_BnPa6iPzThDEJWTUZL06398ZglCUd5CfluV2bD1xDN5KisAwZqIi-IorLxVgI_-oOcCvIXCAA9GwnbTxRV3bM1uIWIWrjeRQKOfBViP0Ow5DKMlESJYV-sHTbLE56eEdI/s1091/2017%20Redevelopment%20Plan%2002.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="1091" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhyS0FhXXQpf6bdPkuKqV5FHZvHsYUMvQxIHwVN3BSujMUZyposBzP43_BnPa6iPzThDEJWTUZL06398ZglCUd5CfluV2bD1xDN5KisAwZqIi-IorLxVgI_-oOcCvIXCAA9GwnbTxRV3bM1uIWIWrjeRQKOfBViP0Ow5DKMlESJYV-sHTbLE56eEdI/w400-h213/2017%20Redevelopment%20Plan%2002.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">That deal hasn’t moved forward yet, but as of 2021 it appeared to still be the plan. For now, though, it’s just slowly decaying.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-0d68b880-7fff-dc02-2280-b0ac35282d19"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In 2014, photographer Chris Hunt got to take some cool photos of the building’s spooky interior, which you can check out <a href="https://chuntimages.wordpress.com/2014/05/28/old-atlanta-constitution-building-images/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And that’s that! Hoping for a happy ending to this tale sometime soon, but until then, thanks for reading!</span></span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div></div></span></span></div></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></div></span></div></div></span></div></span></span></div></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></div>Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07029902962598209651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040628041708774921.post-61085522668794527222021-11-07T19:12:00.000-08:002021-11-07T19:12:44.878-08:00Southern Bell Building<p><span id="docs-internal-guid-468463e9-7fff-15dc-747a-68a9dff205e8"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I know it’s hard to believe, but I have a new entry for you less than a year from my last one! So pop the champagne or perhaps a delicious nearly-flavored La Croix and join me for a look at a unique Atlanta building downtown.</span></p><p><span id="docs-internal-guid-18edc173-7fff-4295-8b62-c5bb590ecd99"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Let us begin.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today’s block is home to the old Southern Bell (now AT&T) communications building. The current boundaries are as follows:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">North: John Wesley Dobbs Avenue - formerly Houston Street</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">East: Courtland Street - formerly Collins Street</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">South: Auburn Avenue - formerly Wheat Street</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">West: Peachtree Center Avenue - formerly Ivy Street (also Peachtree on some early maps)</span></p><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja_36k_xTQaCxQLnzdriLjRokREfeGS65iY8TRPOQtl2tdXfiXnqaRCm5DNqivQWrTUxk7Bk5hAHYWwyQ3_NVa8N8I4DMfd6vnnqdvm0BPDMm8Oi4mkU6DK3f-eYesCb2_dx-Q5hO49IQ/s678/Modern+aerial+labeled.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="678" data-original-width="643" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja_36k_xTQaCxQLnzdriLjRokREfeGS65iY8TRPOQtl2tdXfiXnqaRCm5DNqivQWrTUxk7Bk5hAHYWwyQ3_NVa8N8I4DMfd6vnnqdvm0BPDMm8Oi4mkU6DK3f-eYesCb2_dx-Q5hO49IQ/w379-h400/Modern+aerial+labeled.jpg" width="379" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ef358297-7fff-1798-ef29-8863b1eb154d"><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We begin our tale in the 1830s, when Atlanta was just a twinkle in its mother’s eye. At that time, an early settler named Hardy Ivy purchased a land lot that now encompasses much of Downtown Atlanta from Five Points to Peachtree Center (today it makes up a couple dozen city blocks, including ours here). Ivy built a double-log cabin a couple blocks north of ours, probably around where the Sheraton Hotel currently sits (depends on who you ask). Downtown Atlanta was just a big farm then, with livestock grazing where today the streetcar sits in traffic.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi8tWo5Qz1WSM68RNn5qDq5yEHkRgWp4u9j1hIk_snaeupGCImtG5XdKnmJuo71Ee2fU1gGgnG1WmWzHKm-03_Pe1tlgP3ypHpSE2u9cBtuvFEqSkw9-jqixWEYIclbvkWc1GoyXkUQXw/s600/Hardy+Ivy+Cabin+AHC+no+other+info.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="600" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi8tWo5Qz1WSM68RNn5qDq5yEHkRgWp4u9j1hIk_snaeupGCImtG5XdKnmJuo71Ee2fU1gGgnG1WmWzHKm-03_Pe1tlgP3ypHpSE2u9cBtuvFEqSkw9-jqixWEYIclbvkWc1GoyXkUQXw/w400-h284/Hardy+Ivy+Cabin+AHC+no+other+info.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artist's Rendering of Hardy Ivy's Cabin<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-66001731-7fff-f042-35a6-b525c650f60e"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hardy Ivy was thrown from his horse and died around 1841-1842 when the (very) small town was still called Terminus. His final resting place was lost to history.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Or </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">was </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">it?? More on that later...</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After Hardy Ivy’s death, the land was sold off in chunks. When Hardy’s wife Sarah Todd died of smallpox shortly before the end of the Civil War in 1865 (she’s buried in Oakland Cemetery), their children sold off most of the remaining land that Hardy owned after the war, in large part due to increased taxes. The land would soon become some of the most valuable real estate in the city, unbeknownst to the Ivys, many of whom remained somewhat poor. But Ivy Street was named after their patriarch, so there’s that.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Getting specifically to our block, one of the plots sold (or possibly leased) by the Ivys before the Civil War was the southwest corner of the block at Ivy and Wheat Streets. This was home to Alexander McGhee Wallace, a prominent merchant who moved to Atlanta from Dalton in 1855. His home was burned during the Siege of Atlanta and he settled elsewhere in the city until his death in 1901.</span></p></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU1j4gxmmwIjYO68qONbEATFHQguTPaO-Comta4ifSf5MS0xKzrXACe8Y099nvQgZA8Z9p8BBFuBkoYfBla3mKeWGTpx-Mxni_LPyIn3UB-WubeNzIGJA1f1hEQIM_aMr2JsHEJVI4XYw/s855/Alexander+McGhee+Wallace+AHC.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="855" data-original-width="619" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU1j4gxmmwIjYO68qONbEATFHQguTPaO-Comta4ifSf5MS0xKzrXACe8Y099nvQgZA8Z9p8BBFuBkoYfBla3mKeWGTpx-Mxni_LPyIn3UB-WubeNzIGJA1f1hEQIM_aMr2JsHEJVI4XYw/s320/Alexander+McGhee+Wallace+AHC.jpg" width="232" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alexander McGhee Wallace<br /><i>The Atlanta Historical Bulletin</i>, Vol. 12, No. 1, March 1967<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-0bcee54f-7fff-a7ad-bcfc-88679a0d5906"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">By 1871, a good bit of the block and surrounding area had been settled, as you can see in the birds’ eye view from that year.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBIecP7UKcLW7vUvaCAfKaJERzHJn8r7qFdOlMmDajZY-QnjqeE4xQaZLS_VtDN-j-F52Z188rJOJNu6n20UK2tEm1H36hibGsFFYzW-lasAcxgX8_K52_wBmrh5wB7e1tT2QfVgw8tPE/s918/1871.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="918" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBIecP7UKcLW7vUvaCAfKaJERzHJn8r7qFdOlMmDajZY-QnjqeE4xQaZLS_VtDN-j-F52Z188rJOJNu6n20UK2tEm1H36hibGsFFYzW-lasAcxgX8_K52_wBmrh5wB7e1tT2QfVgw8tPE/w400-h259/1871.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1871</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One prominent new resident was John Calvin Peck, who built his house on Ivy Street sometime between 1868 and 1870. I think in the birds’ eye view it’s the one with the cupola on the west side of the block. He would live in this house until his death in 1908.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-0bcee54f-7fff-a7ad-bcfc-88679a0d5906"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpjcoFxUvoPhakZ8Ee1efXo2MmbcSseJXIUcgisf7XjEYOu0j3FHxAhj7B2CfRgTzc1xAfTJGXQhLpMXfiom77_pT6wcI12qy8wPl-83oQkCnV7XBYdvyQC_odYnuDfr9Fqp8WWqfGcVc/s1946/Peck+John+C_Atlanta_Constitution_Fri__Mar_6__1908_1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1946" data-original-width="1647" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpjcoFxUvoPhakZ8Ee1efXo2MmbcSseJXIUcgisf7XjEYOu0j3FHxAhj7B2CfRgTzc1xAfTJGXQhLpMXfiom77_pT6wcI12qy8wPl-83oQkCnV7XBYdvyQC_odYnuDfr9Fqp8WWqfGcVc/s320/Peck+John+C_Atlanta_Constitution_Fri__Mar_6__1908_1.jpg" width="271" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Calvin Peck<br /><i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</i> | Mar. 6, 1908</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4a852d62-7fff-4b41-44c6-13cb8836891b"><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Peck was a builder and contractor. During the Civil War he and his business partner Francis Day owned a mill and shop on Decatur Street, which manufactured guns for the Confederacy. After the war, in 1866, he built the original capitol building at Marietta and Forsyth Streets. </span></p><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div></span></span></span><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-0bcee54f-7fff-a7ad-bcfc-88679a0d5906"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4a852d62-7fff-4b41-44c6-13cb8836891b"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjslzW5e_p6mOCkWcrFzhwBdWkc8P7rjb-0v3mq4W3Xf8KiZtuqoWG3ficFeaEajjcQaP4cP8XGwZ9HMRTCnwNVe6Z6LwW_T8wjimYKdLJ5JFC39CEd1wpGNdZgyT9j5UfDkUkulVDd-1U/s720/State+Capitol+ca1884+AHC.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="720" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjslzW5e_p6mOCkWcrFzhwBdWkc8P7rjb-0v3mq4W3Xf8KiZtuqoWG3ficFeaEajjcQaP4cP8XGwZ9HMRTCnwNVe6Z6LwW_T8wjimYKdLJ5JFC39CEd1wpGNdZgyT9j5UfDkUkulVDd-1U/w400-h335/State+Capitol+ca1884+AHC.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Original State Capitol Building<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8d613352-7fff-8b53-2e3e-f45cf3d37fe8"><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">In 1870, he was hired to build the first Kimball House on Pryor Street, one of the city’s tallest buildings at the time, which burned down in 1883.</span></p><div style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div></span></span></span></span></span><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-0bcee54f-7fff-a7ad-bcfc-88679a0d5906"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4a852d62-7fff-4b41-44c6-13cb8836891b"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8d613352-7fff-8b53-2e3e-f45cf3d37fe8"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 11pt; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3FdA-S-_5reOe2byXdStLI_JBhHR9GmZDt5bVyMMoYXgYHxy2LzVUqul_fpj2mZ5MKEc8t6Mc_keNvtMF8-vIW69LhGnmTR28beg_cq3LGzYe7Swh7oo89pFkqIZxtS06MaJogUNHl_4/s718/Kimball+House+ca1880+AHC.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="718" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3FdA-S-_5reOe2byXdStLI_JBhHR9GmZDt5bVyMMoYXgYHxy2LzVUqul_fpj2mZ5MKEc8t6Mc_keNvtMF8-vIW69LhGnmTR28beg_cq3LGzYe7Swh7oo89pFkqIZxtS06MaJogUNHl_4/w400-h319/Kimball+House+ca1880+AHC.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original Kimball House<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-374a1bc0-7fff-acc8-9601-4c33d42c354a"><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">He also had a decorative woodwork business for windows, mantles, and the like.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC00sk-lzP1I2tTh4KV9x5JvE7fKCz_OiJtIl8SPVqspDd0Tj9cYFg27-dpLoBDPktoyLQN-BQZiyQNigS73cg4hyRyzYZJH-bmnMEPqs3mjPve7uvHehfQZUti_3gUZfx-KWyvEVIjw0/s2048/Peck+and+Sons_Atlanta_Constitution_Wed__Jul_24__1889_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1138" data-original-width="2048" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC00sk-lzP1I2tTh4KV9x5JvE7fKCz_OiJtIl8SPVqspDd0Tj9cYFg27-dpLoBDPktoyLQN-BQZiyQNigS73cg4hyRyzYZJH-bmnMEPqs3mjPve7uvHehfQZUti_3gUZfx-KWyvEVIjw0/w400-h223/Peck+and+Sons_Atlanta_Constitution_Wed__Jul_24__1889_.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</i> | July 24, 1889</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Returning to a dangling thread from earlier: Famed Atlanta historian Franklin Garrett did some sleuthing about Hardy Ivy’s lost grave, which he wrote about in his mammoth tome </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Atlanta and Environs </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">(first published in 1954 and later expanded). In speaking to Ivy’s descendants, Garrett determined there were a few plausible locations for Ivy's grave, including Decatur Cemetery (the only public cemetery at the time of Ivy’s death) and Oakland Cemetery (which did not exist when he died, but his body may have been moved after his widow was buried there in 1865). </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-43723d30-7fff-3678-954c-70d29f073b3c"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">However, Garrett spoke with Hardy Ivy’s grandson Edgar in the 1930s, who told him that he always understood Hardy to be buried “near the house” in an unmarked grave, which was never moved. “Near the house” COULD theoretically be about two modern blocks away from the house, yes? But in which direction?</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Well, Mr. Garrett also spoke to John C. Peck’s grandchildren, who said that when they would visit their grandfather’s house as children, there was a gated garden in between the main house and the carriage house in the back of the property. Inside the gate was a pre-existing grave, but no one knew whose it was, and there’s no record of it ever being moved. Garrett believed there was a good chance that this grave belonged to Hardy Ivy himself, and that he could still be buried there under 100 years of development. It’s impossible to say with any certainty, but it’s an interesting thing to consider as we move through the years.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Moving onto the 1878 atlas, we get some more names of residents on the block. </span></p><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-0bcee54f-7fff-a7ad-bcfc-88679a0d5906"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4a852d62-7fff-4b41-44c6-13cb8836891b"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8d613352-7fff-8b53-2e3e-f45cf3d37fe8"><span id="docs-internal-guid-374a1bc0-7fff-acc8-9601-4c33d42c354a"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim0YV0o6Ts_NnIPVCzCWb8hO3ppsdPJskKZaJQEeR25uRrLRisU3c6mcQl76B9ap2r-_WIUTLZaiJ-eddS-Z5SAOHBNagUu1BRYZzlO39FAHGltWdvWPSDB2nwT3WzGB7vDjLvKWJvxOI/s882/1878.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="833" data-original-width="882" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim0YV0o6Ts_NnIPVCzCWb8hO3ppsdPJskKZaJQEeR25uRrLRisU3c6mcQl76B9ap2r-_WIUTLZaiJ-eddS-Z5SAOHBNagUu1BRYZzlO39FAHGltWdvWPSDB2nwT3WzGB7vDjLvKWJvxOI/w400-h378/1878.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1878</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-606d1036-7fff-7fb6-dd32-ff4a73b8dba5"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Where Alexander McGhee Wallace’s house was burned during the Civil War, we now see the property of Thomas Goodfellow Healey (it's misspelled on the map).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU4nNtyji9T1ClixMt6bRWTqtJG4CtgD1dJp3rmwL7IYl2JtyHHwlFkp4-LPBR8NRUbRJKML49mEg2LPtlPHGdLHAtB5dY7iJ2r7d_qjriUKYcbbj5ttiVJ6Pbf-1CYgckDfLmi3-kK-U/s720/Healey+Thomas+Goodfellow+undated+AHC.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="564" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU4nNtyji9T1ClixMt6bRWTqtJG4CtgD1dJp3rmwL7IYl2JtyHHwlFkp4-LPBR8NRUbRJKML49mEg2LPtlPHGdLHAtB5dY7iJ2r7d_qjriUKYcbbj5ttiVJ6Pbf-1CYgckDfLmi3-kK-U/s320/Healey+Thomas+Goodfellow+undated+AHC.jpg" width="251" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thomas Goodfellow Healey<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-d54d8c44-7fff-170c-0499-1dc45a59fdb1"></span></span><p></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Healey was a brick manufacturer and contractor. In 1877, he built the original Healey Building with his son Thomas on the present site of the William-Oliver Building (which was built by his son and is named after his grandsons).</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-0bcee54f-7fff-a7ad-bcfc-88679a0d5906"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4a852d62-7fff-4b41-44c6-13cb8836891b"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8d613352-7fff-8b53-2e3e-f45cf3d37fe8"><span id="docs-internal-guid-374a1bc0-7fff-acc8-9601-4c33d42c354a"><span id="docs-internal-guid-606d1036-7fff-7fb6-dd32-ff4a73b8dba5"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0EEWCPPhi-1JSkymf8ZY4rycA4I4t_i9PMJ9C1WSEv10DVF2cj9Q0cCQAXt9Wp4RCQaxKlbnMPJqd_fXbw1-ktSpALu4uf1LOVdweKfsdBG11F248AJSVGzGTOjgVsIaXHl2UZE4ENc4/s720/Healey+Building+ca+1880+AHC.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="720" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0EEWCPPhi-1JSkymf8ZY4rycA4I4t_i9PMJ9C1WSEv10DVF2cj9Q0cCQAXt9Wp4RCQaxKlbnMPJqd_fXbw1-ktSpALu4uf1LOVdweKfsdBG11F248AJSVGzGTOjgVsIaXHl2UZE4ENc4/w400-h316/Healey+Building+ca+1880+AHC.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original Healey Building<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e313849c-7fff-1a6c-7393-20fb3916e663"><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Back to the 1878 atlas, to the north of Healey's property we see Peck’s lot with what could be Hardy Ivy’s grave chilling in the backyard.</span></p><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcD6MMYKW6JZys6IMVgYyMHtH_zA1adlaiIKf4EfhAcBVNdJQn3BXts5RBNdhrf3HwMmZWTFpfQE-VGm_CkiuoQG6m9JcdK_lri5_T-F01bXwE3FHDq6bGuECKl02vCySGGTikOmOiIYU/s458/1878a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="396" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcD6MMYKW6JZys6IMVgYyMHtH_zA1adlaiIKf4EfhAcBVNdJQn3BXts5RBNdhrf3HwMmZWTFpfQE-VGm_CkiuoQG6m9JcdK_lri5_T-F01bXwE3FHDq6bGuECKl02vCySGGTikOmOiIYU/w346-h400/1878a.jpg" width="346" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Right there, maybe?</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Healey and Peck weren't just neighbors, they were also business partners, starting the Atlanta Car Works together in 1892. The rail was ALL the rage back then. In the photo below, T. G. Healey is on the far right and J. C. Peck is fourth from the left.</span></p></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeHih65vjdBOu2zQrgyA7IfNZ-BQJN1oWT1HCAya8vc06uLXC6IwkK9IzQzewAyGDN8ENxhSEYqL7G9WREcFnurrF4_uH2MIZsktVFuXPuMCPrtEzh12Ww3AwNntwNtuGZUlHwHK5oBAk/s600/Healey+and+Peck+AHC.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeHih65vjdBOu2zQrgyA7IfNZ-BQJN1oWT1HCAya8vc06uLXC6IwkK9IzQzewAyGDN8ENxhSEYqL7G9WREcFnurrF4_uH2MIZsktVFuXPuMCPrtEzh12Ww3AwNntwNtuGZUlHwHK5oBAk/w400-h320/Healey+and+Peck+AHC.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Formation of Atlanta Car Works, 1892<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-6f333b8f-7fff-f47d-1320-467f2468acb6"><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Back to the 1878 atlas, the only other name I could find anything about was Theodore G. Eiswald, who bought the Coal Creek Coal Company in 1877. He died around 1879.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ORkBsCybBc_3gaOCNUrfOpSY5oRnLD6GlnIGVHBHhGyCQYUomei9invqj_f8D54fLvgWtnlQIbImK_PawoeI5u19_8wfBYMz-4o5jYR9B-Vqq_Epv117eIuIS4Mfj2e1tyDs-d-D9NE/s2048/Eiswald+Theodore+G_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Feb_4__1877_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1488" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ORkBsCybBc_3gaOCNUrfOpSY5oRnLD6GlnIGVHBHhGyCQYUomei9invqj_f8D54fLvgWtnlQIbImK_PawoeI5u19_8wfBYMz-4o5jYR9B-Vqq_Epv117eIuIS4Mfj2e1tyDs-d-D9NE/w291-h400/Eiswald+Theodore+G_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Feb_4__1877_.jpg" width="291" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</i> | Feb. 4, 1877</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Around 1881, Dr. William Croom Bellamy moved into a house here on Wheat Street (I had a hard time figuring out which one specifically) with his wife Fannie and their adult daughter Minnie. Bellamy was born in Newbern, NC in 1830 and attended UGA around 1848. He later received his M.D. from Savannah Medical College and married Francis “Fannie” Lindsey in 1855. As a physician in Atlanta, he specialized in opium and alcohol addiction.</span></p><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 11pt; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfikGRD-LB-cKy0mMWybhVJzvLXkxMC-we26UJ0TFa-g0yGwztbCuDw7VGEsdawN3EPtcxg2Xo9D4SyCnZDAThT4hKrkIu_1UglNiK9MaJjRENUSJKjGFyCygzof8EsxuerKGJkRrB_AM/s2048/Dr+Bellamy_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Oct_8__1882_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2048" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfikGRD-LB-cKy0mMWybhVJzvLXkxMC-we26UJ0TFa-g0yGwztbCuDw7VGEsdawN3EPtcxg2Xo9D4SyCnZDAThT4hKrkIu_1UglNiK9MaJjRENUSJKjGFyCygzof8EsxuerKGJkRrB_AM/w400-h233/Dr+Bellamy_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Oct_8__1882_.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</i> | Oct. 8, 1882</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The year 1884 proved to be a tumultuous one for Dr. Bellamy. First, he had some kind of legal issues with the city, which I couldn’t find anything more specific than a passing mention in the newspaper. Then in February, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The Constitution</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> ran an ad for the Swift Specific Company (you might remember them from our post on the Butler Deck) featuring an endorsement from Dr. Bellamy. The ad--designed, as many were, to look like a news article--told the story of one Annie Stewart, a 70 year-old woman who was bitten by a house cat and infected with a strange illness. After time, Mrs. Stewart’s symptoms had worsened until, AND I QUOTE:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">“She would get down on the floor, crawl around and endeavour to catch rats. Then she would purr, mew, and do a great many things suggestive of the characteristics of a cat.”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">It’s almost hard to believe. Anyway, no doctors could help, the ad claimed, until Dr. Bellamy prescribed Swift’s Specific (S.S.S.), which naturally cleared things right up.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">It should surprise no one that the following month, both Annie Stewart and Dr. Bellamy sued Swift Specific Company for telling a bunch of stupid lies, seeking a total of $35,000 in damages. I couldn’t find anything confirming how that was resolved, but I did find the following photo of Annie Stewart:</span></p></span></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirl9J04Zk-vvZGoeu7aMj-55zy446GZ0U6ZHi2gi_imceOc1wxZAQ8SI84wgAHkD5MobSkkxIRZOuImrSlWv6NHhUAqXoq3Kd6QqGVLBzyY92kA4M7iNlyqJNOrJ7FMq3v6-FuWGEqapU/s400/catwoman.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirl9J04Zk-vvZGoeu7aMj-55zy446GZ0U6ZHi2gi_imceOc1wxZAQ8SI84wgAHkD5MobSkkxIRZOuImrSlWv6NHhUAqXoq3Kd6QqGVLBzyY92kA4M7iNlyqJNOrJ7FMq3v6-FuWGEqapU/w300-h400/catwoman.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-84a03034-7fff-93db-5baf-6c8589f5183c"><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Later that year, Dr. Bellamy was in the news again for threatening to shoot and kill a young man named Charles Spunner. Spunner had apparently been visiting Bellamy for a while (unclear if it was as a patient or for some other reason), but at some point Bellamy told him never to come back. Sometime later, however, Spunner showed up outside Bellamy’s home, prompting Bellamy to grab his gun from inside. His family stopped him from getting back to the door long enough for Spunner to get away. I don’t know what this was all about, but I’m sure it’s nothing a little Swift’s Specific wouldn’t clear up.</span></p><div style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div></span></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieJdoqokYXrxxMN9HBzFiyvUFPJq5bn_WLV76e8lEKXVd2HayySJ3GdhVkD3WfqhyphenhyphengyFslxajLMwEsnwzPwLPjOTM8f7RM_cvXXRXskZtRHUN28PMuACCMtVc4IbEEj7afotSyzti6tP0/s2048/SSS+The_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Aug_10__1890_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1801" data-original-width="2048" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieJdoqokYXrxxMN9HBzFiyvUFPJq5bn_WLV76e8lEKXVd2HayySJ3GdhVkD3WfqhyphenhyphengyFslxajLMwEsnwzPwLPjOTM8f7RM_cvXXRXskZtRHUN28PMuACCMtVc4IbEEj7afotSyzti6tP0/w400-h351/SSS+The_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Aug_10__1890_.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</i> | Aug. 10, 1890</td></tr></tbody></table></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Perhaps all of this stress took its toll on Dr. Bellamy, because sometime around 1886 he was admitted to the state asylum in Milledgeville (later Central State Hospital). As a patient there, he started the Asylum Library where he served as librarian. He frequently wrote to the </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Macon Telegraph </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">newspaper thanking patrons for donations and inviting others to send books in.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaRRN55WlYQA2E3zN6DIX17EQSKejU8cKSnAO_5OXHzEblmXebk1n4xQTC4ZTPcCvjsD_CwNl1gMsW1xzXD10ECJucX49eKf0XXadCVlskEkU4mRpuqcNYOXyjKkMyhD4UU6IkEB1Pz38/s600/Milledgeville+Asylum+1894+Vanishing+Georgia+DLG.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="600" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaRRN55WlYQA2E3zN6DIX17EQSKejU8cKSnAO_5OXHzEblmXebk1n4xQTC4ZTPcCvjsD_CwNl1gMsW1xzXD10ECJucX49eKf0XXadCVlskEkU4mRpuqcNYOXyjKkMyhD4UU6IkEB1Pz38/w400-h288/Milledgeville+Asylum+1894+Vanishing+Georgia+DLG.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Milledgeville Asylum, 1894<br />Vanishing Georgia | Digital Library of Georgia</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">He eventually left the asylum and returned to Atlanta, where he died in his home on Wheat Street in 1893. He is buried in Westview Cemetery.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">This brings us to the 1892 birds' eye view and Sanborn map:</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKT4nwGsd15S7LMzr_S1PZmt1MSZeTDxaZTwk3d-4w-6KNBBEQlgI3Qblhhj66yQ_gV-ovh8NdqvWm8uAPp6crw_tRqpDZyOLcXBUrPbUuOD8tlm_OytGEZy0pwCIO8s_rCP8X_GM4_jY/s721/1892.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="497" data-original-width="721" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKT4nwGsd15S7LMzr_S1PZmt1MSZeTDxaZTwk3d-4w-6KNBBEQlgI3Qblhhj66yQ_gV-ovh8NdqvWm8uAPp6crw_tRqpDZyOLcXBUrPbUuOD8tlm_OytGEZy0pwCIO8s_rCP8X_GM4_jY/w400-h276/1892.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1892</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkul0EhJGtA5PvOF7tWfio83R-TvDrled1wsaIriDRUbfVeDle-GOYtLtBaSilU1IrEiE-SaUd9OO2hbd3lE7YgEHE4QH_OAnK0L9lDy4wwJ4NrHpNIsW51gTDKyaPdsiJuNcXh6k3fiY/s2048/1892+SAN.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1935" data-original-width="2048" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkul0EhJGtA5PvOF7tWfio83R-TvDrled1wsaIriDRUbfVeDle-GOYtLtBaSilU1IrEiE-SaUd9OO2hbd3lE7YgEHE4QH_OAnK0L9lDy4wwJ4NrHpNIsW51gTDKyaPdsiJuNcXh6k3fiY/w400-h378/1892+SAN.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1892</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Bellamy's house would have been one of the ones along the south end on Wheat Street. In the birds' eye view, we see what appears to be lumber on the southwest corner at the old Healey property. </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-dd7abb6f-7fff-8098-bfc9-31517fbff338"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Zooming right along to the 1899 Sanborn map, we see a couple changes to the block showing the area gaining a bit of density. </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjejYksdZ5y-LgZCdfrG7sPBzJo9NYjIyhL_gy-GUhh-muJArT3OR7kWADULT7goP6-9xouGlyUTZuktiD5O8Uk0b-dK2N6NulXLwW4r0Lp6cWrPpJ5p9f5XpvoulMebp_9pU_f4o4j40c/s2048/1899+SAN.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2031" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjejYksdZ5y-LgZCdfrG7sPBzJo9NYjIyhL_gy-GUhh-muJArT3OR7kWADULT7goP6-9xouGlyUTZuktiD5O8Uk0b-dK2N6NulXLwW4r0Lp6cWrPpJ5p9f5XpvoulMebp_9pU_f4o4j40c/w396-h400/1899+SAN.jpg" width="396" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1899</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">On the east side at Courtland, one of the dwellings has been replaced by row houses. On the north end at Houston, the Cooledge Hotel has replaced one of the dwellings there.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib_TBDmxUCiBLTitfZ9YM1xXi117za3-lmYAH35WLr6Gp132SsXP3UKbAHGWRjzcAHCkZwj1XScZoE-jNFbYY_XoKg26mloteReqzTd7gsvfZmTLopBIGMp2J23QvmZgdnMrRlnEFs4fg/s600/Cooledge+Hotel+1903+AHC.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="506" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib_TBDmxUCiBLTitfZ9YM1xXi117za3-lmYAH35WLr6Gp132SsXP3UKbAHGWRjzcAHCkZwj1XScZoE-jNFbYY_XoKg26mloteReqzTd7gsvfZmTLopBIGMp2J23QvmZgdnMrRlnEFs4fg/w338-h400/Cooledge+Hotel+1903+AHC.jpg" width="338" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e4bf7133-7fff-9e0d-c065-a02a778699c0"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The 1911 Sanborn map (man, we are really flying!) brings us even more changes, particularly on Auburn Ave (formerly Wheat Street). </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJiy8RuNOFNQZe-nLUnIzRYgpx6MNo4rgzbUybRQoJwzCAVUoSe13jDQx4HGjjzAN-c0SKMbD7Mqw45n3MFWNFqf8Sts1o2A946lU3l1To8o5xxerESyQWBeji-_5nRWHRTo_LfBe-ykY/s2048/1911+SAN.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2008" data-original-width="2048" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJiy8RuNOFNQZe-nLUnIzRYgpx6MNo4rgzbUybRQoJwzCAVUoSe13jDQx4HGjjzAN-c0SKMbD7Mqw45n3MFWNFqf8Sts1o2A946lU3l1To8o5xxerESyQWBeji-_5nRWHRTo_LfBe-ykY/w400-h393/1911+SAN.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1911</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8aeb8c3b-7fff-8395-fcd3-1c9bff6ae36b"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">First, on the southeast corner at Auburn and Courtland, we have the N. P. Pratt Laboratory.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFD8sZFf2eMoPh7swiRkzrwLMiU6CwxlUd0MBMI5pbBqsIW6B2E8TN_g2HicZC_HFtpedrdpy7r_vSmW1FQlL6rSz0y5R187SEqsaOL2wOVaW4wOOfXd4PVMa9KdA2esVuAvjdEdct_Zo/s2048/Pratt+Laboratory_Atlanta_Constitution_18990409_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1484" data-original-width="2048" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFD8sZFf2eMoPh7swiRkzrwLMiU6CwxlUd0MBMI5pbBqsIW6B2E8TN_g2HicZC_HFtpedrdpy7r_vSmW1FQlL6rSz0y5R187SEqsaOL2wOVaW4wOOfXd4PVMa9KdA2esVuAvjdEdct_Zo/w400-h290/Pratt+Laboratory_Atlanta_Constitution_18990409_01.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</i> | Apr. 9, 1899</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-05e96b41-7fff-94a2-04fa-ddf1d2bed23f"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Nathaniel Palmer Pratt was born in Midway, GA, near Milledgeville in 1858, the son of a prominent scientist who made explosives for the Confederacy. He opened his first lab in Atlanta around 1885, specializing in the analysis of chemicals and ores. By 1895, he found great success with his new patented process for manufacturing sulfuric acid, which led to the construction of his new laboratory here in 1899.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPNVv37nIz1Pd6SSMLyF8uQcBjsSLq4aMqEOnmpKIA3QhQ3mIv504a3kvd38ir11Sg3dcxVjzJqBpQLwEfvFwfFPuKlRy1rgZgxjanrEJcQKaoFJS4cM29S6KxUl5vUsxE6FD-Fwm1Hnk/s2048/Pratt+Lab+ad_Atlanta_Constitution_18980508.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1686" data-original-width="2048" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPNVv37nIz1Pd6SSMLyF8uQcBjsSLq4aMqEOnmpKIA3QhQ3mIv504a3kvd38ir11Sg3dcxVjzJqBpQLwEfvFwfFPuKlRy1rgZgxjanrEJcQKaoFJS4cM29S6KxUl5vUsxE6FD-Fwm1Hnk/w400-h329/Pratt+Lab+ad_Atlanta_Constitution_18980508.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</i> | May 8, 1898</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-200a784b-7fff-d841-b5f8-49bb90a04a63"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">If you are thinking that close proximity to a chemical plant might be problematic for, say, these folks…</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRMpsxWh7KFPm3-wzoOOfa6XOnekRlXbNE3NvwuuCxO7ENkb_N0yL2jSSqj0aA55io4oN3taNtZhtb5nBzznHJPh2-dLrjLbEz0pmbQprP3okxNIFN4pFewE0V5lsOpCDg3Rr64Sn2x-0/s964/1911+SANa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="903" data-original-width="964" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRMpsxWh7KFPm3-wzoOOfa6XOnekRlXbNE3NvwuuCxO7ENkb_N0yL2jSSqj0aA55io4oN3taNtZhtb5nBzznHJPh2-dLrjLbEz0pmbQprP3okxNIFN4pFewE0V5lsOpCDg3Rr64Sn2x-0/w400-h375/1911+SANa.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8c3723bf-7fff-53d6-3ce8-7749dc7ee3f2"></span></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">...you’d be right! Around 1901, complaints of smoke and soot in the neighborhood led Pratt to raise the height of the smokestack. But the problem persisted, and in 1902 Pratt was charged with creating a nuisance, as neighbors testified that “soot fell so thick as to cover porches and that clothes could not be washed in back yards and windows on many days could not be left open.” (AJC | Aug. 8, 1902)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-26fcb3ea-7fff-9ad6-b046-a918e03e62d2"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Ultimately, though, the charges were dismissed because the emissions fell within sanitary limits of the day. I wonder if anything was able to help those poor people with their symptoms…</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnu_ZOjn1vCZm0pxpsmytJyatn8evlXI-CBGfx53A4Dwz0c7Di2IwugW3mz2s_KRS033EP4x0JhiNJlUCCURNJYrerG4GFRxGYSj-42eWpDbI54NJGTdFXT5U43SB-cG6TDgzU9wm_pg8/s2048/SSS_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Aug_10__1890_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1994" data-original-width="2048" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnu_ZOjn1vCZm0pxpsmytJyatn8evlXI-CBGfx53A4Dwz0c7Di2IwugW3mz2s_KRS033EP4x0JhiNJlUCCURNJYrerG4GFRxGYSj-42eWpDbI54NJGTdFXT5U43SB-cG6TDgzU9wm_pg8/w400-h390/SSS_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Aug_10__1890_.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution </i>| Aug. 10, 1890</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-c4715686-7fff-9f70-177c-1e3c48176e28"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Pollution aside, Pratt’s lab was a success, and in 1904 he expanded to open the Fulton Foundry and Machine Works in Kirkwood with his brother George. That plant manufactured machine parts for plants and refineries, including a sugar refinery in Cuba. That company was later known as Pratt Engineering and Machinery. </span></p><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvUU_4ltVL7T35Ztb16rnyK_OI_VshRdXflb-uyPO9f_f0xo6o8YYx7nrYpn5NS5W3KWlt7ZKdEa-R5UZPw_xJAq3gI3NOlnbGuq0KZrpx3ErRiKtVtLDc-D1Q0I3sBKAVRduPmdtMUKc/s2048/Pratt+Lab_Atlanta_Constitution_19081002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1648" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvUU_4ltVL7T35Ztb16rnyK_OI_VshRdXflb-uyPO9f_f0xo6o8YYx7nrYpn5NS5W3KWlt7ZKdEa-R5UZPw_xJAq3gI3NOlnbGuq0KZrpx3ErRiKtVtLDc-D1Q0I3sBKAVRduPmdtMUKc/w517-h640/Pratt+Lab_Atlanta_Constitution_19081002.jpg" width="517" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</i> | Oct. 2, 1908</td></tr></tbody></table><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f673abc-7fff-aa8b-e261-01eb61998581"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">As a brief aside: The famous Pullman railroad car company bought the Kirkwood site in 1926 and used it as their repair shop. Now known as the Pratt-Pullman Yard, it was vacant for some time, and in the last several years was used as a filming location for various motion pictures. It’s currently undergoing a major redevelopment and recently housed Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience. If you know the area, you are no doubt familiar with it.</span></p><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-3f3e9e15-7fff-9323-a4b9-6349080d21d6"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Anyway, back to our block.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4863609f-7fff-cd5f-b6a9-813ea5336a8e"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Close to the Pratt Laboratory at 78 Auburn, we see the Coca Cola Bottling Company’s new plant, which was built around 1903.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUJqAQbQmOUPyex8hN6p-4WJNR2xTYvSvZnjAuwA-kKdy6Bu5Kvy5yfrrKrUeQ6dpfUERNBLenN_-gKuaRXjowJOr_ODzu9fmjsqN6gdYarUyNjsDMy2r7hp_7ssDb7FKMkxvvoDyOy4M/s719/Coca+Cola+1906+AHC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="719" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUJqAQbQmOUPyex8hN6p-4WJNR2xTYvSvZnjAuwA-kKdy6Bu5Kvy5yfrrKrUeQ6dpfUERNBLenN_-gKuaRXjowJOr_ODzu9fmjsqN6gdYarUyNjsDMy2r7hp_7ssDb7FKMkxvvoDyOy4M/w400-h320/Coca+Cola+1906+AHC.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1906<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZXvJCd9jDrGsTt06xnDWg_Am2lRwyAkrHurC39WjG0qxFLXE1qoe0Fs5CDxOWjz8S1kelsW3jPdrQK0wtDTQ436u4MBqQ5gqXmHSIx2BTH9DjKT5JLlyEFGFNtsQu2zckRXVZjAIDeQ/s718/Coca+Cola+ca+1910+AHC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="718" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZXvJCd9jDrGsTt06xnDWg_Am2lRwyAkrHurC39WjG0qxFLXE1qoe0Fs5CDxOWjz8S1kelsW3jPdrQK0wtDTQ436u4MBqQ5gqXmHSIx2BTH9DjKT5JLlyEFGFNtsQu2zckRXVZjAIDeQ/w400-h320/Coca+Cola+ca+1910+AHC.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">circa 1910<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-1a7b268d-7fff-f02b-21f9-a74a979f257e"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">By 1917, the bottling plant was taken over by the American Canning Corporation. Founded by former Atlanta councilman and auto dealer Dan Walraven with Coca-Cola executive Charles V. Rainwater serving as president, American Canning specialized in canning local growers’ surplus produce.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYElXeTNaKCVR_M_1JaT14DhL6v97Pj4lZzx7EuR8n64I9HV0EFWIQnV7JRPlXisYogIczWk_vVk-90UK5WaXLBGfKh3uDF1XdT4ahhQcTYKKs4cAM8FUou6Ozz9VlV-Ee15OGw625_IE/s3647/American+Canning+Corp_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Jul_1__1917_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="862" data-original-width="3647" height="95" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYElXeTNaKCVR_M_1JaT14DhL6v97Pj4lZzx7EuR8n64I9HV0EFWIQnV7JRPlXisYogIczWk_vVk-90UK5WaXLBGfKh3uDF1XdT4ahhQcTYKKs4cAM8FUou6Ozz9VlV-Ee15OGw625_IE/w400-h95/American+Canning+Corp_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Jul_1__1917_.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</i> | July 1, 1917</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bd547f79-7fff-a4a9-8b42-9c202715034c"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">This venture either soon failed or moved elsewhere, however, because Parsons Motor Corporation took over the building in 1919.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8AbUKUCQbEjSN8tKTAa0CARCKMOEq49ih-62r8mOQFZvWmCmzeWxz4Q8cXhasAcorrrs-t4ZYaPUcq3Y_hw-suRY5PyVJbuOKPKDx6YmAL_PoVgmeFIz96-Wgvwm1OXXr9dtKda7fqBo/s2048/Parsons+Motor+Co_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Feb_16__1919_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1606" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8AbUKUCQbEjSN8tKTAa0CARCKMOEq49ih-62r8mOQFZvWmCmzeWxz4Q8cXhasAcorrrs-t4ZYaPUcq3Y_hw-suRY5PyVJbuOKPKDx6YmAL_PoVgmeFIz96-Wgvwm1OXXr9dtKda7fqBo/w502-h640/Parsons+Motor+Co_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Feb_16__1919_01.jpg" width="502" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution </i>| Feb. 16, 1919</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Parsons Motor Corp. was founded by Atlanta native William A. Parsons. Prior to forming his motor company, Parsons was vice president of Pratt Engineering and Machinery in Kirkwood and was in charge of their operations in Cuba. Parsons Motor Corp. was Atlanta’s Stewart Trucks distributor and is the first of many automotive businesses to set up shop on this block.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZKtkkqYv0Qakb38iRqtUr55yjBJO434nJDIl5tFW950LkUAOkcBf3lk4hVNBkA-uVz6HxMgft5THAno5bFeI2amQwq9jITtPNtVVaKrQQO34HyzPnh0xBknEFqkoNQPN4QKKOQMYD-bU/s2048/Parsons+Motor+Corp_Atlanta_Constitution_Mon__May_12__1919_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1242" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZKtkkqYv0Qakb38iRqtUr55yjBJO434nJDIl5tFW950LkUAOkcBf3lk4hVNBkA-uVz6HxMgft5THAno5bFeI2amQwq9jITtPNtVVaKrQQO34HyzPnh0xBknEFqkoNQPN4QKKOQMYD-bU/w388-h640/Parsons+Motor+Corp_Atlanta_Constitution_Mon__May_12__1919_.jpg" width="388" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</i> | May 12, 1919</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqnixPf1yX1WTfVSnfxGppKDFiDEDVjUw_zSD7z9vgELoverYLjVjzJ4EyZGRzf5rT4u6GYsxXvR8XBw_fkAzi73R9xztTG-5FCPxRik01IDzVFuJps1_X5F1Z4r72Q9Y-j_06KElLdkw/s2048/Parsons+Motor+Corp_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Jun_27__1920_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2010" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqnixPf1yX1WTfVSnfxGppKDFiDEDVjUw_zSD7z9vgELoverYLjVjzJ4EyZGRzf5rT4u6GYsxXvR8XBw_fkAzi73R9xztTG-5FCPxRik01IDzVFuJps1_X5F1Z4r72Q9Y-j_06KElLdkw/w393-h400/Parsons+Motor+Corp_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Jun_27__1920_.jpg" width="393" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</i> | June 27, 1920</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-b174e336-7fff-5672-37c9-4f1dee5820b0"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">This brings us to the 1919 birds’ eye view.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm6oxJUo0AtjZQkYVn_Wed5Gj0-UfiiKpNVKSHmae3fAzxqFUksuOAvTTFZHbm0mTto1xLlqqjveQLVeqYo4j_OcT4jpDTCABMTt1_l1v-dAkxYM5Lq1cCfjadUiu0U84itYzRgBvP4Jc/s710/1919.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="710" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm6oxJUo0AtjZQkYVn_Wed5Gj0-UfiiKpNVKSHmae3fAzxqFUksuOAvTTFZHbm0mTto1xLlqqjveQLVeqYo4j_OcT4jpDTCABMTt1_l1v-dAkxYM5Lq1cCfjadUiu0U84itYzRgBvP4Jc/w400-h286/1919.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1919</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c90181e3-7fff-3972-5598-d3a2196f3e06"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Here we can see the Pratt Laboratory at the southeast corner, Parsons Motor just to the west of it (not labeled), the Cooledge to the north, and a mixture of businesses, apartment buildings, and single homes.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-5daedb29-7fff-a054-9fef-7d3f3954e321"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Among the apartment buildings was The Felton, which sat on Ivy St. just to the left of the Cooledge on the 1919 map.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRKLAY92mdVLFDh2OSGJh7NsxBnu6h1QUqLFj-erJ0jLW2cGNkguk5cShuHILS2HYhZM77lrBBLmMohYReeBIS77556iss1z24RR05mQI2tCKQ5Mqfx94dkiVJ5PaRrD6YAMbCTlW8IuQ/s2966/Felton+Hotel_Atlanta_Constitution_Sat__Apr_7__1917_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="2966" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRKLAY92mdVLFDh2OSGJh7NsxBnu6h1QUqLFj-erJ0jLW2cGNkguk5cShuHILS2HYhZM77lrBBLmMohYReeBIS77556iss1z24RR05mQI2tCKQ5Mqfx94dkiVJ5PaRrD6YAMbCTlW8IuQ/w400-h143/Felton+Hotel_Atlanta_Constitution_Sat__Apr_7__1917_.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</i> | Apr. 7, 1917</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-1ca8b946-7fff-e398-1f72-572edfded027"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">1919 was a big year for Pratt Laboratory. The Coca-Cola Company, which had recently been acquired by Ernest Woodruff’s Trust Company of Georgia, bought Pratt Laboratory to capitalize on its manufacturing of carbonic acid gas, a key ingredient of Coke. Not long after, the laboratory moved to Coca-Cola’s new headquarters on North Avenue and changed its name to the Crystal Carbonic Laboratory. The old lab here on Auburn Ave. would soon be demolished.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fc67f695-7fff-e7c7-3440-19ba103fbbba"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Over on Ivy Street, in 1921 the Wynne Motor Company moved into its newly constructed building. Wynne was a distributor for Indiana Trucks, who opened a parts depot in the same building.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-47266ff3-7fff-120f-3097-4884f4dd98a1"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Wynne shared the building (which we will see more of shortly) with Hargrave Bros. Garage, the brothers being John and Benjamin. I couldn’t find anything about John, but Benjamin was a World War I veteran who later retired from the Georgia Power Company and died in 1979.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh8l2cBbK1Tx5mjjQR-GlNjJiovSorv824zzqOPlnIzK3bUYWRYkTJF2FrPsuSfH_0Swgm_lAaNFOqB4Qc-sXtjPnTJ855f1E2JYJKPp44oAwCyefVXvFP7EVuSOt-RQCCKakg5S_Ah3s/s2048/Hargrave+Bros+Garage_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Sep_2__1928_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1404" data-original-width="2048" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh8l2cBbK1Tx5mjjQR-GlNjJiovSorv824zzqOPlnIzK3bUYWRYkTJF2FrPsuSfH_0Swgm_lAaNFOqB4Qc-sXtjPnTJ855f1E2JYJKPp44oAwCyefVXvFP7EVuSOt-RQCCKakg5S_Ah3s/w400-h274/Hargrave+Bros+Garage_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Sep_2__1928_.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</i> | Sept. 2, 1928</td></tr></tbody></table><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-93e8862e-7fff-39f0-c3e9-f1f5c7390360"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">In 1927, Gibbs-Kendall Tire Co. opened in what I'm </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">pretty</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> sure was the Wynne Motor Company space on Ivy St., but it might have just been the same building (lots of companies shared this building over the years).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih9jD5tN8eLWzuijdJIu-1aemV-pwilSBdg9uqMS2cD0Lc3AmYAnBRe-A-oMVAnw50JYKpsgGibkMmC34EHqN4S0g4aH0PgpfejarueHViT5Ye3TCBJy3ZsC-ZalrKxcIjQQN2sLTk_8Q/s2048/Gibbs-Kendall+Tire_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Aug_12__1928_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1232" data-original-width="2048" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih9jD5tN8eLWzuijdJIu-1aemV-pwilSBdg9uqMS2cD0Lc3AmYAnBRe-A-oMVAnw50JYKpsgGibkMmC34EHqN4S0g4aH0PgpfejarueHViT5Ye3TCBJy3ZsC-ZalrKxcIjQQN2sLTk_8Q/w400-h241/Gibbs-Kendall+Tire_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Aug_12__1928_01.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</i> | Aug. 12, 1928</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The company sold Brunswick tires and was founded by R. I. Gibbs of Cornelia, GA, and B. P. Kendall of Paulding County.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFRtubBX1SG2xXwobG_mNPTyB6Ru1UWtY8YVfwHVEH2-tWR94TduQGtn_zZe9QocuufU2_Tv4tTKkc6mbPbCRs_9QSiwrE0BWMoIinEYlm9ULtywdZ3omIBiUwTwX7DwtLgNegS6Hnzp0/s2048/Gibbs-Kendall+Tire_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Nov_27__1927_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1909" data-original-width="2048" height="373" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFRtubBX1SG2xXwobG_mNPTyB6Ru1UWtY8YVfwHVEH2-tWR94TduQGtn_zZe9QocuufU2_Tv4tTKkc6mbPbCRs_9QSiwrE0BWMoIinEYlm9ULtywdZ3omIBiUwTwX7DwtLgNegS6Hnzp0/w400-h373/Gibbs-Kendall+Tire_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Nov_27__1927_01.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution </i>| Nov. 27, 1927</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX5R8V8VjuTupRWchbhTvTdlYPbJXBGFeAFopyW80SGOlqrUuzoHzZZHHd8MCo3f85MXX6i9YczGz8JChRFPmRBwX_f1XcU0qZekTJ_HVv8uszZOgwng_YlmoCWJNMXDyAxShp31JUb8U/s2048/Gibbs-Kendall+Tire_Atlanta_Constitution_Sat__Mar_10__1928_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1077" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX5R8V8VjuTupRWchbhTvTdlYPbJXBGFeAFopyW80SGOlqrUuzoHzZZHHd8MCo3f85MXX6i9YczGz8JChRFPmRBwX_f1XcU0qZekTJ_HVv8uszZOgwng_YlmoCWJNMXDyAxShp31JUb8U/w210-h400/Gibbs-Kendall+Tire_Atlanta_Constitution_Sat__Mar_10__1928_.jpg" width="210" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</i> | Mar. 10, 1928</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Also in 1927, J.C. Peck’s home was demolished and a parking lot took its place. Hardy Ivy’s theoretical final resting place very possibly got paved over at this point, unless it was moved somewhere. We will likely never know, and I hate that.</p><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-1d1b7157-7fff-e32e-5949-ca793c6bd783"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">This brings us to the 1928 atlas. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYh4mAwMd76J_1bFna8yRHI_39PwKwCpHqIJggNOgWCEf4WoatqS0VNvGEHb8zYX8jjKzJ4kn2Dro1zi3jY3VSG0zMsSzPQFmnxzR5jQoGBGUYYRNUjeqESJmMgXxN5-mJeTfV0pIH62Q/s687/1928.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="677" data-original-width="687" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYh4mAwMd76J_1bFna8yRHI_39PwKwCpHqIJggNOgWCEf4WoatqS0VNvGEHb8zYX8jjKzJ4kn2Dro1zi3jY3VSG0zMsSzPQFmnxzR5jQoGBGUYYRNUjeqESJmMgXxN5-mJeTfV0pIH62Q/w400-h394/1928.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1928</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">In the southwest corner is a new big building that wasn't actually constructed until 1929 (we could be looking at an updated version of the 1928 map). </span></p><div style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-a3e962f2-7fff-37ce-4efd-19663053a490"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Anyway, that building would be the new headquarters for the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, which at the time serviced nine states. Designed by architects P. Thornton Marye, Barrett Alger, and Olivier Vanour, the nifty art deco building was planned to be 25 stories.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPlsOibvO-Pw4NHCIi84eTfxubkds_2VOciLuU1vJT7g8mpcRU1SRK4IqMIn330Nm-LJt_DvPT8Y4yw8OnP1NzQyye5NnroC9FeukRuvl3_gKl5Ys4kVTtK4OouF3VIhCUnORtu7ldYbI/s720/Southern+Bell+1927+ca+rendering+AHC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="509" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPlsOibvO-Pw4NHCIi84eTfxubkds_2VOciLuU1vJT7g8mpcRU1SRK4IqMIn330Nm-LJt_DvPT8Y4yw8OnP1NzQyye5NnroC9FeukRuvl3_gKl5Ys4kVTtK4OouF3VIhCUnORtu7ldYbI/w283-h400/Southern+Bell+1927+ca+rendering+AHC.jpg" width="283" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">circa 1927<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsvcDSTcb3fX_OL2Yt3cYp8yAgQMTesGOZDcA2P6J3ZnfsKxq9lVBSqGIprrbDz3x028c6fTKO_Ds-VN2vpn5EY108EgAE60MS_H9UE5ht7J96k8x_-AIlqMba2ZFnH19TotwM3UMDeCQ/s987/Southern+Bell+1929_01_City+Builder.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="987" data-original-width="729" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsvcDSTcb3fX_OL2Yt3cYp8yAgQMTesGOZDcA2P6J3ZnfsKxq9lVBSqGIprrbDz3x028c6fTKO_Ds-VN2vpn5EY108EgAE60MS_H9UE5ht7J96k8x_-AIlqMba2ZFnH19TotwM3UMDeCQ/w295-h400/Southern+Bell+1929_01_City+Builder.jpg" width="295" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>City Builder</i> | Jan. 1928<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-71c66c05-7fff-2e99-2648-59a1d652ca4e"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Southern Bell liked to plan ahead, though, so they started with only the first six stories and only a fraction of the planned footprint, construction of which began early in 1929 at an estimated cost of $1,000,000.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiamh12oVy5V_qKOW8v2LUxJo-glRV70ayK-F8yLpd0QS454LKuoJdK8I0t_tuRhBI3Rh6qm59UA82EUdZgkUDEU9hBVpJnGTWhLmjub8war-97_LLkyb6x_dx5vUobQX1tt6I7Vz-FSfY/s720/Southern+Bell+1930+ca+Reeves+Studios+AHC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="577" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiamh12oVy5V_qKOW8v2LUxJo-glRV70ayK-F8yLpd0QS454LKuoJdK8I0t_tuRhBI3Rh6qm59UA82EUdZgkUDEU9hBVpJnGTWhLmjub8war-97_LLkyb6x_dx5vUobQX1tt6I7Vz-FSfY/w320-h400/Southern+Bell+1930+ca+Reeves+Studios+AHC.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Reeves Studios | circa 1930<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-923687b2-7fff-997f-197a-06ffbd0c821c"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">In the 1931 Sanborn map, we (kinda) see the Southern Bell building at the bottom left corner (it shows as a dark square on this black-and-white copy of the map).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVBZ8dgTu3cclzJOPAcd7DTusUbMl7LU8E6a9KWdl5yMB3syyebOwuz_nde82UQgkYdkZvYBmxyNKlECwb9-Min2yDIARSoccazym6cvCjjd6DqdGl6UHmb8PQeQzFXI_JUAi_UDw8hbE/s2048/1931.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1952" data-original-width="2048" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVBZ8dgTu3cclzJOPAcd7DTusUbMl7LU8E6a9KWdl5yMB3syyebOwuz_nde82UQgkYdkZvYBmxyNKlECwb9-Min2yDIARSoccazym6cvCjjd6DqdGl6UHmb8PQeQzFXI_JUAi_UDw8hbE/w400-h381/1931.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1931</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Up on the northern end of the block, we (also kinda) see a new building right in the middle of Houston Street (also a big dark square). That’s the newly constructed C. E. Freeman Ford dealership.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfLRRG4SqLXHFkAPUb8f2h7ll2eCWZA0o50LB3aKay2V8KJiEZewABZcIJqJNI63n8dwe97WkHuTVfU9nn69NpMK5vFOF4a9jD9nRz2KVnk9F6YmLnUOKJCchW-elUzUrMcdTc21-gOo0/s600/Ford+dealership+Willys+1930+AHC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="452" data-original-width="600" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfLRRG4SqLXHFkAPUb8f2h7ll2eCWZA0o50LB3aKay2V8KJiEZewABZcIJqJNI63n8dwe97WkHuTVfU9nn69NpMK5vFOF4a9jD9nRz2KVnk9F6YmLnUOKJCchW-elUzUrMcdTc21-gOo0/w400-h301/Ford+dealership+Willys+1930+AHC.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Under construction, 1930<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4pLdxQRZV211oEjGaMZUQfh4b_PvIxwPUgZJRg0gqrLUJkupMUZ5SGhN_HXQD8J0VTlEKeRSofI_m8_Ncu1wUnx99-PVhxNlKxjY02keM-Nw5rjcJjmcfZWWnQ1aEtNjHiDrDLgmmxPQ/s2048/Ford+dealership_Atlanta_Constitution_Fri__Nov_6__1931_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1076" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4pLdxQRZV211oEjGaMZUQfh4b_PvIxwPUgZJRg0gqrLUJkupMUZ5SGhN_HXQD8J0VTlEKeRSofI_m8_Ncu1wUnx99-PVhxNlKxjY02keM-Nw5rjcJjmcfZWWnQ1aEtNjHiDrDLgmmxPQ/w210-h400/Ford+dealership_Atlanta_Constitution_Fri__Nov_6__1931_.jpg" width="210" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</i> | Nov. 6, 1931</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-1a4d956e-7fff-2f54-6c76-c8766fdca707"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">By now, most of the single-family dwellings on the block are gone, but you can see a couple remaining over on Courtland. When it comes to these houses, Lee Aaron put it best:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz5Krn7-eEwPcKDSHhAa4P2VotuJ8s-wCo4F7i_NHMS5HjRZV7eWhpS1vurVjPQ9YSQ3tPdXbSe3foX7wNs5g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-3a9ece3e-7fff-1ad6-50f4-e32951368d37"></span></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">By 1940, new development (and parking) on Courtland saw to the end of the remaining houses. Specifically, Dixie Drive-It-Yourself System opened their new truck rental garage at 70-74 Courtland.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibKhKnmkwUr5_sfSeqO2Azbw0y_DPacz81ZuShtiH0D7480ESkizZN7DmwgiLC7g0c4RBpIWdV9rKJkxlxW3cfwlVEYVsQ8aE7k_fUgHhtnY6h53RuKANqQZdZ169fEcUNnJSN9XPH3RM/s2048/Dixie+Drive+it+Yourself_Atlanta_Constitution_Mon__Mar_22__1943_a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1059" data-original-width="2048" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibKhKnmkwUr5_sfSeqO2Azbw0y_DPacz81ZuShtiH0D7480ESkizZN7DmwgiLC7g0c4RBpIWdV9rKJkxlxW3cfwlVEYVsQ8aE7k_fUgHhtnY6h53RuKANqQZdZ169fEcUNnJSN9XPH3RM/w400-h206/Dixie+Drive+it+Yourself_Atlanta_Constitution_Mon__Mar_22__1943_a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</i> | Mar. 22, 1943</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The company was based out of Birmingham and also had a passenger car rental location in Atlanta on Ellis Street.</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdXBHBaqpk4oqkXecNzSYLJYUBWZjojGwH9G3x8PWQpo7nvSTEJTegbZfSIjiadcKJY7mmokZlIZGViJEDvdauNT65FAjqUVJQUeXKlekJp9WZzB-aF-S_fg35keSa1F0MhH5obuljmR8/s2048/Dixie+Drive+It+Yourself_Atlanta_Constitution_Mon__Oct_28__1940_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="2048" height="373" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdXBHBaqpk4oqkXecNzSYLJYUBWZjojGwH9G3x8PWQpo7nvSTEJTegbZfSIjiadcKJY7mmokZlIZGViJEDvdauNT65FAjqUVJQUeXKlekJp9WZzB-aF-S_fg35keSa1F0MhH5obuljmR8/w400-h373/Dixie+Drive+It+Yourself_Atlanta_Constitution_Mon__Oct_28__1940_.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution </i>| Oct. 28, 1940</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-f3f9b331-7fff-b9c4-0398-763c29be6c50"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Around this time, the Cooledge Hotel changed its name to the New Wilmot Hotel.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-d6df9a8a-7fff-a472-d2d5-42731d9f94b2"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4ed4bc2a-7fff-f4c4-9461-62badf23bdc6"></span></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">By 1945, the old Gibbs-Kendall Tire Company building on Ivy Street was occupied at least in part by Webster Garage & Body Shop.</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGXjabuvjYAGT0RSnfH5103Ky1f3WN5gy99nNwG7qMfNDK5oK2azAZqbGoUFyJAd_kQpRj9ltEcAximxo0zsRso0LMIUhmlFCWWIepU2GtlqP6ABnVTMUhvE5xFXbr-ooHcRGj8zhVyZY/s2048/Ivy+St_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Aug_5__1945_a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1487" data-original-width="2048" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGXjabuvjYAGT0RSnfH5103Ky1f3WN5gy99nNwG7qMfNDK5oK2azAZqbGoUFyJAd_kQpRj9ltEcAximxo0zsRso0LMIUhmlFCWWIepU2GtlqP6ABnVTMUhvE5xFXbr-ooHcRGj8zhVyZY/w400-h290/Ivy+St_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Aug_5__1945_a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</i> | Aug. 5, 1945</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-07060b88-7fff-45b8-77ec-b96b9efaa5a8"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">In 1946, work began on a new eight-story expansion to the Southern Bell Building, which would bring it to a total of 14 stories (still well short of the 25 planned, but now one of the tallest buildings in the city).</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE9xpEuDY5I6s0RrtninNlyZEWA-rQlHR8wSJ-GNzXcLidR3dR4lEXoI9o7hBZlmlZCxdmmrRBNWm-P-HIMzgq7MWAdesKo8z4Xp2Q-_RVafbyyCn3TMohKGfiCMCUMDA75vEzTMGpw9Y/s1124/Southern+Bell+1945+drawing+AHC+Shutze+and+Armistead.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="863" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE9xpEuDY5I6s0RrtninNlyZEWA-rQlHR8wSJ-GNzXcLidR3dR4lEXoI9o7hBZlmlZCxdmmrRBNWm-P-HIMzgq7MWAdesKo8z4Xp2Q-_RVafbyyCn3TMohKGfiCMCUMDA75vEzTMGpw9Y/w493-h640/Southern+Bell+1945+drawing+AHC+Shutze+and+Armistead.jpg" width="493" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shutze and Armistead drawing, 1945<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fe57a403-7fff-671c-b929-97fa6eeb7a0e"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">The expansion cost approximately $1.5 million and would house new office space and equipment to handle the increasing demand for long-distance service.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5iKUX8KpA6ophLbSxuMRl7nRsJlQBJEUsphkMwN9-NHnYRhlOEU_l6N3Q1LM7e8iBRxbDrcly0XTuIUQWM9rATujspoJqqojpiQfhJ3Bc07EGgSnH0qe2iPwFYtpR8eVDb1EwDhcMTe0/s730/Southern+Bell+1946_0719+Lane+Bros.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="730" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5iKUX8KpA6ophLbSxuMRl7nRsJlQBJEUsphkMwN9-NHnYRhlOEU_l6N3Q1LM7e8iBRxbDrcly0XTuIUQWM9rATujspoJqqojpiQfhJ3Bc07EGgSnH0qe2iPwFYtpR8eVDb1EwDhcMTe0/w400-h325/Southern+Bell+1946_0719+Lane+Bros.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jul. 19, 1946<br />Lane Bros. Commercial Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM9ePwXSsTVfGMgBTRQ3X0sQ5FRP_yv5BULzt-WF4lc-y6wLdTcvKv_7oyu5jRqBVfCBsLDThi7dWqePmJMTD7vkbFudr1Ct7oeRkcYngHogMXgcuIyFztmFIptWWd2mycLvRUV574X5c/s985/Southern+Bell+1947_0303+Lane+Bros.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="985" data-original-width="730" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM9ePwXSsTVfGMgBTRQ3X0sQ5FRP_yv5BULzt-WF4lc-y6wLdTcvKv_7oyu5jRqBVfCBsLDThi7dWqePmJMTD7vkbFudr1Ct7oeRkcYngHogMXgcuIyFztmFIptWWd2mycLvRUV574X5c/w474-h640/Southern+Bell+1947_0303+Lane+Bros.jpg" width="474" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mar. 3, 1947<br />Lane Bros. Commercial Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ea567bf8-7fff-dd34-5ce0-9207223caf8a"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Construction was still underway on the new expansion when a nationwide telephone worker strike commenced. In April 1947, the National Federation of Telephone Workers organized a strike of almost 300,000 workers seeking better wages and benefits. In Atlanta, picket lines formed at the entrance of Southern Bell’s buildings on April 8.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYNw2tW7YiC-fpJwBh8J9PIh3clFLsoAhWMK3-XrJkB6yIVtUnbNugXZ5aGJdmqfFGfxZxvh2DNllhW2SosTrpdJuneGrAfDgHnA_BRPwSQQ6ftJusZ26M4Aaa97HEtGnuTuX_1A_XrUI/s856/Southern+Bell+1947_0428+Strike+GSU+AJC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="709" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYNw2tW7YiC-fpJwBh8J9PIh3clFLsoAhWMK3-XrJkB6yIVtUnbNugXZ5aGJdmqfFGfxZxvh2DNllhW2SosTrpdJuneGrAfDgHnA_BRPwSQQ6ftJusZ26M4Aaa97HEtGnuTuX_1A_XrUI/w530-h640/Southern+Bell+1947_0428+Strike+GSU+AJC.jpg" width="530" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Apr. 28. 1947<br />Atlanta-Journal Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcRMtNzkL8wRZZCegp0Y9PmBLuiIM4uxX40AkzuNYO60TW25iNGPJd3I56qvmUerrd3G2CVdK_fWXnpeo0SXPZd35EFTidAzxvxc8ylBSBNYbLnIU-b3mfx2pMKFhBwbC8Xp4OQ7umqRc/s939/Southern+Bell+1947+AJC+Mildred+Mitchell+and+Mallory+Mann.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="939" data-original-width="759" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcRMtNzkL8wRZZCegp0Y9PmBLuiIM4uxX40AkzuNYO60TW25iNGPJd3I56qvmUerrd3G2CVdK_fWXnpeo0SXPZd35EFTidAzxvxc8ylBSBNYbLnIU-b3mfx2pMKFhBwbC8Xp4OQ7umqRc/w518-h640/Southern+Bell+1947+AJC+Mildred+Mitchell+and+Mallory+Mann.jpg" width="518" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mildred Mitchell and Mallory Mann, 1947<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpSsBE3C4jXrAZjzFnFQkniKrffvuRT1JlVq_XRAju9SXl2HqdcjuNL3vGbFENODa-a-fD4-m9sd5DxVYJA2ylXSzNIemA3CXp7YI_JLFY7mRD75FQaEARsMzrl287PgGSYJWkXsX5YFo/s2519/Southern+Bell+1947_0408+Strike+The_Atlanta_Constitution.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2519" data-original-width="1248" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpSsBE3C4jXrAZjzFnFQkniKrffvuRT1JlVq_XRAju9SXl2HqdcjuNL3vGbFENODa-a-fD4-m9sd5DxVYJA2ylXSzNIemA3CXp7YI_JLFY7mRD75FQaEARsMzrl287PgGSYJWkXsX5YFo/w318-h640/Southern+Bell+1947_0408+Strike+The_Atlanta_Constitution.jpg" width="318" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</i> | Apr. 8, 1947</td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-a2adf2a6-7fff-3994-a67c-d0ae60ff4cb7" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Out of respect for the strike, construction workers halted work on the expansion.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtwooXhOiXcxO0VixZN7MUUzUZoNpvZFYZqzwQP5RKzSNeD-DwKUEqGZCcTCK52oPXIHCTfOvAxtfK7twhTDK25iYyXKZbMEcfe6WP26P6DAU0zDegi8XkS5xOgFErXH2zSNoNw4gGoqE/s795/Southern+Bell+1947_04+Strike_Guy+Hayes_AJC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="795" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtwooXhOiXcxO0VixZN7MUUzUZoNpvZFYZqzwQP5RKzSNeD-DwKUEqGZCcTCK52oPXIHCTfOvAxtfK7twhTDK25iYyXKZbMEcfe6WP26P6DAU0zDegi8XkS5xOgFErXH2zSNoNw4gGoqE/w400-h290/Southern+Bell+1947_04+Strike_Guy+Hayes_AJC.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Guy Hayes | Apr. 1947<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4c4c0bee-7fff-14d7-d406-bcc18219aa27"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Long distance service was affected by the strike, resulting in executives and volunteers--made up of former and retired employees--stepping in to handle switchboards.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd0mzs5n4DD-C3udlVFpIaw9I0grprmmZdmgQ5F72lW-ATRDK-R72_1gL6XFm_sMxs2PowG8bknYYv8YHvqoqR5CJaZn1-z-Gmz9oq60g7Wcd_NScKenBthlHEj-epeFH5w11e9HyvjKE/s905/Southern+Bell+1947_0408+Strike+execs+and+volunteers+at+switchboard+GSU+AJC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="905" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd0mzs5n4DD-C3udlVFpIaw9I0grprmmZdmgQ5F72lW-ATRDK-R72_1gL6XFm_sMxs2PowG8bknYYv8YHvqoqR5CJaZn1-z-Gmz9oq60g7Wcd_NScKenBthlHEj-epeFH5w11e9HyvjKE/w400-h238/Southern+Bell+1947_0408+Strike+execs+and+volunteers+at+switchboard+GSU+AJC.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Apr. 8, 1947<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-01608e86-7fff-64d4-c0bb-e676304f1ed5"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The strike lasted just over a month, with employees returning to work after the NFTW negotiated for a fraction of their demands.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-f1cd9572-7fff-8ae5-22cc-3f9de0003be2"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">With the strike over, construction on the building was completed. The following 1947 photograph gives us a nice view of the block looking east.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7GssQuh2NDWPrtIOfoQxzA0jY51eDtTm3y-ZsmGLC0D5AMmfM07Zb5M2f4eepmBzRIYGLgD7ZjKDru_5uPAk5xSDWt4KtUffjArOznloiFQRg9U8PxrN0yo2J6ACQJT9b_m7sAgvO9us/s1342/Aerial+1947_0509+Lane+Bros.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1031" data-original-width="1342" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7GssQuh2NDWPrtIOfoQxzA0jY51eDtTm3y-ZsmGLC0D5AMmfM07Zb5M2f4eepmBzRIYGLgD7ZjKDru_5uPAk5xSDWt4KtUffjArOznloiFQRg9U8PxrN0yo2J6ACQJT9b_m7sAgvO9us/w400-h308/Aerial+1947_0509+Lane+Bros.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">May 9, 1947<br />Lane Bros. Commercial Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">In October of that year, with the strike behind them and with newly enlarged facilities, Southern Bell installed a new switchboard on the seventh floor. The largest of its kind in the Southeast, the new switchboard helped accommodate the increasing demand for long-distance connections.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 11pt; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQlN9K_t2-R-7mrdjPidg-jMXGpnAmY9dvo0dln65HJB0wnTVnsHWlHvKL6RH9_U9G_GDelUU3L5FCQF5O9lDf-Vb810sAExjo9X3XrNlQYBMwgnfMXrddTnwcUVUtrpZKV8y8rTKbaBY/s2048/Southern+Bell+1947_1015+Switchboard_Atlanta_Constitution.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1838" data-original-width="2048" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQlN9K_t2-R-7mrdjPidg-jMXGpnAmY9dvo0dln65HJB0wnTVnsHWlHvKL6RH9_U9G_GDelUU3L5FCQF5O9lDf-Vb810sAExjo9X3XrNlQYBMwgnfMXrddTnwcUVUtrpZKV8y8rTKbaBY/w400-h359/Southern+Bell+1947_1015+Switchboard_Atlanta_Constitution.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</i> | Oct. 15, 1947</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-b5c5f8a8-7fff-1b52-52a6-00940c4f2ffe"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">This brings us to the 1949 aerial photo.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3W15JhWyH1rMYZ2r_m4WYjawTNopgXNRuRZ-GRDtg-KnHL73Y8V8opk0gxTVHm4uebouX2hrEI-geq8yDMQgtp5bZn8mf2hXqkPF3IFbBc6L853C4WjIOuHfX-AlsL7ZdcZtVFO9HOdA/s616/1949.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="616" data-original-width="611" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3W15JhWyH1rMYZ2r_m4WYjawTNopgXNRuRZ-GRDtg-KnHL73Y8V8opk0gxTVHm4uebouX2hrEI-geq8yDMQgtp5bZn8mf2hXqkPF3IFbBc6L853C4WjIOuHfX-AlsL7ZdcZtVFO9HOdA/w396-h400/1949.JPG" width="396" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1949</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-df8db989-7fff-bd80-6ed9-976ba24ff66f"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Let’s take a moment to re-orient ourselves, shall we?</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-170461d7-7fff-2b48-408a-1ff027a85ec2"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">We see Southern Bell on the southwest corner. North of that, in the building’s shadow, is the parking lot beneath which Hardy Ivy’s bones might rest. Above that is the Webster Garage building, then the Felton. </span></p><div style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Above the Felton on the northwest corner, we see a commercial building (lots of various businesses in and out of there over the years; too many to highlight). To the east of that is the Cooledge, then the Freeman Ford dealership.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ce968eba-7fff-1858-9ea8-3bfbeb89e6d8"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">A gas station and garage sit on the northeast corner to the east of Freeman Ford. To the south of that is the Dixie Drive-It-Yourself System. To the south of that on the southeast corner (where the Pratt Laboratory used to be) is another gas station and garage, I believe.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;">Then the long narrow building stretching north from the southern end of the block is the Parsons Motor Corp. building (formerly the Coca-Cola Bottling Company plant), which at this time was occupied by the Cooper Candy Company.</p></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-09ea0e03-7fff-a7af-2bde-95b34f0cb8cb"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Good? Good.</span></p><div style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-933c2296-7fff-ccd6-99a8-78b89901e0e6"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><br /></p></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggDqVbWT87Z-xlu6hIa1F95fRiQpyI-iT5ROtr95qpqYutKI8QttW0Lmj1XH0LBsk-UWuOkd9XvdRSi98NmSgGUOt3jUqDRGuE8fLH5l9dR11H3dGSwUzLMVqGt-N0MTtJEkwxHT_vIKY/s730/Aerial+1950_10+AJC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="617" data-original-width="730" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggDqVbWT87Z-xlu6hIa1F95fRiQpyI-iT5ROtr95qpqYutKI8QttW0Lmj1XH0LBsk-UWuOkd9XvdRSi98NmSgGUOt3jUqDRGuE8fLH5l9dR11H3dGSwUzLMVqGt-N0MTtJEkwxHT_vIKY/w400-h338/Aerial+1950_10+AJC.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking northeast, 1950<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;">More strikes hit Southern Bell throughout the 1950s. In November of 1950, a brief strike by local Western Electric employees--who installed and maintained Southern Bell phone lines--disrupted some Bell services.</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ccki4baWdXMSCV0Uq_svuM1t_eFYlsJXhI6M5dnOaH3kla995JtJBUwgjoYe3aiHYve6tpPt0I0sh1TsHeuj2iq7Eo_qf9Q9U6gwi6oHLsLQAp0fE6VnXAl6u79sV6-FqpYkXp42K50/s729/Southern+Bell+1950_1113+AJC+GSU.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="729" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ccki4baWdXMSCV0Uq_svuM1t_eFYlsJXhI6M5dnOaH3kla995JtJBUwgjoYe3aiHYve6tpPt0I0sh1TsHeuj2iq7Eo_qf9Q9U6gwi6oHLsLQAp0fE6VnXAl6u79sV6-FqpYkXp42K50/w400-h336/Southern+Bell+1950_1113+AJC+GSU.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nov. 13, 1950<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University</td></tr></tbody></table>
</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnAg2yw5JshkT5_0n4zaZzrHm-gWZygQjbq6W0iXIrpZCWItYNGOQ7eNdvLa0g3pidZy3tuVekKvkFuy70X08Lc0cqav-TY8i3YlzgmbjBNqlxpE6kkeJRGqcJh_h1Fwt2SstPr8IBFTc/w293-h400/Southern+Bell+1950_1114+Picketing_Atlanta_Constitution.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="293" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution </i>| Nov. 14, 1950</td></tr></tbody></table><span id="docs-internal-guid-a2adf2a6-7fff-3994-a67c-d0ae60ff4cb7" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-87b5ac13-7fff-7c56-35ac-4c153aaf46f4"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">In 1952, another Western Electric strike, this time nationwide, lasted about a week.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXUm1BFUPvnHt7VumEzP0SdSKqO2RgeVu0VEMsffZ-T_zU_m_IMgTx3DMXba1zXBIvd23rP2KhDlWTlR0spMq-ELTjpOqZKCIrxkspq97F15Q8g5NPBoDwVd6rA4z3-sronuhXBsACmII/s864/Southern+Bell+1952_04+AJC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="729" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXUm1BFUPvnHt7VumEzP0SdSKqO2RgeVu0VEMsffZ-T_zU_m_IMgTx3DMXba1zXBIvd23rP2KhDlWTlR0spMq-ELTjpOqZKCIrxkspq97F15Q8g5NPBoDwVd6rA4z3-sronuhXBsACmII/w338-h400/Southern+Bell+1952_04+AJC.jpg" width="338" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Apr. 1952<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_jrIiLvnJnvzOF5t08YBPerktRWmII3FY_w7mAhbFn5EtcwZ53fOYuw7dmqH9qB704-ZbjllE9ZjrjKYcKay5nN20nqX9zBhFfshhQcKpimCa1OUxKROuzveHdevQUyUw0pLD9Cnf6RI/s1051/Southern+Bell+1952_04+Strike+GSU.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1051" data-original-width="736" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_jrIiLvnJnvzOF5t08YBPerktRWmII3FY_w7mAhbFn5EtcwZ53fOYuw7dmqH9qB704-ZbjllE9ZjrjKYcKay5nN20nqX9zBhFfshhQcKpimCa1OUxKROuzveHdevQUyUw0pLD9Cnf6RI/w448-h640/Southern+Bell+1952_04+Strike+GSU.jpg" width="448" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">George Shaw gives circulars to Marian Bennett, Mary White, and Grace Hammond | Apr. 9. 1952<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-5eaab51e-7fff-85d6-afb6-98ce374bdac1"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">In 1955, a much longer strike in all nine states serviced by Southern Bell commenced. Negotiations broke down in part because of Southern Bell’s insistence that the new contract included a no-strike clause, which would prohibit workers from striking for the life of the contract. Things got pretty heated, and isolated instances of vandalism to phone lines and some violence were reported.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYTMQ5S3eSIs5sDPQ1z0qwgXbapvzUd5231ecwwEsXZmHgQ8V_gBfcAATtqJvpNgxQSSacpl-yQA32MT7F1-wTXS87CHsWkFL738gX6Pfb_LJ9viqs48sYvi62FZU3qOzioCVOJJ079oc/s963/Southern+Bell+1954-1955+Southern+Labor+Archives.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="963" data-original-width="730" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYTMQ5S3eSIs5sDPQ1z0qwgXbapvzUd5231ecwwEsXZmHgQ8V_gBfcAATtqJvpNgxQSSacpl-yQA32MT7F1-wTXS87CHsWkFL738gX6Pfb_LJ9viqs48sYvi62FZU3qOzioCVOJJ079oc/w486-h640/Southern+Bell+1954-1955+Southern+Labor+Archives.jpg" width="486" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1955<br />Southern Labor Archives | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh499xMeXy-IQdRuJm5Q4gZR2deKRK2GTg9XeDb4ijoBp1d4AxlkqJt8KREbmndq94qUJHH03O3c7JrzEkpGas3DpU2-SyOgmEBXRO2LB-2vHesrQ3NAPHLbeCmIkErYam34yM1ouTfKHA/s772/Southern+Bell+1955_ca+CWA+CIO_Southern+Labor+Archives.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="583" data-original-width="772" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh499xMeXy-IQdRuJm5Q4gZR2deKRK2GTg9XeDb4ijoBp1d4AxlkqJt8KREbmndq94qUJHH03O3c7JrzEkpGas3DpU2-SyOgmEBXRO2LB-2vHesrQ3NAPHLbeCmIkErYam34yM1ouTfKHA/w400-h303/Southern+Bell+1955_ca+CWA+CIO_Southern+Labor+Archives.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1955<br />Southern Labor Archives | Georgia State University Library<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>
</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOtNyi1S2kbNGmvUXiJxtrI8l3PmXSFMHrQIlhytMAEsuo_MsnzO_siR_O-E9BXQNnR7m7kPf55G_Or-zzUGwzSUtO-RLYPIiHOGQK8-1I3kgLdZQLYkG3q_WI9qZ8g1-yezB1Kj7j7kY/s769/Southern+Bell+1955_ca+Communication+Workers+of+America_Southern+Labor+Archives.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="769" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOtNyi1S2kbNGmvUXiJxtrI8l3PmXSFMHrQIlhytMAEsuo_MsnzO_siR_O-E9BXQNnR7m7kPf55G_Or-zzUGwzSUtO-RLYPIiHOGQK8-1I3kgLdZQLYkG3q_WI9qZ8g1-yezB1Kj7j7kY/w400-h305/Southern+Bell+1955_ca+Communication+Workers+of+America_Southern+Labor+Archives.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Communication Workers of America, 1955<br />Southern Labor Archives | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-d4bc5a91-7fff-9c10-3681-5eb23306e8db"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">This strike lasted over two months, but service was largely unaffected. In the end, the no-strike clause was included in the final contract, but the union was reportedly happy with higher wages and other gains.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxBlxsdsxj9r-jxKCsjWhlwJfNCAXToCgwSQrCa2BA8RP7LH7KpnxGQt1d1KKSM2EuqNpA0al_mLAcXpeknxNy9oA3sOkYobxq1xqfpvo0-we-qgMqji1j9v0m5-uqaMkpF-7sW2Tx-bo/s730/Southern+Bell+1958_06+Tracy+ONeal+interior.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="730" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxBlxsdsxj9r-jxKCsjWhlwJfNCAXToCgwSQrCa2BA8RP7LH7KpnxGQt1d1KKSM2EuqNpA0al_mLAcXpeknxNy9oA3sOkYobxq1xqfpvo0-we-qgMqji1j9v0m5-uqaMkpF-7sW2Tx-bo/w400-h315/Southern+Bell+1958_06+Tracy+ONeal+interior.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Southern Bell interior | June 1958<br />Photo by Tracy O'Neal<br />Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94753352-7fff-e248-b385-347712164ef9"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">By 1960, the Southern Bell building expanded again with a 5-story addition on the east side of the building.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKcz1Hx3KpsWTpNqVl_cCxROzhp8o7ug7Fu8LD9mfKuE2sZjVvhB7LHPNBYZ_jn2hNl83-IAtqBAoMju-L7Ms6ztzUkUm0rGhKvX2yPmr4K53IId5_Klp3sSait8vuAZSiIIhydm1wbEQ/s729/Southern+Bell+1961_0808+Tracy+ONeal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="729" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKcz1Hx3KpsWTpNqVl_cCxROzhp8o7ug7Fu8LD9mfKuE2sZjVvhB7LHPNBYZ_jn2hNl83-IAtqBAoMju-L7Ms6ztzUkUm0rGhKvX2yPmr4K53IId5_Klp3sSait8vuAZSiIIhydm1wbEQ/w400-h319/Southern+Bell+1961_0808+Tracy+ONeal.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Tracy O'Neal | Aug. 8, 1961<br />Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7-P_UQ8yiGfmaLO72yQ32fsWzWa2IXKib__Az5dGenI6QKF49Y9HDDUCulMJY5fw-dfiOzmv9wmPq3gIi9qJb5xrrfIb-44tgKtQZPHlEDYhFCmoHTCPF6LCgEc02LGQp3ob8TxnI-xA/s958/Southern+Bell+1960_0714+Lane+Bros.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="958" data-original-width="729" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7-P_UQ8yiGfmaLO72yQ32fsWzWa2IXKib__Az5dGenI6QKF49Y9HDDUCulMJY5fw-dfiOzmv9wmPq3gIi9qJb5xrrfIb-44tgKtQZPHlEDYhFCmoHTCPF6LCgEc02LGQp3ob8TxnI-xA/w488-h640/Southern+Bell+1960_0714+Lane+Bros.jpg" width="488" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">July 14, 1960<br />Lane Bros. Commercial Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBv5WdN9LtiUoKgYAMJNIYXCqBlN2RZVM-QV8sl1lj0os-vTa648sbk9v9eT_OV7fxcKHMaE3ryMtb1yGiveG8DaToWwDYvRP_j_Yhusb-CaRZQ0HFVxF72OxHgP1jfwwBHd4xuXicS0Y/s777/Southern+Bell+1961_08+Kenneth+Rogers+AJC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="777" data-original-width="730" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBv5WdN9LtiUoKgYAMJNIYXCqBlN2RZVM-QV8sl1lj0os-vTa648sbk9v9eT_OV7fxcKHMaE3ryMtb1yGiveG8DaToWwDYvRP_j_Yhusb-CaRZQ0HFVxF72OxHgP1jfwwBHd4xuXicS0Y/w376-h400/Southern+Bell+1961_08+Kenneth+Rogers+AJC.jpg" width="376" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Kenneth Rogers | Aug. 1961<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd6d3367-7fff-c03f-e7e8-6bf955cdba8f"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNpAw3UChjyP_TLUg0S-EdFq3yQ72SzOSp7Yh5-Xfdp1MyWnTRU_7sQtC2Ex_T65Z0drrihJefIvvjEMLtPrdUkX7CaEKwwbm3VDrQHsCwx2BZ94y5IvYEoY868ilPzgU8HQ87lkZfmfo/s600/Aerial+1961+Herbert+H+Lee+AHC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="411" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNpAw3UChjyP_TLUg0S-EdFq3yQ72SzOSp7Yh5-Xfdp1MyWnTRU_7sQtC2Ex_T65Z0drrihJefIvvjEMLtPrdUkX7CaEKwwbm3VDrQHsCwx2BZ94y5IvYEoY868ilPzgU8HQ87lkZfmfo/w438-h640/Aerial+1961+Herbert+H+Lee+AHC.jpg" width="438" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Herbert H. Lee, 1961<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;">My guess is that expansion resulted in the end of the old Coca-Cola Bottling Company building. Then in 1964, work began on extending that expansion vertically.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></span></div></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkmHXKM7vcicxdKP30FXdq7CSHljBS-3I4hEFVVPVWo8PXv1SugS_H1Ju0yf60SKb_XFoEnw1TMNCuQoTiHsKhIpfvO1vLbShcsGfg_mkr1ugqfBxpgro70G8w0v7gOvVwHsDeSD39pBA/s729/Southern+Bell+1964_01+Tracy+ONeal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="729" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkmHXKM7vcicxdKP30FXdq7CSHljBS-3I4hEFVVPVWo8PXv1SugS_H1Ju0yf60SKb_XFoEnw1TMNCuQoTiHsKhIpfvO1vLbShcsGfg_mkr1ugqfBxpgro70G8w0v7gOvVwHsDeSD39pBA/w400-h323/Southern+Bell+1964_01+Tracy+ONeal.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Tracy O'Neal | Jan. 1964<br />Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2VtlkKR9RYJCdy3g6OBMhJamarZHFq3puAPChlErznhOic2w_iUSh7mu6Bm56rPHcxLAaf1oMkqQoYqH30zNyl1QNvThhUqJrH2xO0kJHlYeDdJVEyI_Z5AVk4GljsLKnSoOkw8gmmTQ/s730/Southern+Bell+1964_01+Tracy+ONeal_02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="581" data-original-width="730" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2VtlkKR9RYJCdy3g6OBMhJamarZHFq3puAPChlErznhOic2w_iUSh7mu6Bm56rPHcxLAaf1oMkqQoYqH30zNyl1QNvThhUqJrH2xO0kJHlYeDdJVEyI_Z5AVk4GljsLKnSoOkw8gmmTQ/w400-h319/Southern+Bell+1964_01+Tracy+ONeal_02.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Tracy O'Neal | Jan. 1964<br />Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ab1ddaed-7fff-c1d6-9703-0b3000daf225"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">When it was finished, a full expansion on the east wing brought it up to the height of the existing building. This was the last time the building would expand, still stopping short of the original plan.</span></p><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCAUKd-ClRFBHemGrYEYHVY59zHf0P2ppl931hERm8XJe0iAA9O337fsAx2Ir6YlSnxTpxIYI8g-AavyfCDrJKfbLH5Bv1jUYef4_P-Pfz_sMLQI4bM6V8z3xMPWVnE7xjTyIV_l6ozXI/s730/Aerial+1965_1221+Floyd+E+Jillson+GSU+AJC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="621" data-original-width="730" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCAUKd-ClRFBHemGrYEYHVY59zHf0P2ppl931hERm8XJe0iAA9O337fsAx2Ir6YlSnxTpxIYI8g-AavyfCDrJKfbLH5Bv1jUYef4_P-Pfz_sMLQI4bM6V8z3xMPWVnE7xjTyIV_l6ozXI/w400-h340/Aerial+1965_1221+Floyd+E+Jillson+GSU+AJC.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Floyd E. Jillson | Dec. 21, 1965<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-f91df492-7fff-a87c-0fd1-0a462eb3f087"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Around 1957, Dixie Drive-It Yourself System was replaced (or bought) by Ryder Truck Rental, which moved out in 1961.</span></p><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4rrOIhui0nIjTKfqCuwBCY1lwQMgkhl7wMECU7RYfGhjoWTmv9xf1ImI_KY0F4gRQzNSJ9jY0GMrH43Huaa0LaCaTu16hizTTTpSKeOc4AbDopt9YhWohkPwKXqqumZoSQfVk-T2LT0Q/s600/Auburn+Courtland+1960+Charles+E+Troutt+AHC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="477" data-original-width="600" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4rrOIhui0nIjTKfqCuwBCY1lwQMgkhl7wMECU7RYfGhjoWTmv9xf1ImI_KY0F4gRQzNSJ9jY0GMrH43Huaa0LaCaTu16hizTTTpSKeOc4AbDopt9YhWohkPwKXqqumZoSQfVk-T2LT0Q/w400-h318/Auburn+Courtland+1960+Charles+E+Troutt+AHC.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of the southeast corner of the block at Auburn and Courtland, 1960<br />Photo by Charles E. Troutt<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4d4d9465-7fff-e47f-44d5-b12e335ffa5b"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">In 1969, construction was underway on a new electronic switching system office for Southern Bell on Courtland, which meant the Dixie/Ryder building was demolished. The new Bell building was completed and occupied around 1971. That building remains today. It's the lower rectangular one toward the bottom right corner of the photo below.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK1xGgcW-SHHLc-dvugUO1UbzDbxbKH_eY7bp0k0j8InThooo1IA-kd0X3OA4BGG4ajDbAt4o5BU6sXJd2lMb60CtH37pXvCdfDwVU0rvREbMEL3VFR9z3V69wu3wkbZ-6jFSxg9Ayfl8/s970/Aerial+1974_0131+zoom.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="723" data-original-width="970" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK1xGgcW-SHHLc-dvugUO1UbzDbxbKH_eY7bp0k0j8InThooo1IA-kd0X3OA4BGG4ajDbAt4o5BU6sXJd2lMb60CtH37pXvCdfDwVU0rvREbMEL3VFR9z3V69wu3wkbZ-6jFSxg9Ayfl8/w400-h299/Aerial+1974_0131+zoom.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jan. 31, 1974 [image cropped]<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">In that photo you can see the communications tower under construction on top of the old Bell building. The photo below has a nice view of the completed tower. It makes for quite an architectural oddity.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5pTMc77ox8V3ygWQX2_R36n8bWA3rTvdrC-LtzOisMwtk_Gg63edtU3bX8-pdaY7scyEkSceoBH1OV7czYHBgzoCnbQZ6yWOinO_-96ODPsl5N5_PRE3Z3bJGPshJndZhTYrEv71QKv0/s720/Southern+Bell+1974_1226+AHC+Floyd+Jillson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5pTMc77ox8V3ygWQX2_R36n8bWA3rTvdrC-LtzOisMwtk_Gg63edtU3bX8-pdaY7scyEkSceoBH1OV7czYHBgzoCnbQZ6yWOinO_-96ODPsl5N5_PRE3Z3bJGPshJndZhTYrEv71QKv0/w400-h320/Southern+Bell+1974_1226+AHC+Floyd+Jillson.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Floyd E. Jillson | Dec. 26, 1974<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">According to its application for the National Register of Historic Places, by the 1970s the old Southern Bell Building was occupied mostly by machinery rather than people, with the roof full of all that transmission equipment. At this point, the building couldn’t be expanded to the original plan of 25 stories even if someone wanted to, because the overall weight would be too heavy.</p><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYPByI0MKMFrb9nPMdNepHYZloyKidhks_hEZ-7vGjYnymAEDAltQTzGtJfwfQWai0JJxQEWSP79w1LBvcjS2-Su4mgjuBxvpecP7FS5WAGJ_NrL_YkdVI4KmwxZ5wW8kdZ67SdkwG3wM/s719/Aerial+1980+Floyd+Jillson+AHC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="719" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYPByI0MKMFrb9nPMdNepHYZloyKidhks_hEZ-7vGjYnymAEDAltQTzGtJfwfQWai0JJxQEWSP79w1LBvcjS2-Su4mgjuBxvpecP7FS5WAGJ_NrL_YkdVI4KmwxZ5wW8kdZ67SdkwG3wM/w400-h320/Aerial+1980+Floyd+Jillson+AHC.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Floyd E. Jillson, 1980<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUSI-yipKDGxzbBXNTRi14AY720dcEbcQXke8vz_tUTklewOO_oqPDO78tPgujvOstDpmJ3q_tTACAsGvlvedtPrCdxmoaHCedDAlRF-i0XjNXBZvwMRWG4PhOj8syYNNeSOf2X6078k/s600/Southern+Bell+1980+ca+Cotten+Alston+AHC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="404" data-original-width="600" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUSI-yipKDGxzbBXNTRi14AY720dcEbcQXke8vz_tUTklewOO_oqPDO78tPgujvOstDpmJ3q_tTACAsGvlvedtPrCdxmoaHCedDAlRF-i0XjNXBZvwMRWG4PhOj8syYNNeSOf2X6078k/w400-h269/Southern+Bell+1980+ca+Cotten+Alston+AHC.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Cotten Alston, circa 1980<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSYxV8yAOgfJUIWUKFu0n_y8dBKrKlbcCq89bhdegU6yp16IIGUg7R5pupB9k88gyEIrL2tNU1-73Zw7HjTqxHfVIp_lOODcNZ1Ritr7WFankuwJkJe70svXAl9TxwoswR7Vhi8t2zqFQ/s600/Southern+Bell+1980+ca+Cotten+Alston+AHC_02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="600" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSYxV8yAOgfJUIWUKFu0n_y8dBKrKlbcCq89bhdegU6yp16IIGUg7R5pupB9k88gyEIrL2tNU1-73Zw7HjTqxHfVIp_lOODcNZ1Ritr7WFankuwJkJe70svXAl9TxwoswR7Vhi8t2zqFQ/w400-h272/Southern+Bell+1980+ca+Cotten+Alston+AHC_02.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Cotten Alston, circa 1980<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8f994787-7fff-8a3b-4052-3d4444239c15"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Facing federal antitrust lawsuits, AT&T (‘Ma Bell’) was ordered to break up the Bell System into seven independent Regional Bell Operating Companies (‘Baby Bells’) to take effect Jan. 1, 1984. Southern Bell and South Central Bell spun off from AT&T and became BellSouth, the largest of the new regional companies.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-a7e695be-7fff-af38-3f6a-7bc7201b842d"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">With this divestiture came news of consolidated positions and lots of corporate restructuring. Seeking better job security in an uncertain future, Communications Workers of America called for yet another strike in 1983. 675,000 workers went on strike nationwide, and picketers lined up outside the Ivy Street and Courtland Street buildings. The strike lasted about 20 days before an agreement was reached.</span></p><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 11pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB-Fr94aeuKMMY5fzblU1KGcKRm7iDzRfV5SWUwgKFl4pbqWqivIloyeSfCykrNR_2y8rSIHkwgEI5ZLwNe0Tl-9y8KrgaKuF-2dILQQH-s_WOB4ZdaE16odPAW6WZruC1D9gr-rj8lUE/s843/Southern+Bell+1983_0807+Strike+Louie+Favorite+AJC+GSU.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="843" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB-Fr94aeuKMMY5fzblU1KGcKRm7iDzRfV5SWUwgKFl4pbqWqivIloyeSfCykrNR_2y8rSIHkwgEI5ZLwNe0Tl-9y8KrgaKuF-2dILQQH-s_WOB4ZdaE16odPAW6WZruC1D9gr-rj8lUE/w400-h261/Southern+Bell+1983_0807+Strike+Louie+Favorite+AJC+GSU.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Louie Favorite | Aug. 7, 1983<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUzAAcDac0z8R73DlBVRP8nijUFCll9bhZ6dMWYX4tjGVv9XymJuAIcsRDn1PVzSLHCbk3J4YG-bhOzErzZyzib_NROtROROwT4CUlC8VggX4mtaw5D-1xpz1tofwAyQbdhJVsE4NSiL0/s1116/Southern+Bell+1983_0807+Louie+Favorite+AJC+GSU.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="729" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUzAAcDac0z8R73DlBVRP8nijUFCll9bhZ6dMWYX4tjGVv9XymJuAIcsRDn1PVzSLHCbk3J4YG-bhOzErzZyzib_NROtROROwT4CUlC8VggX4mtaw5D-1xpz1tofwAyQbdhJVsE4NSiL0/w418-h640/Southern+Bell+1983_0807+Louie+Favorite+AJC+GSU.jpg" width="418" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Louie Favorite | Aug. 7, 1983<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_3N2i_mZSw7LdsLijZw6CqEmcxgzVekdpaor2FISH97eAf-lANMowPvxyTgfax-_Z0PxD08TgVsvF2RFRxghcxuo4I47FvhmuLntAqviuEAi0oSXWWYnn32I3aKL4ynYNw2SM1K20GNU/s2048/Southern+Bell+1983_0823+Strike_Atlanta_Constitution.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1051" data-original-width="2048" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_3N2i_mZSw7LdsLijZw6CqEmcxgzVekdpaor2FISH97eAf-lANMowPvxyTgfax-_Z0PxD08TgVsvF2RFRxghcxuo4I47FvhmuLntAqviuEAi0oSXWWYnn32I3aKL4ynYNw2SM1K20GNU/w400-h205/Southern+Bell+1983_0823+Strike_Atlanta_Constitution.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution </i>| Aug. 23, 1983</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></span></div></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2084be49-7fff-1df1-e116-f512ece19fe6"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Some years later, AT&T ate all of those Baby Bells up again, so that’s the logo that currently adorns these buildings.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcy67JfaLb9neuBrLB-s4wXQCpzeFVdfl14rlDdZLStiXV08psnnx2S39gMaRqgdJUVaEzhFAUX5mZ8X6Bep7DdxdXI9WX7i41cwOXV6GgiQW8kv1GaVemK0opZSjm_RZNLzIWcFBXEag/s1000/Babybel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="1000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcy67JfaLb9neuBrLB-s4wXQCpzeFVdfl14rlDdZLStiXV08psnnx2S39gMaRqgdJUVaEzhFAUX5mZ8X6Bep7DdxdXI9WX7i41cwOXV6GgiQW8kv1GaVemK0opZSjm_RZNLzIWcFBXEag/w400-h225/Babybel.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I mean, who can resist?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-96ff727a-7fff-d9c7-78c5-4d7329a8bfc9"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Moving on from the phone company, let’s briefly hop up to the northern end of the block where the Freeman Ford dealership was. Jumping back in time a bit, by the mid-1950s the Ford dealership had been replaced by a Willys Motors dealership.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_3KuUUx5IShDS_u-SUo-bzT9nfnhw1dlqalorWAUHvGpO6cApVSp5CpXVcoufKPeqcXLunJN08Nu8pgeZKoGMa54NAzulQHrcr6lWnlK85qjSzLUsrr58jktidyBefVvgk05fSml5s2c/s730/Willys+19561010+Lane+Bros+GSU.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="730" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_3KuUUx5IShDS_u-SUo-bzT9nfnhw1dlqalorWAUHvGpO6cApVSp5CpXVcoufKPeqcXLunJN08Nu8pgeZKoGMa54NAzulQHrcr6lWnlK85qjSzLUsrr58jktidyBefVvgk05fSml5s2c/w400-h296/Willys+19561010+Lane+Bros+GSU.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oct. 10, 1956<br />Lane Bros. Commercial Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTMLmvrboUlW6lXA-vmDMQKa-AAdJBJ302rPp_nlnfkb1jYc4e01XAMcoD-ZvYmT9OM7-5KpsSyOeQtKDGYuoS1U4X8c6ZN-XREpkTjyWJE1pqMVGWfdpLn6OspWLpIRKam_QDzKzxcyQ/s730/Willys+19561010+Lane+Bros+GSU_02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="730" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTMLmvrboUlW6lXA-vmDMQKa-AAdJBJ302rPp_nlnfkb1jYc4e01XAMcoD-ZvYmT9OM7-5KpsSyOeQtKDGYuoS1U4X8c6ZN-XREpkTjyWJE1pqMVGWfdpLn6OspWLpIRKam_QDzKzxcyQ/w400-h296/Willys+19561010+Lane+Bros+GSU_02.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oct. 10, 1956<br />Lane Bros. Commercial Photographs | Georgia State University Library<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Some of you might know Willys as the original manufacturer of the Jeep, first developed for the US War Department during World War II but quickly pivoted for civilians when the war was over.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Drj263VVVJYX1v3OUz8FgzBUWpuSQVAjmCdfDoU9Hh9dpmPiEfoTqlDW4tpKXT11ubnBwZTeMxhStg6zDqOLi9bCpM5voK-Nuqc9ZS-zIVOi5WYpYTzuL-CsGejYtlGmt5dsfgCfa08/s2048/Willys+ad_Atlanta_Constitution_Wed__Feb_9__1955_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2038" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Drj263VVVJYX1v3OUz8FgzBUWpuSQVAjmCdfDoU9Hh9dpmPiEfoTqlDW4tpKXT11ubnBwZTeMxhStg6zDqOLi9bCpM5voK-Nuqc9ZS-zIVOi5WYpYTzuL-CsGejYtlGmt5dsfgCfa08/w398-h400/Willys+ad_Atlanta_Constitution_Wed__Feb_9__1955_.jpg" width="398" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</i> | Feb. 9, 1955</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I'm not sure how long Willys Motors lasted in the building or what (if anything) occupied it for many years after. But as Atlanta was gearing up for the Centennial Olympic Games in 1996, lots of developers set their sights on properties all over downtown. Two developers, Bill Clear and Jim Cumming, teamed up with frequent collaborator, architect Ron Stang, to convert the old building into the Freeman Ford Lofts.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiJt5HwLvMQGd-Q2ak8tV30VwMGYoQSsPgS_8FRUhzFcTgEKrDH3jMc2gQ5zv_vYkP02iQzGT8yuHHqck6ZoiuXauqVEToIP9a5jqbYAdUN7BYZjBWYi813ER2SyrlFUoORTzlayiiJK8/s2048/Freeman+Ford+Cummings_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Feb_4__1996_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1895" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiJt5HwLvMQGd-Q2ak8tV30VwMGYoQSsPgS_8FRUhzFcTgEKrDH3jMc2gQ5zv_vYkP02iQzGT8yuHHqck6ZoiuXauqVEToIP9a5jqbYAdUN7BYZjBWYi813ER2SyrlFUoORTzlayiiJK8/w370-h400/Freeman+Ford+Cummings_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Feb_4__1996_.jpg" width="370" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ron Stang and Jim Cumming<br /><i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</i> | Feb. 4, 1996</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-7bc42742-7fff-1316-2e4f-2cf033a3e6a1"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Picture it: In 60 years people might be living in the Jim Ellis Chevrolet Lofts somewhere. Wild…</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Anyway, the Freeman Ford Lofts won the 1997 Urban Design Commission’s Award of Excellence for Adaptive Use. I found the following photos on FF Lofts’ <a href="http://www.freemanfordlofts.com/" target="_blank">website</a>, and there’s a bunch of old Ford stuff peppered in the decor. Pretty cool.</span></p><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfkXtOw3Whyphenhyphenqz65OUeUcDtZHFWPevNsL8bpik5xsqV-gK7BcXFoQhL4YVAnajqOZSag9ErnMwoCdxWd-7T2chDSgy0HKeV3sSdQdfIbC09qtVxADadUIKCE8QJQetuenJA_KGII6X7RW4/s2048/Freeman+Ford+04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfkXtOw3Whyphenhyphenqz65OUeUcDtZHFWPevNsL8bpik5xsqV-gK7BcXFoQhL4YVAnajqOZSag9ErnMwoCdxWd-7T2chDSgy0HKeV3sSdQdfIbC09qtVxADadUIKCE8QJQetuenJA_KGII6X7RW4/w400-h266/Freeman+Ford+04.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaV9FIyplNqnLpQLDirySk0o1PkMd5ClpyfdIQD1ofib37eCwNCDtw71K0AGb5murwF-TjLoAgiRaQ2_DsOUqWQ8evETfNNv_XGdCNj6PaUvbDxgk2x2eGBbAShChyeufKQDEBgLMlOjs/s2048/Freeman+Ford+05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaV9FIyplNqnLpQLDirySk0o1PkMd5ClpyfdIQD1ofib37eCwNCDtw71K0AGb5murwF-TjLoAgiRaQ2_DsOUqWQ8evETfNNv_XGdCNj6PaUvbDxgk2x2eGBbAShChyeufKQDEBgLMlOjs/w400-h266/Freeman+Ford+05.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-1u53uC0zqfvrrrbtj1gmW55z3t-jaAqs0pAgcOwkoer-C9DwMQFXqWZoCyGxUt3Rqkl6-WYMvP-8vln76PR1i48demnAloH8fKMCmNKCMMKhXd2mPWF4jMRjysxGSzad7rGYfL_c7BE/s2048/Freeman+Ford+06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-1u53uC0zqfvrrrbtj1gmW55z3t-jaAqs0pAgcOwkoer-C9DwMQFXqWZoCyGxUt3Rqkl6-WYMvP-8vln76PR1i48demnAloH8fKMCmNKCMMKhXd2mPWF4jMRjysxGSzad7rGYfL_c7BE/w400-h266/Freeman+Ford+06.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-572c81ef-7fff-9b7a-30d4-7225f42b64c7"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Speaking of decor, around 2007 there was a retail space in the building that housed a modern furniture shop and gallery called Context. I believe <a href="https://contextgallery.com/" target="_blank">Context Gallery</a> is still in operation, just not here at the Ford Freeman Lofts building anymore.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">And that about brings us up to date! Only three buildings remain on the block today: the two AT&T buildings and the Ford Freeman Lofts. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJvWVO4OPcSLWxIX7imyFkvSDuXaKwic7pJq5dNFJJcJTndzzyK7yByUH4zmQlBzBubFggiutx502_ij0BeHaauI1euJzc8LZnM5fuEhq-vVrAcKZHF2d06JZzfUIfBICXVQBVDCD8Nuc/s678/Modern+aerial+clean.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="678" data-original-width="643" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJvWVO4OPcSLWxIX7imyFkvSDuXaKwic7pJq5dNFJJcJTndzzyK7yByUH4zmQlBzBubFggiutx502_ij0BeHaauI1euJzc8LZnM5fuEhq-vVrAcKZHF2d06JZzfUIfBICXVQBVDCD8Nuc/w379-h400/Modern+aerial+clean.JPG" width="379" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7VcZfqVGrvz_JUpLRP7R98_Cvq7nipjPsqNGtVK0Wze3NVAPMABsVuTQ-AWM7KAeavsYJAvSxyhv0DCFr5Xn6bijAQV00A6QK_7iuqOp2iS08P8I9Oa_JvqcXU39AtxMoOeMIsFf1or4/s806/aerial+3d.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="806" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7VcZfqVGrvz_JUpLRP7R98_Cvq7nipjPsqNGtVK0Wze3NVAPMABsVuTQ-AWM7KAeavsYJAvSxyhv0DCFr5Xn6bijAQV00A6QK_7iuqOp2iS08P8I9Oa_JvqcXU39AtxMoOeMIsFf1or4/w400-h294/aerial+3d.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Regarding Hardy Ivy’s remains, the parking lot on top of Peck’s old property actually has a ramp down into an underground deck. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5KZ0GlSEq0iw_V_gn_stDzOeLQq0XX_YOUUERspCYmchLf94g9tcDIM1pzusVWM8qPg0E116h-kaXD8WIHmFrwIhoUD9rETTrHza6D7NZhPe6Gojrnb5lTUXm7w-_8WR9eIDafM7oL4/s675/aerial+hardy+ivy+grave.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="641" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5KZ0GlSEq0iw_V_gn_stDzOeLQq0XX_YOUUERspCYmchLf94g9tcDIM1pzusVWM8qPg0E116h-kaXD8WIHmFrwIhoUD9rETTrHza6D7NZhPe6Gojrnb5lTUXm7w-_8WR9eIDafM7oL4/w380-h400/aerial+hardy+ivy+grave.JPG" width="380" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">It seems likely to me that if there ever were any bones down there, they were bulldozed into oblivion a long time ago. But who knows, maybe one day a pipe will burst and a corpse will spill out of the wall Temple of Doom style.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Anyway, I hope you found something of interest here today. Thank you as always for stopping by!</span></p><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div></span><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07029902962598209651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040628041708774921.post-57895801886776639482020-12-28T09:50:00.004-08:002020-12-28T11:16:37.743-08:00Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Part 2 of 2)<p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Welcome back!</span></span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-ddef72b3-7fff-eb3c-eb9b-6a25b1599dd4"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It’s Part Two of our look at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium block! If you haven’t already, I recommend checking out <a href="https://atlantablockparty.blogspot.com/2020/05/mercedes-benz-stadium.html">Part One</a> to see what was here before the stadiums were built. This one gets down and dirty with the Dome and the Benz. It’s a little more text-heavy than normal, but we’ve got some interesting stuff planned, so stick with it!</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here’s a brief <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F5YWVr0fC8" target="_blank">recap</a> of where we left off for anyone needing a refresher.</span></p></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-ac30ad41-7fff-f22a-292c-fbea91d2317c"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Great! Now that we’re all caught up, let’s dive back in.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We begin our tale not on our block(s), but rather on the other side of town at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Throughout the 1980s, Atlanta Falcons owner Rankin Smith had been growing increasingly dissatisfied with the Falcons' situation at Atlanta-Fulton. </span></span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div></span><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-ac30ad41-7fff-f22a-292c-fbea91d2317c"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIc6XMuurIxWgPm0e5m_adq6Q0rPBebi5N2HB1ax4kGiUsIm7HSLB1VTsNFXzovfwqcIc8AFwbqbSthtrpHSNUsAkKlD5Kv2H4FEMGsq_-yZ5Qw_1BxZ6RNTJeqzq-6modPAilRUDu6Q0/s2048/Rankin+Smith_Atlanta_Constitution_Mon__Oct_27__1997_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1745" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIc6XMuurIxWgPm0e5m_adq6Q0rPBebi5N2HB1ax4kGiUsIm7HSLB1VTsNFXzovfwqcIc8AFwbqbSthtrpHSNUsAkKlD5Kv2H4FEMGsq_-yZ5Qw_1BxZ6RNTJeqzq-6modPAilRUDu6Q0/w341-h400/Rankin+Smith_Atlanta_Constitution_Mon__Oct_27__1997_.jpg" width="341" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Rankin Smith, Sr.<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c336c471-7fff-5526-9547-9831206d2e33"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Falcons had shared Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium with the Braves since their first season in 1966. That stadium was designed for baseball and thus was a circle rather than an oval. This meant that the 50-yard line seats, which should be the best seats in the house, were among the worst because they were so far away from the field.</span></span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-tiYZcaKD0Du7pSCxV6sTBMyypfgTABzjEWZpePgqd8AN6oQ8ZjizdjgAvdG6_Kw_ZA3v9O7y_5NtMmdg9cZK-DH0X7qxEZpGsEfCiIzWsbOmJcUNXhKUjH5cZjeWJ1auPkldDOtg-RA/s496/Fulton+Co+Stadium+Falcons+AHC+1967+Floyd+Jillson.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="496" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-tiYZcaKD0Du7pSCxV6sTBMyypfgTABzjEWZpePgqd8AN6oQ8ZjizdjgAvdG6_Kw_ZA3v9O7y_5NtMmdg9cZK-DH0X7qxEZpGsEfCiIzWsbOmJcUNXhKUjH5cZjeWJ1auPkldDOtg-RA/w400-h319/Fulton+Co+Stadium+Falcons+AHC+1967+Floyd+Jillson.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, 1967<br />Photo by Floyd Jillson<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Smith was also unhappy with the Falcons’ lease, which was apparently one of the worst in the league. As the deal stood, the Braves paid less for rent than the Falcons but received 23% of all concessions profits, of which the Falcons got none.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The city was sympathetic to Smith’s woes, but there was concern that taxpayers wouldn’t get behind a brand new stadium. For one thing, Atlanta-Fulton had just undergone an $18 million renovation. Also, the Falcons sucked. Hard.</span></p></span></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZB3xcanYc8sitobm-aUycUHT0uUhnFt7oPTkJ5JBgR_2Af59apEOylArL5FU89j9_MGYKT46Rj7Jepn1v7NsRDIFurQ5jbz0IXKe3SBR2nsCZ0gd2W9GVQsdG9JddVJG3vFplevVuPps/s618/Falcons+Record.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="174" data-original-width="618" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZB3xcanYc8sitobm-aUycUHT0uUhnFt7oPTkJ5JBgR_2Af59apEOylArL5FU89j9_MGYKT46Rj7Jepn1v7NsRDIFurQ5jbz0IXKe3SBR2nsCZ0gd2W9GVQsdG9JddVJG3vFplevVuPps/w400-h113/Falcons+Record.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I made this.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;">
<span id="docs-internal-guid-f31536a7-7fff-5411-abad-86fe16ef1d19"><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Nonetheless, in 1985 Smith began scoping out alternatives in earnest, culminating in 1987 when he met with officials in Jacksonville, FL about moving the team there. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">When Baltimore Mayor William Donald Schaefer--who had recently lost the Colts to Indianapolis--heard of Rankin’s wandering eye, he had this advice for Atlanta: “Do anything not to lose him.”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">As it turns out, a potential solution had already been proposed. The Governor’s Office of Budget and Planning was considering a domed multi-purpose stadium downtown near the Omni and the state-owned GWCC, the latter of which was gearing up for another new expansion.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Smith had already been in talks with the GWCC about this proposed stadium in 1985, but no concrete decisions had been made. An early design existed along with a potential plan for getting it done.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirAoRDPtcKcQd3y3AxKcpxWnGLxNSkAErn1ayLh-PdrBCKakBCfNPcKWEnCVIOkVDX0CBsjbN_g8_nMqz-fouYUAjubeiTAxEFhCmAmQD0qEWUHYQBopnSV2UiOP8dKljLy360XJz8E-s/s2048/Dome+early+drawing_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Dec_14__1986_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1689" data-original-width="2048" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirAoRDPtcKcQd3y3AxKcpxWnGLxNSkAErn1ayLh-PdrBCKakBCfNPcKWEnCVIOkVDX0CBsjbN_g8_nMqz-fouYUAjubeiTAxEFhCmAmQD0qEWUHYQBopnSV2UiOP8dKljLy360XJz8E-s/w400-h330/Dome+early+drawing_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Dec_14__1986_.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Dec. 14, 1986</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mayor Andrew Young liked this idea, citing the New Orleans Superdome and the Houston Astrodome as financial boons to their respective cities. He saw a fancy new dome as a way to court the Super Bowl or even the Olympics (dare we dream so boldly?).</span></p></span></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Smith wanted an open air stadium, but he was willing to accept a dome if the Falcons were the primary tenant. On July 7, the Falcons and the GWCC reached a deal to stay in Atlanta for 30 years if the new stadium was built by 1990. The Georgia Stadium Corporation was formed to secure 70% of the funding (through pre-sales of luxury suites), with Lowell Evjen as president. The Stadium Corp. would run the new Georgia Dome for the 10 Falcons home games, and the GWCC would run it for all other events (including a potential Super Bowl).</span></p><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaSXyR5hzCbbeskEhQLoP6mp2LIl_8UIXDDelIBpl3yjamQMLmZyfkjN9MLOaTla5ypKi3cNS3tdK-YeqYIQUW8h0UfDuHj7WoL0nrsvuQ4egtY7uInq0-Ko3MGP4BDdB9gaPzlKAP6ko/s2048/Lowell+Evjen_Atlanta_Constitution_Thu__Nov_19__1987_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1135" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaSXyR5hzCbbeskEhQLoP6mp2LIl_8UIXDDelIBpl3yjamQMLmZyfkjN9MLOaTla5ypKi3cNS3tdK-YeqYIQUW8h0UfDuHj7WoL0nrsvuQ4egtY7uInq0-Ko3MGP4BDdB9gaPzlKAP6ko/s320/Lowell+Evjen_Atlanta_Constitution_Thu__Nov_19__1987_.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lowell Evjen<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">With all parties in agreement, sights were set on this very neighborhood we’ve been discussing for the new stadium’s location along with new phases of the GWCC. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">[Note: Foundry Street is the northern border of the area we've been looking at, and Magnolia has since been renamed International Boulevard. In the map below, our northwest block is the one labeled with the Amanda Flipper AME Church, but I think that's a mistake. Based on city directories, Amanda Flipper AME was one block north, which is why I'm not covering it here.]</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw2mSfHqUNDPa1FWJ7Ot9NRpK1YU3g29eDFjRWRTJ53MUbpC8fd59t2nLXggXiO_O3yJwMXIh09tlJh-0RaFjGoB5Myu2Q4NnT-o3P9rt2Tt7MXfVIaXhLmHpTO8vodK_Nk_QeZrhAQDs/s1828/Dome+and+GWCC+Site+Plan+undated+AJC+GSU.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1828" data-original-width="1328" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw2mSfHqUNDPa1FWJ7Ot9NRpK1YU3g29eDFjRWRTJ53MUbpC8fd59t2nLXggXiO_O3yJwMXIh09tlJh-0RaFjGoB5Myu2Q4NnT-o3P9rt2Tt7MXfVIaXhLmHpTO8vodK_Nk_QeZrhAQDs/w464-h640/Dome+and+GWCC+Site+Plan+undated+AJC+GSU.jpg" width="464" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Undated<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The neighborhood balked at the idea of a stadium in its borders, concerned that local institutions like Mount Vernon Baptist Church and Frank G. Lake Lumber were at risk. Proponents of the stadium argued that it would revitalize the area, but City Councilman Jabari Simama wisely pointed out that it didn’t work that way for Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, which did serious damage to the Washington-Rawson and Summerhill neighborhoods. Stadiums, he argued, don’t belong in neighborhoods where churches and football would compete for parking on Sundays. Residents felt that the neighborhood would be better served by affordable housing.</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO5EeVfhp11wgG1zSTG_nizh8qRjJikf8zfvtQByLZ8V0OgBilySwj8DUqLLYeC9294J9goJvzBtHObCjFOSgrS8rOe0Mz7nWlu86ufXBxxbYcBpCAIgYtyqnuVPBU-Q1Tb6oPE1Yarlc/s2048/Jabari.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1471" data-original-width="2048" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO5EeVfhp11wgG1zSTG_nizh8qRjJikf8zfvtQByLZ8V0OgBilySwj8DUqLLYeC9294J9goJvzBtHObCjFOSgrS8rOe0Mz7nWlu86ufXBxxbYcBpCAIgYtyqnuVPBU-Q1Tb6oPE1Yarlc/w400-h288/Jabari.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jabari Simama, ca. 1987<br />Photo by JoEllen Black | Atlanta Journal-Constitution</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-03c6c1ed-7fff-da6c-0489-75e893f78803"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Neighborhood concerns were largely ignored throughout 1987. Reverend W. L. Cottrell of Beulah Baptist Church in Vine City criticized the lack of attention to the neighborhood, calling the Dome "a monster that seems to be moving in our direction with no eyes, no ears and no mouth." </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In October 1987, Lowell Evjen and GWCC president John Aderhold met with residents at Mount Vernon Baptist Church. Admitting they should have met with residents sooner, Evjen and Aderhold pledged a neighborhood impact study before anything would be built and said they’d try to work around Mount Vernon Baptist and Friendship Baptist in the stadium’s footprint.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibedkCv0D9zqoCQrjgnFuftbhr4fr6CQi83etAS2zVHwiF3DjsSlt612VThx2H3MJCP96cCBaMfPSS-uzALJUWMw4stcxnRsP1zVb9WwBmyStlsl5xlh2flDA_hfw1BqdTVjI9l_RpQ0U/s730/Friendship+Baptist+19870503+AJC+at+GSU+Dwight+Ross+Jr.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="444" data-original-width="730" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibedkCv0D9zqoCQrjgnFuftbhr4fr6CQi83etAS2zVHwiF3DjsSlt612VThx2H3MJCP96cCBaMfPSS-uzALJUWMw4stcxnRsP1zVb9WwBmyStlsl5xlh2flDA_hfw1BqdTVjI9l_RpQ0U/w400-h244/Friendship+Baptist+19870503+AJC+at+GSU+Dwight+Ross+Jr.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Friendship Baptist Church<br />Photo by Dwight Ross, Jr. | May 3, 1987<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEJg_BLZp8aQOXR7E-u0tapV4sb6lv6TkANqdwS5HHrcAiybToURtmUKuN2lGTKgrc4RwATTqBuWUrTCMTWkkgICRGaKFFExfHuF4OuuJ4USfnKIWYTPS-jqJwPDNkT_10CCa5ItGhA5g/s1106/Friendship+Baptist+19870503+AJC+at+GSU+Dwight+Ross+Jr_02.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1106" data-original-width="730" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEJg_BLZp8aQOXR7E-u0tapV4sb6lv6TkANqdwS5HHrcAiybToURtmUKuN2lGTKgrc4RwATTqBuWUrTCMTWkkgICRGaKFFExfHuF4OuuJ4USfnKIWYTPS-jqJwPDNkT_10CCa5ItGhA5g/w422-h640/Friendship+Baptist+19870503+AJC+at+GSU+Dwight+Ross+Jr_02.jpg" width="422" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Friendship Baptist Church<br />Photo by Dwight Ross, Jr. | May 3, 1987<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Speaking on behalf of the neighborhood, City Councilman (and future mayor) Bill Campbell said, “Perhaps we ought to tear down the old stadium and build a church there.”</span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJOJiMg9m_d-p9ReDvXzRs8DLkUgzu89_ASVtjlxyO1s0-Mlu4az694-CIT3ZMLH2GNFdfMB-Bwu9JJS7lN9Do9lJ5WFOyZIj8Gs3lmDO_K5S1QiANUidMX3TqwYNq6uN7-l1Ck3isAdI/s2048/Bill+Campbell_Atlanta_Constitution_Sat__May_3__1986_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1039" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJOJiMg9m_d-p9ReDvXzRs8DLkUgzu89_ASVtjlxyO1s0-Mlu4az694-CIT3ZMLH2GNFdfMB-Bwu9JJS7lN9Do9lJ5WFOyZIj8Gs3lmDO_K5S1QiANUidMX3TqwYNq6uN7-l1Ck3isAdI/w203-h400/Bill+Campbell_Atlanta_Constitution_Sat__May_3__1986_.jpg" width="203" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bill Campbell, ca. 1986<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-576b8921-7fff-374b-1d7e-bf6600d76399"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Unmoved by Aderhold and Evjen’s efforts, Mount Vernon Baptist held a 24-hour vigil in November protesting the new stadium.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div></span></span></span><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-ac30ad41-7fff-f22a-292c-fbea91d2317c"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c336c471-7fff-5526-9547-9831206d2e33"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: Arial; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI0X0MvFCKBgb6-zBemAmNERYxoU1sApzLnErL6zlkSlFFOvonztYTK5xAyv3NGytUy4vQUqF3xw_eNBeup3OXnOkauEq4tdvAh0uhroS1r79GVyJg-uNQPiHE3edcfo_bIfPzc34N8yY/s2005/Mt+Vernon+vigil+19871118+Andy+Sharp+AJC+GSU.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2005" data-original-width="1614" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI0X0MvFCKBgb6-zBemAmNERYxoU1sApzLnErL6zlkSlFFOvonztYTK5xAyv3NGytUy4vQUqF3xw_eNBeup3OXnOkauEq4tdvAh0uhroS1r79GVyJg-uNQPiHE3edcfo_bIfPzc34N8yY/w517-h640/Mt+Vernon+vigil+19871118+Andy+Sharp+AJC+GSU.png" width="517" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Larry Perkins, 8, kneeling at Mt. Vernon Baptist vigil, 1987<br />Photo by Andy Sharp<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photos | Georgia State University Library</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bd685baf-7fff-7fb2-7b22-a4b3410eecbe"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Meanwhile, Braves president Stan Kasten was feeling left out and sent a letter to the Dome’s backers requesting that the Braves be included in the new stadium’s plans. Kasten already had dreams of a new Braves stadium and felt that those dreams would be squashed by taxpayers if the Falcons got a new stadium first. Alas, it was too late in the process for the Braves to join in, so they’ll probably never get a new stadium, doomed to suffer Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium for all eternity.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD-8Puiyo1zfBxgGJ2Ze85Ix7_oHFZf9Tc18ymlcLGTNvXyZd0Md0LOULDmOCV7j08-wZGrHQj-X1TnTT1tTjW4u8l9Cc2GZC_OEqhzTC7ErbBzWy3tJovl82JOmFrslBwgmhGR59Yh0k/s2080/Baseball+stadiums.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="2080" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD-8Puiyo1zfBxgGJ2Ze85Ix7_oHFZf9Tc18ymlcLGTNvXyZd0Md0LOULDmOCV7j08-wZGrHQj-X1TnTT1tTjW4u8l9Cc2GZC_OEqhzTC7ErbBzWy3tJovl82JOmFrslBwgmhGR59Yh0k/w400-h134/Baseball+stadiums.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh wait...never mind.</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Opposition to the new stadium didn’t just come from the neighborhood. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In a February 1, 1987 opinion piece in the AJC, </span></span><span>Atlanta City Council President Marvin S. Arrington argued that the cost to taxpayers would be too high even if Super Bowl dreams came to fruition: "Even a Super Bowl did not spare Louisiana residents from being gored to the tune of $23,824,425 to support the Superdome last year. And beyond occasional Super Bowls, how much do we actually gain when we simply siphon off revenue-producing events from existing self-supporting facilities such as The Omni and Atlanta Fulton-County Stadium?"</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span>That piece was accompanied by the following cartoon:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBzlyIXfMHcB-HNTL8Sv-IaZoMWgsCjvFmQoK1e09tBDaEbo65whNNuJdUU6_U2JQv_3WXd3VA4s-lsSqTWaSwGkKotS460ImyetxbZwUI-ytzZMYfp9CM3qZCUubNhxejLT5JpSkqww0/s2048/Dome+Cartoon_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Feb_1__1987_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2038" data-original-width="2048" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBzlyIXfMHcB-HNTL8Sv-IaZoMWgsCjvFmQoK1e09tBDaEbo65whNNuJdUU6_U2JQv_3WXd3VA4s-lsSqTWaSwGkKotS460ImyetxbZwUI-ytzZMYfp9CM3qZCUubNhxejLT5JpSkqww0/w400-h398/Dome+Cartoon_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Feb_1__1987_.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Feb. 1, 1987</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In another AJC opinion piece from November 12, 1987, sports journalist Dave Kindred had some things to say about Rankin Smith’s threat to move the Falcons to Jacksonville: </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Civic blackmail, an unkind label, has proved effective in helping sports franchises get new stadiums. And most often the threats are made by teams which have failed to win. Cities that pay the ransom then are in the uncomfortable position of subsidizing incompetence.”</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Ouch!</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For the most part, though, it seems that most Atlantans were ready for the Falcons to get a new home, at least according to this May 1987 AJC poll:</span></span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_4LCVK516JcMGXVkiBVACFP3IUiI044xNoLIk_iCxEbSTeIboeNLor8U6pjHcVowxuk5vkcPpu_WyVY1bDd1_JPIW2TzjRqa13OKnr4hegwnpuhXkhLd3jj-JrCz_tGJQa3q_E9MRg0/s2048/Dome+fan+poll_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__May_24__1987_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2041" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_4LCVK516JcMGXVkiBVACFP3IUiI044xNoLIk_iCxEbSTeIboeNLor8U6pjHcVowxuk5vkcPpu_WyVY1bDd1_JPIW2TzjRqa13OKnr4hegwnpuhXkhLd3jj-JrCz_tGJQa3q_E9MRg0/w399-h400/Dome+fan+poll_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__May_24__1987_.jpg" width="399" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlanta Journal-Constitution | May 24, 1987</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-735216c6-7fff-fbc4-f344-ffc48ba43583"></span></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Whether people liked it or not, the new stadium moved ahead. The following year, the State Properties Commission was buying up property for the stadium and all the parking that would be needed. The simultaneous expansion of the Georgia World Congress Center resulted in the complete destruction of the Lightning neighborhood just to the north. The Commission tried to convince landlords to hold off on evicting tenants until relocation assistance could be offered, but many like Joe Shaffer (we talked about him in Part One) were quick to give eviction notices. Homes and businesses started vanishing, including the venerable Frank Lake Lumber Company, which we first saw back in 1911.</span></span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-74539498-7fff-47a4-a078-d2d9145ae134"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">I highly recommend checking out this piece, which highlights the history of the Lightning neighborhood through its residents' own words: </span><a href="https://bittersoutherner.com/lightning-the-atlanta-community-lost-to-super-bowl-dreams" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">“Lightning Struck: How an Atlanta Neighborhood Died on the Altar of Super Bowl Dreams,” by Max Blau. </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The Bitter Southerner.</span></a></p></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><br /></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-ac30ad41-7fff-f22a-292c-fbea91d2317c"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c336c471-7fff-5526-9547-9831206d2e33"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bd685baf-7fff-7fb2-7b22-a4b3410eecbe"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-440913d3-7fff-9d10-9c96-688e718ab9cd"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Adding to the rush to get a new stadium built was Atlanta’s official bid to host the 1996 Summer Olympic Games. A new domed stadium would strengthen the city’s unlikely bid.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In the photo below, Lowell Evjen is showing members of the U.S. Olympic Site Selection Committee an early Georgia Dome model as part of Atlanta's pitch to host the games.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8GiGa5GUytmlCXtWfRQk5WQHOGFqn7UP_JQTR1Sn0VfXruOtGrdrqbJnPkdauXGqcNP0YCMSvzSCnxiTClxQOJw2AWYSSYSsidlMfWERi-CESHsvDl8VzwRqNt2QQ4ojuyUpPwl0ji4g/s730/Dome+Olympics+Committee+1988+AJC+at+GSU.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="730" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8GiGa5GUytmlCXtWfRQk5WQHOGFqn7UP_JQTR1Sn0VfXruOtGrdrqbJnPkdauXGqcNP0YCMSvzSCnxiTClxQOJw2AWYSSYSsidlMfWERi-CESHsvDl8VzwRqNt2QQ4ojuyUpPwl0ji4g/w400-h258/Dome+Olympics+Committee+1988+AJC+at+GSU.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Andy Sharp | 1988<br />Atlanta Journal Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There were plenty of roadblocks, though.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-0e1a4d54-7fff-8797-e4d0-7f670a1a771d"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">First, the Georgia Stadium Corp. was having a tough time getting the 70% private funding they were tasked with. Their reliance on private suite sales was ultimately unsuccessful because the Falcons sucked eggs and nobody was too excited about forking over the money to watch a team lose in a shiny new stadium.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There were also delays getting all the land necessary. CSX Transportation (which formed out of a merger with Seaboard Coastline, which was itself a merger involving Atlantic Coast Line, which formed out of AB&C Railroad, which used to be AB&A when it first arrived here PLEASE TRY AND KEEP UP) owned a whole bunch of the land needed, but they were holding out for more mixed-use development (think Andre Steiner’s proposal from the ‘70s). They felt that the GWCC expansion and the new Dome would be too much space and there wouldn’t be room for needed amenities, with one representative saying, “There’s nothing to do there. You can’t buy things there. You can’t eat there. You can’t sleep there.”</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lowell Evjen was skeptical that CSX actually cared and thought they were just holding out for more money.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There was also plenty of political opposition to the stadium. Some council members were sympathetic to the neighborhood’s concerns of displacement, while others simply didn’t think the taxpayers should be saddled with a losing team’s infrastructure upgrade.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">By the end of 1989, though, these obstacles were effectively overcome. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">CSX agreed to sell over 20 acres to the state for $15 million (much of which is just north of where we are for the GWCC expansion and parking).</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVm0hVGpGvlOM9wj9BEyQDjmq9slG7fsKDgnEc5I_ap8r_WIRbngiAUphp-TJjJ2yZSbf8fjRTAcHnVjJgv37uEf5LQ5Uz_SKfMDfLsL-W49BCgPFIl4kXnywvDiN_ZNiyrB0oJM7FDMo/s2535/CSX+purchase+The_Atlanta_Constitution_Thu__Mar_16__1989_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2535" data-original-width="1241" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVm0hVGpGvlOM9wj9BEyQDjmq9slG7fsKDgnEc5I_ap8r_WIRbngiAUphp-TJjJ2yZSbf8fjRTAcHnVjJgv37uEf5LQ5Uz_SKfMDfLsL-W49BCgPFIl4kXnywvDiN_ZNiyrB0oJM7FDMo/w314-h640/CSX+purchase+The_Atlanta_Constitution_Thu__Mar_16__1989_.jpg" width="314" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlanta Journal-Constitution | March 16, 1989</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Friendship Baptist and Mount Vernon Baptist were assured safety from demolition in the Dome’s final footprint. In addition, a $10 million trust fund was established to compensate Vine City for the Dome’s impact on the neighborhood. 150 houses in Vine City were to be built by the end of 1992. The Dome’s developers also promised $100k in job training and significant job placement for residents.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-506a5405-7fff-c454-652b-e401853ba45f"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Atlanta Stadium Corporation’s financing shortfalls were handled in part by Governor Joe Frank Harris stepping in with $32 million in state appropriation funds and the passing of a 2.75% hotel-motel tax. In addition, Heery International, the firm hired to design the stadium, cut 1,500 seats to lower construction costs.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Politically, the Dome’s supporters ultimately won out, with the final vote coming when the Fulton County Commission unanimously approved the Dome on June 7, 1989, leading Fulton Commission Chairman Michael L. Lomax to quip, “The Dome is done. Long live the Dome.”</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It was a huge win for the Falcons, which is significant because it’s just about the only thing they’ve ever won.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxp028mMhTYT9XhXmXIW5ZgVEzWdaU4vivBQrtZKnh_1N70_LtYhPTVoB5Ujm_FYtscKs5ZiK-pEXw6ZHIq3SmMUniacOdGE_oJnN8RnzgXnP1k_vnOHA-mJyYdTC2jASy-kBYiuHE7cM/s730/Rankin+Smith+Joe+Frank+Harris+Dome+announcement+19890114+Beverly+Crawford+AJC+at+GSU.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="561" data-original-width="730" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxp028mMhTYT9XhXmXIW5ZgVEzWdaU4vivBQrtZKnh_1N70_LtYhPTVoB5Ujm_FYtscKs5ZiK-pEXw6ZHIq3SmMUniacOdGE_oJnN8RnzgXnP1k_vnOHA-mJyYdTC2jASy-kBYiuHE7cM/w400-h308/Rankin+Smith+Joe+Frank+Harris+Dome+announcement+19890114+Beverly+Crawford+AJC+at+GSU.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Governor Joe Frank Harris with Rankin Smith | Jan. 24, 1989<br />Photo by Beverly Crawford<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Because of all these delays, however, the Dome would not be ready when the lease at Atlanta-Fulton would be up. But the city threw $6 million at them to stick around one more year.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">All this was already good news for the Dome’s proponents, and then came 1990…</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">On May 23, 1990 the Georgia Dome was selected to host Super Bowl XXVIII in 1994. It would be Atlanta’s first Super Bowl and maybe the biggest thing to hit the city since the Union Army.</span></span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-ac30ad41-7fff-f22a-292c-fbea91d2317c"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c336c471-7fff-5526-9547-9831206d2e33"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bd685baf-7fff-7fb2-7b22-a4b3410eecbe"><span id="docs-internal-guid-440913d3-7fff-9d10-9c96-688e718ab9cd"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJOeY2wxSq8LQnZBY83fTXSozzy8fZdgfWxz757xJwNKCS7RMCO4YT7B2P11aWXRsPfdOEpd0sKQWH28FTx1Fsk6ZiYRRJciCwc4g3GcqqvQNWFmTwMGphmezC66TW4sSDDZHybJCA1E/s2048/Super+Bowl+Bid+Win_Atlanta_Constitution_Thu__May_24__1990_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1287" data-original-width="2048" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJOeY2wxSq8LQnZBY83fTXSozzy8fZdgfWxz757xJwNKCS7RMCO4YT7B2P11aWXRsPfdOEpd0sKQWH28FTx1Fsk6ZiYRRJciCwc4g3GcqqvQNWFmTwMGphmezC66TW4sSDDZHybJCA1E/w400-h251/Super+Bowl+Bid+Win_Atlanta_Constitution_Thu__May_24__1990_.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More shirts! Joe Frank Harris, Maynard Jackson, and Rankin Smith<br />Photo by Andy Sharp<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution | May 24, 1990</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cff4639-7fff-26e5-a672-12c252348c45"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Then about four months later, on September 18, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BimvBrf6-KY" target="_blank">this</a> happened. </span></span>Against all odds, Atlanta won the bid to host the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games.</p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-ac30ad41-7fff-f22a-292c-fbea91d2317c"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c336c471-7fff-5526-9547-9831206d2e33"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bd685baf-7fff-7fb2-7b22-a4b3410eecbe"><span id="docs-internal-guid-440913d3-7fff-9d10-9c96-688e718ab9cd"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cff4639-7fff-26e5-a672-12c252348c45"><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">After these announcements, the skyboxes started selling like hotcakes, ranging from $20k to $120k a year.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9fcba762-7fff-3802-cd14-d3b76527ec14"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Before the Super Bowl or the Olympics could come, though, the thing had to be built!</span></span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-ac30ad41-7fff-f22a-292c-fbea91d2317c"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c336c471-7fff-5526-9547-9831206d2e33"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bd685baf-7fff-7fb2-7b22-a4b3410eecbe"><span id="docs-internal-guid-440913d3-7fff-9d10-9c96-688e718ab9cd"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cff4639-7fff-26e5-a672-12c252348c45"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrwBqsWGHyR3PRXsRiXcZs2yw6NOLxhhD83A5WlsVg6c4sYuKhU3x1_-fm8UlK97d6BXCtvmAS5Dzys7yfoNuWzIDO2PUyyz6_zX-HkAdTlvzAAUDpju0xOna9uAsxeS_ulhHnwXO1B-E/s729/Dome+construction+AJC+at+GSU+Mt+Vernon+background.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="729" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrwBqsWGHyR3PRXsRiXcZs2yw6NOLxhhD83A5WlsVg6c4sYuKhU3x1_-fm8UlK97d6BXCtvmAS5Dzys7yfoNuWzIDO2PUyyz6_zX-HkAdTlvzAAUDpju0xOna9uAsxeS_ulhHnwXO1B-E/w400-h265/Dome+construction+AJC+at+GSU+Mt+Vernon+background.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLpCOKO2gJor5JtzOGziFKl7PPqJBXGG2OC8kuVZZcxZFSCKkqHpTBWtRTzn1qj9QeeqohVI8hrwC35mSr7IKXb80dD5Y-pLhIqipf1CxD8g4BN29vnRCZco7dKajFl_vatv7lx7QzVSI/s730/Dome+construction+1991+AJC+at+GSU.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="489" data-original-width="730" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLpCOKO2gJor5JtzOGziFKl7PPqJBXGG2OC8kuVZZcxZFSCKkqHpTBWtRTzn1qj9QeeqohVI8hrwC35mSr7IKXb80dD5Y-pLhIqipf1CxD8g4BN29vnRCZco7dKajFl_vatv7lx7QzVSI/w400-h268/Dome+construction+1991+AJC+at+GSU.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjGxM8BKUPKw0npgq-RfK-vRN0YTXyHZGbhdpL4Kia8IY6imsFkBKVbdtIVm-eyP7BVFB1zTOdBp5VLKYtFF00JM6X-e1SYLsvfWqXLaXCZCXKhX75QKFeNH-OpR45_BYkzwI9LW15ssQ/s1100/Dome+construction+roof+AJC+at+GSU.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="729" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjGxM8BKUPKw0npgq-RfK-vRN0YTXyHZGbhdpL4Kia8IY6imsFkBKVbdtIVm-eyP7BVFB1zTOdBp5VLKYtFF00JM6X-e1SYLsvfWqXLaXCZCXKhX75QKFeNH-OpR45_BYkzwI9LW15ssQ/w265-h400/Dome+construction+roof+AJC+at+GSU.jpg" width="265" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rolling out the Teflon fiberglass roof<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-913bb5af-7fff-1950-a671-d21b3a6a1994"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">During the Dome’s construction, attention was drawn to an unsheltered community that had developed under and around the Techwood and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive viaducts called Hutville (or sometimes Hutsville) due to the proliferation of makeshift huts and shacks assembled. The huts themselves were apparently built starting in 1988 by a group of architects called “Madhousers” who would put them up under cover of darkness as a way to help the unsheltered population, although it’s unclear how long the community had been living under the viaduct. Aside from the one under the Techwood viaduct, other Hutvilles the Madhousers created in Atlanta included one near the Carter Center and another on Marietta Street.</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-ac30ad41-7fff-f22a-292c-fbea91d2317c"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c336c471-7fff-5526-9547-9831206d2e33"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bd685baf-7fff-7fb2-7b22-a4b3410eecbe"><span id="docs-internal-guid-440913d3-7fff-9d10-9c96-688e718ab9cd"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cff4639-7fff-26e5-a672-12c252348c45"><span id="docs-internal-guid-913bb5af-7fff-1950-a671-d21b3a6a1994"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBgWBkdi_Yi87Vwfk5vlls0Nb0YuD5UY78-fWE-Weumih0j3HvgXNCuGeCoUUQewW68koyL_FC8NcDNwuY5KaX2Er_2s6YmRY5b5HPdhee9iLMT9CoKZ8xBcy3Ji-otrh4G2_gJAaLXl4/s730/Hutville+Joey+Ivansco+1992.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="730" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBgWBkdi_Yi87Vwfk5vlls0Nb0YuD5UY78-fWE-Weumih0j3HvgXNCuGeCoUUQewW68koyL_FC8NcDNwuY5KaX2Er_2s6YmRY5b5HPdhee9iLMT9CoKZ8xBcy3Ji-otrh4G2_gJAaLXl4/w400-h263/Hutville+Joey+Ivansco+1992.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Joey Ivansco, 1992<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When the 1988 Democratic National Convention was held at the Omni Coliseum, the city moved Hutville’s roughly 15 denizens into temporary apartments off North Avenue. The city pledged not to destroy the huts themselves so that these people had something to go back to after the Convention should they choose, but there was hope that longer-term solutions could be found.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Although I don’t know what happened to those specific people, a permanent solution to Hutville was not immediately forthcoming. By 1990, Hutville's population jumped to 55. Many of these people worked (or tried to work) low-wage jobs, and several were among those who applied but were turned down for jobs at the Dome (lack of ID was a major factor). In the November 5, 1990 </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Atlanta Constitution</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">, one resident, Curtis, remarked: “They said there were going to be a lot of jobs in Atlanta because of the Dome. Well, the Dome is over there, and I’m living over here.”</span></p></span></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-913bb5af-7fff-1950-a671-d21b3a6a1994"></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBx2he2YPf4D48BHxTo1Q4SgDqd6rQG3JlDHCXAsRn7hrASdS0rEgjYZyiLb82dwIOmCICzk9JVrAJTFz49YzlwkxXRxLVWLDdX6Fks9crk47rLVWa1-t3A7Spo4xlNmyxdhOc8vAxeRc/s2048/Hutville+at+Dome.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="2048" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBx2he2YPf4D48BHxTo1Q4SgDqd6rQG3JlDHCXAsRn7hrASdS0rEgjYZyiLb82dwIOmCICzk9JVrAJTFz49YzlwkxXRxLVWLDdX6Fks9crk47rLVWa1-t3A7Spo4xlNmyxdhOc8vAxeRc/w400-h224/Hutville+at+Dome.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlanta Journal-Constitution | May 26, 1992</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-ac30ad41-7fff-f22a-292c-fbea91d2317c"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c336c471-7fff-5526-9547-9831206d2e33"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bd685baf-7fff-7fb2-7b22-a4b3410eecbe"><span id="docs-internal-guid-440913d3-7fff-9d10-9c96-688e718ab9cd"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cff4639-7fff-26e5-a672-12c252348c45"><span id="docs-internal-guid-913bb5af-7fff-1950-a671-d21b3a6a1994"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cff4639-7fff-26e5-a672-12c252348c45"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-ac30ad41-7fff-f22a-292c-fbea91d2317c"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c336c471-7fff-5526-9547-9831206d2e33"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bd685baf-7fff-7fb2-7b22-a4b3410eecbe"><span id="docs-internal-guid-440913d3-7fff-9d10-9c96-688e718ab9cd"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cff4639-7fff-26e5-a672-12c252348c45"><span id="docs-internal-guid-913bb5af-7fff-1950-a671-d21b3a6a1994"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cff4639-7fff-26e5-a672-12c252348c45"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-913bb5af-7fff-1950-a671-d21b3a6a1994"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Curtis was Hutville’s unofficial mayor, and the community had rules and a routine. Troublemakers were banished. Residents avoided shelters, which they perceived as overcrowded, dirty, and unsafe. Construction scrap from the Dome was used for a communal fire barrel where residents kept warm and cooked food. Most recognized that it wasn’t a permanent situation, though. Many hoped to get back on their feet before too long, but everyone knew that the whole place would eventually be bulldozed to make a parking lot for the Dome.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In December of 1990, Atlanta’s Public Works Department removed wood from the area known to be used as firewood for Hutville. Mayor Jackson said it was a mistake and only trash was meant to be removed. But homeless advocates weren’t buying it, claiming the removal of wood collected to keep people warm during the winter was a tactic to get people to leave.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In November 1991, a fire at Hutville got out of control and damaged the bridge at the intersection of MLK Drive and Techwood, which furthered the city’s concerns about the community. Residents were temporarily moved to tents in a separate location, and another round of discussions surrounding a more permanent solution commenced and then stalled.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">In 1992, as the Dome was nearing completion, the city finally decided that Hutville needed to go and offered the 69 residents subsidized rent in a selection of apartment buildings around the city paid for by the Georgia Dome Authority. Dale Mines, successor as unofficial mayor, said in the July 4, 1992 </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Atlanta Constitution</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">: “We are considered society’s misfits; we’re an eyesore. If not for the Dome, I don’t think they’d be doing anything for us. But it’s still a blessing.”</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">With Hutville out of the way, the Georgia Dome opened the summer of 1992. The Falcons held their opening game on August 23rd, defeating the Philadelphia Iggles.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhd1wY1-3G5OwGbeMWcBRT2fODbvDYt2phQ0nF6rzOa5z30Pova442tBL9W7NrceJOq-qKTOYdkIW02Lbh_IGXD8EMYmrRHkSxfSm14GPL8i1RPFOMjz3dClZUlyUzQCzqCFbLVgdYIhQ/s1107/Dome+opening+game+AJC+at+GSU.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1107" data-original-width="730" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhd1wY1-3G5OwGbeMWcBRT2fODbvDYt2phQ0nF6rzOa5z30Pova442tBL9W7NrceJOq-qKTOYdkIW02Lbh_IGXD8EMYmrRHkSxfSm14GPL8i1RPFOMjz3dClZUlyUzQCzqCFbLVgdYIhQ/w422-h640/Dome+opening+game+AJC+at+GSU.jpg" width="422" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First touchdown, 1992<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Initial reviews of the Dome were strong, with spectators praising the open plan that allowed fans to see the field from the concessions lines. One reviewer was also delighted by CUPHOLDERS IN THE SEATS, hell yeah! People also felt that it complemented the skyline, particularly the way it glowed at night.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsjw8KZLPrJcGfaFI4S7FI4h-HeqDVMpHw9AD6bJ-05X27kw7wsLVhrRX8f6ai62UUADF0uz5y_zXHUbEG3tuBxzwNY6wh69sJIWGYFpjZfcST1Qhyphenhyphenw6jKLQipVIaZZA_4Wi9ksxwiewI/s1007/Dome+1993+AJC+at+GSU.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1007" data-original-width="729" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsjw8KZLPrJcGfaFI4S7FI4h-HeqDVMpHw9AD6bJ-05X27kw7wsLVhrRX8f6ai62UUADF0uz5y_zXHUbEG3tuBxzwNY6wh69sJIWGYFpjZfcST1Qhyphenhyphenw6jKLQipVIaZZA_4Wi9ksxwiewI/w464-h640/Dome+1993+AJC+at+GSU.jpg" width="464" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking east, 1993<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Problems in the neighborhood continued, though.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-05bb267a-7fff-a01b-919a-e3088f7e79c8"><br /></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The $10 million trust fund for new housing in Vine City had trouble materializing because 20% was supposed to come from the private sector, but that never happened. There were also badly needed repairs to the neighborhood’s streets and sewers that made new home construction difficult. There was an optimistic groundbreaking ceremony in 1990, but as of August 1992 when the stadium opened, only 20 of the 150 planned homes were built.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-gh2cco1ZSQn-nlb4gdQwWk8A_koW_BSCGSv3waao83YC__Xc5GMfj54Sv7TcJs50rpTQkQvpuEA0SnJCZ5Ccqjeads8UZC9Kn0Qf2Ul1b23QbVN5XQ0ugCHf_wuiP0WAnSAnJlbcjyM/s1447/Vine+City+Homes.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="833" data-original-width="1447" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-gh2cco1ZSQn-nlb4gdQwWk8A_koW_BSCGSv3waao83YC__Xc5GMfj54Sv7TcJs50rpTQkQvpuEA0SnJCZ5Ccqjeads8UZC9Kn0Qf2Ul1b23QbVN5XQ0ugCHf_wuiP0WAnSAnJlbcjyM/w400-h230/Vine+City+Homes.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artist rendering of new homes to be built in Vine City | May 30, 1990<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In addition, the $100k in job training for residents hadn’t happened. The job placement that residents were promised at the Dome also didn’t go well. Hundreds of applicants were turned down until complaints led to 200 hires, but 150 of those were part-time. Vine City residents felt that once the city got the stadium through, they abandoned their promises to the neighborhood.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsLecZuKeDyGkmuYi6-g0ndl0KCbe9d_Qj3TawECCCE1FoFpBsFYlSTKU5gd71JGC22ih0OtcGlAtvElr3oIcytiUIHeElAqo6saN_-nazP6DMtjbpbdojElRmRpc9gZXkT4vmmcvE0-Q/s660/Dome+construction+Magnolia+St+AJC+at+GSU+Renee+Hannans.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="660" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsLecZuKeDyGkmuYi6-g0ndl0KCbe9d_Qj3TawECCCE1FoFpBsFYlSTKU5gd71JGC22ih0OtcGlAtvElr3oIcytiUIHeElAqo6saN_-nazP6DMtjbpbdojElRmRpc9gZXkT4vmmcvE0-Q/w400-h268/Dome+construction+Magnolia+St+AJC+at+GSU+Renee+Hannans.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Magnolia Street looking east toward the Dome under construction<br />Photo by Renee Hannans<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">A week before the opening game, the Dome hosted an open house for Vine City residents (and plenty of party crashers). Despite lingering concerns, many residents were impressed and even excited about the Dome. 62-year-old resident Cecil Hardeman put things into perspective: </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">"This is beautiful. What I don't like is I can't afford a ticket [to the Falcons games] and the people right here can't afford to get to the games. I wish I had the money some of these people paid for the suites, $120,000 for one year. I'd build me a house. Three bedrooms, three baths. Boy, I'd be living smart for what they're paying for one year." (AJC, Aug. 15, 1992)</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For better or worse, the Dome was here.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">More than just a sports arena, the Dome hosted a variety of entertainment. The first concert held there was the Olympic Flag Jam, a celebration to welcome the Olympic flag to the city on Sept. 17, 1992. Performers included Whitney Houston, James Brown, Trisha Yearwood, and TLC. You can hear some of the performances at <a href="https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/whitney-houston/whitney-houston-trisha-yearwood-1992-olympics/" target="_blank">Paste Magazine</a>.</span></span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c336c471-7fff-5526-9547-9831206d2e33"><span id="docs-internal-guid-440913d3-7fff-9d10-9c96-688e718ab9cd"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cff4639-7fff-26e5-a672-12c252348c45"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cff4639-7fff-26e5-a672-12c252348c45"><span id="docs-internal-guid-913bb5af-7fff-1950-a671-d21b3a6a1994"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-0738152c-7fff-1ebb-8222-360b37a5d68e"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The first headlining concert was U2 on their Zoo TV tour on Sept. 25.</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c336c471-7fff-5526-9547-9831206d2e33"><span id="docs-internal-guid-440913d3-7fff-9d10-9c96-688e718ab9cd"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cff4639-7fff-26e5-a672-12c252348c45"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cff4639-7fff-26e5-a672-12c252348c45"><span id="docs-internal-guid-913bb5af-7fff-1950-a671-d21b3a6a1994"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-0738152c-7fff-1ebb-8222-360b37a5d68e"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilKYfiqOdApO9cLZMBQNfF44Wgu2ca2yVJL7IY4CCYjL7bAJaTVJUsKPher07DkIaJHWk4-Rx4zNjh1PY-TAFC1GznDF4zyrTYWGIe73lvfLeGdbvDIcIcaUx-NDNJqlp5NMiSoGrIb2M/s550/u2+atlanta.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilKYfiqOdApO9cLZMBQNfF44Wgu2ca2yVJL7IY4CCYjL7bAJaTVJUsKPher07DkIaJHWk4-Rx4zNjh1PY-TAFC1GznDF4zyrTYWGIe73lvfLeGdbvDIcIcaUx-NDNJqlp5NMiSoGrIb2M/w400-h400/u2+atlanta.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-a4bbc605-7fff-031a-e74f-343d355eb493"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The AJC published a list of upcoming events when the Dome opened:</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizZKMWu1z5BsI_7pQ4q1yJXHX6atphOc9gD1WEeXjd3UtgMk315ECcOHLIpHKiIBFpVb0Q81qVrJAcYRliRpgWtPWezjKig315vgEHhKZ9j_HSTX-e5A2YTPDUmBaWDEQpbjtxjtmCX4E/s2048/Dome+events_Atlanta_Constitution_Sat__Aug_15__1992_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1828" data-original-width="2048" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizZKMWu1z5BsI_7pQ4q1yJXHX6atphOc9gD1WEeXjd3UtgMk315ECcOHLIpHKiIBFpVb0Q81qVrJAcYRliRpgWtPWezjKig315vgEHhKZ9j_HSTX-e5A2YTPDUmBaWDEQpbjtxjtmCX4E/w400-h358/Dome+events_Atlanta_Constitution_Sat__Aug_15__1992_.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Aug. 15, 1992</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Too many other artists performed there to list, but I’ll just throw out Paul McCartney’s concert in May 1993 because I have a photo of him at the Dome:</span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyWx5qi56ODmRWY-OOsEs5MZAqMCfx50CvZ1h2Qf68vG6I6nPnIs1ElnUuXp9SS-SF289zcAyCbXrQZTG0PKl71WHnRn5yO0S0A030ME55sSztCoIWk9rQOGSz9acixr4K4YfBZhyphenhyphenmW_I/s730/Macca+at+Dome+19930501+AJC+at+GSU+2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="515" data-original-width="730" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyWx5qi56ODmRWY-OOsEs5MZAqMCfx50CvZ1h2Qf68vG6I6nPnIs1ElnUuXp9SS-SF289zcAyCbXrQZTG0PKl71WHnRn5yO0S0A030ME55sSztCoIWk9rQOGSz9acixr4K4YfBZhyphenhyphenmW_I/w400-h283/Macca+at+Dome+19930501+AJC+at+GSU+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">May 1, 1993<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-b33aded0-7fff-d111-f082-a5b0e2f4104d"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">But the Dome’s main event would arrive the following year. As Super Bowl XXVIII approached, all eyes were on Atlanta and the Dome to see if the city could pull it off. Atlanta hadn't hosted anything of this scale in modern times, and if things went wrong, it would be very bad press for the city set to host the 1996 Olympics. Lots of tourists, politicians, press, and celebrities would be coming. As the AJC said on Jan. 16, 1994, “Donald Trump will be here, and so will Bill Cosby.”</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">That aged well…</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c9df8b44-7fff-b650-0ef7-d8ccdcd3df1e"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The big day came on January 30th. Conan O’Brien sent Andy Richter to the Dome to cover the event in a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_izNG7Vwqc" target="_blank">segment on </a></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_izNG7Vwqc" target="_blank">Late Night</a>.</span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">During the game, two men were discovered watching from the rafters, where they had potentially been hiding for days. One got away, and the other was charged with criminal trespassing. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-d595bd96-7fff-beda-cdbf-7209c187df74"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Other than that, things went smoothly and the thing was an overall success. The Dallas Cowboys beat the Buffalo Bills 30-13.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_rn4er5cwRMQOFoUHJalPAP-KeKRycM8feQ9t2Q63Taj82QB0BZB65c62iJNgDEve1Vdv05bdu8aCrBf5Gcc-W23hqkjmExBqt_4L53iU1N4qjESUjW5Gk3FLm0mf-w6BHvbWYW_XXpc/s414/Super+Bowl+Ticket.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="251" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_rn4er5cwRMQOFoUHJalPAP-KeKRycM8feQ9t2Q63Taj82QB0BZB65c62iJNgDEve1Vdv05bdu8aCrBf5Gcc-W23hqkjmExBqt_4L53iU1N4qjESUjW5Gk3FLm0mf-w6BHvbWYW_XXpc/w242-h400/Super+Bowl+Ticket.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">With the Super Bowl done, focus shifted to the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games. The city updated a lot of its infrastructure and public spaces in preparation for the Olympics. One of these projects was the new Georgia International Plaza, completed in 1995 on top of the parking deck that replaced the old Mayson Incinerator.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje_5nCMGtZSVf37cy37ItEdvWVrt3qCX_Ny9p23exNEpLfUl2Je4EpfW7ru6NteBNp1pmVRda-vmqUV_7SlhVCqynV4UWjCCK-50yGF8FRq21VC8rrrLwyH7fULuziANyTcG5q_gXYheE/s2048/Georgia_International_Plaza_in_March_2017.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje_5nCMGtZSVf37cy37ItEdvWVrt3qCX_Ny9p23exNEpLfUl2Je4EpfW7ru6NteBNp1pmVRda-vmqUV_7SlhVCqynV4UWjCCK-50yGF8FRq21VC8rrrLwyH7fULuziANyTcG5q_gXYheE/w400-h300/Georgia_International_Plaza_in_March_2017.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">The new plaza was intended to beautify the large parking deck and connect the various venues in the area for pedestrians. The centerpiece of the plaza is a gilded bronze statue by Atlanta artist Richard MacDonald titled "Flair Across America: The Gymnast."</span></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHN05phR3dF1DcpmL_hZpKCOzkbFD-Chqc7xZOdv37bVB13K7kFoJ-xPOaIsLDFvWpWlUbqeuIphLOzaz3hPnMdTKz_JYYdF0Afawoms9Jzl1MXYcMkQUpk8B_ItWVB9lcCEw_tKagIvY/s1000/Flair.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="778" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHN05phR3dF1DcpmL_hZpKCOzkbFD-Chqc7xZOdv37bVB13K7kFoJ-xPOaIsLDFvWpWlUbqeuIphLOzaz3hPnMdTKz_JYYdF0Afawoms9Jzl1MXYcMkQUpk8B_ItWVB9lcCEw_tKagIvY/w498-h640/Flair.jpg" width="498" /></a></span></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">With new infrastructure in place, the Centennial Olympic Games opened in Atlanta on July 19, 1996. The Dome hosted basketball, gymnastics, boxing, and handball.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-23ac8a46-7fff-09c1-2418-c5af00362b8c"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The U.S. men’s basketball team was nicknamed the Dream Team III. I remember seeing Scottie Pippen from afar somewhere downtown back then. I feel like we practically lived downtown when the Olympics were here.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Anyway, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SmF6LeThHY" target="_blank">here’s</a> the Dream Team’s introduction at the Dome.</span></span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-92382e32-7fff-d6e0-c319-8af3a647b45e"></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Arguably the most dramatic Olympics moment to take place inside the Dome was Kerri Strug’s vault on an injured ankle that clinched the gold for the U.S. team (seen <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwa5Bf656As" target="_blank">here</a>).</span></span></p><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lots of other Olympics drama happened at the Dome and elsewhere, but that’s like a whole book unto itself. After the event, Techwood Drive was renamed Centennial Olympic Park Drive.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Dome continued as one of Atlanta's major events spaces, so we'll just quickly jump through a sampling of the major events surrounding it:</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A few years after the Olympics, the Dome hosted another Super Bowl, this time XXXIV between the St. Louis Rams and the Tennessee Titans on January 30, 2000. The Rams won.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGJ_YrSgZZFbnR4Mw3eoTDvQjE00zC8YCsuS7DD2blv9vwQa5P458mnHsAhCw9bRibmPaJ9S9-iRljz7-tuIGcx1MJ4LuEfDIOhsgU8YsFLcaMyeY59HEYvMx_j-Q5ZK_Vm-mqvxNLN9I/s779/Super+Bowl+34.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="779" data-original-width="533" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGJ_YrSgZZFbnR4Mw3eoTDvQjE00zC8YCsuS7DD2blv9vwQa5P458mnHsAhCw9bRibmPaJ9S9-iRljz7-tuIGcx1MJ4LuEfDIOhsgU8YsFLcaMyeY59HEYvMx_j-Q5ZK_Vm-mqvxNLN9I/w438-h640/Super+Bowl+34.JPG" width="438" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz8ss3Ud1ccebz60lZHQGBFW-B8FqUR4VWA12aP6Ev3eRHjh46kDiOuVteQN0757TRyrv5QoIwbnMCWaj4ywG6XJnG0bk6nyD4csgZrne2O-xvh6Y1fEO3BAq1bmcwwbbYK9kwk6V8I0o/s730/Dome+aerial+Super+Bowl+2000+AJC+at+GSU+David+Tulis.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="519" data-original-width="730" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz8ss3Ud1ccebz60lZHQGBFW-B8FqUR4VWA12aP6Ev3eRHjh46kDiOuVteQN0757TRyrv5QoIwbnMCWaj4ywG6XJnG0bk6nyD4csgZrne2O-xvh6Y1fEO3BAq1bmcwwbbYK9kwk6V8I0o/w400-h285/Dome+aerial+Super+Bowl+2000+AJC+at+GSU+David+Tulis.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking east. Mount Vernon Baptist at right<br />Photo by David Tulis, 2000<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">In 2001, International Boulevard (formerly Magnolia Street) was renamed Andrew Young International Boulevard in honor of the former mayor and U.N. Ambassador who was a proponent of the Dome and a key figure involved in the 1996 Olympics.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">On March 14, 2008, a tornado struck Downtown during the SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament, damaging the Dome. The game was in overtime when the tornado hit, which meant attendees were thankfully still inside the building and not making their way back home. See the harrowing experience <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4K5e9wqVB8" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">WWE’s WrestleMania XXVII came to the Dome on April 3, 2011. It was Atlanta’s first time hosting the event.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYDC87CMFT1KTYQqrAfWYCWdkt544d2tSQG_6o8VCHp22qgR1gfxv4nkw0RgKlHVyIb5OI3WJs6Wg1kvEc0OtokK2phvOwKFLUIEKFRSIZURN_vaxpSANgo0LFVU45-nSNTg3qzF5zxlE/s2048/Dome+Wrestlemania+XXVII+20110403.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYDC87CMFT1KTYQqrAfWYCWdkt544d2tSQG_6o8VCHp22qgR1gfxv4nkw0RgKlHVyIb5OI3WJs6Wg1kvEc0OtokK2phvOwKFLUIEKFRSIZURN_vaxpSANgo0LFVU45-nSNTg3qzF5zxlE/w400-h300/Dome+Wrestlemania+XXVII+20110403.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>Jersey Shore</i> star Snooki wrestled at the event, which also featured The Rock, John Cena, The Miz, and Cody Rhodes (among others).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJVmKipK3iRGy1vZtbLXdEULswbgZG0ouQCTMGbWL5f7bPxZCGtXErcx7IYQIZ-AvE02Da9PCksOIf5JMVKGWqhwXyGMcOX73i0cMNEVBG7ZYfb9FgsN5zo8MjA21O9hk3VQi_gs-E62k/s594/Snooki.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="594" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJVmKipK3iRGy1vZtbLXdEULswbgZG0ouQCTMGbWL5f7bPxZCGtXErcx7IYQIZ-AvE02Da9PCksOIf5JMVKGWqhwXyGMcOX73i0cMNEVBG7ZYfb9FgsN5zo8MjA21O9hk3VQi_gs-E62k/w400-h291/Snooki.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Rock, Snooki, and John Cena</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">By the time Snooki graced the Dome with her presence, though, the city was dreaming of bigger and better things. If Atlanta was going to keep hosting Super Bowls, the city would need a competitive stadium. In April 2010, the State legislature approved extending the hotel-motel tax through 2050 to fund a new or renovated stadium.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The original plan was to have a new open-air stadium co-exist with the Dome, but that plan was abandoned by 2012 in favor of a retractable roof stadium to replace the Dome (I feel like it just got here!).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">In April 2013, the firm 360 Architecture was hired to design the new stadium. Two sites were floated: the ‘south site’ next to the Dome, and the ‘north site’ off Ivan Allen Blvd just on the other side of the GWCC. The city and Mayor Kasim Reed wanted to keep the new stadium close to the Dome’s location because of its proximity to the MARTA line. The Falcons (now owned by Arthur Blank, who bought the team from the Smith family in 2002), were eyeing the north site because there were fewer obstacles to building a new stadium there. In order for a stadium to be built at the south site, the two remaining churches, Friendship Baptist and Mount Vernon Baptist, would need to move.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoqahPjgfYLPsj-7W1iXBN_-4FpLDorUdsjDudyGk0iEdw4Cc1TGNekHSa0pL93LEWo4LKKmPxPGWvo510vnH_3XZljO_tdEOYAnvLtcgLsCPC0fcD0gqJd-rqE4wLrZE9WhadKDQZp6Y/s2048/Benz+Sites_Atlanta_Constitution_Wed__Aug_7__2013_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2041" data-original-width="2048" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoqahPjgfYLPsj-7W1iXBN_-4FpLDorUdsjDudyGk0iEdw4Cc1TGNekHSa0pL93LEWo4LKKmPxPGWvo510vnH_3XZljO_tdEOYAnvLtcgLsCPC0fcD0gqJd-rqE4wLrZE9WhadKDQZp6Y/w400-h399/Benz+Sites_Atlanta_Constitution_Wed__Aug_7__2013_.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Aug. 7, 2013</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Ultimately, the city pushed for the south site and negotiated with the churches to buy them out on the Falcons’ behalf (with some help from former mayor Andrew Young). The Falcons would buy out Friendship Baptist and the state would buy out Mount Vernon Baptist.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Given the cultural significance of both churches, though, they were able to negotiate prices significantly higher than what the property appraised for. The Falcons paid Friendship Baptist $19.5 million, but the state could only legally pay Mount Vernon the appraisal value, which was $6.2 million. Since the Falcons are a private organization, that restriction didn't apply to them. They made up the difference, and Mount Vernon ultimately got $14.5 million.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">In Sept. 2013, the Board of Trustees for both churches overwhelmingly voted to approve the deals.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZX7Iyk9e47EgQl4tk6Ft5UQINcQQ6XvLQYGA0Ztre0c8jILDW8aKwcaMPfUTVoYq2DX0NtcCPnbZyDInQ3Z9JeKEOew26ioFXStLvuB7L6OvcXIP5uGGQ3Xac8jRlKgl02rg91V5pIg8/s400/Aerial+2013.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="387" data-original-width="400" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZX7Iyk9e47EgQl4tk6Ft5UQINcQQ6XvLQYGA0Ztre0c8jILDW8aKwcaMPfUTVoYq2DX0NtcCPnbZyDInQ3Z9JeKEOew26ioFXStLvuB7L6OvcXIP5uGGQ3Xac8jRlKgl02rg91V5pIg8/w400-h388/Aerial+2013.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Dome and the two churches, 2013</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mount Vernon had its final service at the MLK Drive church on March 9, 2014, and it was demolished soon after.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijJS7A09hUZHPI0GGClmnAIiLy6m2a1pXbHx45aA0WMqVpLf9iDJPIDSutp09Htkr9s6fT01kAlM6OW5vTr0K4d6ylRle6t5cXm9EM6mZpScXLvwgK4O5D5OR-6Nn4vOcrhLa3e3lKIVg/s640/Mt+Vernon+Baptist+Terry+Kearns+2013.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijJS7A09hUZHPI0GGClmnAIiLy6m2a1pXbHx45aA0WMqVpLf9iDJPIDSutp09Htkr9s6fT01kAlM6OW5vTr0K4d6ylRle6t5cXm9EM6mZpScXLvwgK4O5D5OR-6Nn4vOcrhLa3e3lKIVg/w400-h300/Mt+Vernon+Baptist+Terry+Kearns+2013.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mount Vernon Baptist Church<br />Photo by Terry Kearns | Architecture Tourist | 2013</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6sjVyJH4wFufLua7jKzgwj-GBjPmv1B4KazjI7ZEfcIMkAEP0KKVmuE3_6ph2Itg2_xD7krZvfzZTPku47vaFgtCrCPcrkIZM_YxvbSA86ZwIB0pTHyGKRIytuxreS6PxPDRErfZJ28o/s2048/Mt+Vernon+photo+by+Christ+Compton+CROPPED+Constitution_Mon__Mar_10__2014_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1338" data-original-width="2048" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6sjVyJH4wFufLua7jKzgwj-GBjPmv1B4KazjI7ZEfcIMkAEP0KKVmuE3_6ph2Itg2_xD7krZvfzZTPku47vaFgtCrCPcrkIZM_YxvbSA86ZwIB0pTHyGKRIytuxreS6PxPDRErfZJ28o/w400-h261/Mt+Vernon+photo+by+Christ+Compton+CROPPED+Constitution_Mon__Mar_10__2014_.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Raymand Bernard Thrash, Mount Vernon member since childhood, takes a final look.<br />Photo by Curtis Compton<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution | March 10, 2014</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The congregation temporarily moved to Carver College on Cascade Road before opening their new permanent church on Lynhurst Drive. Learn more about them <a href="http://www.mountvernonatl.com/" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-82ef2136-7fff-54d5-f1cf-072d95b4c8fb"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Friendship Baptist was demolished on July 28, 2014. Their new church would eventually be built a couple blocks southwest on Walnut Street. Find them <a href="https://fbcatlanta.org/" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6qlqzQFQ2anWqiD3ys-raOEIpGgDHWfgQYDuGz4mH4bSDeajdkvVSCdwbdhrs_EUq-zPpaMVSUM7zPstHWkqWoz1BLnDEJP5-byzdD2iJg8yLiZq4t-PP8sB_FywrDhLWdE5zm9zZkHs/s950/Friendship+Demo+photo+AJC+20170721.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="950" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6qlqzQFQ2anWqiD3ys-raOEIpGgDHWfgQYDuGz4mH4bSDeajdkvVSCdwbdhrs_EUq-zPpaMVSUM7zPstHWkqWoz1BLnDEJP5-byzdD2iJg8yLiZq4t-PP8sB_FywrDhLWdE5zm9zZkHs/w400-h250/Friendship+Demo+photo+AJC+20170721.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Friendship Baptist Church demolition | July 28, 2014<br />Photo by Ben Gray | Atlanta Journal-Constitution</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-5cb22430-7fff-0aa9-e212-26c0b10a0d72">Check out Terry Kearns’ delightful Architecture Tourist blog for a <a href="https://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2013/07/in-case-falcons-tear-down-friendship.html" target="_blank">final look at Friendship Baptist</a> before its demolition.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">So that was that. <span>The new stadium was a done deal. This was a huge win for the Falcons, which is significant because it’s just about the only thing they’ve ever won.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxTf0Z41SBFQzdS_0OOWv5iV3coZkUuMOw7zmb6r7ysTSMD4ldXik4_oM-30B7NyBGB0WRdBHHy3edahRahHEolgZ6TZcspdxqR_Hm9glMcU26hEPM6LdbRKPg9wvYla0t7dtKDOI-yto/s239/deja+vu.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="233" data-original-width="239" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxTf0Z41SBFQzdS_0OOWv5iV3coZkUuMOw7zmb6r7ysTSMD4ldXik4_oM-30B7NyBGB0WRdBHHy3edahRahHEolgZ6TZcspdxqR_Hm9glMcU26hEPM6LdbRKPg9wvYla0t7dtKDOI-yto/w320-h312/deja+vu.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Ground broke on May 19, 2014. The following year, Mercedes-Benz USA bought the naming rights, reportedly valued at $324 million.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-44e29b6a-7fff-2931-7e86-cee986e9daa3"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx9VPvof6LIsMWFWIN_aITWj0BifQtNT2Ni_ORZFI0zn_jmcInbrHg6vIGRjZrm34MtB3p4S_QclUUFaY1bmaZlQcj2A537UZWFEewQC1eCc1-yniiPZFreRIxiOWq0fhAUpY1A2IOmYc/s400/Aerial+2014.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="345" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx9VPvof6LIsMWFWIN_aITWj0BifQtNT2Ni_ORZFI0zn_jmcInbrHg6vIGRjZrm34MtB3p4S_QclUUFaY1bmaZlQcj2A537UZWFEewQC1eCc1-yniiPZFreRIxiOWq0fhAUpY1A2IOmYc/w345-h400/Aerial+2014.png" width="345" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Land cleared in 2014 (Friendship still hanging on to the south)</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Construction continued for three years, which you can watch most of in this official <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVj0aA5r3bg&feature=emb_logo" target="_blank">time-lapse video</a>.</span></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-03cdadbe-7fff-fdce-7b9b-90bd7643fdd9"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Opening of the stadium was delayed multiple times throughout 2017 as the retractable roof proved problematic. Construction delays didn’t affect the Falcons’ season, but the new MLS team, Atlanta United (recently bought by Arthur Blank) had to play the first few matches of their inaugural season at Georgia Tech’s Bobby Dodd Stadium.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The stadium did finally open (with some persistent roof troubles that were eventually resolved) in August of 2017. </span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And lo! The Benz is risen.</span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY9LmB9dHa3xaAE88uUXuaR0MnVA_IGqaVv2EqeJEcPqQMpyv8SmnakZHDxshZxVD-YehDdF9AVGbCiQeSLz0CZaUYzn1cqFDt7v_egnMARIMp4CPY_l168_kvEorhyTV4abC2uj7gFx8/s874/Benz+with+falcon.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="561" data-original-width="874" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY9LmB9dHa3xaAE88uUXuaR0MnVA_IGqaVv2EqeJEcPqQMpyv8SmnakZHDxshZxVD-YehDdF9AVGbCiQeSLz0CZaUYzn1cqFDt7v_egnMARIMp4CPY_l168_kvEorhyTV4abC2uj7gFx8/w400-h256/Benz+with+falcon.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Dome officially closed that June, but the two structures briefly lived side-by-side.</span></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw2D-w-49r_h9vTVwP7WKED3MlFDV2h4bIYaN1KvY5XEZGYvN_5AcdYyiChqA5HmCofpAD-QV5tYOcxhAzlCIuPwT21KX4KRomye6jLRu1jFCM4fWkl-rP4lZBFDG8xx4VXQtTaMzknR8/s1024/Benz+Dome+together+2017.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw2D-w-49r_h9vTVwP7WKED3MlFDV2h4bIYaN1KvY5XEZGYvN_5AcdYyiChqA5HmCofpAD-QV5tYOcxhAzlCIuPwT21KX4KRomye6jLRu1jFCM4fWkl-rP4lZBFDG8xx4VXQtTaMzknR8/w400-h300/Benz+Dome+together+2017.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The time came, however, to say goodbye to the Georgia Dome. I was at the Benz that September for Atlanta United's opening game in the stadium, and I noticed some early Dome destruction going on.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGT2z7EPwiAPBFMYnUAG63R3SKAe1m1BsCsFMV6v6eE4_pbs4xctUuJu-Qy4ie8IF3Xokv8uloo5-fjPsS-VghDSY27UfJrXs3y5rQw-K7g_WxJ0aAJ9dAN261-G1z4fOvwYyfexxHRbU/s2048/Photo+Sep+10%252C+3+16+08+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGT2z7EPwiAPBFMYnUAG63R3SKAe1m1BsCsFMV6v6eE4_pbs4xctUuJu-Qy4ie8IF3Xokv8uloo5-fjPsS-VghDSY27UfJrXs3y5rQw-K7g_WxJ0aAJ9dAN261-G1z4fOvwYyfexxHRbU/w400-h400/Photo+Sep+10%252C+3+16+08+PM.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">I'm not really sure what this preliminary work was for, but I'm guessing it's somehow related to the stadium's pending implosion. <span style="font-family: inherit;">Yes, 25 years after its storied opening, the Georgia Dome was imploded on November 20, 2017.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMwORFm2HgWVIyFBOR0mk4lS6s-nywYxOE6VjOdMCUioXJywoUuHTL7zG8hGD0CT0X6rhyD8uGt5bUaXAB72NCpTml6aOjdlou1Y6YjJEa9gLV92w93ir4xETY9KWGoZkJayATSFcUsko/s1500/Dome+implosion+Mike+Stewart+AP.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="1500" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMwORFm2HgWVIyFBOR0mk4lS6s-nywYxOE6VjOdMCUioXJywoUuHTL7zG8hGD0CT0X6rhyD8uGt5bUaXAB72NCpTml6aOjdlou1Y6YjJEa9gLV92w93ir4xETY9KWGoZkJayATSFcUsko/w400-h225/Dome+implosion+Mike+Stewart+AP.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Mike Stewart/AP</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-939fec7e-7fff-a5db-1255-52e37ab33a46"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwsxgqPf_42gweKsySxrcyiNNLl3_4exOHCmEfANU991zHdV3ohyphenhyphenPTuBZIIJw7U4JI_L0cjYouqKfXL6wL7hve5Hqg-PNUf7V8Cj_5LpC4232sAbcfnNzowN0mQGlpIV7c9A8Rl-GfnPI/s699/Long+Live.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="699" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwsxgqPf_42gweKsySxrcyiNNLl3_4exOHCmEfANU991zHdV3ohyphenhyphenPTuBZIIJw7U4JI_L0cjYouqKfXL6wL7hve5Hqg-PNUf7V8Cj_5LpC4232sAbcfnNzowN0mQGlpIV7c9A8Rl-GfnPI/w400-h351/Long+Live.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">And let us never forget <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oXhLdeuxDw" target="_blank">this iconic moment</a> captured live by The Weather Channel.</span></p><div><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-0a0e6596-7fff-5524-99c6-d993a9056add"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Rewinding a couple months, Friendship Baptist held its first service at their new Walnut Street church on July 30, 2017. That morning, members of the church marched from the old location to the new.</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8nT_NtRH4-BnPOydp4KbnDN4FtQC_uyg_IUvHADihv6-7V0ye68Y_JsKoBQSXOGk-Ul3etZ1jSHwctZkVf7gI8XQaeL4cSVNaP15ENZogN5Urda7Oo0wOT-Ym-R_IrNo8e5Cfj9XhGz4/s800/Friendship+procession+to+new+church+photo+AJC+20170730.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="800" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8nT_NtRH4-BnPOydp4KbnDN4FtQC_uyg_IUvHADihv6-7V0ye68Y_JsKoBQSXOGk-Ul3etZ1jSHwctZkVf7gI8XQaeL4cSVNaP15ENZogN5Urda7Oo0wOT-Ym-R_IrNo8e5Cfj9XhGz4/w400-h249/Friendship+procession+to+new+church+photo+AJC+20170730.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Kent D. Johnson | July 30, 2017<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrUCGZn9jK1bUcDdY55OrAAFT3xt_0aGviH25Htllq8xtGINiGPteX3qVBLK9-2dGFDg2suxR-yGKqpUSzaWKzDmEwGObLFXaFWZSQlNuxNGG52BMjlbZkVoro8b-ac3xu-5cWn2WS2k/s1466/Friendship+NEW+with+Benz.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="1466" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrUCGZn9jK1bUcDdY55OrAAFT3xt_0aGviH25Htllq8xtGINiGPteX3qVBLK9-2dGFDg2suxR-yGKqpUSzaWKzDmEwGObLFXaFWZSQlNuxNGG52BMjlbZkVoro8b-ac3xu-5cWn2WS2k/w400-h209/Friendship+NEW+with+Benz.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Benz looms behind the new Friendship Baptist Church on Walnut Street</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div></span></span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Back at the Benz, the Falcons played their first regular season game there on September 17 against the Green Bay Packers. As a previously mentioned, Atlanta United was already into their season when the Benz was ready, and their first match in the new stadium was held September 10 against FC Dallas. The home teams won both!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I attended that United game and took the following photos. The retractable roof was still having issues at the time and remained closed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqs8GD7sf9qDyyq0qEETqQ3k9n6RrFxcIgv1pUJ8KVuENayIyhKkLQGTCZHg2HdAcp1gr1hbVc7vv3KPmopHAzsvFX22yGRwu4sL366VTZopKww4W38zwNBow9HzhCZhWJ-p9qGo_dnk/s2048/Photo+Sep+10%252C+3+49+14+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqs8GD7sf9qDyyq0qEETqQ3k9n6RrFxcIgv1pUJ8KVuENayIyhKkLQGTCZHg2HdAcp1gr1hbVc7vv3KPmopHAzsvFX22yGRwu4sL366VTZopKww4W38zwNBow9HzhCZhWJ-p9qGo_dnk/w480-h640/Photo+Sep+10%252C+3+49+14+PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV83JER0aOTikyTvwC-qYHT3NBcz1B33iAIrwYCaITh5QMDm1hcigx7GdPX6XEkrC9m3Ib8bGEgmlhn5U7VEMQcv1iNcaq-4BoeZxofvmR7PcOZ5HzVgfzhQS4X2nFi_r5_vnJpLsZaEU/s2048/Photo+Sep+10%252C+3+47+10+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV83JER0aOTikyTvwC-qYHT3NBcz1B33iAIrwYCaITh5QMDm1hcigx7GdPX6XEkrC9m3Ib8bGEgmlhn5U7VEMQcv1iNcaq-4BoeZxofvmR7PcOZ5HzVgfzhQS4X2nFi_r5_vnJpLsZaEU/w480-h640/Photo+Sep+10%252C+3+47+10+PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">By the time I returned in October, the roof was working and was open.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDlE-Mr9_YbUywWlJbQLhc2oTnf5xotIU5K66ae6lNHJzoMrqrCKzJKUISZ6dPF4D48H8dGgjK4Bf8zxCtQl2YM3b5Z3_BVvBuN2uc0pnc95crCAn7A2pSGB5zOu-bjZ6oIrmFkcEmIk0/s2048/Photo+Oct+22%252C+4+23+02+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDlE-Mr9_YbUywWlJbQLhc2oTnf5xotIU5K66ae6lNHJzoMrqrCKzJKUISZ6dPF4D48H8dGgjK4Bf8zxCtQl2YM3b5Z3_BVvBuN2uc0pnc95crCAn7A2pSGB5zOu-bjZ6oIrmFkcEmIk0/w480-h640/Photo+Oct+22%252C+4+23+02+PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-864e1109-7fff-1c3f-09c8-f10e517247cd"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">On Dec. 8, 2018, the Benz hosted the MLS Cup, which saw Atlanta United defeat the Portland Timbers 2-0 to become national champions. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RpAmOVZOCo" target="_blank">The crowd went wild</a>.</span></span></p><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s significant because it’s just about the only thing Atlanta ever won. (Don’t worry, I’m almost done.)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fa58e592-7fff-6bb8-e330-6bed3336c78d"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">On Feb. 3, 2019, the Benz hosted Atlanta’s third Super Bowl, this time LIII between the New England Patriots and the L.A. Rams. Some football happened and the Patriots won by probably not cheating.</span></span></p><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0hV8ECPe1raKvrDoDP8x-d1mXd8SbJAYCDRPKo1eYkfdg8ErfdlhLJ6lmjTsOiCmtANU3lv9iEBQLzHWdWhpTnwDtwFA5tf8yjpTMPI4WUEw1eCtNuKPk4-q3Iu1USxeVGIFFkqDfKJ4/s2048/SBLIII_02032019_0303-copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0hV8ECPe1raKvrDoDP8x-d1mXd8SbJAYCDRPKo1eYkfdg8ErfdlhLJ6lmjTsOiCmtANU3lv9iEBQLzHWdWhpTnwDtwFA5tf8yjpTMPI4WUEw1eCtNuKPk4-q3Iu1USxeVGIFFkqDfKJ4/w400-h266/SBLIII_02032019_0303-copy.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo courtesy of Mercedes-Benz Stadium</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSsFTLvM2uIruTJVYp9u5TGO6zHxiRwvYTrkEvgsX5ZuUuEE4818SDkOj3paMJA3t-s-QmEtwizpcFFpuru-tGzq6UWgNKSRCYOUwG5r5l8xpTBVB71Tl2U_b2Xvb3S8jJARfUkgIfQjk/s2048/SBLIII_CM_02032019_0239.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSsFTLvM2uIruTJVYp9u5TGO6zHxiRwvYTrkEvgsX5ZuUuEE4818SDkOj3paMJA3t-s-QmEtwizpcFFpuru-tGzq6UWgNKSRCYOUwG5r5l8xpTBVB71Tl2U_b2Xvb3S8jJARfUkgIfQjk/w400-h266/SBLIII_CM_02032019_0239.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo courtesy of Mercedes-Benz Stadium</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-af0700de-7fff-9f7d-8c94-fe3d20e392b9"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Benz was <i>supposed </i>to host the Final Four of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament in March of 2020, but then March of 2020 happened instead.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Anyway, that brings us up to date!</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I thought it might be fun to do some comparisons of the current block with its pre-stadium layout, specifically the 1949 aerial photo. First, here's the block with all the old streets carved out so you can see the original grid (or close enough, anyway).</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-HYB4077ARM3fWWI6kjJ3MZFLILB6IKLI9RU7TkdyLQ3k6-xqJt5jDUZMghTQC-0x95o5gg9aid-9fbEpObQ63fTcYC1yZWIvQAgVB3d5S-foIo9IbYpQDc7lTghyphenhyphenc4LOfP7J9dh_WNc/s2048/Photo+Dec+26%252C+4+00+36+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1633" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-HYB4077ARM3fWWI6kjJ3MZFLILB6IKLI9RU7TkdyLQ3k6-xqJt5jDUZMghTQC-0x95o5gg9aid-9fbEpObQ63fTcYC1yZWIvQAgVB3d5S-foIo9IbYpQDc7lTghyphenhyphenc4LOfP7J9dh_WNc/w510-h640/Photo+Dec+26%252C+4+00+36+PM.jpg" width="510" /></a></span></div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Next, here is the block with some of the dearly departed landmarks. I included the big chunk of the railroad embankment that ran right down the middle. And the top right is where we saw those photos of the housing conditions and that little storefront church.</span></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkU6xat1tPWm8W72ZV_xUyJX1TPL5-ert9Uho-68LxMNW4nlY7m8IxXq21m4VXAPsyqvzMA3jM-LfsuEgNj_BnorS-CBLhuQaP4u3AtTF3a8XDDV-ksA51kizc1y-aHcCNkeF_RIUzOto/s2048/Photo+Dec+26%252C+4+09+59+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1633" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkU6xat1tPWm8W72ZV_xUyJX1TPL5-ert9Uho-68LxMNW4nlY7m8IxXq21m4VXAPsyqvzMA3jM-LfsuEgNj_BnorS-CBLhuQaP4u3AtTF3a8XDDV-ksA51kizc1y-aHcCNkeF_RIUzOto/w510-h640/Photo+Dec+26%252C+4+09+59+PM.jpg" width="510" /></a></span></div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">And that'll do it. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Maybe one day I’ll do another one of these, but holy cow I think I’ll stick to single blocks for the foreseeable future. This was...a lot. But it was a pleasure bringing it to you, so I hope you enjoyed it!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Special thanks to the </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Atlanta Journal-Constitution</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">, whose reporting on the Dome and the Benz in particular I relied heavily on for this.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">I will leave you by re-linking to the <a href="https://bittersoutherner.com/lightning-the-atlanta-community-lost-to-super-bowl-dreams" target="_blank">“Lighting Struck”</a> article from </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The Bitter Southerner</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> because I really encourage everyone to read it.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">I hope you all stay safe and healthy as we ring in the New Year (and beyond). Until next time...</span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div></span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></div></div></div></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07029902962598209651noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040628041708774921.post-57947442648034338142020-12-28T09:49:00.007-08:002023-04-14T13:06:27.461-07:00Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Part 1 of 2)<div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Hello friends! It's been a real long time!<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSOfaIrfDsKsy2b9Yt_eTeQ909H3U6ihUUCdv5yfsVydcIimIdC1ZgktoE4luQcb9jhdw45xf8-m-PZoNOclMwQfQ8ZcVPGwdsFuorrgVD6Fo7If475LAJPGiT_oWg2o-56m65WViF8KQ/s478/84+years.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="478" data-original-width="474" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSOfaIrfDsKsy2b9Yt_eTeQ909H3U6ihUUCdv5yfsVydcIimIdC1ZgktoE4luQcb9jhdw45xf8-m-PZoNOclMwQfQ8ZcVPGwdsFuorrgVD6Fo7If475LAJPGiT_oWg2o-56m65WViF8KQ/s320/84+years.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div>I decided to wake this sleeping beast to give myself (and hopefully you) a welcome distraction from everything 2020.</div><div><br /></div><div>To make up for lost time, I have a significant swath of land to go over with you, roughly the equivalent of 12 city blocks (give or take).</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwSU9VLab-fxGg1grEQIDVe0s83y8hzPJJE6dFSH43VnB3bBlrQ_szheyJYaa6bzDnsWcDlBeZ4Ag4_lU0yc-xv7N6ILQmrjOF0empIG2rar20cgqo-cTcxOc-n0NNv_FxBd2YxB1_an8/s732/Aerial+wide.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="695" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwSU9VLab-fxGg1grEQIDVe0s83y8hzPJJE6dFSH43VnB3bBlrQ_szheyJYaa6bzDnsWcDlBeZ4Ag4_lU0yc-xv7N6ILQmrjOF0empIG2rar20cgqo-cTcxOc-n0NNv_FxBd2YxB1_an8/w380-h400/Aerial+wide.JPG" width="380" /></a></div><br /><div>Today we will discuss the Mercedes-Benz Stadium and old Georgia Dome block(s) downtown. The bordering streets have gotten pretty wacky over the years, but we're basically looking at:</div><div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-Northside Drive to the west (formerly Davis Street); </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">-Mitchell Street/Martin Luther King Jr. Drive to the south; </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">-The Georgia World Congress Center to the north (where a portion of Foundry Street used to be);</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">-Elliott Street to the east, but it's complicated...</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Streets that used to run through the block include Mangum Street (still kinda does), Haynes Street, West Hunter Street (now Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, a portion of which remains on our block), Rhodes Street, and Magnolia Street. Plus a handful of alleyways.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">In the image below, both Mangum and Elliott Streets run beneath the bigger elevated streets and into underground parking decks.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhms3QoPT9VyF7TFzlxki8Q0tAe3CXyCpcLuNmI18mmXi6MFvgZp3FX10audEcTFrJ67E9LHhDFKEy9RNY870-A3QPmaIQocAxeQ3TN1U9LtgpLB4Qt-qB1dFC2qnJO4EdCHEwVsZwWXtk/s2048/modern+aerial+labeled+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1621" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhms3QoPT9VyF7TFzlxki8Q0tAe3CXyCpcLuNmI18mmXi6MFvgZp3FX10audEcTFrJ67E9LHhDFKEy9RNY870-A3QPmaIQocAxeQ3TN1U9LtgpLB4Qt-qB1dFC2qnJO4EdCHEwVsZwWXtk/w506-h640/modern+aerial+labeled+%25281%2529.jpg" width="506" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">#SecretButtholes</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">Clear enough? Please stop crying…</span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9fdb0095-7fff-8b7f-269c-6679b6f2c363" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">On our trusty old 1871 bird’s eye view of Atlanta, we see a grid of sparsely populated blocks with some dwellings, possibly some stores, trees, and lovely rolling hills.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="907" data-original-width="1530" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzhieAFezx14xDuXfC6trVFknVi-pUa0r1caA2ZoEKJcyi0uMIdyGuvwwtCS7Uo9sfIFoGFeK31cMk6vjbw0teQD2ScDa7qG5jm0zmd6LOoapNhK_q4X5bZy25LLexomVdQR_6k43dXj4/w512-h303/1872+birds+eye+edit.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="512" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1871</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzhieAFezx14xDuXfC6trVFknVi-pUa0r1caA2ZoEKJcyi0uMIdyGuvwwtCS7Uo9sfIFoGFeK31cMk6vjbw0teQD2ScDa7qG5jm0zmd6LOoapNhK_q4X5bZy25LLexomVdQR_6k43dXj4/s1530/1872+birds+eye+edit.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-31e95698-7fff-1e84-c12f-56eabbdf7e11"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The 1878 atlas paints a similar--</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">albeit</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> less aesthetic--picture of the area. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Note: The following image and many others like it are composites I created in order to get all the blocks together in one image. Some things might not line up perfectly.]</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1903" data-original-width="1410" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggIq3Hq8_AT04k4hlqt-dKgHHc5U0itEywEeCbJcobmsnUhEeDxHxLEygB78z8JT6nhiT4LFys6wCYWTeThZzzLy23eeeD9-RQY8zRUeylh6WjqsAngevCt4xwEaUqTgCchMdBju7cwlU/s640/1878.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1878 atlas (composite)</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggIq3Hq8_AT04k4hlqt-dKgHHc5U0itEywEeCbJcobmsnUhEeDxHxLEygB78z8JT6nhiT4LFys6wCYWTeThZzzLy23eeeD9-RQY8zRUeylh6WjqsAngevCt4xwEaUqTgCchMdBju7cwlU/s1903/1878.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">Toward the bottom left corner we see a Baptist Church on West Hunter Street and a “Colored Baptist Church” on Mitchell Street. The Hunter Street church is Sixth Baptist and the Mitchell Street church is Friendship Baptist.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-33b1eb64-7fff-c305-974d-311d8d204a2b" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sixth Baptist started in a small wood building here in 1874. We will cover this church in more detail later.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Right now, let's turn our attention to Friendship Baptist...</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDjxAf8ukSuLQrmGw0gAqmJ1_31ILLz5jMaqI7qxruFo1ooJpfY2HOH1ODxDOQ2cyHONbnKEUlsLtbYTKrpRLTvEaoRDMjHUIxeKEYFcEE-g5UR1CsNUmrNObpuRjM3IKdB8YgvRJ2zvU/s350/1878_Friendship.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDjxAf8ukSuLQrmGw0gAqmJ1_31ILLz5jMaqI7qxruFo1ooJpfY2HOH1ODxDOQ2cyHONbnKEUlsLtbYTKrpRLTvEaoRDMjHUIxeKEYFcEE-g5UR1CsNUmrNObpuRjM3IKdB8YgvRJ2zvU/s0/1878_Friendship.jpg" /></a></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-33b1eb64-7fff-c305-974d-311d8d204a2b"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The church grew out of a congregation of enslaved people at Atlanta’s First Baptist Church on the corner of Forsyth and Walton Streets in the Fairlie-Poplar District. In 1848, the congregation was granted dismission to worship separately from the white parishioners and form their own congregation called African Baptist Church (though the congregation would continue to worship at First Baptist and under white clergy and parishioners’ supervision). In 1862, Frank Quarles was formally ordained as the church’s first Black minister, and that year is officially cited as its foundation.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCCMlvRlIT8qLLX2VPz91azlkMJr6eR-WbZ2P0U9aQ2IXK0z4l2QmvyjXqZ9cC0tSlG_NEM5O3a4EWP53B6ieZ4Lp5NGxHeWWS9XEEii_nzfTi2TIoMkXsoM6EWnHixody6W8THLco_HQ/s410/Frank+Quarles.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="250" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCCMlvRlIT8qLLX2VPz91azlkMJr6eR-WbZ2P0U9aQ2IXK0z4l2QmvyjXqZ9cC0tSlG_NEM5O3a4EWP53B6ieZ4Lp5NGxHeWWS9XEEii_nzfTi2TIoMkXsoM6EWnHixody6W8THLco_HQ/w244-h400/Frank+Quarles.jpg" width="244" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rev. Frank Quarles</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">After the Civil War and Emancipation, First Baptist became a less welcoming location for African Baptist Church, in part because the building itself was damaged during the war, but also because the white congregation was increasingly hostile. African Baptist formally left First Baptist in 1866 and changed its name to Friendship Baptist Church. Since property was scarce after the war, the church was initially housed in a boxcar on First Baptist’s property, but later that year Reverend Quarles had a church built on Haynes and Markham (just south of our area). Quarles then set out to have a new permanent church constructed here at Mitchell and Haynes in 1871.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgry9yDAbADmn0dLvhssCXcnWEbICqrTJ2smua84P0X6qoRVhHK7NdXCSnkedvIFf4CcutU6WpZfGM-V5xs4xcRZzWxuF-9XJKFue6TTGmAHQGj02sCLOnRWG3KX10hRn23n45pWpVRPak/s480/Friendship+Baptist+AHC+undated.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgry9yDAbADmn0dLvhssCXcnWEbICqrTJ2smua84P0X6qoRVhHK7NdXCSnkedvIFf4CcutU6WpZfGM-V5xs4xcRZzWxuF-9XJKFue6TTGmAHQGj02sCLOnRWG3KX10hRn23n45pWpVRPak/s0/Friendship+Baptist+AHC+undated.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Friendship Baptist Church, undated<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table>
<span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">In 1879, Quarles invited the Augusta Institute to move to Atlanta and hold classes in the church’s basement. The school changed its name to Atlanta Baptist Seminary when it moved into the church. Two years later, the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary was founded in the basement. Those schools are well known today as Morehouse and Spelman, respectively.</span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBMALbRQS1JUMd7MgshLtiOQgbE6aJzX80AvPoyXOJns-m3nT3sSC1ab5EKJQnHM1CtYrBHKVSHemOn6ihKC9cFuj_h5NxWzDbY934zRhOzlEPU6Ktag4fl2SSBbFW29jvG7l0NIFkYes/s2048/Friendship+Spellman+1881.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1642" data-original-width="2048" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBMALbRQS1JUMd7MgshLtiOQgbE6aJzX80AvPoyXOJns-m3nT3sSC1ab5EKJQnHM1CtYrBHKVSHemOn6ihKC9cFuj_h5NxWzDbY934zRhOzlEPU6Ktag4fl2SSBbFW29jvG7l0NIFkYes/w512-h410/Friendship+Spellman+1881.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spelman College Archives</td></tr></tbody></table><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9e8d9c03-7fff-24fa-12eb-63549acbbff8"><br />The Atlanta Baptist Seminary didn’t stay in Friendship Baptist’s basement for long. By December 1879, a two-story brick building with a bell tower was built for the school a couple blocks east on the corner of Elliott and Hunter. The school didn’t stay in that building terribly long either, moving to its present location in 1885. The Female Seminary moved out in 1883. Both schools adopted their better-known names after settling outside this block.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLGdXP4Xl3DZNaQbWeG9WeZqRwScQKqqVGi59usLnNQTUqDJauXv06a6W4TiHoI_rOz1AfP522f-UNtpKS-jdsgvqDkA6HKim_2f7F40H2KA7zw_qJ-VJkzA0DPtOTeHNAw9Z2ClrUeMs/s826/Atlanta+Baptist+Seminary+1881.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="737" data-original-width="826" height="457" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLGdXP4Xl3DZNaQbWeG9WeZqRwScQKqqVGi59usLnNQTUqDJauXv06a6W4TiHoI_rOz1AfP522f-UNtpKS-jdsgvqDkA6HKim_2f7F40H2KA7zw_qJ-VJkzA0DPtOTeHNAw9Z2ClrUeMs/w512-h457/Atlanta+Baptist+Seminary+1881.JPG" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1881 City Directory</td></tr></tbody></table><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Reverend Quarles’ efforts to acquire property and construct a new church for Friendship Baptist proved effective but costly. When E. R. Carter became the second pastor in 1881, the church was $3,000 in debt. But the congregation had grown from under 30 members before the Civil War to over 1,500. Carter worked hard to relieve the church of its debt, and Friendship Baptist was eventually able to sponsor a variety of important social services and fund The Carter Home for the Aged.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-f91e26db-7fff-93ad-fdf4-b0ae73f34acb"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Georgia Tech's <i>Building Memories </i>series has a nice <a href="https://leading-edge.iac.gatech.edu/building-memories/friendship-baptist-church-a-commitment-for-the-ages/" target="_blank">overview of Friendship Baptist</a> if you'd like to learn a bit more.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span>Moving on to the 1892 bird’s eye view and Sanborn map (of which we only have the southeast corner), we see the area is a bit more densely populated with some larger commercial structures cropping up.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRI7H6ksaTd06TV6ODP_7v2IFbkFxdwJYSFK6605iVE18fafsHZSxH-0T2wsoNrgrOHKpEEq-y0Fa-Rx0aNSpuKYfS9VqDNGiXH8PgUz-8_vSSpB7kDc6z6OFWA75XUaDpA_nR7RvnZwA/s1194/1892+birds+eye+edit.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="1194" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRI7H6ksaTd06TV6ODP_7v2IFbkFxdwJYSFK6605iVE18fafsHZSxH-0T2wsoNrgrOHKpEEq-y0Fa-Rx0aNSpuKYfS9VqDNGiXH8PgUz-8_vSSpB7kDc6z6OFWA75XUaDpA_nR7RvnZwA/w512-h318/1892+birds+eye+edit.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1892 birds eye view<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi39VzAwKuw_h6izGkMdanNRaHrvlQ5Ow2sT7VDMM-45T1n9_hvVJTxG78NnRW9NgQScMtotvSgA3wvisG3vBgjLv2rwukA4uw-I9aCD_XXp4PuOj5C3oZLskYC0pHxcHvBbt2P3gItkRM/s1446/SAN1892.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1009" data-original-width="1446" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi39VzAwKuw_h6izGkMdanNRaHrvlQ5Ow2sT7VDMM-45T1n9_hvVJTxG78NnRW9NgQScMtotvSgA3wvisG3vBgjLv2rwukA4uw-I9aCD_XXp4PuOj5C3oZLskYC0pHxcHvBbt2P3gItkRM/w512-h358/SAN1892.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1892 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map (composite)<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-89fca962-7fff-7105-d092-6f33484e9b2e">On the eastern side of the block, we see the Willingham & Company Sash, Door, and Blind Factory (aka Willingham Lumber Company, aka E. G. Willingham & Sons). It's #57 in the birds-eye view.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjjDga_tnos6jbno_qePK3XZlbq6UZO4kgD1FZlfgcaXD5ANpPHT_E5_lJsZZDVQBmmrjtLSYziI2M3_W_XTe7mXJVICXXuT-UL8thl53ns5ZasXvlAeeVkPsiVO_gCkEtDepQx519UM/s764/1892+57.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="764" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjjDga_tnos6jbno_qePK3XZlbq6UZO4kgD1FZlfgcaXD5ANpPHT_E5_lJsZZDVQBmmrjtLSYziI2M3_W_XTe7mXJVICXXuT-UL8thl53ns5ZasXvlAeeVkPsiVO_gCkEtDepQx519UM/w512-h352/1892+57.JPG" width="512" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimQWsbNAjRnd7TLuXnHkztgn2wuAavw4VKZfqHUtudrFC59P5ekoifL3KmkiZF8TA8xUPZC5pqVrBAEXVhS5xrZKkO4oqTHKj6FgszOG9ubNDrPl0pPjMJqwPJ_iothhh1COx-RpGGIEA/s2048/Willingham+SAN+1892.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1581" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimQWsbNAjRnd7TLuXnHkztgn2wuAavw4VKZfqHUtudrFC59P5ekoifL3KmkiZF8TA8xUPZC5pqVrBAEXVhS5xrZKkO4oqTHKj6FgszOG9ubNDrPl0pPjMJqwPJ_iothhh1COx-RpGGIEA/s640/Willingham+SAN+1892.jpg" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">According to a July 19, 1891 write-up in the <i>Atlanta Constitution</i>, "The Willingham Lumber Company are specialists in the manufacture of sash, doors, blinds and all kinds of interior finish. They will build you a handsome office in pine, oak, ash, or any kind of wood you want. They will furnish your house with as much taste and in as fine a style as any you can find in Georgia."</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_9M4gkJ7N4F21w6Sv8Nr7w-cQt7on2d9q3BttWVROBaj8sKy5sjgJxWFJQ1us2vyThGHkSY5bQJvqUzI36aZTG999puFjmdeX6Dyo-Bo-qjEV6kgCH8DFLtzaE1DV3fiksDaEZL79BHw/s2807/Willingham+The_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Apr_6__1890_.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="2807" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_9M4gkJ7N4F21w6Sv8Nr7w-cQt7on2d9q3BttWVROBaj8sKy5sjgJxWFJQ1us2vyThGHkSY5bQJvqUzI36aZTG999puFjmdeX6Dyo-Bo-qjEV6kgCH8DFLtzaE1DV3fiksDaEZL79BHw/w512-h204/Willingham+The_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Apr_6__1890_.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Atlanta Constitution | April 6, 1890<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>
<span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">The company's founder, Edward George Willingham, was born in Lawtonville, SC in 1839. One weird thing: He bought the town of Aripeka, FL in 1910. </span><span style="text-align: left;">He died in 1922.</span></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-6862b348-7fff-4c9e-0aab-2e70fd434c91"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcfO5JkhP8eF2d4hEI_7EWQIl-GKVSdXSB5xhb79JE132fiM4m2ucv0JmhG8jlFQar3UL6BLcQtqI1mfa81_HFYX3fmEfaEqEMR-OI_yDUXFg96LJ9A-Nyle1lCpyNtriZsbGvzxfrPuw/s2048/Willingham_Atlanta_Constitution_Wed__Sep_7__1910_.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1409" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcfO5JkhP8eF2d4hEI_7EWQIl-GKVSdXSB5xhb79JE132fiM4m2ucv0JmhG8jlFQar3UL6BLcQtqI1mfa81_HFYX3fmEfaEqEMR-OI_yDUXFg96LJ9A-Nyle1lCpyNtriZsbGvzxfrPuw/w352-h512/Willingham_Atlanta_Constitution_Wed__Sep_7__1910_.jpg" width="352" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">E. G. Willingham<br />The Atlanta Constitution | Sept. 7, 1910</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span>Back to the 1892 maps, we have The May Mantel Company (sometimes spelled Mantle) just south of Willingham & Co (it's #35 in the birds-eye closeup above).</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJi6O4_8MlpO7Kqz3eS7Am5n9Qq_WZcR7Nyc4VjJnJMLKmkb-uCnQxj6xMUcqRV46-Sqhk-8zx73A6QyMhTdqUA6Ta8fs8dN1O69jSm0EmxVph6rGD9GnhubdPkJ3e8YeR7SfZ0Ty4dcc/s2048/May+Mantel+SAN+1892.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1502" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJi6O4_8MlpO7Kqz3eS7Am5n9Qq_WZcR7Nyc4VjJnJMLKmkb-uCnQxj6xMUcqRV46-Sqhk-8zx73A6QyMhTdqUA6Ta8fs8dN1O69jSm0EmxVph6rGD9GnhubdPkJ3e8YeR7SfZ0Ty4dcc/w512-h375/May+Mantel+SAN+1892.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The main building was built in August of 1890 and was apparently quite lovely. It was constructed using only local materials: bricks from the Chattahoochee Brick Company and wood sourced entirely from Georgia. It was three stories: the first floor was the store, the second floor was offices, and the third floor was storage. Property and construction all together cost about $12,000.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">May Mantel Company’s president, George S. May, was born in Ohio in 1852 and studied for a time in Germany. He visited Atlanta in 1881 and saw enough opportunity for business that he decided to move here. He invested in a lot of real estate and founded the May Mantel Company around 1890. May lived on Ponce de Leon Ave and had a summer house in Kirkwood called Villa Maia. He died in New York in 1914.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-19dd60dc-7fff-2140-a5be-f121a7ad40f6"><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The following ad from </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The Atlanta Constitution</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> is amusing to me for its reassuring “Everything will be all O.K.”</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span><br /></span></p><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSXu5amybY4kpyr1ZEAg86X0BjLEwxR4SOZa1HqrFTsD1PbPIBx9WJi9zARNUA7-Iir9XVNuwueLqWIAu0BoMcjl18hWqKWgMyGgrLW6rKcnVYJTebjBwcdcWQ2z_k-aXMSed4WLvjsD0/s2048/May+Mantle+The_Atlanta_Constitution_Thu__Jul_10__1890_.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1274" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSXu5amybY4kpyr1ZEAg86X0BjLEwxR4SOZa1HqrFTsD1PbPIBx9WJi9zARNUA7-Iir9XVNuwueLqWIAu0BoMcjl18hWqKWgMyGgrLW6rKcnVYJTebjBwcdcWQ2z_k-aXMSed4WLvjsD0/s640/May+Mantle+The_Atlanta_Constitution_Thu__Jul_10__1890_.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Atlanta Constitution | July 10, 1890<br />I wonder if they have oak...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-fe22d6d1-7fff-7ee7-9cbc-cc58c3c645d5"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">By 1895, though, everything was </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">not </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">all O.K., as the company was behind on rent and couldn’t pay its employees. It was bought out by J. Cundell later that year to be renovated and reopened, but I found no mention of it after that.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">After he retired (failed at business?), May served on the sanitation committee for the Chamber of Commerce. An article in the March 17, 1912 </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Atlanta Constitution</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> details one of his recent trips back to Berlin, where he marveled at the cleanliness of European streets compared to Atlanta’s:</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">“Civic cleanliness is a kind of insurance against plague and pestilence, and the dire consequences thereof, in the same way that filth and insanitation are an invitation for them to come and abide with us… Hercules cleaned the Augean stables by turning the Tiber through them. Our [sanitation] chief would no doubt accomplish the same trick with the Chattahoochee if he could make it flow up hill ‘and faith we shall need it’ if the Constitution’s efforts to educate cleanliness into the public are a failure.”</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Moving onto the 1899 Sanborn map, we see all the dwellings lining the streets, plus some more noteworthy structures.</span></p><div><br /></div></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXK_K79F4pH-2tyPoRyLz0J4NJFsElehJ7y592RH4_ZmZCeYv20t48nr37jlu7eevBxso_NQBzN0EYtpi3P9SKFsej_3EIeSr_ysA-_Iq5WAj4EpLx7YE4hw1fyut_5OLDQigZjRBlEXo/s2048/SAN1899.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1497" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXK_K79F4pH-2tyPoRyLz0J4NJFsElehJ7y592RH4_ZmZCeYv20t48nr37jlu7eevBxso_NQBzN0EYtpi3P9SKFsej_3EIeSr_ysA-_Iq5WAj4EpLx7YE4hw1fyut_5OLDQigZjRBlEXo/s640/SAN1899.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1899 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map (composite)</td></tr></tbody></table>
</div><div><br /></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-5d3730e2-7fff-7754-f382-e562674ca83d"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">First, we see that the Willingham Company is gone, as the big vacant area on the east side (with the compass rose) was once theirs. Second, the May Mantel Company has been replaced by the S. M. Truitt & Son Coal and Wood Yard. No idea what happened to J. Cundell.</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div></span></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfAxTwqa3XFl6cQssoZcv4mbxPArckh1xjeR3cVFSyFDaczG3n9YEsqe1s10mEKcQMZhwT1_oQpNT3lmVfQyKc9MWwYmWaxMMDaRR4-_fXKchgCNAtkDHwCLWqCCTMKRSugjZ1gBkv-3Y/s1936/Truitt+SAN+1899.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1504" data-original-width="1936" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfAxTwqa3XFl6cQssoZcv4mbxPArckh1xjeR3cVFSyFDaczG3n9YEsqe1s10mEKcQMZhwT1_oQpNT3lmVfQyKc9MWwYmWaxMMDaRR4-_fXKchgCNAtkDHwCLWqCCTMKRSugjZ1gBkv-3Y/w512-h398/Truitt+SAN+1899.jpg" width="512" /></a></div>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-cfa8153e-7fff-6858-4e1c-f75d01e1876f"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Let’s move on to Sixth Baptist, which I briefly mentioned earlier.</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJV4G4GmXs4HSuSfsn_45w8yrV0JMw8xX7VoKLTXoU7sZcTdnrjc3Pf7mGXPIJR_ND2cCqiV6EuHIzAcmS-Cfnkbf41EyXVmKty5-OPDVmxFnN42Y6JeOKIJgumreVTyH3FyK0WJblW0/s872/Sixth+Baptist+SAN.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="872" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJV4G4GmXs4HSuSfsn_45w8yrV0JMw8xX7VoKLTXoU7sZcTdnrjc3Pf7mGXPIJR_ND2cCqiV6EuHIzAcmS-Cfnkbf41EyXVmKty5-OPDVmxFnN42Y6JeOKIJgumreVTyH3FyK0WJblW0/w512-h402/Sixth+Baptist+SAN.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-2aa1b3d2-7fff-b66f-8517-7dd7f242236d"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Sixth Baptist Church started in a small wooden building around 1874. A new building began construction in 1894 and the church utilized the basement once that portion was completed in 1898. </span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1SOEStJNuCn1KOr_TmENx_wesBX1oJwduChNw-Koas_diVbRP59-ke4TDDa9TYN6oG0aYsd4fQdmk131_gmo83rWqA1yVlVOFxCPlel3FtXw7LXppo3dhUAek06hydIODG5SsK_QTOww/s2048/Temple+Baptist+Sixth+Baptist+The_Atlanta_Constitution_Fri__Aug_16__1895_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1593" data-original-width="2048" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1SOEStJNuCn1KOr_TmENx_wesBX1oJwduChNw-Koas_diVbRP59-ke4TDDa9TYN6oG0aYsd4fQdmk131_gmo83rWqA1yVlVOFxCPlel3FtXw7LXppo3dhUAek06hydIODG5SsK_QTOww/w400-h311/Temple+Baptist+Sixth+Baptist+The_Atlanta_Constitution_Fri__Aug_16__1895_.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Atlanta Constitution | Aug. 16, 1895</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The main chapel wasn’t finished until 1905, and it was dedicated in 1908 when the $40,000 debt was paid. The name changed to Temple Baptist in early 1900.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtz7WA8sUoQKWLoNjN3qs9Wp8S8DE0rvkWAu5FY-eZD9XoA86N6psT4y7leyxJsZkvgJEeGUzgBGrByqQXQtDJNdnCJQSfCUSbBPDkWL_o25vwVDZ2oMLQbYK0W8IveXJ-tlURd1_RMyI/s496/Temple+Baptist+AHC.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtz7WA8sUoQKWLoNjN3qs9Wp8S8DE0rvkWAu5FY-eZD9XoA86N6psT4y7leyxJsZkvgJEeGUzgBGrByqQXQtDJNdnCJQSfCUSbBPDkWL_o25vwVDZ2oMLQbYK0W8IveXJ-tlURd1_RMyI/s0/Temple+Baptist+AHC.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Temple Baptist Church with pastor Rev. A. C. Ward, undated<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-b658bc5d-7fff-8aaf-0b4f-4955ba12cafb"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The pastor, Reverend A. C. Ward, had a house just south of the church on Mangum Street.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb2OExJe_I8zv9tq8BjWWKkZ9e2sqWRdCh1OPyaArMTVTn4TQ-hH03CfkEptW6rFS3ZzGuMx6IDD_CtHVXJ8AIxwE-TU4ptT9wwZ9NF90bj9ryN-CYFgbZ4bkem_1H03J2tzn6W6d6ZK0/s2048/Temple+Baptist+The_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Feb_28__1904_01.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1658" data-original-width="2048" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb2OExJe_I8zv9tq8BjWWKkZ9e2sqWRdCh1OPyaArMTVTn4TQ-hH03CfkEptW6rFS3ZzGuMx6IDD_CtHVXJ8AIxwE-TU4ptT9wwZ9NF90bj9ryN-CYFgbZ4bkem_1H03J2tzn6W6d6ZK0/w512-h414/Temple+Baptist+The_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Feb_28__1904_01.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rev. and Mrs. A. C. Ward<br />The Atlanta Constitution | Feb. 28, 1904</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bf88f32c-7fff-3479-f9fb-7ebd5c07bb5f" style="font-family: inherit;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In November 1906, Ward’s neighbor at 120 Mangum, W. E. Wimpy, rented his property to a Black woman named Cassie Stephens. This angered some of the white neighbors, and with help from Atlanta Mayor James G. Woodard, Ward and his church succeeded in having Mr. Wimpy censured and Ms. Stephens evicted from the property. Temple Baptist passed a resolution (printed in </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Atlanta Constitution </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">on November 30) condemning Wimpy’s actions as “improper, unnecessary, exceedingly dangerous, jeopardizing to the peace of this community, and a flagrant insult to its white people.” </span><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">This would have been just two months after the Atlanta Race Riot, during which at least 25 African Americans (likely more) were murdered at the hands of white mobs.</span></p></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">The following year, Temple Baptist parishioners were again opposed to new neighbors when the Gate City Terminal Company was planning freight terminals for the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad to the block(s) just north. An estimated 1,500 homes total were to be destroyed to make way for the tracks and terminal. The church argued that the noise and soot from the railroad, road closures due to construction, and loss of residents would all interfere with their services. The case went to the state supreme court with Gate City ultimately winning in 1908. Reverend Ward resigned as pastor later that year.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-a6cabd06-7fff-928f-0bbd-15f39935b74c"><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">With the opposition squashed, the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic (AB&A) Railroad became the newest railway in town. Founded by Henry M. Atkinson, co-founder of what would become the Georgia Power Company, the railroad was to run from Birmingham to Brunswick, where steamships operated by the company would then ferry passengers and goods to further destinations along the coast. </span></p><div><br /></div></span></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkG-X74Ed1LsX_br0A15NjOkjllSg7I0LU5oehfGMYUoz0AF8HP1xiQkyT3GeR9Nb1jsde2C3-BcbtG7-pyVjIw10e0Z0JG9oCJMia9g-Vwe7xL-waYOFwT3v9la75tgRzfEpLKtHPKOc/s2048/ABandA+RR+The_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Jun_14__1908_.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1587" data-original-width="2048" height="397" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkG-X74Ed1LsX_br0A15NjOkjllSg7I0LU5oehfGMYUoz0AF8HP1xiQkyT3GeR9Nb1jsde2C3-BcbtG7-pyVjIw10e0Z0JG9oCJMia9g-Vwe7xL-waYOFwT3v9la75tgRzfEpLKtHPKOc/w512-h397/ABandA+RR+The_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Jun_14__1908_.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Atlanta Constitution | June 14, 1908<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-6eae83f6-7fff-c510-0ad3-d50687f1e958"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The first passenger train chugged to Atlanta in June of 1908, stopping at Union Station. The terminal on our block was used for freight trains, and the company's main headquarters was located at the corner of Fairlie and Walton Streets (not here). At some point the railroad’s name changed to Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast (AB&C).</span></p><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhii4T7iz8sJeUvlS6Cil9mRh2lZ-Wrp0kkYmcWzTH4ufBgTYbcF3gYXhlJB1Ey8PWhT6wiqDib9CUCsC6lIev2LVHMpMqlcU66f_Wf_5BTcTRbK5vFt_83aEPLSEujfYip6O0pyUxHxtk/s498/ABandA+RR+AHC+19080619.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhii4T7iz8sJeUvlS6Cil9mRh2lZ-Wrp0kkYmcWzTH4ufBgTYbcF3gYXhlJB1Ey8PWhT6wiqDib9CUCsC6lIev2LVHMpMqlcU66f_Wf_5BTcTRbK5vFt_83aEPLSEujfYip6O0pyUxHxtk/s0/ABandA+RR+AHC+19080619.jpg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">AB&A Passenger Train at Atlanta's Union Station | June 19, 1908<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-30f17a58-7fff-706f-fadc-bc48af5265de"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This brings us to the 1911 Sanborn map and the 1919 bird’s eye view, where we can see the central blocks have been significantly altered by the AB&A railroad, and Mangum Street north of Hunter Street has shifted to the east. The new train tracks coming in from the north were elevated on an embankment, which meant Foundry and Magnolia now had tunnels passing underneath.</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyRMrSMbQI5l-h-MGFghrFGc0PdHIcDxmOu98bTKVxAYawmfONAdFxYgjNVLEDgyxITyFEzHqqTUoXk_4lt0KkAy8VMV4Dxmuah9MRvTKPHuqljKcAenMC0HwVGBIx6YQ1OOHMmHxl9Mg/s2048/SAN1911.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1578" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyRMrSMbQI5l-h-MGFghrFGc0PdHIcDxmOu98bTKVxAYawmfONAdFxYgjNVLEDgyxITyFEzHqqTUoXk_4lt0KkAy8VMV4Dxmuah9MRvTKPHuqljKcAenMC0HwVGBIx6YQ1OOHMmHxl9Mg/s640/SAN1911.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1911 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map (composite)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ7yXcdbH_TG9wI6cxsIcg76ySaC4womjqPBffvQluTao3uBkNiuok1ClQ5XUPbdtCJxlNyVSjPBUxVi2uqz2UNpSOORE10gsQd_84JIPsULPzeipOqkU38cm8dboCbjTuYOsk1e35xbs/s1460/1919+edit.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="1460" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ7yXcdbH_TG9wI6cxsIcg76ySaC4womjqPBffvQluTao3uBkNiuok1ClQ5XUPbdtCJxlNyVSjPBUxVi2uqz2UNpSOORE10gsQd_84JIPsULPzeipOqkU38cm8dboCbjTuYOsk1e35xbs/w512-h252/1919+edit.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1919 Birds-Eye View</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-c4fdba15-7fff-2225-f5ac-deb5968c9847" style="font-family: inherit;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As we can see in both maps, the railroad brought a lot more commercial properties to the area. We’ll just take them one at a time starting with Frank G. Lake and his lumber company. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiisDEi9vYk6El7NkyKhbUxY1GoiQkUBFdvYMoeiFMtLeeBuD1abATYJo52BC30JKw9Uf91CUHAt4_mqMQzcSGnR2svwks_bqvNad0oHp3cCMx9aAXGUawoQ_lm_Ng1_SweWy0dcrF0kJQ/s1480/Frank+Lake+SAN+1911.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1480" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiisDEi9vYk6El7NkyKhbUxY1GoiQkUBFdvYMoeiFMtLeeBuD1abATYJo52BC30JKw9Uf91CUHAt4_mqMQzcSGnR2svwks_bqvNad0oHp3cCMx9aAXGUawoQ_lm_Ng1_SweWy0dcrF0kJQ/w512-h249/Frank+Lake+SAN+1911.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1911</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Lake’s lumber company starts off on the east side of Mangum in the 1911 Sanborn map, but moves to a larger operation on the west side of Mangum near the train tracks by 1919's birds-eye view.</span></span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Q_XTkDvHJjPXL3qax-QqApzms6Jlv3pG9oaiQVwK9M3wzF5qoiFdjSDRrpFSc2_DmCiBeYtjE-5kNSuxdHXhTFQjb9PbI1eUDSp6UZOiXPqSCtpLOa_H_9pp4s-QQfsTXuAd3rS4iIo/s237/1919+frank+lake.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="184" data-original-width="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Q_XTkDvHJjPXL3qax-QqApzms6Jlv3pG9oaiQVwK9M3wzF5qoiFdjSDRrpFSc2_DmCiBeYtjE-5kNSuxdHXhTFQjb9PbI1eUDSp6UZOiXPqSCtpLOa_H_9pp4s-QQfsTXuAd3rS4iIo/s0/1919+frank+lake.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1919</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiieI4Ehst6d7CEaJZlcSk_ry7QDcv8y8hYnlmoRgfrPw_E54ecnQUEAEla4VTtRsCApuYlN3ACTGWGwDfVl3Ze_JPpuHHUiiSG2KdF9SM4trRR3Tx_efDbczuFxYyUoBVBGoG_7LnpUs4/s815/Frank+G+Lake+1919+Directory.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="653" data-original-width="815" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiieI4Ehst6d7CEaJZlcSk_ry7QDcv8y8hYnlmoRgfrPw_E54ecnQUEAEla4VTtRsCApuYlN3ACTGWGwDfVl3Ze_JPpuHHUiiSG2KdF9SM4trRR3Tx_efDbczuFxYyUoBVBGoG_7LnpUs4/w512-h410/Frank+G+Lake+1919+Directory.JPG" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1919 City Directory<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mr. Lake was born in Macon in 1871 and moved to Atlanta in 1880. He founded his lumber company in 1898 and was active in various organizations and civic duties. He was a Mason, a Shriner, and yes, a member of the Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo, a forestry/lumber industry fraternity.</span></p></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbyNH1jYtx5PUGo2N3a_xF5K_r-JZ4f5mX5tkC8Qg4VN5KsBkCnK-wZ1mcDDuM8EsIfsca_irkcpWuMV4-ZKG6Yd2Do7up8dxiGgJNNyLCaoWpIm4W86BRD-K9GgMJ-A7GXChtfbmE1Ac/s640/Frank+G+Lake+1957.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="360" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbyNH1jYtx5PUGo2N3a_xF5K_r-JZ4f5mX5tkC8Qg4VN5KsBkCnK-wZ1mcDDuM8EsIfsca_irkcpWuMV4-ZKG6Yd2Do7up8dxiGgJNNyLCaoWpIm4W86BRD-K9GgMJ-A7GXChtfbmE1Ac/w288-h512/Frank+G+Lake+1957.JPG" width="288" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Frank G. Lake, ca. 1957<br />Old Man Hoo-Hoo</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-896634c6-7fff-bb6f-67a3-f01e62b9e6de"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. Lake was also a member of the Atlanta Historical Society and served on the Atlanta Board of Water Commissioners for the (now Old) Fourth Ward. He retired in 1945 and died in 1957.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Next up let’s talk about another Frank on the block: Frank E. Block. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTPjjoDX-DoCfD592CYIZmPrtjq3WOj3cGceE0zedoDQd4ssZseELUbDPJAMlTRDgl-Hdp2BUf18hEozq88Vg_MbwwQs1t_O9gcp6WXHUYS8G2VDIzC_2-fstv3igYrDNyhUg3N3HHaEI/s409/1919+frank+block.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="323" data-original-width="409" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTPjjoDX-DoCfD592CYIZmPrtjq3WOj3cGceE0zedoDQd4ssZseELUbDPJAMlTRDgl-Hdp2BUf18hEozq88Vg_MbwwQs1t_O9gcp6WXHUYS8G2VDIzC_2-fstv3igYrDNyhUg3N3HHaEI/w327-h258/1919+frank+block.jpg" width="327" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN373WaenRciPaxVHUPDQhaF54j0B1HqwYd3LV6A_JP4HKN3DxFKePcVRL6h8mkgM66hZmSFDNnfXWXZpF2hu5U_NgLdfdLKw7lFYV7AJ5EKQ-dptyQr7OgMWOvgl-GS1wCt80IB-i9n8/s1594/Frank+Block+image+City+Builder+19230705.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="617" data-original-width="1594" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN373WaenRciPaxVHUPDQhaF54j0B1HqwYd3LV6A_JP4HKN3DxFKePcVRL6h8mkgM66hZmSFDNnfXWXZpF2hu5U_NgLdfdLKw7lFYV7AJ5EKQ-dptyQr7OgMWOvgl-GS1wCt80IB-i9n8/w512-h198/Frank+Block+image+City+Builder+19230705.jpg" width="512" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">From <i>The City Builder |</i> July 5, 1923<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">Block was a candy and cracker manufacturer (”The Cracker King,” and no I did not make that up) born in St. Louis in 1844. He came to Atlanta in 1870 and started his candy and cracker manufacturing business in 1873, which soon became the largest in the South. He was also an officer of Atlanta National Bank and at one point was president of the Georgia Railway and Electric Company (the future Georgia Power Company). He died of pneumonia in 1920.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjngLe7hETyyWdSa1BBVykCvZVNRVMCrLOrrpuFIHx8MDekER8cP7z-288yetzUNBClkcVeXfvVROy8jd6uWz7zSXLGw1nHH3vza2hSGFtavtD2zN3QIyfalHqgxneREjS1VeDqlyWS70M/s2048/Frank+Block+Ad+The_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Dec_20__1908_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1516" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjngLe7hETyyWdSa1BBVykCvZVNRVMCrLOrrpuFIHx8MDekER8cP7z-288yetzUNBClkcVeXfvVROy8jd6uWz7zSXLGw1nHH3vza2hSGFtavtD2zN3QIyfalHqgxneREjS1VeDqlyWS70M/s640/Frank+Block+Ad+The_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Dec_20__1908_.jpg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Atlanta Constitution | Dec. 20, 1908<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-a311e700-7fff-17ce-bf98-5b4025a4b921"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">His house was on Peachtree Street one block south of where the Fox Theater stands today. Maybe one day I'll do a Block Party about the block with the Block House.</span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfV6iabu5lZ5I2_NvTuvVKhoPI25II7AVuvxL47xkZe47f1ijEcN0vRKSwDdkVxFPSGHQqKbhjr17XB-XuN778i_iPbBrvYOifH2bvOLGNjrD_kbseiOKhz02OC9alopfGi18CF6HU-dI/s498/Frank_E_Block_Residence.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfV6iabu5lZ5I2_NvTuvVKhoPI25II7AVuvxL47xkZe47f1ijEcN0vRKSwDdkVxFPSGHQqKbhjr17XB-XuN778i_iPbBrvYOifH2bvOLGNjrD_kbseiOKhz02OC9alopfGi18CF6HU-dI/s0/Frank_E_Block_Residence.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frank E. Block house, undated<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center<br />Not on this block...forget you ever saw it.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-efed7261-7fff-5bc9-63bf-dcd833001f75"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the 1911 Sanborn map there’s a small building on the corner of Hunter and Mangum labeled “Structural Iron Works.” This was the Atlanta Structural Steel Company, which appears to have been here from around 1909 to 1914. It looks like the Frank G. Lake Lumber Company replaced it in the 1919 birds-eye view.</span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFCjEphpG4qN7CJ0Hm8CXocVCGCjrGnlg87mRVwP0fHItw70CzkuSwGzMMHBk_9PD6zq2hZyWhvnbvM-7Gl4qpeMetezpxaw0SS2Gh-FAEFc-CKbp6ciNRjYjAigqOlmvDADAHwhovn-8/s3062/Atlanta+Structural+Steel+The_Atlanta_Constitution_Fri__Nov_12__1909_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1027" data-original-width="3062" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFCjEphpG4qN7CJ0Hm8CXocVCGCjrGnlg87mRVwP0fHItw70CzkuSwGzMMHBk_9PD6zq2hZyWhvnbvM-7Gl4qpeMetezpxaw0SS2Gh-FAEFc-CKbp6ciNRjYjAigqOlmvDADAHwhovn-8/w512-h172/Atlanta+Structural+Steel+The_Atlanta_Constitution_Fri__Nov_12__1909_.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Atlanta Constitution | Nov. 12, 1909</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-2d0da4d8-7fff-b199-1240-54750ff9be7d"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Moving on to McCord-Stewart and H. L. Singer on the 1919 birds-eye, this building was a row of warehouses that popped up sometime after 1911 (they don’t appear on that year’s Sanborn map) along the railroad.</span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfQz9-NJjM7-OOVgsCKynEtMxonb2hz1O7PEQBng_uvQL0paKK9OsJWfRGjJXML27nF1OGtEAzTuCmrdY0iRvv94IlqIJhZRZpxivDgd-YY4Mfp9aJBl1wNvb9nBO27ZkP4KGgt5D0i2o/s309/1919+McCord.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="255" data-original-width="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfQz9-NJjM7-OOVgsCKynEtMxonb2hz1O7PEQBng_uvQL0paKK9OsJWfRGjJXML27nF1OGtEAzTuCmrdY0iRvv94IlqIJhZRZpxivDgd-YY4Mfp9aJBl1wNvb9nBO27ZkP4KGgt5D0i2o/s0/1919+McCord.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-dab81664-7fff-3484-d736-67e9973565ab"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Starting with McCord-Stewart, this was a wholesale grocer and coffee roaster founded by Henry Y. McCord (and presumably someone named Stewart). </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDC54oKPdcr_KEKSwH8ITl0oBd2UotDv9jAZSZn0oRRMTUZGprc3l4IJBImOBbzlIlNIVwEqjq_HzKidyLa3tZ-6LEmNP9i25RYAd8iQYh3xERA3ZnMklyoW5u8tDvYV1K0MeysqCe9ME/s2778/McCord+Stewart+The_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Feb_12__1905_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2778" data-original-width="1132" height="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDC54oKPdcr_KEKSwH8ITl0oBd2UotDv9jAZSZn0oRRMTUZGprc3l4IJBImOBbzlIlNIVwEqjq_HzKidyLa3tZ-6LEmNP9i25RYAd8iQYh3xERA3ZnMklyoW5u8tDvYV1K0MeysqCe9ME/w326-h800/McCord+Stewart+The_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Feb_12__1905_.jpg" width="326" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Atlanta Constitution | Feb. 12, 1905<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh136SmQsXKR8jvnEi7oTtUSHtve0d8Akwpv587VLnfeP4HeYERznI_vh-D2UMo9mPiMQ6o4LmebZ5QwbGvNgWeCUpuKzxvmA4gCV8zdoAeHtaWbAh9FDO2aNfB-L7X0FZejxH6y-Coq9I/s2048/McCord+Stewart+The_Atlanta_Constitution_Tue__Dec_2__1924_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1716" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh136SmQsXKR8jvnEi7oTtUSHtve0d8Akwpv587VLnfeP4HeYERznI_vh-D2UMo9mPiMQ6o4LmebZ5QwbGvNgWeCUpuKzxvmA4gCV8zdoAeHtaWbAh9FDO2aNfB-L7X0FZejxH6y-Coq9I/w429-h512/McCord+Stewart+The_Atlanta_Constitution_Tue__Dec_2__1924_.jpg" width="429" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Atlanta Constitution | Dec. 2, 1924<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-f2d5f2c2-7fff-9e2e-e7fd-581c7d1ab5eb"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">McCord was born in 1854 in Jackson, GA, where as a boy he watched while General Sherman’s troops searched his home and burned the town during the Civil War. He moved to Atlanta in 1885, starting his own company the following year with three traveling salesmen and three office clerks (maybe one of them was Stewart?). By 1916, the company employed about 100 people. McCord, whose nickname later in life was “Uncle Henry,” died at his home on Ponce de Leon Avenue in 1943 (maybe Stewart never existed?).</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkldDW6jVn7-EmUtFJF_Dkdt6vWjSQRJfQxxHoPqDxQEfU3sfuMAVVSZlCARTyZmTMPZSvjCby8saPxwr_8p0S-_Fl1tVxEGL3XtfqxIfz4mtokCtFOP44ClpeBVxB3srtVS6lEnHjUcE/s2048/McCord_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Nov_8__1942_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1745" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkldDW6jVn7-EmUtFJF_Dkdt6vWjSQRJfQxxHoPqDxQEfU3sfuMAVVSZlCARTyZmTMPZSvjCby8saPxwr_8p0S-_Fl1tVxEGL3XtfqxIfz4mtokCtFOP44ClpeBVxB3srtVS6lEnHjUcE/w436-h512/McCord_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Nov_8__1942_.jpg" width="436" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Henry Y. McCord<br />The Atlanta Constitution | Nov. 8, 1942<br />Photo by H. J. Slayton</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-8c096bf7-7fff-4f57-bcd7-61d2cba2ed17"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Next door was another wholesale grocer, H. L. Singer & Co., founded by Henry Leon Singer. During Georgia’s prohibition era, Singer marketed a non-alcoholic beer called ‘Pablo’ that according to the April 8, 1917 issue of </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Atlanta Constitution</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> “contains all the healthful and tonic properties of hops with none of the harmful alcohol contained in beer.”</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAUuDu4bnMQWF666bsOlPd8ynmxmN07OFFZoiegjchYARWeaYOzKJKncex4PQNlApqnnng39t7LpZL0NElCt7QfptNHaUsR62Z71WahJKyT7LkvPJ0-BIrAZL3net-oNxvag2f0mnyD88/s2048/H+L+Singer+Pablo_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Apr_8__1917_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1455" data-original-width="2048" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAUuDu4bnMQWF666bsOlPd8ynmxmN07OFFZoiegjchYARWeaYOzKJKncex4PQNlApqnnng39t7LpZL0NElCt7QfptNHaUsR62Z71WahJKyT7LkvPJ0-BIrAZL3net-oNxvag2f0mnyD88/w512-h364/H+L+Singer+Pablo_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Apr_8__1917_.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Atlanta Constitution | April 8, 1917</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-d6b6dc45-7fff-a9d7-72af-c0c7abd3442b"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Singer was born in Eufaula, Alabama and moved to Atlanta in 1883. Initially a grocer, he spent his latter years as a real estate investor. He died in 1953.</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2R-98OD5Wdl-r3qUOcmkGejtLsNh21W_Rflq2lehpJZsxoPXXnGbZ7AoeY1uhQPWqfyYLZWVMuq-xDA-K0KN0_LufAKlSY124aDVpQEwyjePz2LVA-f8QjiJDiceY1dgWwAxGYEzRwoU/s2048/H+L+Singer_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__May_9__1920_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1084" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2R-98OD5Wdl-r3qUOcmkGejtLsNh21W_Rflq2lehpJZsxoPXXnGbZ7AoeY1uhQPWqfyYLZWVMuq-xDA-K0KN0_LufAKlSY124aDVpQEwyjePz2LVA-f8QjiJDiceY1dgWwAxGYEzRwoU/s640/H+L+Singer_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__May_9__1920_.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Atlanta Constitution | May 9, 1920</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">In the 1911 Sanborn map we see the Sullivan & Co. warehouse and Metzger Mattress Co. on the southwest block with Friendship Baptist Church.</span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXg3c_HSQIXPdMbB4RIaFRn3c3LjgUXO7uazCeDqbSGW54Ke33ZXR8nLJwtzkZN0Q7RWU9G_LD_o7H2ChZep64cHcvwPxDpgZJVoRDfWEstCPIQbxhm-IZRuPWIUhu6WbD_c6FCMfN1Jo/s1984/Metzger+Mattress+1911.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1984" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXg3c_HSQIXPdMbB4RIaFRn3c3LjgUXO7uazCeDqbSGW54Ke33ZXR8nLJwtzkZN0Q7RWU9G_LD_o7H2ChZep64cHcvwPxDpgZJVoRDfWEstCPIQbxhm-IZRuPWIUhu6WbD_c6FCMfN1Jo/w512-h372/Metzger+Mattress+1911.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sullivan & Co. was a wholesale furniture dealer founded by L. B. Sullivan. They went bankrupt in 1914.</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSAXpdkQSbjR9zmUkKbLhyAQwI-3_gAo0awujkavBLMfv-IeNDUfekeNFtAasbqttraePy1C9HcHY6iBKVMktc4cV4PRShvnYNuVj8nF4xf09GucjYq1JdW5Ohl7dpi7q3yi4wvhBpeWM/s2546/Sullivan+and+Co_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Nov_1__1914_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1235" data-original-width="2546" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSAXpdkQSbjR9zmUkKbLhyAQwI-3_gAo0awujkavBLMfv-IeNDUfekeNFtAasbqttraePy1C9HcHY6iBKVMktc4cV4PRShvnYNuVj8nF4xf09GucjYq1JdW5Ohl7dpi7q3yi4wvhBpeWM/w512-h248/Sullivan+and+Co_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Nov_1__1914_.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Atlanta Constitution | Nov. 1, 1914</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-8f72eb3e-7fff-d27b-ea4c-0dc66f38c378"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Next door to Sullivan is the Metzger Mattress and Spring Bed Company, which was founded in 1907 by German-born Simon Metzger. </span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. Metzger was a member of the American Jewish Relief Association, which provided assistance to Jewish refugees during World War I. He died in 1940.</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As we see in the 1919 birds eye view, Sullivan was replaced by Wiley's Candy Factory.</span></span></div></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMEwGo04xDzv3entGCNe30AhzfOqEJUT_ETsurU-Qh2yWLDoN29pNZzdo9FOf25dayzHQ0RzbEmqkVgc5Bebglg1rLKvzaOWYPbMNo-AOZWxF6iryIUEC0Xv3ib2GIhlrSLDFAGjSQrek/s349/1919+Wiley.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMEwGo04xDzv3entGCNe30AhzfOqEJUT_ETsurU-Qh2yWLDoN29pNZzdo9FOf25dayzHQ0RzbEmqkVgc5Bebglg1rLKvzaOWYPbMNo-AOZWxF6iryIUEC0Xv3ib2GIhlrSLDFAGjSQrek/s0/1919+Wiley.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Note Friendship Baptist Church directly in front of the building<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-b4b1483d-7fff-6de8-58ee-42b9e5c93400"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wiley Candy Company was founded by Robert M. Wiley, who was born around 1866. Formerly an employee of the Nunnally Candy Company, Wiley opened his own factory on Marietta Street in 1897, moving to his new factory and headquarters here on Hunter and Haynes in 1917. Five years later the building caught fire and was considered a total loss, with $60,000 in equipment reported destroyed (adjusting for inflation, that’s like a hundred billion dollars or something). I couldn’t find any specific mention of the candy company after this, so the fire might have been the end of it. Wiley died in 1941.</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVNXdvg8WKqPlwK3w1OQLrh-d7VDibUd8ef9Sa9_YeWRLWHf7ASp_T3WdKq9d-AgVe2nt3USQF6Glad3D6E0m_1OcODDQflHNo9vDTFJTuoY_vqyjLVsl3WJaQ5lLvuUOBqyNu4AEi-zw/s2048/Wiley+Candy+The_Atlanta_Constitution_Fri__Jun_3__1910_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1112" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVNXdvg8WKqPlwK3w1OQLrh-d7VDibUd8ef9Sa9_YeWRLWHf7ASp_T3WdKq9d-AgVe2nt3USQF6Glad3D6E0m_1OcODDQflHNo9vDTFJTuoY_vqyjLVsl3WJaQ5lLvuUOBqyNu4AEi-zw/s640/Wiley+Candy+The_Atlanta_Constitution_Fri__Jun_3__1910_.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Atlanta Constitution | June 3, 1910<br />Dainty Refreshments was my nickname in college</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thanks to the work of firefighters and a firewall, Metzger Mattress was spared destruction from the same 1922 fire that consumed Wiley’s Candy Factory. Due to the flammable nature of Metzger's contents (including 600 bales of cotton), if that building had caught fire, the whole block (at least) would likely have been lost.</span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Another fire broke out May 20, 1932, probably starting in a vacant house on Haynes. This time it was the building’s sprinkler system that saved Metzger from going up in flames. Eventually, though, the company’s assets were sold in 1940 after Metzger died.</span></p></span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-51e71ddc-7fff-5a68-8015-2f04edff058e"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Back on the east side of the area we have the Morrow Transfer Company.</span></p><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif1Fx6Eu0ts-ab9IWof3NV2pj0VadGzR6eb_dMsYYD1OrxhgUcRRLAiuHuFjleoZQm17cmlvGTKwRhzya1jorIA8AG2VdUbizBe53dfNE4HLl_fop8lx6DcYWYVnnkuhVLNkUpx5aWaUo/s2048/Morrow+Transfer+1911.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2032" data-original-width="2048" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif1Fx6Eu0ts-ab9IWof3NV2pj0VadGzR6eb_dMsYYD1OrxhgUcRRLAiuHuFjleoZQm17cmlvGTKwRhzya1jorIA8AG2VdUbizBe53dfNE4HLl_fop8lx6DcYWYVnnkuhVLNkUpx5aWaUo/w512-h508/Morrow+Transfer+1911.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-b7f06160-7fff-bb9c-6c86-458fdf673dcd"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Morrow Transfer was a hauling, excavating, moving, and storage company. Their main office was on Alabama Street, and their location here was their garage and stables (they used trucks and mules for hauling). The company was founded by James W. Morrow, a Monroe native and Confederate captain who served as Fulton County Sheriff in the 1890s.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga8XjEO4ddI_eyc8t-dCOOtMuneay2KAGlfYx18VtvwkM3WXjQWyDXu2YvoKAUeiTKTNBKz3nzVnZjOgiJ4h_HuU-OudKQ8hFwh_yOGNEUPzcSs-LTspy-2ajdnXfdgO5WN3n65EEAuvE/s2048/Morrow+Transfer_Atlanta_Constitution_Mon__Jun_9__1913_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1317" data-original-width="2048" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga8XjEO4ddI_eyc8t-dCOOtMuneay2KAGlfYx18VtvwkM3WXjQWyDXu2YvoKAUeiTKTNBKz3nzVnZjOgiJ4h_HuU-OudKQ8hFwh_yOGNEUPzcSs-LTspy-2ajdnXfdgO5WN3n65EEAuvE/w512-h330/Morrow+Transfer_Atlanta_Constitution_Mon__Jun_9__1913_.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Atlanta Constitution | June 9, 1913</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8VVsVFMRchX87NCEzGB6uxA38vVz1q9qXmSAZNw6t-sP5SXF3YSKRzaGz8lZOClRRsJ8V3-Fg3EI7l8PHuyYuTiuY4yH9uodE_ir-aib7_Gl4tbTdUuCg53j-qi5S5HcxhsR3dJvtM0c/s2048/Morrow+Transfer+The_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Mar_9__1919_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1240" data-original-width="2048" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8VVsVFMRchX87NCEzGB6uxA38vVz1q9qXmSAZNw6t-sP5SXF3YSKRzaGz8lZOClRRsJ8V3-Fg3EI7l8PHuyYuTiuY4yH9uodE_ir-aib7_Gl4tbTdUuCg53j-qi5S5HcxhsR3dJvtM0c/w512-h310/Morrow+Transfer+The_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Mar_9__1919_.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Atlanta Constitution | March 9, 1919<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMdJvfgRB6QvDBzz2A0Oi4i9_ZtVkqwW-YNWmwjUbzf0oFpYt5YSK2DZeLbJg8XltXhzu4sWSZjnErfo-5iDxpel6AHFfJik5qInOZdptEaJwMfuinX79Fo4t6BPhbQ_wdHGpZH4_V0Qg/s1067/Morrow+Transfer+Atl+Directory+1923.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="1067" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMdJvfgRB6QvDBzz2A0Oi4i9_ZtVkqwW-YNWmwjUbzf0oFpYt5YSK2DZeLbJg8XltXhzu4sWSZjnErfo-5iDxpel6AHFfJik5qInOZdptEaJwMfuinX79Fo4t6BPhbQ_wdHGpZH4_V0Qg/w512-h204/Morrow+Transfer+Atl+Directory+1923.JPG" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1923 City Directory</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-64d3a196-7fff-e3c0-0347-64490a76ba70"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">At Magnolia and Haynes, A. A. Wood & Sons was a machine shop and patent office founded by Albert A. Wood and his sons Albert P. and Edward. The Wood family came to Atlanta from New York in 1876. Albert A. died in 1915, and Albert P. took over as president of the business until he died in 1938. Edward died in 1922. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBEL2yMQ2L2-j0tTjGtfvyBgOpw-fQoygmTrcKmieIRfCm8Q_cHWk8kZkEzntj2A1kROJ8yrRAg7qn3eLifgdkyqEYpMB_Gaqi51-AFRYN4T-WhS0vKgIQi_BDAHXQaIzsFlzVlDihhnE/s1976/A+A+Wood+SAN+1911.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1976" data-original-width="1920" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBEL2yMQ2L2-j0tTjGtfvyBgOpw-fQoygmTrcKmieIRfCm8Q_cHWk8kZkEzntj2A1kROJ8yrRAg7qn3eLifgdkyqEYpMB_Gaqi51-AFRYN4T-WhS0vKgIQi_BDAHXQaIzsFlzVlDihhnE/w498-h512/A+A+Wood+SAN+1911.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSxi9f7Afd_RNkAVjmSbnYJVVH2ws7Sbf5r5lojOaW-Efj7ZnmyoUbp4AoFRGjBostZuL42W_3U12Xtwef5l4tStyJQipxUq9PaR4k3uWy0mUYgutBIoJkTkwKmynpdcAcmR7auf18-WI/s563/1919+a+a+wood.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="397" data-original-width="563" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSxi9f7Afd_RNkAVjmSbnYJVVH2ws7Sbf5r5lojOaW-Efj7ZnmyoUbp4AoFRGjBostZuL42W_3U12Xtwef5l4tStyJQipxUq9PaR4k3uWy0mUYgutBIoJkTkwKmynpdcAcmR7auf18-WI/w450-h318/1919+a+a+wood.JPG" width="450" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-04ff9097-7fff-8376-b72d-7e99b46f604d"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">In 1918, Mount Vernon Baptist, an African American congregation, purchased the Temple Baptist property. They initially formed in 1915 when three men approached Rev. E. D. Florence about opening a church in a storefront on Markham Street, just south of where we are. Florence had previously been holding church services in a tent on his property. Mount Vernon Baptist would be an important institution in the neighborhood for many years to come. Moving forward, African Americans would make up an increasing majority of the area's residential population.</span></p><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-oS359VGCUwbLqtTMR2ovrX3xOYN4Je0CUHNd26Q1sb9nhyGf6DTR0uRB-6Z8bhsU0mRGvJjtoi_NJinWYnh1RwWAk9YnbXx81cri1lOfWgFMsrB0hX1tPFaTO61FgFSyDgLSzvEKHrE/s400/1919+Mt+Vernon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="226" data-original-width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-oS359VGCUwbLqtTMR2ovrX3xOYN4Je0CUHNd26Q1sb9nhyGf6DTR0uRB-6Z8bhsU0mRGvJjtoi_NJinWYnh1RwWAk9YnbXx81cri1lOfWgFMsrB0hX1tPFaTO61FgFSyDgLSzvEKHrE/s0/1919+Mt+Vernon.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-1c2e1933-7fff-8caf-787c-16ba4bafca08"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Back to business, in 1927 the National Biscuit Company (aka Nabisco) bought out the Frank E. Block candy company and moved into the facilities. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPc4mBPDB6SkQR-YYCEVuntf6rBVbyzels2Eh_6Erk1Z4Ekj0pR83Ux_iToY9zwxT2_y_r3POtVfVvdCuOrolUyxPURVbjLb-iWO7JSBOIFxnGi3wPtH7bpP0_MayjPkmpwE_QZPr-erg/s2048/Nabisco+buys+Block+The_Atlanta_Constitution_Tue__May_3__1927_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1854" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPc4mBPDB6SkQR-YYCEVuntf6rBVbyzels2Eh_6Erk1Z4Ekj0pR83Ux_iToY9zwxT2_y_r3POtVfVvdCuOrolUyxPURVbjLb-iWO7JSBOIFxnGi3wPtH7bpP0_MayjPkmpwE_QZPr-erg/w463-h512/Nabisco+buys+Block+The_Atlanta_Constitution_Tue__May_3__1927_.jpg" width="463" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Atlanta Constitution | May 3, 1927<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-86035b64-7fff-c367-996d-4b7749ca96fe" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">They planned a $2 million renovation and expansion, which would have included buying adjacent land and duplicating one wing of their massive New York factory. That didn't end up happening, which we will get to later.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQNaSMyTN8YQNvsRqXdMbZcMztI7pHIMolPs4A5nVZBV0d0bqwAJR3xOA5Y6Q0dxESlU5K6tveOpNynABeBVjqOpSMzDC_DaJtsLmfpEZs_L9XX568U7O1uKe9e9P79MlNnJ1AbZjAK6M/s2048/Nabisco+execs+The_Atlanta_Constitution_Wed__May_18__1927_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1049" data-original-width="2048" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQNaSMyTN8YQNvsRqXdMbZcMztI7pHIMolPs4A5nVZBV0d0bqwAJR3xOA5Y6Q0dxESlU5K6tveOpNynABeBVjqOpSMzDC_DaJtsLmfpEZs_L9XX568U7O1uKe9e9P79MlNnJ1AbZjAK6M/w512-h262/Nabisco+execs+The_Atlanta_Constitution_Wed__May_18__1927_.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nabisco executives arriving at Atlanta's Terminal Station...or Dick Tracy villains<br />The Atlanta Constitution | May 18, 1927<br />Photo by George Cornett</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-15025c41-7fff-483a-05ff-354418848587"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The next two maps show the area in 1928 and 1931.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSayFnEy2M3JmjG2khyBTaOXS8kQ8MjAOIkeeLVGSCdZe-TVbqOhFu-iYn3338FfCoYjSvk868YdQo_oiVu4tu1zmTYHGUHXQ-XEp85f7l1yx7tyS6JFxEt03ddTZDfYLT3AhZjD3FYJI/s2048/1928.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1547" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSayFnEy2M3JmjG2khyBTaOXS8kQ8MjAOIkeeLVGSCdZe-TVbqOhFu-iYn3338FfCoYjSvk868YdQo_oiVu4tu1zmTYHGUHXQ-XEp85f7l1yx7tyS6JFxEt03ddTZDfYLT3AhZjD3FYJI/s640/1928.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1928 atlas<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZqSKWdT0fSNt9B-GDHIbc9_-AlAllVWRFr2NMCZS3m0GeyiHGMK2u6F8N2oAoTNGKYSGLtjB1NeHhJoixd75A4aQ4bmK2_Ii_RmS8l0tXU61vwRF6zQd702htaDW-BR5tYTBwtfypUsE/s2048/1931SAN.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1605" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZqSKWdT0fSNt9B-GDHIbc9_-AlAllVWRFr2NMCZS3m0GeyiHGMK2u6F8N2oAoTNGKYSGLtjB1NeHhJoixd75A4aQ4bmK2_Ii_RmS8l0tXU61vwRF6zQd702htaDW-BR5tYTBwtfypUsE/s640/1931SAN.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1931 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map (composite)<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8a40c091-7fff-54e9-ec01-5167f011b175"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Continuing our tour of the area’s businesses, we see that Frank Lake’s lumber company has moved again to the western portion of the block near where A. A. Wood & Sons used to be. </span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD9Rb9MxNmdJGEQDQ8Dn1TLaoUEHY-5csqvZ5R5Ouq7LUmc0N1qwELSPaPBBF1qOSQjgwpJ4XLcI5qS99O6to4WB996-Z52uCNedUAPQpaDoY5QSygp7JOJWmKTQnnDi3LQAFQgM1O9ak/s488/Frank+Lake+1931+SAN.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="488" data-original-width="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD9Rb9MxNmdJGEQDQ8Dn1TLaoUEHY-5csqvZ5R5Ouq7LUmc0N1qwELSPaPBBF1qOSQjgwpJ4XLcI5qS99O6to4WB996-Z52uCNedUAPQpaDoY5QSygp7JOJWmKTQnnDi3LQAFQgM1O9ak/s0/Frank+Lake+1931+SAN.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c0eb4b56-7fff-eee7-25c1-1419fed19448"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">We also have some new tenants in the commercial warehouses on Haynes Street (where McCord-Stewart and H. L. Singer were). They aren't listed on the maps, but the addresses help us figure out what was there.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">First, at 31 Haynes was the Florence Stove Company. Based out of Massachusetts, the company opened a branch in Atlanta in 1922 on Alabama Street. This location here looks like it was a warehouse and showroom for their oil ranges in operation around 1935.</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL71OtRMcWEE0WJXq1186vKM13bAbfSzPqeXeYYnthGEyDT7vqJNT5pTgIaGmYv6JKuPxIDFYBkB25wqaL5wmcI-7Muwx39T_cZZQ4gRe3xYXq23gg070-jYgiThcEE-KjYvdqlWcsUeM/s2048/Florence+Oil+Ranges+Haynes_Atlanta+Constitution+19350512.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1295" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL71OtRMcWEE0WJXq1186vKM13bAbfSzPqeXeYYnthGEyDT7vqJNT5pTgIaGmYv6JKuPxIDFYBkB25wqaL5wmcI-7Muwx39T_cZZQ4gRe3xYXq23gg070-jYgiThcEE-KjYvdqlWcsUeM/s640/Florence+Oil+Ranges+Haynes_Atlanta+Constitution+19350512.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Atlanta Constitution | May 12, 1935<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3dksxkMFIwnh9Zh3Hz8tzSD5kLW9e2mmmiCqiOyCC21dYW7fHr-l-ZdzzToFCjczb8oYrYrbBg0xai_2abPvic4ScK7-ISxYNLHkv6gtR68kMQo-uBFkYUX2q5oWK5jj3JEgC8YpHID8/s2722/Florence+Oil+Ranges+Haynes_Atlanta+Constitution+19350526.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2722" data-original-width="1155" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3dksxkMFIwnh9Zh3Hz8tzSD5kLW9e2mmmiCqiOyCC21dYW7fHr-l-ZdzzToFCjczb8oYrYrbBg0xai_2abPvic4ScK7-ISxYNLHkv6gtR68kMQo-uBFkYUX2q5oWK5jj3JEgC8YpHID8/s640/Florence+Oil+Ranges+Haynes_Atlanta+Constitution+19350526.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Atlanta Constitution | May 26, 1935<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-a2954ebb-7fff-e0cb-1c02-9dc4fe0ac1d1"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Next up, the M. & M. Warehouse Company was located at 29 Haynes. Founded by Henry W. Gullatt, the company was initially a commercial storage facility where businesses could store surplus goods. </span></p><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio-2sUvk99IVgVzOqb9k2kkrNA4kMg37HEiIyU4Tgpdo0928QxbrlEOYGq-BOe7Atxp3pxRxye58hKVZQjMN9qlnDY2Gq6LRBh9U-qjOplwaaVFDfwS3o_7bsWQPXBvoczDf3Zvwkl43U/s2537/MandM+ad_Atlanta_Constitution_Mon__Jul_2__1934_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1239" data-original-width="2537" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio-2sUvk99IVgVzOqb9k2kkrNA4kMg37HEiIyU4Tgpdo0928QxbrlEOYGq-BOe7Atxp3pxRxye58hKVZQjMN9qlnDY2Gq6LRBh9U-qjOplwaaVFDfwS3o_7bsWQPXBvoczDf3Zvwkl43U/w512-h250/MandM+ad_Atlanta_Constitution_Mon__Jul_2__1934_.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Atlanta Constitution | July 2, 1934<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-f1adf242-7fff-f0cf-4fd4-0ce1e3f7936b"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">One of the benefits of their services was refrigeration, and from what I can gather, they also sold chemicals used in refrigeration to businesses in need. This led to overall diversification, and by the late 1930s, Gullatt had dropped the M. & M. name in favor of his own and was apparently just selling various chemicals.</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxEyG99vAkipzShKFr86U-zvSCKdYUk2At_zoa5Sf7mytULBSPunYk_xq47zBmxkBBabTaXNlgf759G-uMq0imMwT-yGqpbnSDJPODxDEDt3Z1f3jH85KaesXdLvf7n3o4VrUI-FQoYPM/s2048/MandM+Gullatt_Atlanta_Constitution_Mon__Mar_11__1940_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1388" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxEyG99vAkipzShKFr86U-zvSCKdYUk2At_zoa5Sf7mytULBSPunYk_xq47zBmxkBBabTaXNlgf759G-uMq0imMwT-yGqpbnSDJPODxDEDt3Z1f3jH85KaesXdLvf7n3o4VrUI-FQoYPM/s640/MandM+Gullatt_Atlanta_Constitution_Mon__Mar_11__1940_.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Atlanta Constitution | March 11, 1940</td></tr></tbody></table>
</div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-3fd0b002-7fff-a28b-0151-4bd299020eb5"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">At 21 Haynes, Atlanta Paper Company (APACO) established the headquarters of its new Specialties Division in 1944. </span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt6MQz-_7XFvlWEs84IGqeWoDTkJ8a8TCqmS8OGBbg-yKbm4GAXHb7CQ4H2_s3mxYFpSQooRoWAul7rCnxzh6ArRUsH29PM4KPBHw_WEctX5bTE77-iiP-CZ3ovqMFSp41N6wfR4E9-yQ/s2048/APACO+ad_Atlanta+Constitution+19441002.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1342" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt6MQz-_7XFvlWEs84IGqeWoDTkJ8a8TCqmS8OGBbg-yKbm4GAXHb7CQ4H2_s3mxYFpSQooRoWAul7rCnxzh6ArRUsH29PM4KPBHw_WEctX5bTE77-iiP-CZ3ovqMFSp41N6wfR4E9-yQ/s640/APACO+ad_Atlanta+Constitution+19441002.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Atlanta Constitution | Oct. 2, 1944</td></tr></tbody></table>
</div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-ddd04a48-7fff-617a-1c91-787269f67a6b"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">APACO was established in 1868 as the Elsas May Paper Co. and reorganized in 1886 as Atlanta Paper Company. The new Specialties Division focused on large-scale sales to wholesalers and retailers, and its headquarters on Haynes featured a warehouse and display room.</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiADenqfUMc5nlGs6hr3zUOrTHhBKepm5pyoXX6p7r7flzDQADGV4-vxPJfJXQhgQysRkMXKa5PFe940Bsc5F-dX9dxnc_JhWbVx5gSemvJ1tAEs5Hkijq9x2IB23iv9bp0Fd7VSQnzgBM/s2048/APACO+Display+Room_Atlanta+Constitution+19440925.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1403" data-original-width="2048" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiADenqfUMc5nlGs6hr3zUOrTHhBKepm5pyoXX6p7r7flzDQADGV4-vxPJfJXQhgQysRkMXKa5PFe940Bsc5F-dX9dxnc_JhWbVx5gSemvJ1tAEs5Hkijq9x2IB23iv9bp0Fd7VSQnzgBM/w512-h350/APACO+Display+Room_Atlanta+Constitution+19440925.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">APACO Display Room<br />The Atlanta Constitution | Sept. 25, 1944</td></tr></tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJcOc2KRAUD4vDMBoD2-swjWV74qehXZj-9Lvjfr-_4eJsOhtRUHzP5FRa_RaKha-jh8AVEBFEndbCuTeXtRaYKKeWJDCZ2MLwuh4TC1Cek4lGX_AS4xSJdlRk0cETWwjb94cZk69B8hY/s2048/APACO+Display+Room_Atlanta+Constitution+19441106.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJcOc2KRAUD4vDMBoD2-swjWV74qehXZj-9Lvjfr-_4eJsOhtRUHzP5FRa_RaKha-jh8AVEBFEndbCuTeXtRaYKKeWJDCZ2MLwuh4TC1Cek4lGX_AS4xSJdlRk0cETWwjb94cZk69B8hY/w512-h400/APACO+Display+Room_Atlanta+Constitution+19441106.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="512" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">APACO Display Room<br />The Atlanta Constitution | Nov. 6, 1944</td></tr></tbody></table><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJcOc2KRAUD4vDMBoD2-swjWV74qehXZj-9Lvjfr-_4eJsOhtRUHzP5FRa_RaKha-jh8AVEBFEndbCuTeXtRaYKKeWJDCZ2MLwuh4TC1Cek4lGX_AS4xSJdlRk0cETWwjb94cZk69B8hY/s2048/APACO+Display+Room_Atlanta+Constitution+19441106.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></span></div></span></div></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-989a1450-7fff-29c0-428c-b8b235874b53"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Moving to the other side of the railroad tracks on Mangum, we see the Puritan Mills and Atlanta Flour & Grain Co.</span></span></div><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhljpkOnPy0kbrPH0avguis0PnVbMqVbBx4532A3GmwxMryHgZXbtH9cW2KLcyHkNY1ZOVfgEpiw4HH4xa9MSPSxa_zpC9J60M5ggoMefU1g6Oc6OMbArOnr0MAHaUB5zhl3lGm26TxTjM/s658/Puritan+Mills+1931SAN.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="658" data-original-width="394" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhljpkOnPy0kbrPH0avguis0PnVbMqVbBx4532A3GmwxMryHgZXbtH9cW2KLcyHkNY1ZOVfgEpiw4HH4xa9MSPSxa_zpC9J60M5ggoMefU1g6Oc6OMbArOnr0MAHaUB5zhl3lGm26TxTjM/w306-h512/Puritan+Mills+1931SAN.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGl-1uW7ujXAIJPiOmLJZ2GPKH0Gf4Q_nIy53rW929Tu5_Bgiic4i05sFMfwv2QGgO3Lae0uHh0U-uZDKyx3XBHP8JKMDa69jwe-IIGqcX2CMs0nIFJ9Y0ZRAptzk3PGUhSLxPguLXuEo/s2048/Puritan+Mills_Atlanta_Constitution_Sat__Oct_26__2013_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1256" data-original-width="2048" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGl-1uW7ujXAIJPiOmLJZ2GPKH0Gf4Q_nIy53rW929Tu5_Bgiic4i05sFMfwv2QGgO3Lae0uHh0U-uZDKyx3XBHP8JKMDa69jwe-IIGqcX2CMs0nIFJ9Y0ZRAptzk3PGUhSLxPguLXuEo/w512-h314/Puritan+Mills_Atlanta_Constitution_Sat__Oct_26__2013_.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Published Oct. 26, 2013 (photo undated)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f261ad0-7fff-1ba1-cfa8-1345159dfed9"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Both companies were founded in 1924 by Jewish immigrant Morris Abelman, who came to the U.S. from Russia in 1901. Puritan Mills manufactured animal feed like My-T-Pure Pig & Hog Ration.</span></p><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKHXILds5ERKV8MH1IrSVDa7laWzTvfU3h8_QvqU6jb5WdocH7WtP1xLCCg1ysMK4YJnfLMVoo53p4mq6v4MKlRPje4CoNfMTAcO8X16soHUNiCxfjY2YOZNPjrM9zW-QJEJLMrCpn-uk/s2048/Puritan+Mills+ad_Atlanta_Constitution_Mon__Jun_12__1939_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1770" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKHXILds5ERKV8MH1IrSVDa7laWzTvfU3h8_QvqU6jb5WdocH7WtP1xLCCg1ysMK4YJnfLMVoo53p4mq6v4MKlRPje4CoNfMTAcO8X16soHUNiCxfjY2YOZNPjrM9zW-QJEJLMrCpn-uk/w442-h512/Puritan+Mills+ad_Atlanta_Constitution_Mon__Jun_12__1939_.jpg" width="442" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Atlanta Constitution | June 12, 1939<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-16ae5e7b-7fff-a8ba-f929-09a51898551b"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">As you might have guessed, Atlanta Flour & Grain processed and distributed flour and grain, but what you might NOT have guessed is that they also distributed roofing materials.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn47CTbj187TOBKLmnFvMNVLKAr8pDCTPlwzNrCAepEg-mIMZTRSKDRStz-YoWJ4L-xE-fZvDJBUBw84Y3XIZ8OMom9TjNSaMCtQK_H3lYZbXf2gpv9No5bXGwNSx1ecoB8Ais4lrNIJ0/s2048/Atlanta+Flour+and+Grain+ad_Atlanta_Constitution_Mon__Sep_8__1924_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1186" data-original-width="2048" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn47CTbj187TOBKLmnFvMNVLKAr8pDCTPlwzNrCAepEg-mIMZTRSKDRStz-YoWJ4L-xE-fZvDJBUBw84Y3XIZ8OMom9TjNSaMCtQK_H3lYZbXf2gpv9No5bXGwNSx1ecoB8Ais4lrNIJ0/w512-h297/Atlanta+Flour+and+Grain+ad_Atlanta_Constitution_Mon__Sep_8__1924_.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Atlanta Constitution | Sept. 8, 1924<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bbaa22c0-7fff-23ef-f4bb-2c555bc98fd0"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">This ultimately led to various subsidiaries (all of which were based out of this building) including Industrial Roofings Inc., Home Insulation Company, and Georgia Roofing Supply Company.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_kN_twRDP52epR_Sll4FHNcpM-F_3oVFkD8t-6aSeYfulSAzipp4cO3ZY_1zT3I6JXoHIKnj5SVw0lKV1kuDheWZcWxyuGt6uI9jk0vYuOdGn-hWu40BmOGCxGn9c_FUIue4Xd5J2OI4/s2048/Atlanta+Flour+and+Grain+Co_Atlanta_Constitution_Sat__Sep_3__1932_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="2048" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_kN_twRDP52epR_Sll4FHNcpM-F_3oVFkD8t-6aSeYfulSAzipp4cO3ZY_1zT3I6JXoHIKnj5SVw0lKV1kuDheWZcWxyuGt6uI9jk0vYuOdGn-hWu40BmOGCxGn9c_FUIue4Xd5J2OI4/w512-h314/Atlanta+Flour+and+Grain+Co_Atlanta_Constitution_Sat__Sep_3__1932_.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Atlanta Constitution | Sept. 3, 1932<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">(If you noticed the discrepancies in the addresses in some of the images, it’s because street numbers in Atlanta changed in the 1920s. It’s a whole thing…)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c7c0a781-7fff-43a2-ccac-8fa2670f47bd"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Right next door to all this was the Tuno Packing Company, founded by I. J. Paradies and M. Rich (no relation to Rich’s department store as far as I can tell). Tuno began as distributors of peanut butter, jellies, and condiments but expanded to wholesale grocery and tobacco dealers. The company later changed its name to Paradies & Rich.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUQkFvSwbrBesM-D_YBjtJuxtWnT31oVPxam8E6f6-2gM6rZWorIWHQpfVCFwI-BTH8GeHpbhZkCV1Fj_PD5NUM8JvtCoqVTbZbnITENSMgvTuQWTB38pFAGi6PZWGptL-DwYvysU42EU/s2048/Paradies+Rich+Tuno_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Feb_20__1927_+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1675" data-original-width="2048" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUQkFvSwbrBesM-D_YBjtJuxtWnT31oVPxam8E6f6-2gM6rZWorIWHQpfVCFwI-BTH8GeHpbhZkCV1Fj_PD5NUM8JvtCoqVTbZbnITENSMgvTuQWTB38pFAGi6PZWGptL-DwYvysU42EU/w512-h418/Paradies+Rich+Tuno_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Feb_20__1927_+%25281%2529.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Atlanta Constitution | Feb. 20, 1927</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">By 1938, Nabisco had given up on the Frank E. Block property. Their planned $2 million renovation ended up being a new factory near Fort McPherson that opened in 1942. After Nabisco left the property, Davison’s department store used the building as a surplus warehouse and outlet (their big store was on Peachtree, which you can read about in the Westin Peachtree Plaza post on this very blog).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2b2d3113-7fff-5bb0-8526-e45c0f1f6ed3"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">In the aerial photograph below, we get a great view of the area in 1949.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQXT-sBrSDhIlKQMRGDem2D7KqCswa2Qx11ol6STE1W9ITMIdCln1SrixGcvNQa_B8fVZPuRwR9Plyi9xmk-TmLKMgfL9a9o55SyQ4rz5vOhgKlngyCa7YPFumPUt0gtYLuNanO_PzfK8/s2048/1949+all.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1545" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQXT-sBrSDhIlKQMRGDem2D7KqCswa2Qx11ol6STE1W9ITMIdCln1SrixGcvNQa_B8fVZPuRwR9Plyi9xmk-TmLKMgfL9a9o55SyQ4rz5vOhgKlngyCa7YPFumPUt0gtYLuNanO_PzfK8/s640/1949+all.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Planning Atlanta - A New City in the Making, 1949<br />Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Here we can clearly see the railroad embankment down the middle of the blocks and the tunnels that run underneath it for Foundry and Magnolia Streets.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-d0f18177-7fff-f69f-e3f7-a93dd34fc66a"></span>
</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ5D0ge0yh1X03ANmRAfu-NQY-HlWlvgS8p356Wpf5AGR7-Y2a9QGT7Uju1hUONvAmMoVLbC45lVrK_ZDInP596rb9XdT0sCB8M334P2sWivYYoV2E18RsopdiFfIB86MylPutYyrtSvU/s627/Tunnels+1949.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="627" height="491" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ5D0ge0yh1X03ANmRAfu-NQY-HlWlvgS8p356Wpf5AGR7-Y2a9QGT7Uju1hUONvAmMoVLbC45lVrK_ZDInP596rb9XdT0sCB8M334P2sWivYYoV2E18RsopdiFfIB86MylPutYyrtSvU/w502-h491/Tunnels+1949.JPG" width="502" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Then I'll dig a tunnel from my window to yours"</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">It's also worth noting Magnolia Street went under another tunnel on the east side of the area that was a major artery for west side residents to get to Downtown.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">We are also seeing a bunch of vacant lots showing up in the northern blocks. A big reason for this is that much (if not all) of the area was at this point zoned for industry. This meant that no new homes could be constructed, and if a home was left vacant it would be demolished. Landlords then wouldn’t invest too much capital into maintaining homes in the area as a result. This will come up again later...</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-f37f6db4-7fff-dbcd-ef67-a72367b6de54"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span>The AB&C Railroad was now the Atlantic Coast Line and sold vacation packages out of an office on Haynes.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMccLBSb2MxF8xAeX9pP69ZDVBHIFs2eZJ4BYxJ1XKuNrbSnD_4joWMR6Jpt-hq-JzaS_d2-Iw3PZ_8bypSF09ANdYASFPs4rdon9FvtxgmwnNAXAjqMWwYwJjtjPM5NzUJSixdgjub8/s2048/Atlantic+Coast+Line+RR_Atlanta+Constitution+19540615.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1293" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMccLBSb2MxF8xAeX9pP69ZDVBHIFs2eZJ4BYxJ1XKuNrbSnD_4joWMR6Jpt-hq-JzaS_d2-Iw3PZ_8bypSF09ANdYASFPs4rdon9FvtxgmwnNAXAjqMWwYwJjtjPM5NzUJSixdgjub8/w405-h640/Atlantic+Coast+Line+RR_Atlanta+Constitution+19540615.jpg" width="405" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Atlanta Constitution | June 15, 1954</td></tr></tbody></table><span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Over on the east side of the area, one lot has a new building replacing almost everything else on the block.</span></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFXn2VSdEQyvkQSAS6gB9hN73ohQh5UF9Wq_fD7wksvf1dcNqti8suZ2fkoZr3mZpxYKaH4_WOrZz0Yk76T43iCC9NwG53O11O2Ap22PSs-qdYFE_vs0whw-nO7OgL-e0zkCHmDo4xzeY/s609/Incinerator+1949+aerial.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="609" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFXn2VSdEQyvkQSAS6gB9hN73ohQh5UF9Wq_fD7wksvf1dcNqti8suZ2fkoZr3mZpxYKaH4_WOrZz0Yk76T43iCC9NwG53O11O2Ap22PSs-qdYFE_vs0whw-nO7OgL-e0zkCHmDo4xzeY/w390-h366/Incinerator+1949+aerial.JPG" width="390" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Note the tunnel over Magnolia at the top right leading to Downtown</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />In 1941 the city built its new garbage incinerator here. It cost $500,000 and was called “a thing of beauty and absorbing interest” by </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The Atlanta Constitution. </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">It stood at six stories with a 200-foot smoke stack.</span><span> </span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNMrqUta_sq3QdvuKqUztRtvKXioQ71PgUucPdNSVKnI-6yJ6icFn_krASVXGb4ppRJqfZTmdUwyUqlJqHVqPWVRXwpcjegEBotNokTaUAVuPn0R4qEmRjEUM2eau5gsrCalnJi5wPIHo/s498/Incinerator+AHC+Kenneth+Rogers.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNMrqUta_sq3QdvuKqUztRtvKXioQ71PgUucPdNSVKnI-6yJ6icFn_krASVXGb4ppRJqfZTmdUwyUqlJqHVqPWVRXwpcjegEBotNokTaUAVuPn0R4qEmRjEUM2eau5gsrCalnJi5wPIHo/s0/Incinerator+AHC+Kenneth+Rogers.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Kenneth Rogers, undated<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here’s how it worked: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">A bay of wide doors allowed garbage trucks to bring the refuse up to the building, where directly inside was a large pit 20 feet deep that the trucks would dump their waste into. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjYGAOg9MvAdpDK63_jQjzAb8yx21zMC4g8rbi2ddr8zj3LM6p-ArKN9aQRSm_et8_KTFgAARDr1i4lDLW4rI-NBNb06mZWtHqRWqrNJNBOSSsLdtUtm6xNckZHsnwhhyhTl1fN297jkM/s2048/Incinerator+pits_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Sep_14__1941_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1407" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjYGAOg9MvAdpDK63_jQjzAb8yx21zMC4g8rbi2ddr8zj3LM6p-ArKN9aQRSm_et8_KTFgAARDr1i4lDLW4rI-NBNb06mZWtHqRWqrNJNBOSSsLdtUtm6xNckZHsnwhhyhTl1fN297jkM/w352-h512/Incinerator+pits_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Sep_14__1941_.jpg" width="352" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bay doors with pit<br />The Atlanta Constitution | Sept. 14, 1941<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">From there, clamshell buckets would grab big chunks of the garbage and haul it up to the top floor, then drop it down chutes where it would make its way to moving grates that heated and dried the trash.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7_ockuMlZ4a7c301cY9Rt8x-_psJUPQaG9QoTD9qv9d60naJ3zw3MpgBEUVZjHhluQEftcl5WnPVjuvnDksiD7PinrA0Nlp6BywnNu9vHJX86tfrRwu6lwsHeDhyu21ID6G1ZYEpxvLs/s480/Incinerator+AHC+Kenneth+Rogers+-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7_ockuMlZ4a7c301cY9Rt8x-_psJUPQaG9QoTD9qv9d60naJ3zw3MpgBEUVZjHhluQEftcl5WnPVjuvnDksiD7PinrA0Nlp6BywnNu9vHJX86tfrRwu6lwsHeDhyu21ID6G1ZYEpxvLs/s0/Incinerator+AHC+Kenneth+Rogers+-2.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clamshell bucket hauling trash<br />Photo by Kenneth Rogers, undated<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><br />The trash then moved to large rotary kilns that spun it around while it burned, reducing it in volume by 80%. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiblmSpGkmfR2woy4QBe6pLMOj15O_1lfdumDTjU5hU7y1JZ4rGNxwpzRLbPRDURbbmrsnY0Uau8ZSlSmPH0-pywDw5YVZqb_ZDs3k3O6X1-PvW-OCYLJwc1hAlJuW8Garo2Ni1KZHigbU/s2048/Incinerator+Rotary+Kilns_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Sep_14__1941_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1310" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiblmSpGkmfR2woy4QBe6pLMOj15O_1lfdumDTjU5hU7y1JZ4rGNxwpzRLbPRDURbbmrsnY0Uau8ZSlSmPH0-pywDw5YVZqb_ZDs3k3O6X1-PvW-OCYLJwc1hAlJuW8Garo2Ni1KZHigbU/w327-h512/Incinerator+Rotary+Kilns_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Sep_14__1941_.jpg" width="327" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rotary kilns<br />The Atlanta Constitution | Sept. 14, 1941<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The remaining cinders then were dropped into water and shipped off to be recycled in asphalt. The steam produced by this process was then sold to Georgia Power, and the city used that revenue to pay off the incinerator’s construction.</span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">
</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHXPHIbItZeEB7FZ_lqtvm_GX72-bgg8e9iXjzZB-qbrNi6A-QJwvqebaDXBgkuMmOtAf6zyMe6XpJcF40p8sVplpMwyjLN4l7gCwe9NXUPEEHGXYuWVNsNINe9k-A1MtrjWi_AHFseUQ/s2048/Incinerator+Controls_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Sep_14__1941_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1467" data-original-width="2048" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHXPHIbItZeEB7FZ_lqtvm_GX72-bgg8e9iXjzZB-qbrNi6A-QJwvqebaDXBgkuMmOtAf6zyMe6XpJcF40p8sVplpMwyjLN4l7gCwe9NXUPEEHGXYuWVNsNINe9k-A1MtrjWi_AHFseUQ/w512-h366/Incinerator+Controls_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Sep_14__1941_.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Control room<br />The Atlanta Constitution | Sept. 14, 1941<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">During World War II, the city held a massive scrap metal drive to support the war effort. Scrap from around the city was collected in a gigantic pile at the incinerator.</span></p><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4v2LkYSdIfRPi1YCfovgTjBscjTGrbzqLZT5aRGz8VLt8ESQbYOVENb04hNCLl0TfEAKvesatPGwH2xrc3uRIWYeEIzOj5Udl8ZQTKHCVAFcE7SiLSNs1lo_E8UVrSuZl1D3se_LHb8o/s2642/Incinerator+War+Scrap_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Sep_20__1942_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1190" data-original-width="2642" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4v2LkYSdIfRPi1YCfovgTjBscjTGrbzqLZT5aRGz8VLt8ESQbYOVENb04hNCLl0TfEAKvesatPGwH2xrc3uRIWYeEIzOj5Udl8ZQTKHCVAFcE7SiLSNs1lo_E8UVrSuZl1D3se_LHb8o/w512-h230/Incinerator+War+Scrap_Atlanta_Constitution_Sun__Sep_20__1942_.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">World War II scrap pile<br />The Atlanta Constitution | Sept. 20, 1942</td></tr></tbody></table>
</div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-0ee3ad40-7fff-8e75-fe7b-52be4c85358c"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Later in 1949, work began on an expansion of the incinerator, doubling it in size with a second smokestack. In 1962, a second incinerator plant was under construction on Jackson Parkway in northwest Atlanta. At that time it was decided to name the new incinerator after Mayor William B. Hartsfield, while the old one here on Magnolia was named after Charles W. Mayson, the incinerator’s late superintendent.</span></p><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9qkBlwZNutDPnnm7kJqjK7rOwWk5bhfY6UP6JLB-pcvvWfYGMKf8U5ar1BJt6s1nV_I9Kl4ioapggVuV9ULMfxks4qdK_yRr9iCBMs0hiiJPyJTdFO50hHjHZGDk-egYmal79Cpk22Xs/s729/Incinerator+Tom+Coffin+19700216_02.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="729" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9qkBlwZNutDPnnm7kJqjK7rOwWk5bhfY6UP6JLB-pcvvWfYGMKf8U5ar1BJt6s1nV_I9Kl4ioapggVuV9ULMfxks4qdK_yRr9iCBMs0hiiJPyJTdFO50hHjHZGDk-egYmal79Cpk22Xs/w512-h361/Incinerator+Tom+Coffin+19700216_02.png" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Tom Coffin | February 16, 1970<br />Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-d31727e1-7fff-a73f-048d-9feb8bd1c1b1"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The Mayson Incinerator ran 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. While the plant was in operation, the stacks never stopped spewing noxious smoke into the neighborhood.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-57e6532c-7fff-5c2b-908a-4a732343cf5b"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Meanwhile, on the southern end of the block, infrastructure was about to get a major upgrade. With highway construction underway in the 1950s, surface streets were sometimes widened or otherwise retooled to accommodate traffic around town. The city wanted bigger, badder roads to get over the railroad gulch to the east of our blocks. The plan was to widen Hunter Street and elevate it with a viaduct, and then have a new Techwood Drive viaduct extend across the gulch from the northeast, intersecting Hunter and then continuing to Mitchell Street. Hunter and Mitchell would also get a bypass between them.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-5885d51b-7fff-a3f0-e487-e18f7ba62951"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">All this meant that the city needed to gobble up some of the existing property to make room for the new road construction. In 1955 Mount Vernon Baptist was informed it would have to move out of the old Temple Baptist property. </span></p><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6vrYgzwYqX_48zQTEuHzsGxm13jnDsUtTxtSOUFFaTqpE4szNvT-_sreUpc8a8IzccOD0JQT-tCU0tobh3dCeF6P-Vf23PZsgbSwa6YijtABTiPW1tms2yky1Mtku7hdmZTkUBq1nSBI/s730/Temple+Baptist+1955+Lane+Bros.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="565" data-original-width="730" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6vrYgzwYqX_48zQTEuHzsGxm13jnDsUtTxtSOUFFaTqpE4szNvT-_sreUpc8a8IzccOD0JQT-tCU0tobh3dCeF6P-Vf23PZsgbSwa6YijtABTiPW1tms2yky1Mtku7hdmZTkUBq1nSBI/w512-h396/Temple+Baptist+1955+Lane+Bros.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking north on Mangum toward Mitchell and Hunter, 1955<br />Lane Bros Commercial Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table>
</div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-24409894-7fff-1201-a76d-3ccd4f54db08"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Mount Vernon vacated their property in 1960, but a new church hadn't been built yet. Ground was broken for a new church in 1961, but until it was finished the congregation used St. Stephens Missionary Baptist Church's facilities. The new Mount Vernon Baptist Church was completed a couple blocks west on Hunter Street in 1963 (still in our area).</span></p><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMfO9yolh6GDSNDzYHi12inyfw18HSbd0TadfXS8Spp2vJznJQ_myFrFxzw_rZ5H2EQ3Oaad4LtbzlasnmY2uk3rLavFDGcCsGNLdAy9FzVGTGkpiWxe7KSadQ5qE6QYgpt6SqNJ4FZwY/s2048/Mt+Vernon_Atlanta_Constitution_Thu__Nov_1__1984_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1431" data-original-width="2048" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMfO9yolh6GDSNDzYHi12inyfw18HSbd0TadfXS8Spp2vJznJQ_myFrFxzw_rZ5H2EQ3Oaad4LtbzlasnmY2uk3rLavFDGcCsGNLdAy9FzVGTGkpiWxe7KSadQ5qE6QYgpt6SqNJ4FZwY/w512-h358/Mt+Vernon_Atlanta_Constitution_Thu__Nov_1__1984_.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mount Vernon Baptist Church on Hunter Street<br />The Atlanta Constitution | Nov. 1, 1984</td></tr></tbody></table>
</div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-753c3875-7fff-c4ba-086c-83fd68edb76f"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The road construction was delayed for various reasons but was finally completed around 1962. In the following photo looking east toward Downtown, you can see the big new intersection of Techwood (running left to right) and Hunter (running toward the bottom).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcVUOpNV97NubGpCAVxu7ZiVOKvfAr_zvNqsAMR5JVUuhYHw18V3p8Ri3rJ-cAYFihMLq-f8kERoCIi_61UzkEJ3Pr6w9MkJnqUsilZvTo7VNZdU957tHX0KDvyMjFmbscuKMPeoJwlg0/s512/Aerial+1964+Floyd+Jillson+AHC.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcVUOpNV97NubGpCAVxu7ZiVOKvfAr_zvNqsAMR5JVUuhYHw18V3p8Ri3rJ-cAYFihMLq-f8kERoCIi_61UzkEJ3Pr6w9MkJnqUsilZvTo7VNZdU957tHX0KDvyMjFmbscuKMPeoJwlg0/s0/Aerial+1964+Floyd+Jillson+AHC.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Floyd Jillson, 1964<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The bottom third or so of this photo is our area. The bottom right corner is the area where the old Temple Baptist/Mt. Vernon Baptist was recently demolished. Just to the left of the big intersection is the Frank Block/Nabisco/Davison's building. A bit to the left of that is the Mayson Incinerator. Just below all that is the railroad with its various warehouses.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Speaking of Davison's, </span><span>the last reference I could find to them being in that building was in 1956. In 1960, the Duke Tire Company set up their new location in the building. Duke Tire had stores all around town, but those were smaller retail shops. This building was their tire recapping plant.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTkxlpgm-wlSojhfZGjnpmK213Nu9UjTGTZ_61R732jPSsU0sYCPR8eWsRK4jj7EFZOLxmNK8Lw4B4N-opo-wFVBT5Zqn08UNV_iokZ8TFOtUzCgJKT1tTInR-xBLO1IAE_FYYEhiZdQ4/s2048/Duke+Tire+Grand+Opening_Atlanta_Constitution_Mon__Jan_18__1960_1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1298" data-original-width="2048" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTkxlpgm-wlSojhfZGjnpmK213Nu9UjTGTZ_61R732jPSsU0sYCPR8eWsRK4jj7EFZOLxmNK8Lw4B4N-opo-wFVBT5Zqn08UNV_iokZ8TFOtUzCgJKT1tTInR-xBLO1IAE_FYYEhiZdQ4/w512-h325/Duke+Tire+Grand+Opening_Atlanta_Constitution_Mon__Jan_18__1960_1.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Atlanta Constitution | Jan. 18, 1960</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF35zH390p-Wt30PcL380HR3XOxF8HQ10LUFvn9Kw1X6PhjqlFGw1sysr80ehjPvPB-nfL3Tkp8ftG1PN7f2TOmXqJ5pXMYXU1q6w7vzTjWX7HWkcbWssy1hKV1ZUjvfrFLM9YBYovAxQ/s2048/Duke+Tire+Grand+Opening_Atlanta_Constitution_Mon__Jan_18__1960_2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1552" data-original-width="2048" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF35zH390p-Wt30PcL380HR3XOxF8HQ10LUFvn9Kw1X6PhjqlFGw1sysr80ehjPvPB-nfL3Tkp8ftG1PN7f2TOmXqJ5pXMYXU1q6w7vzTjWX7HWkcbWssy1hKV1ZUjvfrFLM9YBYovAxQ/w512-h388/Duke+Tire+Grand+Opening_Atlanta_Constitution_Mon__Jan_18__1960_2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="512" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">G. T. Duke (right) showing off one of his tires at the new factory's grand opening<br />The Atlanta Constitution | Jan. 18, 1960<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Duke Tire wasn’t in the building for too long, however, and by 1969 it was abandoned. That December, it was gutted in a six-alarm fire. The fire started in two places leading investigators to believe that it may have been intentionally set.</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUUXbEbHVnQv9KkKtn8zEModbK_PjCVS3dPtlbrJgo0xfsDZjWcWmlw_XpLJEL6RlU0QqWw-BfKKqlZF9Y8jbIH4tOEOLu9jRc53rfBT-XzocVNcu0hFkosFuhhRzeuPp77ObeA3oKahc/s2552/Duke+Tire+Fire+Nabisco_Atlanta_Constitution_Tue__Dec_30__1969_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1232" data-original-width="2552" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUUXbEbHVnQv9KkKtn8zEModbK_PjCVS3dPtlbrJgo0xfsDZjWcWmlw_XpLJEL6RlU0QqWw-BfKKqlZF9Y8jbIH4tOEOLu9jRc53rfBT-XzocVNcu0hFkosFuhhRzeuPp77ObeA3oKahc/w512-h247/Duke+Tire+Fire+Nabisco_Atlanta_Constitution_Tue__Dec_30__1969_.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Atlanta Constitution | Dec. 30, 1969</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-eee21d37-7fff-b194-dbde-01d0f4b6820b"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I found two WSB news videos showing the fire and its aftermath. The first video shows the burning building and spectators watching from the Techwood viaduct.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw2XdxVmOuRqF21GSbfRQXhiuw1ymaVRJsPRSSZXEqcxWHNwNunMZQilIhaOYZAvhGJdd9QxY5-MV0RhrQVxA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The second video shows the aftermath of the fire and the charred remains of the old building.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cb2f2aa0-7fff-c40a-44b7-b45188ccda24"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-25020c44-7fff-08a7-4014-a7813e7a2067"></span></div>
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwigseKLN4JLeIJFuRwuovd2Id5k_kNEmpxwGgMESawfYb8IgpdiPy__T1KbUAIrHD8XMD0IIY99iqtTHp17g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Both videos are courtesy of the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection at The University of Georgia Libraries.</div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">In this photo of the Mayson Incinerator's lovely backside, you can see the ruins of the old Nabisco building in the background.</span></div><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG9I4bq05F6dgnCb9JQRX4nCLlVgZyzG6idRtewt7Da-H6lC5IwNOJosDg4dr0dLkjmKymO3UeOVhGjzxWJliwQAl3bxWHjjpz59FRyQ0yxV07Z_f0o7DfH1MgSYGwT1OU3Vhyy8IFkxc/s729/Incinerator+Tom+Coffin+19700216_06.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="729" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG9I4bq05F6dgnCb9JQRX4nCLlVgZyzG6idRtewt7Da-H6lC5IwNOJosDg4dr0dLkjmKymO3UeOVhGjzxWJliwQAl3bxWHjjpz59FRyQ0yxV07Z_f0o7DfH1MgSYGwT1OU3Vhyy8IFkxc/w400-h286/Incinerator+Tom+Coffin+19700216_06.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Tom Coffin | Feb. 16, 1970<br />Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;">And here's an aerial view of the damage.</div><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHHWIHVdWSrgk_sGYcq45y7bvEZkncXjgEBL_TpJuwgusmI353yRlrAFBaDQcszaHAUlvXhTNILC7t72rQER1ouCkJoF0mzoPY2ig6bgSWJb3eudn2LdEGR03iY5NoXSr4vISLrApMeg0/s720/Duke+Tire+burned+out+Floyd+Jillson+1971+AHC+2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="576" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHHWIHVdWSrgk_sGYcq45y7bvEZkncXjgEBL_TpJuwgusmI353yRlrAFBaDQcszaHAUlvXhTNILC7t72rQER1ouCkJoF0mzoPY2ig6bgSWJb3eudn2LdEGR03iY5NoXSr4vISLrApMeg0/w512-h640/Duke+Tire+burned+out+Floyd+Jillson+1971+AHC+2.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Floyd Jillson, 1971<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Let’s shift focus back to housing for a bit. In 1968, a photographer named Herbert Lee went around the city and captured photos of some of the conditions the poorest residents endured. He came to the area around Mangum and Magnolia and captured the following shots of housing conditions on Mangum. The photos were taken from the railroad embankment facing east.</span>
</div><div><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2o5YpBs3ztN2Ed-6_uJzYxOcsBbAvTp5WvHZ29TCxZh0Ch6_JcJLoZibJB6wKc1lvp18GRkEiPX0crYdoQxtcXFjgtmhyYEdGfhndrwN8A5dVPASq5VLu0yaLBcPa3H5QFiXFJ4Fu8_Q/s498/Central_City_Conditions+Herbert+Lee+1968_02.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2o5YpBs3ztN2Ed-6_uJzYxOcsBbAvTp5WvHZ29TCxZh0Ch6_JcJLoZibJB6wKc1lvp18GRkEiPX0crYdoQxtcXFjgtmhyYEdGfhndrwN8A5dVPASq5VLu0yaLBcPa3H5QFiXFJ4Fu8_Q/s0/Central_City_Conditions+Herbert+Lee+1968_02.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Herbert Lee, 1968<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSCGdGUeEPscKEuTyjNwiu1mPGj8dmZwsqWXdhmdwpKvp0ZW35SayNEkQWQjUZtYWL6BkgxzoPLNe4-XA5a5D7y1jCshsqazDYrwu9VGlF_ln7sX-qQ3HATHGRhewMllP2JdXGWhnVeU/s498/Central_City_Conditions+Herbert+Lee+1968_03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSCGdGUeEPscKEuTyjNwiu1mPGj8dmZwsqWXdhmdwpKvp0ZW35SayNEkQWQjUZtYWL6BkgxzoPLNe4-XA5a5D7y1jCshsqazDYrwu9VGlF_ln7sX-qQ3HATHGRhewMllP2JdXGWhnVeU/s0/Central_City_Conditions+Herbert+Lee+1968_03.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Herbert Lee, 1968<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table>
</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVKBDQLengBH_QAbuGQlKs-lhK8yUrHko6U-xzfApQU-iaecOTXh00aONJ_afg10MNxeYQHYH99fgdQkOvnj_PD4-Y5ckxKyEp0_WKLlJNPAu-8Zb8Cu2S6HJ3rMiRlUIVNtnApefv-Oo/s498/Central_City_Conditions+Herbert+Lee+1968_04.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVKBDQLengBH_QAbuGQlKs-lhK8yUrHko6U-xzfApQU-iaecOTXh00aONJ_afg10MNxeYQHYH99fgdQkOvnj_PD4-Y5ckxKyEp0_WKLlJNPAu-8Zb8Cu2S6HJ3rMiRlUIVNtnApefv-Oo/s0/Central_City_Conditions+Herbert+Lee+1968_04.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Herbert Lee, 1968<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><span id="docs-internal-guid-b4a74926-7fff-10d6-a4cd-f58a1c77544c"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">As you can see, conditions here had gotten pretty bad. Many of the residents in the area were renters, with landlords doing little or nothing to improve housing conditions for their tenants.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">In January of 1966, white resident Hector Black, an anti-poverty activist and founder of the Vine City Council, began distributing blankets to residents of an apartment building on Markham Street (just south of our area, one street south of Mitchell), who were living without heat. When he returned the next day to help the residents organize a meeting to discuss their housing conditions, </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: line-through; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;">landlord</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> slumlord Joe Shaffer, who owned several properties in the area, had him arrested for trespassing. Hector Black and others argued that it was often the tenants who were reprimanded for poor housing conditions, while landlords were not held accountable for their properties and continued charging rent.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Later that week, residents alarmed by recent evictions organized a rent strike and petitioned Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. to ensure that housing conditions improved. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. arrived to tour the area amid protests of Black’s arrest, and declared it the “worst slum” he’d ever seen. Mayor Allen didn't condone the rent strike but pledged to provide assistance to the tenants. Shortly thereafter, a building inspector declared the homes uninhabitable and the Atlanta Housing Authority promised to find better homes for the tenants. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Since no new housing could be built in this area due to the industrial zoning restrictions, this just meant more empty lots and abandoned businesses. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">This former storefront on the corner of Magnolia and Mangum was inhabited by the Church of God of the Prophecy as of 1970.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgocsVwPlVRftqG6T9PEbPNVaMx2YRK_0rrartc5zGXc4VPOb9v8wpNg0fkIqgSszs3m1ozSlZDJCvf4QOYB8xKYOoCrAoImMM4tXBjpl7xPNE2J3IOji9OwsnWSu-CB5GhIA-A3E4aOZg/s730/Storefront+Church+Magnolia+Tom+Coffin+19700214.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="730" height="357" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgocsVwPlVRftqG6T9PEbPNVaMx2YRK_0rrartc5zGXc4VPOb9v8wpNg0fkIqgSszs3m1ozSlZDJCvf4QOYB8xKYOoCrAoImMM4tXBjpl7xPNE2J3IOji9OwsnWSu-CB5GhIA-A3E4aOZg/w512-h357/Storefront+Church+Magnolia+Tom+Coffin+19700214.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Tom Coffin | Feb. 14, 1970<br />Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />The remainder of the lot is increasingly vacant. In the photo below, the row of homes behind the little church is the same row featured in Herbert Lee’s photos above. The houses to the storefront church's right in the first photo below from 1968 are gone in the following 1970 photo.</div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVp8yHRlKOj8s7JX6QHIzP3BJeWeidDomJvL9JCL2NQNjT2eVQJaLqHrVzcF1z-J8ATCi1In68lMk6PScBpScasMpJVZMI4Jt5vW5koZ1ve2D7mKZNoakQgGQtffz8NYNBQpKnc3QlwwU/s498/Central_City_Conditions+Herbert+Lee+1968.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVp8yHRlKOj8s7JX6QHIzP3BJeWeidDomJvL9JCL2NQNjT2eVQJaLqHrVzcF1z-J8ATCi1In68lMk6PScBpScasMpJVZMI4Jt5vW5koZ1ve2D7mKZNoakQgGQtffz8NYNBQpKnc3QlwwU/s0/Central_City_Conditions+Herbert+Lee+1968.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Herbert Lee, 1968<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="516" data-original-width="729" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSFr8CQv6VbyyIiisBxPDpqQSBiD_Yefif0ozTWnbtuvD9bgQHKqHcX02cN5kwtZJvV_TS2wi_jO59omB85_85RDOHgXzgI1dn73jtYiliO0fSGQOxDxVB8aV9jupBpRvgMRC7jgwXbVs/w512-h362/Storefront+Church+Magnolia+Tom+Coffin+19700214.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="512" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Tom Coffin | Feb. 14, 1970<br />Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2170d9af-7fff-1876-838b-f1efc58498c4"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">While housing conditions deteriorated, the Mayson Incinerator was burning garbage non-stop. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHsLKHQydZfmSAtAGfPE2RtGsG5DC-PihMhgbbjwTfPBwwps9fWqQ-UEEPPifdlV0tPZaJGpMgn_RtKHxO1byf4BvSJeaMeyUIrGXOnU2kr_Z6ErKxchsKdSzsH0_lPBTM7dU_f1ExAH8/s480/Incinerator+1969+Joe+McTyre+AHC.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="477" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHsLKHQydZfmSAtAGfPE2RtGsG5DC-PihMhgbbjwTfPBwwps9fWqQ-UEEPPifdlV0tPZaJGpMgn_RtKHxO1byf4BvSJeaMeyUIrGXOnU2kr_Z6ErKxchsKdSzsH0_lPBTM7dU_f1ExAH8/w398-h400/Incinerator+1969+Joe+McTyre+AHC.jpg" width="398" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Joe McTyre, 1969<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p></span></div></span></div></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCsfxvUmJVm1s05Zgf8ak-vJGIE408OZ99dANc-qgrOpQ_EwNR9V-MKfvPSyMIkeBpnl_tUxHP3vOs5QCGGSfKu5AenVXbgGcFWZckT9ykb4PAJoK8lFqzwzeUKMU2-45vPhzEsnGjGjs/s1115/Incinerator+Tom+Coffin+19700216_04.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1115" data-original-width="729" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCsfxvUmJVm1s05Zgf8ak-vJGIE408OZ99dANc-qgrOpQ_EwNR9V-MKfvPSyMIkeBpnl_tUxHP3vOs5QCGGSfKu5AenVXbgGcFWZckT9ykb4PAJoK8lFqzwzeUKMU2-45vPhzEsnGjGjs/s640/Incinerator+Tom+Coffin+19700216_04.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Tom Coffin | Feb. 16, 1970
Georgia State University Library
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjurQUj0Etz2zlsKKWkZzADRXV_8dFxDLp8fj3IGYSgMy1StMAhQYf7YFeE6frfnUjtzHh2qnq6K3Nvwy3SEyQdXsLFSJNHpAa1I_S9yIORWUmHnD9RBbUULZnXKKsBT2QqZLvhsDu5Ul8/s1127/Incinerator+Tom+Coffin+19700216_05.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1127" data-original-width="730" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjurQUj0Etz2zlsKKWkZzADRXV_8dFxDLp8fj3IGYSgMy1StMAhQYf7YFeE6frfnUjtzHh2qnq6K3Nvwy3SEyQdXsLFSJNHpAa1I_S9yIORWUmHnD9RBbUULZnXKKsBT2QqZLvhsDu5Ul8/s640/Incinerator+Tom+Coffin+19700216_05.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Tom Coffin | Feb. 16, 1970<br />Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Atlanta Constitution </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">called “a thing of beauty and absorbing interest” when it opened in 1941 was now almost universally derided by Atlanta’s citizens. Unlovingly called “Old Smoky,” it eventually faced environmental regulations that would require either updating it or closing it. It was ultimately phased out over the course of about a year, closing in 1972.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-d469f285-7fff-9c52-e9ec-9cb403f74a33"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Mayor Sam Massell touted its closure in his reelection campaign the following year (he lost to Maynard Jackson, though).</span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjILshXPTsvECtfQWxbVQPrSxEC-tmbCMbn3oqCeeCukbqPuK5z1CO0OFJhgaffCk2M9jkS02eGET-ZbGGvdK6xjyXbOszZATmUU61ibXOJlCVMVS7gk96ffseVUo_ybnnR_EycZd5IZ94/s2048/Incinerator+Massell_Atlanta_Constitution_Wed__Sep_19__1973_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2020" data-original-width="2048" height="505" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjILshXPTsvECtfQWxbVQPrSxEC-tmbCMbn3oqCeeCukbqPuK5z1CO0OFJhgaffCk2M9jkS02eGET-ZbGGvdK6xjyXbOszZATmUU61ibXOJlCVMVS7gk96ffseVUo_ybnnR_EycZd5IZ94/w512-h505/Incinerator+Massell_Atlanta_Constitution_Wed__Sep_19__1973_.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Atlanta Constitution | Sept. 19, 1973</td></tr></tbody></table>
</div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The two aerial photographs below show some of the changes on the block since 1960. You can see the new Hunter/Techwood viaduct in the bottom right. Just north of that is the Nabisco building (burned out in the 1972 image). West of the viaduct south of Hunter a lot of the buildings including the old Temple Baptist/Mount Vernon Baptist Church are gone in 1972. You can also see on the top right how much of that block is now vacant. It's hard to tell, but it looks like that includes the little storefront we just saw in the 1970 photos from earlier.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwVPP3tG035AprKultcdqSnRM-hk2W-6j_Eml4cOzX_nd8uYdfoDp6hTcDkDmk7T-Q0zBxACxy7pAmhIf8TxeGzS69e8rDn7Bc4Y3-sB-ZciPqjl4RYVeCOb9JAa18eQD_NNXTWZsQRyE/s711/1960+aerial.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="711" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwVPP3tG035AprKultcdqSnRM-hk2W-6j_Eml4cOzX_nd8uYdfoDp6hTcDkDmk7T-Q0zBxACxy7pAmhIf8TxeGzS69e8rDn7Bc4Y3-sB-ZciPqjl4RYVeCOb9JAa18eQD_NNXTWZsQRyE/w400-h264/1960+aerial.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Composite<br />Georgia Aerial Photographs Database | Digital Library of Georgia</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div></span></span></div></div><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-688a8fa4-7fff-11be-1cdd-85a43018008d"></span></div></div></div></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">By 1977, all of the remaining homes on that northeast block had been razed and replaced by some industrial structures (bottom right portion of the photo below). Just to the right out of frame is the Mayson Incinerator. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-yVXC-iA20IWW_wywKFt5FmM05uZWnqbVkMkZ8TOtJ6RJGeDFCPTsNHoc9M_76zEUFOIrhQPfWg6mY4K8pP136gpBPimDhOR77ZX-JTqEC-28P3geqOYcCIwEmxgR_ugg7ZVMi4owzNo/s720/Aerial+1977+Floyd+Jillson+AHC.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-yVXC-iA20IWW_wywKFt5FmM05uZWnqbVkMkZ8TOtJ6RJGeDFCPTsNHoc9M_76zEUFOIrhQPfWg6mY4K8pP136gpBPimDhOR77ZX-JTqEC-28P3geqOYcCIwEmxgR_ugg7ZVMi4owzNo/w400-h320/Aerial+1977+Floyd+Jillson+AHC.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Floyd Jillson, 1977<br />Atlanta History Center | Kenan Research Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The big building in the middle of that photo is Phase I of the Georgia World Congress Center, which opened in 1976. In the coming years, expansions of the GWCC will creep into our area.</div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">In 1976, Hunter Street was renamed Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. The ceremony was held on the viaduct at the intersection with Techwood. Mayor Maynard Jackson and Coretta Scott King were in attendance as the new street sign was unveiled.</span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1691" data-original-width="1299" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzFMC-MtFU0OyGSI-F3EuZUJUkpKzJHm4R_zwJ9le2wYxtbmYNznKXPYvm4u2OKSUdAHK-LtZIDuGI_bzqBpmkTVjRHuqYTdObm0D7Js53379Jk6ZhS47s7fEl9Ic9IN-DKu_CGOlDOg8/w493-h640/MLK+Named.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="493" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Bud Skinner | June 3, 1976<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-a1965735-7fff-dfc2-08db-5e1c301993c5"><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">That same year, local architect and city planner Andre Steiner proposed a large-scale development in the area he called the Atlanta International Center. </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Brief aside: Andre Steiner lived a fascinating life. When you get a minute, I recommend <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Steiner" target="_blank">reading up on him</a>.)</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">With the first phase of the Georgia World Congress Center opening nearby (with a new expansion headed our way soon) and the Omni Coliseum having opened in 1972, Steiner felt that this area was a good location for a mixed-use hub of hotels, shopping, and dining. Sweetening the pot for him was that Coastline Railroad (AB&C ultimately became Coastline) owned so much of the land in the area, making it easier to buy the necessary property. He had specific ideas for some tracts and saw potential for further development on the western side of the area. You can see his plan below. Numbers 2, 5, and 8 are the eastern side of our area (8 is where the old Nabsico plant was that burned down; 5 is the Incinerator).</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div></span></span></span></div></span>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLUy-9GhyphenhyphenMvt3BIhUymT2iSPWUtoJPkeMGO_LbX714OJEKrVc0JadziEPim_fgQy0SVjdfU_2uGVlZi8CDBU4e4MnDpX1pBmTNi2X870-GaGdJJr86bSv7Dh5DhBpaqw8sJfQH99P0zXg/s2048/International+proposal+map_Atlanta_Constitution_Mon__Jul_5__1976_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1535" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLUy-9GhyphenhyphenMvt3BIhUymT2iSPWUtoJPkeMGO_LbX714OJEKrVc0JadziEPim_fgQy0SVjdfU_2uGVlZi8CDBU4e4MnDpX1pBmTNi2X870-GaGdJJr86bSv7Dh5DhBpaqw8sJfQH99P0zXg/w480-h640/International+proposal+map_Atlanta_Constitution_Mon__Jul_5__1976_.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Andre Steiner is excited about his plan<br />The Atlanta Constitution | July 5, 1976</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-54d7f3cf-7fff-451e-2164-36ee332ab9a2"><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This plan never came to fruition, but it wouldn’t be long before huge development plans did stick to this area. </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;">In 1985, Phase II of the Georgia World Congress Center was completed to the north, the southern tip of which consumed our northeast block (where the storefront church was).</div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;">In the photo below, the big building to the left with the octagonal section is the new GWCC Phase II. Most of it extends north outside of our area, but the specific portion with that octagon makes up our northeast block.</div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU0WjliCIpVjB1xs9Lz691R-aNgPGgX4eFO6QUqXqSpXW0PBqX2kKCEw-GxTX2FUCfs0CXOe9AtSw9Uw2YshyGF10StM-oiMBM6DPKLlSnmWd-8Avq4Nk9xPyBj4qM6sZeTQUW0LBUl9A/s2048/GWCC+Joey+Ivansco+19890106+AJC+GSU.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1315" data-original-width="2048" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU0WjliCIpVjB1xs9Lz691R-aNgPGgX4eFO6QUqXqSpXW0PBqX2kKCEw-GxTX2FUCfs0CXOe9AtSw9Uw2YshyGF10StM-oiMBM6DPKLlSnmWd-8Avq4Nk9xPyBj4qM6sZeTQUW0LBUl9A/w400-h256/GWCC+Joey+Ivansco+19890106+AJC+GSU.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Joey Ivansco | Jan. 6, 1989<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Pretty much as soon as it opened, the GWCC expansion was almost fully booked 10 years out, and another new expansion was planned. Part of that pending expansion included a new parking deck, the location of which was right on top of our friend Old Smoky. On May 28, 1987, the Mayson Incinerator--which had been closed for 15 years!--was finally demolished.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0F3Pg_10cf9S9v1n73gU9uRJrXQgB1npAewfZc0SY716-yXdapfgGD-FWs2Ap3kNotUbYr-2FbWlI2TIHNFPeVsnDNkW4hPPFI9yrfcOqKDqJI8_hIneo-7ak8TWLtHVd181QrwxZKFc/s730/Incinerator+Demolition+19870528_01.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="652" data-original-width="730" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0F3Pg_10cf9S9v1n73gU9uRJrXQgB1npAewfZc0SY716-yXdapfgGD-FWs2Ap3kNotUbYr-2FbWlI2TIHNFPeVsnDNkW4hPPFI9yrfcOqKDqJI8_hIneo-7ak8TWLtHVd181QrwxZKFc/w400-h358/Incinerator+Demolition+19870528_01.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Dwight Ross<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8mafpao3HFMMr0GyDZmcCgMfMVpP9ZERDoTCR-XpX8scEVhmWpMFooI1DC5DOfhWpGubQ5AND7coKjCJnro3vIYMccUIUzW3AS2jPsSjlsFUnarrHjR4aOApcRyBmIPq0O-4BXv29JjY/s730/Incinerator+Demolition+19870528_03.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="644" data-original-width="730" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8mafpao3HFMMr0GyDZmcCgMfMVpP9ZERDoTCR-XpX8scEVhmWpMFooI1DC5DOfhWpGubQ5AND7coKjCJnro3vIYMccUIUzW3AS2jPsSjlsFUnarrHjR4aOApcRyBmIPq0O-4BXv29JjY/w400-h353/Incinerator+Demolition+19870528_03.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Dwight Ross<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG-RdorVHp4aPS5Th4iY9vWxIF-ylz3IoxuMUUfAdrzpj_22td_VTCUD7bXm7nvixL-e3XPLx6Nv23byWFw3efW_cQZwKDxORwuVw9fcAKyTcHwTQxd_BFqbZfgRS_ylUXZzIgjf0HGuY/s1100/Incinerator+Demolition+Joey+Ivansco+19870528_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="730" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG-RdorVHp4aPS5Th4iY9vWxIF-ylz3IoxuMUUfAdrzpj_22td_VTCUD7bXm7nvixL-e3XPLx6Nv23byWFw3efW_cQZwKDxORwuVw9fcAKyTcHwTQxd_BFqbZfgRS_ylUXZzIgjf0HGuY/w424-h640/Incinerator+Demolition+Joey+Ivansco+19870528_02.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="424" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Joey Ivansco<br />Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs | Georgia State University Library</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">It's the end of a stinky era.</div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">On that note, we'll wrap up Part One of our journey. Check out <a href="https://atlantablockparty.blogspot.com/2020/12/mercedes-benz-stadium-part-2-of-2.html">Part Two</a> for what I like to call "A Tale of Two Stadiums."</div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">See you there!</div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></div></span></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></span></div></span></div><div><div><div><div>
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</div>Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07029902962598209651noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040628041708774921.post-54647249224540917772016-01-19T17:35:00.003-08:002020-08-23T10:47:17.669-07:00Atlanta Legal AidWell hello there! Nice to see you, been a long time! Let's dive right in, shall we?<br />
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Our post for the year (hahaha but for real maybe) is downtown near the John Portman Architectural Extravaganza (Portmandia?). We are bounded by Courtland Street, Ellis Street, Peachtree Center Avenue (formerly Ivy Street), and Andrew Young International Boulevard (formerly the much simpler Cain Street). Atlanta Legal Aid recently moved into the one historically significant structure that still remains on the block (more parentheses!).<br />
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This aerial view is somewhat dated, which we will address later, but it's more-or-less what the block looks like today. Soooooo much parking.</div>
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Back in 1892, as you can see below, the block was mainly houses and apartment buildings.<br />
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One notable resident at the time was Julius Frank Beck, who lived at 216 Courtland Street in 1891. Beck was an Atlanta businessman who owned the Troy Steam Laundry on Forsyth Street, an ad for which is below.<br />
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Also in 1891, Joseph E. Harding made his home at 57 Cain Street. Harding managed the Southern Copying Company on Marietta Street.<br />
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On the southern end of the block, Atlanta contractor William Bensel lived in the house at 66 Ellis Street, built in 1880. The photo below shows Old Man Bensel on the left. This photo is in front of his home on Ellis, but I think his house is out of frame, giving us a look at his neighbors' homes.<br />
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That photograph is really great in general because, well, <i>look at it.</i> But also because it shows us some happy cyclists right at the dawn of the so-called "Bicycle Craze" after the invention of the safety bike, which is essentially the modern bicycle (give or take a century of tweaks). Women could ride it without scandalizing the neighborhood! Children could ride it and not die!</div>
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Anyway, here we have the 1899 Sanborn map, and you can clearly see all the dwellings there. The second house from the right at the bottom on Ellis is Bensel's. We will revisit it later, so just keep it in mind.<br />
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Up next is the current bread and butter of the block. In 1910, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks (BPOE) began construction of their new lodge, No. 78, on Ellis Street. It's a lovely building and is remarkably still standing today.<br />
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In the image below, you can see a large elk's head at the top center of the facade. I'd love to know where that thing is today.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Postcard, ca. 1911</td></tr>
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The Elks, if you're not familiar, are a fraternal organization of human men, and not hybrid deer people (unfortunately). The group does charity work and secret society ritual things.</div>
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The only image I could find of the interior of the Elks Lodge is below. Apologies for the poor quality. Note the cool ceiling.</div>
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Fun fact: Eugene Grace was a member of the Atlanta Elks Lodge. If you've been following along, you may remember him from a previous post about the Fulton Tower prison (the Butler Deck post). To recap, he accused his wife Daisy of drugging and shooting him in 1912. He survived but was paralyzed by his wound and died fairly young. Okay, maybe not so fun, but definitely a fact.<br />
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The 1920s brought more apartments to the block, with the Kalmia Apartments and Vernon Apartments both showing up on Cain Street. We also begin to see some light industry along Ellis, with the Mack International Motor Truck Corporation and the Southern-Ferro Concrete Company both showing up in the 1923 city directory.<br />
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Ultimately, the Elks moved onto a new building, and the Salvation Army bought the Ellis building for their new Southern Territorial Headquarters in 1927. This would be their headquarters through the Great Depression, which was a pretty busy time for them to say the least.<br />
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In the 1931 Sanborn map below, you can see that most of the houses along Cain Street to the north are gone; apartments, office space, and a body shop remain. On either side of the Salvation Army building are the Hotel Miller and the Curtis Printing Company.</div>
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This picture of the Hotel Miller is a bit later (1957) but it's the best photo of it I could find.</div>
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A notable employee of Curtis Printing Company was Maria Getzinger Jones, who started working there in 1939. Through her job at Curtis, Jones became involved in the International Typographical Union, which was her first foray into activism (that union was the first to pay men and women the same salary). In the late 1960s, she joined Atlanta NOW (National Organization for Women) and was a founding member of the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW). Jones remained a prominent activist in labor and equality until her death in 2005. She'll probably never make the history books, but it's an interesting story from what I otherwise would have assumed to be an unremarkable location on the block (no offense intended to Curtis Printing Company).<br />
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Back to the buildings, in 1948, the Vernon Apartments on Cain Street were converted to office space by the Atlanta Realty Company, who also set up shop in the building.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Former Vernon Apartments, 1948<br />
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There were 50 office spaces in the building. Below are some ads for some businesses housed there over the years:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1949<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1948<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1963<br />
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Not much is different in the 1949 aerial photograph below (economic depression and global war tend to stall development).</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1949<br />
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If you can make it out, Bensel's house on Ellis (formerly 66 Ellis, now 88 Ellis) is still kicking. That brings us to the next part of our tour. Get comfy.<br />
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William Bensel's niece, Antoinette Farnsworth Drew, lived with her uncle for a time and (as far as I can tell) was given the house when Old Man Bensel died. At some point, portions of the house had been converted into apartments, with Ms. Drew living in the main portion and acting as landlady for the rest. Drew was an art patron with plans of one day opening a studio and gallery in the house.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Antoinette Farnsworth Drew, ca. 1941<br />
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Sadly, tragedy struck before her plans could materialize. On September 15, 1941, Antoinette Farnsworth Drew was murdered in her home at age 75. Initially considered a robbery, she was bludgeoned to death by a pick-ax in her bed. Very little was taken, however, which led police to believe the culprit was a tenant that Drew would not lend money to. Authorities could not pull enough evidence together, though, and the murder remains unsolved to this day. Poor Antoinette is buried at Westview Cemetery.<br />
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Curiously, a 1985 episode of <i>Murder, She Wrote</i> titled "Widow, Weep for Me" features the murder of a wealthy heiress named Antoinette Farnsworth. If Jessica Fletcher had been on the case, I reckon it would have been solved.<br />
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Ms. Drew's gallery dream posthumously became reality when Mrs. Ernest Felber and Mrs. William Elsas opened The Gallery at 88 Ellis around 1947. Until about 1953, The Gallery exhibited fine art from all over the world.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1953<br />
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The Coronet Antiques also operated out of the home in 1950.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1950<br />
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Apparently undeterred by what is <i>clearly </i>haunted, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sorrow moved into the Bensel house in 1954. The couple lived upstairs with Mr. Sorrow's offices downstairs. The <i>Constitution</i> did a piece on the new occupants and their decor. Images and excerpts follow:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mr. and Mrs. Sorrow, 1954<br />
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"Walls in the living room are a dark green, the carpet is a shade or so lighter." The photo caption reads, "Chinese Corner Includes Painting Over Sofa, Table That Once Was Screen."</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bedroom, 1954<br />
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"A great four-poster bed is easily accommodated in the bedroom. And there, too, is one of two enormous Chinese paintings--portraits of some elegantly attired officials." </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fireplace, 1954<br />
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"Above the fireplace here is a tall gilt Italian mirror, flanked by bronze dore Italian mantel candelabra."</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Terrace, 1954<br />
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"A big terrace was added at the back of the house... Some furniture is white wicker, other pieces are black wrought iron with bright floral cushions. The woven grass rug is from India. The black iron railing is from the old Aragon Hotel, which used to stand on Peachtree Street."<br />
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1961 brought new tenants to the home when Mr. and Mrs. C. Vernon Ayers moved in. On another slow news day, the <i>Constitution </i>also did a piece on their decor:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mr. and Mrs. Ayers, 1961<br />
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"The original mantel tops a fireplace outlined with colored tile. An interesting feature is a pair of wrought iron cherub wall brackets which Mr. and Mrs. Ayers have mounted on the end of the mantel."</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Queen Anne desk, 1961<br />
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"Adjoining the dining room is a den, marked by a ceiling-high bookcase, and a day bed. There are three interesting desks: One is a traveling draftsman table. Another was made on a Bartow County plantation by slaves. The third is a Queen Anne."</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alcove, 1961<br />
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"An alcove provides a conversation piece for many visitors. It is marked by a Madame Recamier sofa. A marble pedestal is topped by an antique porcelain urn."</div>
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"A side porch is so pleasing and so restful that it almost defies the fact that it overlooks one of the busiest sections of mid-city. The porch is surrounded by brick planters, all spilling over with ivy and seasonal vines. Urns and garden statues lend an air of formality."</div>
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In the summer of 1963, the Ayers (Ayerses?) hosted a garden party that made the papers. Guests included Joel Hurt's grandson (and namesake) as well as famed Atlanta historian Franklin Garrett. The party raged until about 2 a.m. (true) when Franklin Garrett went streaking (probably true?).<br />
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This was the last time I could find any mention of Old Man Bensel's house. Because Atlanta is nothing if not consistent, this old treasure was soon demolished and replaced by (you guessed it!) a parking deck.<br />
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</tbody></table><br />At some point around this time, a Duke Tire Co. shop was located in the building behind the Hotel Miller.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDbUi9-vNVKPnH1K-_nCEEioUOfDUZfKvBjFBsPb87VwSHogwUu72apQPJXQac9nYgx8peYoO7loUMctOYVwfzujCTk7V4IsuK7qS_Y78ONUdiv9RazWoftvbRDRQr_qKyiaB3R86uvj4/s730/ATLANTA+LEGAL+AID+-+Duke+Tire+bldg+1961+Tracy+ONeal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="730" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDbUi9-vNVKPnH1K-_nCEEioUOfDUZfKvBjFBsPb87VwSHogwUu72apQPJXQac9nYgx8peYoO7loUMctOYVwfzujCTk7V4IsuK7qS_Y78ONUdiv9RazWoftvbRDRQr_qKyiaB3R86uvj4/w410-h328/ATLANTA+LEGAL+AID+-+Duke+Tire+bldg+1961+Tracy+ONeal.jpg" width="410" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Duke Tire Co.<br />Courtesy of Georgia State University<br />Photo by Tracy O'Neal</td></tr></tbody></table><div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1957<br />
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In 1956, the Salvation Army had moved to a new location, and Atlanta Union Mission purchased the Ellis building for their new facility. Atlanta Union Mission started operation in 1938 (I've also seen 1942 cited as their date of origin) on Crew Street "for the benefit of men unable to secure help elsewhere and who are without friends or means of support." They would stay in the Ellis building for over 30 years.<br />
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Interesting bit of info: According to their <a href="http://atlantamission.org/about/history/" target="_blank">website</a>, in 1969 the Mission opened up a new location on Ponce de Leon Avenue that was the first facility in the United States to offer services to homeless women.</div>
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By the 1980s, Atlanta Union Mission was outgrowing the Ellis building. The basement held bunk beds for 45 people under crowded conditions. There was a bit of a rat problem down there, so the Mission employed Tom the Cat to run some reconnaissance. Tom would apparently catch any rat spotted within 10 minutes.</div>
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Renovations began in 1982 in an attempt to improve the building and accommodate more people; however, Union Mission moved to its present location on Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd just a few years later. They're currently known simply as Atlanta Mission.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1987<br />
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</div><div>The building remained mostly vacant after Union Mission moved out. A portion was home to office space for lawyers for a short time before it was purchased by Beers Construction, who occupied the former Southern Ferro Concrete space at 70 Ellis.</div>
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Beers management occupied the house on the Southern Ferro site as a way to provide an inviting home-like atmosphere for employees meeting with their employers.</div>
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A development group bought the Elks, Curtis, and Southern Ferro properties in 2007, but everything just collected dust for a while thanks to the Recession. The following view from 2010-ish is looking west. You can see the old Elks building on the top left corner of the block, Curtis Printing below it, and the Southern Ferro Concrete buildings below that. The huge parking deck on the right takes up almost the entire northern half of the block.</div>
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In 2013, the three properties were purchased by Atlanta Legal Aid, who chose the old Elks building as their new home. Founded in 1924, the organization provides free legal services to people who can't afford them. They focus on family law, housing, healthcare, government benefits, and consumer finance. In 2014, they opened almost 25,000 cases, ranging from short phone consultations to longer litigated cases.</div>
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Part of the plan for their new building included a dedicated parking lot, which meant that the Southern Ferro Concrete and Curtis Printing buildings were razed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ca. 2013<br />
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During Atlanta Legal Aid's renovations of the old Elks building, an addition on the back of the building was found to have extensive water damage. The top portion of the addition had to be removed, which allowed for the creation of an outdoor terrace.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ca. 2013<br />
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I was fortunate to be given a tour of the building by Ms. Paula Lawton Bevington last year, where I took the following pictures of the interior. They were taken with my phone, so they're of somewhat limited quality.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front gate, 2015</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Those rad ceilings still looking rad, 2015</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Decorative cherubs, 2015</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mezzanine addition with conference space, 2015</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mock courtroom in basement, 2015</td></tr>
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Very special thanks to Atlanta Legal Aid and especially Ms. Bevington for the tour and the information! You can find out more about that organization <a href="http://www.atlantalegalaid.org/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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One final detail about the Atlanta Legal Aid building is that you can still faintly see the Salvation Army emblem on the side:<br />
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Elsewhere on the block, a notable resident arrived 2005 when Agatha's mystery dinner theater moved from their original home near the Fabulous Fox to Peachtree Center Ave. Their space occupies a portion of the ground floor of that enormous parking structure.<br />
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And if you want your food and drinks <i>without </i>the theater, visit Sol's Liquor and Gyro Madness on the northeast corner of the block.<br />
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And that brings us up to date. In the aerial view we started with, the Curtis Printing and Southern Ferro buildings are still visible, so you can all say that you are now smarter than Google's satellites. You're welcome!</div>
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Hey folks! It's been a long time! Apologies for the delay. Let's get right to it.</div>
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Since my last post, the new Atlanta Streetcar commenced service downtown (yes, it's been that long), part of which runs along Edgewood Avenue. For this post, I thought it might be fun to talk about a block related to the first time an electric streetcar hummed along Edgewood, which is in fact the whole reason why that street exists.</div>
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The specific block we're looking at is bordered by Auburn Avenue (formerly Wheat Street), Equitable Place (formerly Porter's Alley), Park Place (formerly Pryor Street), and Edgewood Avenue (more-or-less formerly Line Street).</div>
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We begin as we often do with the 1871 birds eye drawing, which shows a smattering of dwellings and perhaps some apartments or commercial buildings. We don't really have much to go on here, but we get the general idea of what it looked like.</div>
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J.W. English we can assume is James W. English, who was a city councilman at the time and later served as mayor. His residence was on Cone Street and his office was on South Broad, so this would be some other property he owned.</div>
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According to the 1878 city directory, Mrs. Mary C. Mundy (I also saw it spelled Munday) was the widow of Ed W. Mund(a)y, who owned a clothing shop on Marietta Street (an 1867 ad for which is below). This property on Pryor was Mrs. Mund(a)y's residence.</div>
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There were eventually some coal and wood yards on the block, as you can see in the 1886 Sanborn map below (imagine living next door to a pile of coal). The 1881 city directory lists a Hugh H. Gordon as a lime, wood, and coal dealer here on Pryor.</div>
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The earliest building that I could find an image for was the YMCA building, constructed around 1886 on the northwest corner of the block (Park Place and Auburn Ave today).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">YMCA, ca. 1886<br />
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Below are some images of the YMCA's parlor and reading room. The building also had a basement with a swimming pool. Fancy pants!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">YMCA Parlor ca. 1890<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">YMCA Reading Room, ca. 1890<br />
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The rest of the block around this time consisted of dwellings and a variety of businesses, including dress makers Dellingham & Jackson, publishers Scribner & Sons, and the home of druggist D. Tudor Heery (an ad for his Peachtree Street business is below).<br />
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1891 brought the most significant change for the block yet with the arrival of businessman Joel Hurt (1850-1926). We will now go on a brief tangent away from our block, but it's important, so hush.</div>
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Hurt, who moved to Atlanta from Alabama in 1875, was involved with banking, insurance, and real estate. A real Monopoly Man! He also ran notoriously brutal convict labor camps, which were criticized for the excessive beatings and deaths of black convict workers. Nevertheless, his significant impact on Atlanta's turn-of-the-century development can still be seen around the city today.<br />
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Hurt's vision of a 20th century city involved a central hub of banks and businesses surrounded by a ring of factories and workers' housing, with a suburban outer ring for wealthier residents. Electric streetcars would then bring businessmen and their wives into the central hub for work and shopping (respectively, of course).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old Man Hurt. Wait, <i>is he </i>the Monopoly Man???<br />
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In 1882, Hurt organized the East Atlanta Land Company, which would help him facilitate his urban vision in a few ways. First, in 1886 he co-established the Atlanta & Edgewood Street Railway Company, which initially used horse-drawn trolleys but became the city's first electric streetcar company in 1889. Also in 1889, development began on Atlanta's first park suburb, which he named Inman Park after his friend and colleague Samuel Inman.<br />
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Hurt had a new home built for himself in Inman Park, which still stands today (you can see images of the modern day interior at Curbed Atlanta <a href="http://atlanta.curbed.com/archives/2013/12/23/inman-parks-hurt-mansion-is-ready-to-party-for-19m.php" target="_blank">here</a>).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joel Hurt House<br />
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Inman Park was on the outskirts of the city at the time, on an area of land ravaged by the Battle of Atlanta in 1864. Before the trolley line was built, the roads out to Inman Park were rugged and disjointed. The East Atlanta Land Company purchased the land between the city and the suburb, displacing many of the area's residents in the process, and constructed a new direct road for the trolley. That road would be Edgewood Avenue.<br />
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Edgewood Avenue extended from Inman Park westward to Five Points, which brings us back to our block. In 1891, Hurt planned a new modern office building on the southern portion of the block, hoping it would attract new business to Atlanta. The building, named the Equitable Building after the Equitable Assurance Society that financed its construction, was a major turning point in Atlanta's built environment.<br />
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The building itself was designed by John Wellborn Root of Chicago's Burnham & Root architecture firm. Root was raised in Atlanta but did not return after evacuating during the Siege. He lived in England and New York before making his way to Chicago where he teamed up with Daniel Burnham in 1873 and was instrumental in founding the famous Chicago style of architecture (Burnham was in charge of the architecture for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair). Root returned to Atlanta on Jan. 8, 1891 to deliver the building's plans, but he died of pneumonia seven days later.<br />
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Before it was built, the <i>Constitution</i> ran a story on the pending Equitable Building, which included the drawing below. The January 1891 article began by exclaiming, "Eight stories and a basement! That's the size of the 'Equitable' building!" The steel-frame structure would be the first of its kind in Atlanta, and though comparatively small by today's standards, it is considered the city's first skyscraper.<br />
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Construction began in 1891 and was completed the following year. A Masonic cornerstone ceremony was held in June of 1891, during which a capsule filled with Atlanta memorabilia was sealed within the cornerstone along Edgewood and Pryor. Unfortunately, the capsule was improperly sealed, and the contents were mostly destroyed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cornerstone Ceremony, 1891<br />
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Following the ceremony, a banquet and reception hosted by the East Atlanta Land Company was held at the nearby Kimball House, the menu for which is below.</div>
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At least one person perished during construction. The <i>Galveston Daily News</i>, of all places, reported it with poetic detail:<br />
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"A fall of 165 feet, from the top of an eight-story building, was a sight which paralyzed 3000 people around the Equitable Building at Atlanta. Thomas Moorehead, a workman on the cornice work, suddenly lost his balance. The body wavered slightly as it left the building and plunged into space. A scream was heard. After a fall of forty feet, the body turned two somersaults, then stiffened out, and reaching the sidewalk, struck on all fours, his forehead touching the flagging, and the result was a shapeless mass of flesh."<br />
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In the 1892 photograph below, you can see streetcar track construction in Five Points, and the Equitable Building, almost complete, is at the end of the road in the background.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Streetcar track construction, 1892<br />
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Equitable was completed in 1892, and you can clearly see it in the birds eye drawing from the same year below (11 is Equitable, 12 is YMCA). The main floor had 24 granite columns that wrapped around it, with the upper stories composed of light brick and terra cotta. It stood at about 105 feet tall and had four steam-powered elevators.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ca. 1892<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Courtesy of Atlanta History Center</td></tr>
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If you look at the 1892 Sanborn map below, you can see Equitable on the southern end of the block. From above, the building has kind of a crooked U-shape. Inside the U was a courtyard providing natural light for interior offices. At the bottom level of the courtyard was a skylight, beneath which was the basement where the bank vaults were eventually housed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1892</td></tr>
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This fantastic photo submitted to <a href="http://atlantatimemachine.com/downtown/equitable1890s.htm" target="_blank"><b>Atlanta Time Machine</b></a> shows a streetcar running along Edgewood in front of Equitable. The view is looking west toward Five Points.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Courtesy of Paul Lycett via Atlanta Time Machine</td></tr>
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Equitable's first tenant was the Lowry Banking Company, run by Colonel Robert J. Lowry. Colonel Lowry apparently once told a young Robert Woodruff, "When you marry, don't marry one of these tall, willowy girls. Marry a short, duck-legged girl. They last longer." Charming! The building slowly but surely gained more tenants over the next several years.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1892 <span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">City Directory</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1896</td></tr>
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Around 1893, the Trust Company of Georgia moved into the building. Trust Company had previously been the Commercial Traveler's Savings Bank, founded in 1891, but board member Joel Hurt (him again!) pushed for the change to a trust company (and no doubt the move to his fancy new building). History Atlanta has an informative piece on the Equitable Building, including a history of the Trust Company of Georgia, more photographs, and fun facts. I recommend taking a look <a href="http://historyatlanta.com/the-equitable-building-of-1892/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Equitable Interior, ca. 1896<br />
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It was often suggested that a saloon and pool hall be set up in the basement. Ernest Woodruff, for one, was a supporter of the idea, but Hurt, like his father, did not support the sale of liquor in Atlanta (so if you're keeping score: liquor = bad / convict labor = good).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">North on Pryor, 1895<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1895<br />
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By the 20th Century, the building had filled up quite nicely. The following image from the 1902 City Directory shows the list of tenants in the Equitable Building. The full list goes on for two more pages.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1902</td></tr>
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The rest of the block had also filled in a bit more by then. In the 1899 and 1911 Sanborn maps below, you can see some larger commercial structures that stretch the length of the block, where before there were smaller boarding homes and the like.<br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9040628041708774921" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9040628041708774921" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9040628041708774921" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>In 1913, the Trust Company purchased the Equitable Building from the East Atlanta Land Company. After what I'm sure were countless debates and careful consideration, it was renamed the Trust Company of Georgia Building. The signs above the Pryor and Edgewood entrances were updated to reflect the new names.<br />
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Also in 1913, the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce purchased the YMCA Building for their headquarters. At some point the roofline was severed, which you can see by comparing the image below to the earlier one of the YMCA.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, 1916<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1919 Birds Eye</td></tr>
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Between 1928 and 1932, a steel tower with an electric light beacon stood atop the Trust Co. Building, which helped direct burgeoning air traffic to Candler Field (now Hartsfield-Jackson). The beacon was moved to Candler Field as the airport expanded. I couldn't find a picture of it, unfortunately.<br />
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In 1930, a plaque was installed on the building with "The Prophecy of John C. Calhoun," a rambling excerpt from an 1845 address in which Calhoun detailed the founding of Atlanta in relation to its geography and railroads. It's kind of a chore to read, but if you're interested, you can see the full text at Markeroni (I love that name) <a href="http://www.markeroni.com/catalog/display.php?code=GA_M_00088" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"The Prophecy of John C. Calhoun," 1961<br />
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One of the buildings in between the Chamber of Commerce and the Trust Company was the six-story Publisher's Building. It was originally built for Inman Smith & Co. wholesalers. In 1936, the Ivan Allen-Marshall Company purchased it for their new headquarters and retail store.<br />
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The following photos show the storefront windows for the Ivan Allen-Marshall building as well as some interior shots of both the store and the offices upstairs.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1949<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1949<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1949<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ca. 1945<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ivan Allen-Marshall office, 1949<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ivan Allen-Marshall break room, 1949<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Delivery trucks in alley behind Ivan Allen, 1948<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1951 Constitution</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1947 Constitution</td></tr>
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Physically, the block remained pretty much the same for the next 20-ish years.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1949 Aerial Photograph<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1949<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1953<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1956<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1960<br />
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A Trust Company of Georgia anniversary with a becolumned (I make words up) cake:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trust Co of GA anniversary cake, 1951<br />
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A parking deck across the street with adjoining bridge to the Trust Company Building:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Parking garage, 1953<br />
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A parade float declaring the Equitable/Trust Co. Building "Atlanta's First Skyscraper." I don't know the reason for the parade, but the picture below shows it running along Peachtree Street in front of Loews Grand Theater:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Parade float declaring "Atlanta's First Skyscraper," 1954<br />
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A parade for President Dwight Eisenhower passing right in front of the block (note Trust Company's columns on the right side of the photo):<br />
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By the 1960s, big changes were afoot. The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce had vacated their building in 1948, and it changed hands several times until that portion of the block was purchased by Ivan Allen Company. In 1961, Ivan Allen leased the land to the Trust Company, who planned a new skyscraper plaza for the whole block. In 1963, the Chamber of Commerce building was demolished and replaced by a temporary brick and concrete park while plans were developed for the new Trust Company skyscraper. Construction of that building was underway around 1966. Check out the photos below for some final looks at the Chamber of Commerce and adjoining buildings.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">undated<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1960<br />
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The new 26-story Trust Company building was completed in 1969. A 1968 AJC article titled "The Beauty of Our Building Boom" called the new Trust Company building a "simple and handsomely proportioned tower." Poor old Equitable isn't even mentioned and seems doomed to be replaced by plans for a reflecting pool along Edgewood Avenue. That reflecting pool never materialized, but Equitable didn't last much longer. This same article praised new developments like this all over the city and admired the destruction of the "ancient" old buildings they replaced. It really goes to show Atlanta's development mindset at the time and provides at least one reason why the city lost so many of its lovely historic buildings.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Trust Company Tower, 1968<br />
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In the photograph below, you can see two new skyscrapers under construction. The one on the left is the new Trust Company building on our block (you can also see the backside of the old Trust Co building on the bottom left corner). The one on the right is the new Equitable Building going up on a separate block.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trust Co on left, Equitable on right, 1967<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1968<br />
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In 1969, local historian Franklin Garrett said, "With improvements made by its long-time owner, the Trust Company of Georgia, the old Equitable is a better building than ever." The man knew plenty about Atlanta's past but wasn't so great at predicting its future. The Trust Company felt the old building was just too old and outdated, and it was demolished in 1971.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1970<br />
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The Trust Company replaced the old Equitable with a new building adjoining the skyscraper, which housed the main banking office. Construction commenced in 1971.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1972<br />
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Below you can see the Trust Company skyscraper and the new, squatter banking building in the bottom right corner, east of Central City Park (now Woodruff Park):<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1973<br />
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A new time capsule was placed outside of this building in large planters off Edgewood Avenue, containing memorabilia pertaining to Trust Company and Atlanta as well as audio tape recordings of various Atlantans leaving messages for 21st century descendants. The recordings include Franklin Garrett and kids from Paideia School.<br />
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Pieces of the old Equitable Building were saved and incorporated into the new buildings. Inside the building, the large stone entryway and two of the columns were displayed in the area connecting the larger and smaller buildings. That part of the building is now the SunTrust bank, and you can see it looking through the windows like a creep like I did, or by lingering in the bank like a creep like I also did. I felt weird taking pictures in a bank, though, so you'll have to just take my word for it or go see it for yourself.<br />
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The Prophecy of John C. Calhoun plaque was also preserved (how blessed!) and placed on the planter with the time capsule.<br />
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The signs depicting Trust Company's name were kept, with one each on the Park Place and Edgewood sides of the new building.</div>
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A few more of the columns also survived, and some of them have had quite a journey. Three of them remain outside of the existing building on the Park Place side.</div>
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Roughly five others (I found conflicting information on how many) were moved to a neighborhood development in East Cobb on Columns Drive. Over time, so the story goes, those columns were being swallowed by kudzu, so three of them were moved in front of the modern Equitable Building on Peachtree in 1994. That would leave a couple behind on Columns Drive. I went on an excursion up there to see if I could find them, but I didn't see anything. It doesn't help that I have no idea where they're supposed to be. Maybe they're not there at all. If anyone has more on this, I'd love to know!<br />
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Anyway, the three that did escape their kudzu death made it to Peachtree Street for a time. The Architecture Tourist blog has a great post on the modern day Equitable Building that goes into some of the ways that building incorporated the old Equitable's history. You can see it <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2009/02/equitable-building-paradox-wonderful.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Those columns moved again in 2013. The current Equitable has seen some tough times since the recession, and new owners donated the columns to the Atlanta History Center for display, where they remain today.<br />
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In 2006, Georgia State University purchased the Trust Company building, and renovations have been ongoing. Some of the building is now occupied by classroom and office space. Its current name is 25 Park Place.<br />
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In the basement level, there are still some bank vaults, which I also felt uncomfortable photographing, as well as some framed images juxtaposing the old Trust Company Building with the new.<br />
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GSU is currently converting the smaller building into a digital media lab, which is set to open in 2016. That should be pretty cool.</div>
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So that's pretty much that. Light a candle for Old Equitable tonight. See you again (hopefully) soon!</div>
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Hello again! We're back with what will most likely be the last post of 2014! I'm not sure I'll be able to get another one done with holiday craziness coming up. So the next time you hear from me it will be the future, and I will have a flying car. Can't wait.</div>
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Anyway, the subject of today's post is a block in the Sweet Auburn historic district where Truly Living Well's Wheat Street Gardens currently bloom.</div>
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This block is bounded by Irwin Street, Jackson Street, Old Wheat Street, and Hilliard Street.</div>
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Early on, the block was remote enough that it didn't appear on the 1871 birds eye drawing. It does, however, show up in the 1878 atlas seen below. You can see that it was largely undeveloped with only a few structures and a nice little stream running through the southern portion.</div>
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I am assuming D. Give stands for Laurent DeGive, Atlanta's Belgian consul who opened DeGive's Grand Opera House. (Brief tangent: DeGive's Grand Opera House later became Loew's Grand Theater, where <i>Gone with the Wind </i>famously premiered in 1939. That's not on this block, though, so forget what I just told you immediately.)</div>
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Around 1880, DeGive and some business partners chartered the Gate City Street Railroad Company and ran the line down Old Wheat (just plain Wheat then) and up Jackson Street. The Gate City Street Railroad was a streetcar that connected the Kimball House hotel on Pryor Street to the Ponce de Leon Springs, a popular park where the Ponce City Market building is today.</div>
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In 1887, the Gate City Street Railroad was purchased and leased to the Atlanta Street Railway Company. You can see the line running along Jackson Street in the 1892 birds eye drawing below. Apparently, the line no longer ran along Old Wheat (unless the map is inaccurate, which is always possible). You can also see some more dwellings popping up on the block, as well as a new road, Grace Street (later Lyons Avenue), which bisected the block.</div>
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Over the next 20 years or so, the block developed significantly, as you can see in the 1911 Sanborn fire insurance map below. The densely clustered narrow dwellings on the southern half of the block appear to my semi-trained eye to be shotgun houses. </div>
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The 1913 Atlanta City Directory provides some more insight into the block's demographics at this time. Compare for a moment the two sections of the directory below. The first shows our portion of Irwin Street on the north side of the block (the odd numbers are ours). On the map above, those are the larger (more affluent) houses along the top.<br />
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Now look at the section below. This shows our portion of Old Wheat Street on the southern end of the block (even numbers are ours). There are at least twice as many dwellings listed here than on Irwin Street, showing just how densely clustered they are. In addition, the (c) by each name indicates "colored" residents. In fact, all of the dwellings on this block except for the houses on Irwin and the northern portion of Jackson were inhabited by black residents.</div>
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Using the tools at our disposal, we are then able to surmise the social and racial demographics of the block: a handful of relatively affluent white residents mostly along Irwin Street, and a fairly dense population of lower income black residents making up the rest.</div>
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Whether black or white, rich or poor, it all went up in smoke a few years later. On Monday, May 21, 1917, a fire started in a mattress warehouse near Decatur Street. It was actually the fourth fire of the day (Mondays, am I right?), and the fire department was stretched too thin to contain it. It soon blazed out of control and spread northward, aided by the tightly clustered structures on blocks like ours.</div>
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The images below do not necessarily depict our block, but they might as well. You can see how huge the fire became and how chaotic the efforts to stop it and escape it were.<br />
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This next image is a 1917 update to the 1911 Sanborn fire insurance map. The black outline encompasses the areas destroyed by the fire, which burned for about 10 hours and traveled over a mile. Only one person was killed, but thousands were left homeless. I outlined our block in red.</div>
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The following images show us the aftermath of the fire, dubbed the Great Atlanta Fire of 1917. The first image shows what's left of our block (spoiler: nothing). The rest, like the fire images above, could be just about any block in the fire's path.</div>
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Despite the utter destruction brought by the Great Fire, it didn't take terribly long to rebuild. The 1919 birds eye drawing below shows how many new structures were completed in just two years.</div>
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According to the 1919 City Directory, the block now consisted almost exclusively of black residents, including the new dwellings along Irwin Street. As you can see by the atlas below, the rest of the block filled in by 1928.<br />
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Comparing the image above to the 1949 aerial photograph below, you can see that not much changed in the next 20 years. It also appears in the photograph that Lyons Avenue remained unpaved.</div>
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According to Reverend William Holmes Borders of Wheat Street Baptist Church, the housing conditions on the block at this time were poor. In an interview with the <i>Constitution</i>, he described an example: "Whatever plumbing they had was not evident. And they would put coal and wood in whatever bathtub they had, and they would chop off part of the steps to start a fire. There was slime and slick mud [in streets that were] not paved. There was a stone put there to keep your foot from sinking beneath the mud." Borders would later play an important role on the block. More on that soon.</div>
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As the Urban Renewal craze swept the nation in the 1950s, "slums" and "blighted" areas like this one were marked for federally subsidized redevelopment. Our block was part of the larger Butler Street Urban Redevelopment Area (URA) seen below (in between "STREET" and "U.R.A.").<br />
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A rather robust proposal for redevelopment on our block surfaced in the mid-to-late 1950s, which included combining our block with the one to the west, and extending it south to Auburn Avenue. The new, larger block would then be revamped with new commercial and residential structures. The numbers on the plan below are labeled on the key as follows:</div>
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The 1958 rendering below shows a view of this plan looking east-ish (so from the left side of the image above).<br />
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That plan never came to fruition for whatever reason, but most of the existing housing was demolished all the same. The houses along Irwin Street were the only ones that remained. Reverend Borders was concerned about the displacement of poor black families caused by Urban Renewal-related demolition. In many areas, slum housing was removed and replaced by stadiums, civic centers, and highways instead of new housing. Borders and the Wheat Street Baptist Church (just a block away on Auburn Ave) chartered a nonprofit subsidiary called Church Homes Incorporated that would work with the government to provide affordable housing to low-income families. This housing project was developed in three phases and was called the Wheat Street Garden Apartments.</div>
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The first phase of Wheat Street Gardens, not on our block, opened in 1964. Phases II and III were constructed in 1967 and completed in 1969. Wheat Street Gardens II was one block west of ours, and our block was Wheat Street Gardens III. This phase cost $5 million and had 108 three-bedroom units at $145 a month with a 100% subsidy. It was, as far as I can tell, Atlanta's first Section 8 housing project.<br />
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Initial excitement for these housing projects were high, but problems quickly arose. Hot water pipes were built into the ceiling, which froze and burst during the winter, flooding the apartments below. The sewer system was inadequate, which caused raw sewage to back up onto the property. These problems led to high vacancies, which in turn led to other problems like squatters and crime. The lack of residents also caused the developments to lose money, making necessary maintenance and repairs difficult. Borders blamed the city for poor construction and third-party realty companies for mismanaging the properties. Borders himself would clean up the grounds and mow the grass in an effort to help.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">William Holmes Borders in front of Wheat Street Gardens</td></tr>
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Despite his efforts, conditions continued to deteriorate. In 1974, Wheat Street Baptist Church was tried in Municipal Court along with five other apartments for housing code violations. Church members volunteered to organize a cleanup effort, making repairs and donating $79,000. Money went toward renovations, over 100 new fridges, and a seven-foot fence. Still, Housing and Urban Development estimated $2 million were needed for remaining necessary improvements. By 1976, 30% of the apartments were uninhabitable.<br />
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In 1977, Wheat Street Baptist partnered with Los Angeles-based National Development Corporation, Inc. (NDCI), splitting interest in the properties 50/50. In 1978, a class-action lawsuit was brought against Borders and the property managers by nine tenants seeking $12,500 in damages. That same year, NDCI took over total control of the Wheat Street Garden Apartments and shut Wheat Street Baptist out. Legal battles ensued with the church trying to regain title.<br />
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By 1981, roughly 70% of the apartments were vacant. The <i>Constitution </i>ran a story on the properties that year, showing the conditions within. Photos from that piece are below.<br />
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The properties were sold to Diversified Mortgage, Inc. in 1983.</div>
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The buildings remained on the block for the next 25 years before they were demolished in 2008. The aerial image below shows the block not long before the apartments were torn down.<br />
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The area would remain vacant for the next couple years until Rashid Nuri, President and CEO of the nonprofit Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture, leased the land for a new urban farm.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Construction of the farm began in 2010. The two construction photos below (as well as the video above) came from Georgia Tech's Arkfab site. More images and a video of the TLW Wheat Street Garden groundbreaking ceremony can be found on their site <a href="http://arkfab.gatech.edu/content/wheat-street-garden">here</a>.<br />
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Truly Living Well's Wheat Street Garden opened in 2011. They host a farmers market and provide urban grower training classes, summer camps, and agricultural education. Information and more photos can be found on their <a href="http://trulylivingwell.com/">website</a>. </div>
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The image below came from the 2012 Atlanta Streetcar Development & Investment Guide. It shows a potential plan for rehabilitation of the block with new housing, shops, and offices to coincide with the new streetcar running along Auburn Avenue. As we know from the 1957 plan, these things don't always work out. But it will be very interesting to see what happens to the rest of this block once the streetcar is up and running.<br />
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And finally, here we are today. You can see the houses along Irwin on the north side of the block, Truly Living Well's urban farm on the western portion, and the remaining footprints of the Wheat Street Garden Apartments on the eastern portion.</div>
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Hello again! This time we're going to look at a block that is wholly unremarkable today, but was once <i>quite </i>remarkable indeed. It consists mainly of a parking deck and is just a stone's throw from the State Capitol building downtown.</div>
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The block is bordered by Jesse Hill Jr Drive (formerly Butler Street), MLK Drive (formerly Hunter Street), the Downtown Connector (formerly a lot of things including Terry Street), and the CSX Railroad (formerly the Georgia Railroad).</div>
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The block initially developed as a collection of dwellings, as you can see from the 1871 birds eye view below (there may be some commercial properties sprinkled in there). Its proximity to the railroad, however, quickly led to some significant commercial and industrial development.</div>
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In 1879, Charles Swift built the laboratory and headquarters for his Swift Specific Company on the corner of Butler and Hunter. The laboratory was where the popular S.S.S. Tonic was made.<br />
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If you've been following along, you may remember Charles Swift from the Turner Field post. His home on the corner of Crumley and Capitol was later the original Piedmont Hospital.<br />
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The tonic itself had apparently been around since 1826 when a Perry, GA plantation owner named Irwin Dennard received the recipe from nearby Creek Indians (specific details vary). Swift, also of Perry, purchased the formula from Dennard some years later and named it Swift's Southern Specific Tonic (thankfully abbreviated S.S.S.). Swift moved to Atlanta in 1873 and built the laboratory six years later. More details on the Swift family as well as different versions of the tonic's origin can be found <a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fww64/charles_thomas_swift_story.html">here</a>.<br />
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S.S.S. Tonic was marketed as a cure-all, and I mean cure-ALL. Take S.S.S. for anything from "that tired feeling" to cancer. All bases covered!<br />
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The company had a Medical Consultation Department that provided information and advice on skin and blood conditions. They also had a free mail-order book that detailed a variety of these conditions in addition to offering helpful information like weight/measurement conversions, home remedies, birth stones, recipes, and first aid.</div>
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Unsightly Blemishes</div>
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S.S.S. is still sold today as an iron/B-vitamin supplement. I skimmed some reviews online and found that a lot of people who take it now were given doses as children by their parents (and their parents were no doubt given doses by their parents' parents).</div>
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Note the two structures directly to the left of Swift Specific Co. The one to the immediate left is the Georgia College of Eclectic Medicine and Surgery. To the far left is Woodward Lumber Company.</div>
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The Georgia College of Eclectic Medicine and Surgery opened sometime around 1880. Eclectic medicine was a popular turn-of-the-century practice involving herbal remedies and physical therapy. Since eclectic medicine was considered an alternative practice, graduates of the college were not admitted to Grady Hospital staff.<br />
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Next door, Woodward Lumber Company opened around the same time and quickly grew to encompass the majority of the block. In the 1892 birds eye view below, this row of buildings is seen from the back. Swift Specific is numbered 52, the Eclectic College is to its right, and Woodward Lumber is at the far right against the railroad tracks. You can also see the numerous stacks of lumber taking up the middle portion of the lot, as well as the smattering of dwellings that still remained on the block.</div>
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A disaster waiting to happen became a disaster that actually did happen when all the lumber caught on fire in 1895, destroying the mill and many of the cottages along Hunter and Terry St. The Eclectic College also caught fire, and although it was not totally destroyed, the college moved to a new location in 1896.</div>
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The vacancies left by the destruction of Woodward Lumber and the Eclectic College allowed for some significant new additions to the block. The new Fulton County Jail took the place of the Eclectic College in 1898 and the Atlanta Milling Company replaced Woodward Lumber in 1899.</div>
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In 1898, the old overcrowded county jail on Fraser Street closed, and all 208 prisoners were transferred on foot to the new jail, nicknamed "The Tower." It cost $175,000 to build, with the tower itself standing over 100 feet high.<br />
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Edward Flanagan, a convicted murderer, had the honor of being the first prisoner transferred. He was personally escorted to his new home by Sheriff Nelms. Flanagan was put in a cell right next to the gallows where he was scheduled to be hanged (his sentence was later changed when he was declared insane). The other two death row inmates at the time were transferred later that day. George Bankston, serving time for highway robbery, called it "the dandiest jail on the continent." Sounds...nice?<br />
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The new jail housed male and female inmates, but inmates were segregated within by both gender and race. Whites occupied the top floors and blacks occupied the bottom floors. Women occupied the front portion of the third floor, called Third West. In 1914 the female prisoners complained that the facilities were inadequate for them, with insufficient separation between them and the male inmates. Renovations were completed in 1918 that resulted in the third floor being exclusively for women.<br />
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One of the women imprisoned in the Tower was Mrs. Daisy Grace, who was accused of shooting her husband Eugene in 1912. Mr. Grace claimed to have awoken in his bed one day to discover that he had been shot; the bullet was lodged in his spine and he was paralyzed. He then accused his wife of drugging and shooting him. Daisy asserted that Eugene had often been violently abusive, and that on the day he was shot, he pulled the gun and threatened to shoot her. There was a struggle, and Eugene accidentally shot himself when the gun went off in his hand. The Graces were popular and wealthy, so the story was all the rage in Atlanta at the time.<br />
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Two days after Eugene was shot, Daisy was ordered to report to the Tower. She had been entertaining the press from a room in the Kimball House, Atlanta's most famous hotel. She walked the six blocks from the hotel to the Tower. She was the only woman in the Tower at the time and gave interviews to the press during her stay. Reports indicated that as a rich socialite, Daisy had a difficult time adjusting to jail, complaining about the quality of the air and meals. Some of her fellow inmates on the above floor sent her a letter offering their support and belief in her innocence. </div>
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She spent 13 days in the Tower before being released on bail. Circumstances of the trial sent her back into the Tower for three more weeks about a month later. News of her return to the Tower was huge in Atlanta, and the only thing that could bump it from front-page headlines was the news that the Titanic had sunk (Daisy read all about the ocean liner's tragic demise from her cell). She was ultimately acquitted, though her now estranged husband continued to claim she tried to kill him. Eugene was paralyzed for the rest of his short life and died from his injury in Newnan in 1914.</div>
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Probably the most famous of the Tower's many inmates was Leo Frank. On May 2, 1913, Leo Frank was ordered to report to the Tower as the main suspect in the murder of Mary Phagan. Phagan was a 13-year-old worker in Frank's pencil factory where she was found strangled to death. There are a few books written about Leo Frank, questions about his guilt/innocence, the possibility of antisemitism affecting the verdict, and his death. For more specific information on the whole tragic affair, I encourage you to seek out those books (or at the very least Google). For our purposes here, I will be sticking to Frank's time in the Tower.<br />
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While in prison, Frank made few public statements, which led to the press referring to him as "The Silent Man in the Tower." Knowing the trial would take some time, Frank had his cell redecorated to the point that the <i>Constitution </i>reported it looking like a living room, where he received many visits from family and friends including his wife Lucille Selig. He spent about two years in the Tower before being transferred to the state prison in Milledgeville in 1915. Soon after, a mob kidnapped him from prison and lynched him.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leo Frank entering Fulton Tower, 1913</td></tr>
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Another noteworthy Tower inmate was Frank DuPre, the "Peachtree Bandit," who became a local celebrity on December 15, 1921 when, drunk on moonshine, he stole a diamond ring from Nat Kaiser's Jewelry on Peachtree in the heart of the shopping district. As the 18-year-old DuPre made his escape amid the Christmas shopping crowd, he shot two men, killing one (a detective). The ring was for one Ms. Betty Andrews, who DuPre had met just six days earlier. It took weeks for authorities to find and capture DuPre, who had made it all the way to Detroit. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to hang in the Tower's gallows.<br />
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The story captivated Atlanta so much that on the day of his hanging in 1922, an enormous crowd gathered on Butler Street to witness it. A window from the gallows allowed the crowd below to watch as DuPre saw the world outside one last time. Some even watched from the dome of the State Capitol nearby. DuPre was apparently pleased with the number of people that turned out for his final moments. A year later, Howard Wright, an inmate in DuPre's old cell, claimed to see his ghost.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frank DuPre, "The Peachtree Bandit," 1921</td></tr>
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Execution by hanging was falling out of favor with many Georgians at this time due in part to the prevalence of unlawful lynchings. In 1926, the state decided to control all executions from one location and had an electric chair constructed at the state prison farm in Milledgeville. Thus, in 1926, Mack Wooten was the last man hanged in the Tower. The gallows were dismantled a year later.</div>
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The Atlanta Milling Company was constructed next door to the Tower in 1899, on the location of the old Woodward Lumber Co. It was one of the largest plants in Atlanta, and almost 200 people turned out for its grand opening, including Georgia Governor Allen D. Candler.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Packing Room, 1899 Constitution</td></tr>
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Atlanta Milling produced Capitola brand flour, which was widely consumed in Atlanta at the time.</div>
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You can see these buildings in the 1919 birds eye below, helpfully labeled for your convenience. The Parcel Delivery Co is exactly what it sounds like, but I couldn't really find much else about it. You can see some dwellings still hanging around on the corner of Hunter and Terry, but they won't last too much longer.<br />
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You can see the block in the 1920 photograph below behind the Capitol dome.<br />
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In 1920, Atlanta Milling Co constructed a new grain elevator. It was the largest grain elevator south of the Ohio River, capable of holding 250,000 bushels of wheat. It was a massive structure, towering over all the other buildings on the block. The picture below is looking south from the railroad tracks. The main Milling Co building is on the right.<br />
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If you look at the 1928 atlas and the 1949 aerial view below, you can see that not a whole lot changed on the block in those 20 years. At some point, the main Milling Company building was either demolished or the top floors were removed, but the footprints are otherwise pretty similar. You can see how tall the grain elevator is by the huge shadow it casts across the railroad tracks in the 1949 image.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1946<br />Courtesy of Georgia State University</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1946<br />Courtesy of Georgia State University</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1946<br />Courtesy of Georgia State University</td></tr>
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The 1954 photo below gives a better indication of the height of the grain elevator as well as the missing Milling Co building. That building was at least five stories high, but now the remaining structures are only about two stories (grain elevator excluded of course).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1954<br />
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By 1959, America had highway fever, and Atlanta was no exception. In the photograph below, everything along Hunter Street has been demolished, including Swift Specific Co. It looks like most everything along Terry Street is also gone, opening that space up for highway construction.</div>
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Here we have a photograph from the early 1960s. It's taken from a little bit south of the block, and you can clearly see the highway taking shape.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Early 1960s<br />
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By 1960, Fulton Tower had 440 inmates, with overcrowding and an aging building contributing to pretty poor conditions within. That year, all inmates were transferred to a new $2 million jail on Jefferson Street. The Tower was left vacant until it was demolished in 1962. Atlanta Milling Company expressed interest in purchasing the Tower site in 1960 but never did. The Milling Company doesn't appear to have lasted much longer anyway. Records indicate it was gone by the mid-1970s. I found some documentation that had the Atlanta Milling Co. listed on Jimmy Carter Blvd in Norcross as of 2009.<br />
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This photograph from 1962 shows our block from afar (outlined), and if you can see it, the Tower and the grain elevator are gone. This photograph is also noteworthy for showing just how much the highway transformed the landscape.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1962<br />
Courtesy of Atlanta History Center</td></tr>
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The next photograph is where things get really depressing. The block just behind Miss Freedom is ours, but it looks just like all the other hideous wastes of urban space that we call parking lots. If sickly gray is your favorite color, then this is the view for you!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ca. 1975<br />
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Here we are getting a little closer to today, sometime around the 1980s. Not much has changed on our block, it's still rather dismal. But you can see the Sloppy Floyd building in the top left corner. That's the block next to ours, but it comes into play very soon.</div>
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All those employees coming in to work in the Sloppy Floyd building meant a lot more parking spaces were needed. Our block came to the rescue with another fine example of the world's greatest invention: the parking deck.<br />
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The Butler Deck services the Sloppy Floyd Building and is managed by the Georgia Building Authority. It has a total of 1,867 spaces within.<br />
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A pedestrian bridge takes people from Butler Deck across Butler/Jesse Hill to the Sloppy Floyd Building. There's another bridge that connects the Butler Deck to the Pete Hackney Deck one block north.<br />
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The exit ramp from the Downtown Connector runs along the eastern side of the block, merging with MLK Drive on the southern side and Jesse Hill Jr Drive on the western side.</div>
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Here we are looking west from the Connector, a must-see stop on any driving tour of Atlanta.</div>
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The Georgia State MARTA station is attached to the Sloppy Floyd building and opened in 1979. The rail line going to and from that station was constructed during the late 1970s and extends across the northern edge of our block, just south of the railroad tracks. The MARTA line is elevated above street level, and at some point, the railroad tracks were elevated as well.</div>
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If you've ever taken the MARTA train westbound to the Georgia State station, you've probably (never) noticed a small structure in between the MARTA line and railroad tracks. Google Maps has two businesses listed there: Sinks N Tubs, a bathroom and kitchen remodeling service, and Dynamic Science Editing, a scientific proofreading and editing service. This seems like an absurd location for either of those companies, and I can't really find any more information on them. If I had to guess, I'd say this structure is actually either a subterranean laboratory for top-secret government experiments or a storage/mechanical shed. Anybody know?</div>
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And that's pretty much it. Here's the whole block in all its glory today:</div>
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Since I glossed over some interesting stuff when talking about Fulton Tower's most famous inmates, I thought I'd provide a list of books if anyone is interested in some further reading:<br />
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<i>And the Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank,</i> by Steve Oney<br />
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<i>The Leo Frank Case,</i> by Leonard Dinnerstein<br />
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<i>"Rich Georgian Strangely Shot": Eugene Grace, "Daisy of the Leopard Spots" and the Great Atlanta Shooting of 1912</i>, by Tom Hughes<br />
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<i>Hanging the Peachtree Bandit: The True Tale of Atlanta's Infamous Frank DuPre</i>, by Tom Hughes<br />
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Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07029902962598209651noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040628041708774921.post-28838195877822373822014-09-11T12:54:00.000-07:002016-05-22T11:24:57.834-07:00Muse's Building<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Welcome back! This block is quite a hodgepodge, or maybe even a smorgasbord. It's seven commercial lots downtown in the Fairlie-Poplar District near Woodruff Park where the Muse's Building is today. The block has been a revolving door of businesses over the years, so I ended up including a bunch of old advertisements. I think they're pretty cool, but hopefully you're not bored.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...so close.</td></tr>
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Before the Civil War, the block was home to Augustine C. Wyly's wholesale mercantile shop. In 1863 Colonel Moses Wright, commander of the Confederate Arsenal, set up an ordnance storeroom in the bottom floor of Wyly's building and a tin shop on the second floor that manufactured canteens. The building also served as the office for Confederate military ordnance storekeeper John U. Ansley. As Sherman's forces closed in, the Arsenal moved outside the city, and local families used the Wyly building's cellar as a shelter during Union bombardments. The image below shows Whitehall/Peachtree Street looking north from the railroad tracks. The A. C. Wyly & Co. building can be seen in the background.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A. C. Wyly & Co in the background, 1864<br />
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The Wyly building was destroyed during the Civil War. New commercial structures were built on the block like grocers and wholesale merchants, but the 1871 birds eye view shows that much of the block still remained vacant.<br />
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Sometime in the 1870s, Calvin Hunnicutt and Albert Bellingrath had a new building constructed along Walton Street for their plumbing and iron works, appropriately named Hunnicutt & Bellingrath. You can see their lot in the 1878 atlas below. Lots with diagonal lines indicate structures, while the remaining lots are either vacant or contain things like lumber yards that have no significant structures.<br />
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Hunnicutt & Bellingrath was the largest plumbing company in Atlanta at the time. Calvin Hunnicutt was a member of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Fulton County, and Albert Bellingrath supervised construction of notable Atlanta projects like the original Equitable Building (R.I.P.).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hunnicutt & Bellingrath, ca. 1890<br />
Courtesy of Atlanta History Center</td></tr>
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In 1896, the company was the center of attention when all of their employees joined a city-wide plumbers' strike demanding higher wages. The strike lasted about two weeks before an agreement was reached to raise wages, but Hunnicutt & Bellingrath then fired all employees who were not already making more than the new minimum.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hunnicutt & Bellingrath, ca. 1891<br />
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Hunnicutt & Bellingrath retired in 1902 after Bellingrath's health declined due to head trauma received from a falling warehouse door in 1897 (he died in 1903). They sold off a number of their assets to King Hardware across the street, and the building then went up for lease.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Advertisement from the 1891 City Directory</td></tr>
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Meanwhile, the rest of the block was filling in with a complete row of commercial structures. The 1892 birds eye view shows these structures with the Hunnicutt building on the left.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1892 Birds Eye</td></tr>
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The businesses housed within the block included grocers, tobacconists, booksellers, saloons, you name it. Many of these businesses extended the full length of the buildings and had entrances on both Peachtree and Broad. In 1897, Atlanta's official Studebaker salesman, H. J. Fite, opened his office in one of the middle buildings. These were Studebakers of the horsey variety, as the advertisement below indicates. </div>
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After Hunnicutt & Bellingrath's retirement, their building was leased by Jack Wilson, a popular billiard hall owner. He converted the space into a new billiard hall, bowling alley, and bath house called the Crescent Stag Hotel (sometimes just "The Stag").<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our block is on the left, ending before the taller Flatiron Building, ca. 1910</td></tr>
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A few buildings down the block, Alonzo Herndon opened his famous Crystal Palace barber shop in 1903. Herndon was born a slave in 1858 but eventually became Atlanta's first black millionaire. He founded the Atlanta Life Insurance Company in Sweet Auburn and also owned various barber shops around the city. The largest and most famous barber shop was the Crystal Palace on our block.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Herndon Baths (Crystal Palace), ca. 1920</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crystal Palace interior, 1903<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Herndon's Crystal Palace Barber Shop after an interior renovation, 1914</td></tr>
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Peachtree developed as the central avenue of the white commercial district during the Jim Crow era. Although Herndon and his barbers were black, the barber shop catered to white customers, so it could operate on Peachtree as opposed to Auburn Avenue where so many black businesses were at the time. The Crystal Palace served some Atlanta's most elite white businessmen and politicians. At the same time, barbering was advertised as a lucrative profession for black workers, whose employment opportunities at the time were limited.<br />
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In addition to haircuts and shaves, the Crystal Palace offered manicures, pedicures, and skin bleaching. You could even buy whiskey! Well, kind of...<span style="font-size: x-small;">not really</span>. In 1908, a 60-year-old barber named Dock McCormick was caught storing bootleg whiskey in a closet in the Crystal Palace, unbeknownst to Herndon and the other barbers. The police found out and arrested him.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The good old days of Bunion Wizards, 1919</td></tr>
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As you can see in the image below, by 1919 the Crescent Stag Hotel was converted to the Wilson Hotel, the Strand Theater sat next door, and the Kibler & Long clothing company sat at the other end of the block.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1919 Birds Eye</td></tr>
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I'm assuming the Wilson Hotel was named for Jack Wilson, proprietor of the Stag Hotel that preceded it, but it could also just be coincidence. Looking into some old newspaper articles about the Wilson, I found reports on a string of suicides and suicide attempts that took place in the hotel in a short period of time.</div>
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First, in 1917, Charles Felker, Jr. perished after leaping from his fire escape onto Broad Street. Reports indicated that after swallowing arsenic, he tried to borrow a pistol from the Spider Taxicab Service nearby. When that was unsuccessful, he then tried again to find a pistol in the hotel. After failing to find a pistol, he jumped from the fire escape and died later at Grady Hospital.</div>
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Also in 1917, two women (Pauline Cooper and J. S. Shelton) had apparently made a suicide pact with one another and ingested mercury bichloride. According to the <i>Constitution</i>, the two women had "firmly determined to 'go to Satan'." After taking the poison, the women's screams alerted the other guests, and authorities were called. Ms. Cooper, after recovering, reportedly said: "I'll do it next time. I won't trust to poison, either. I'll use a .38." ...Dang.</div>
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Then in October of 1919, Nellie McLain took her own life by ingesting poison when police arrived at the hotel to arrest her. The article didn't indicate why she was being arrested, but it did say she had attempted suicide several times before.</div>
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One month later, the hotel caught on fire, partially destroying the building and killing five people. The building would be demolished soon after.</div>
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Now that you're all sufficiently depressed, how about a trip to the theater?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cowpuncher/princess trope is so overdone... 1919</td></tr>
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The Strand Theater (no relation to the one in Marietta, as far as I can tell) opened on the block sometime around 1916. The Strand was a new sensation, a fabulous creation (bonus points if you got that).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm leaning toward "The Elephant's Nightmare," 1920</td></tr>
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Down on the northern end of the block, a national ready-to-wear clothing company called Kibler & Long opened a new store in 1914. It expanded to Broad in 1916 with a remodeled interior and new display windows.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dapper Dan, 1917</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dapperer Dan, 1919</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dapperest Dan, 1928</td></tr>
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In 1926, the company upgraded to a new building at the same location. The store remained there until at least the 1940s.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kibler & Long at the corner of Peachtree, Poplar, and Broad, 1926</td></tr>
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Back on the other side of the block, another clothing company had settled in on the location of the Wilson Hotel. In 1919, the George Muse Clothing Company leased the lot and had their new store built in the Wilson's place. The new store, by far the tallest building on the block, opened in 1921.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drawing of George Muse Company, ca. 1921<br />
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The company hosted a housewarming event before officially opening for business, which attracted an estimated 10,000 people throughout the day. No sales were allowed, but the display cases were set up for people to browse and pre-order items.<br />
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In the photograph below, you can see the Flatiron Building in the foreground with our block directly behind (view looking south). Peachtree is on the left side, Broad is on the right.</div>
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Muse's display windows were apparently pretty significant in the 1920s. In 1928, the largest exhibit of men's shoes in Atlanta to date (there were others?) was shown in the building's 14 display windows. They displayed shoes dating from 1822 to 1928, with current styles from Johnston & Murphy.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1923</td></tr>
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Before that, however, a hypnotized woman was put on display in one of Muse's windows and yes you read that right. In 1922, the Atlanta <i>Constitution</i> and the Lyric Theater (not on this block) conducted an experiment where they attempted to see if someone could be hypnotized over the radio. Widespread radio use was fairly new at the time, and this was clearly the next logical step.<br />
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So anyway, a hypnotist named Vishnu, working over the radio from the <i>Constitution's</i> Station WGM, was able to hypnotize a woman named Beatrice Kyle at the Lyric Theater into a sleeping state. For whatever reason, it was decided that she should then be moved via ambulance to Muse's and put on display in one of the windows. She was in the window for roughly 24 hours before she was moved back to the Lyric Theater and revived over the radio by Vishnu. Ms. Kyle reported feeling very rested and the experiment was considered a success. This is a true story, and there are photos to prove it:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crowds gathering to see Ms. Kyle on display, 1922<br />
Courtesy of Georgia State University</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ms. Kyle's removal from Muse's back to the Lyric Theater for revival, 1922<br />
Courtesy of Georgia State University</td></tr>
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And then sometimes Muse's just sold clothes:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The latest fashions from Muse Clothing Co., 1925</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This image from the 1932 Muse Company Fashion Show can also be found in my nightmares.</td></tr>
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The rest of the block's appearance changed drastically throughout the mid-20th century. Storefronts were updated to then-current styles as new companies moved in. Next door to Muse's, Webster Clothes has a completely refinished facade.<br />
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By the 1970s, even further changes were made to the storefronts. Webster Clothes appears to have been replaced by either a gubernatorial campaign headquarters for Bert Lance or just a glorified billboard. The Florsheim Shoe Company in the image above was replaced by an Ivan Allen Company store with a completely updated facade. Even Muse's, whose facade remained mostly unchanged, got a new super-trendy sign and logo.<br />
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The Muse building did get another significant update in the 1970s with the Urban Walls mural project. The mural on the north side of the Muse building was painted by David Barry Lewis.<br />
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The block had apparently fallen on hard times in the 1980s. A lot of downtown areas were suffering at the time because of rampant suburbanization (something that will no doubt keep coming up in future posts), and this block was deemed by many as blighted. The Citizens and Southern Bank, which sits on the next block over across from Walton, wanted to purchase the Muse's block to build an office tower; Muse's would have moved up Peachtree to a new building. That deal fell through and was abandoned. It would be interesting to see what kind of office tower would have taken the block's place, but I'm confident it would have been ugly.</div>
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In its heyday, Muse's had 10 stores throughout Atlanta, catering mostly to older businessmen. As shopping malls and their anchor department stores increased in popularity, places like Muse's struggled to compete, especially since they failed to attract young people. In 1990, Muse's filed for bankruptcy protection before moving to a new location at Peachtree Center a year later. All Muse's stores closed in 1996.</div>
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In 1995, John E. Aderhold, chairman of Atlanta-based Winter Construction, purchased the Muse building and another on the block for $800,000. The spaces were transformed into loft apartments, restaurants, and retail in preparation for the onslaught of tourists coming for the 1996 Olympic Games. The mural was painted over and the rest of the buildings on the block were restored to appear more like the historic facades (images below).<br />
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Here's an aerial view of the block today. You can kind of see all the restored facades, but it's not great. Next time I'm down there I'll get a picture of the full thing at ground level. Muse's is the tall one on the left. On the far right are the Crystal Palace/Happy Hookah and the Kibler & Long/Moe's.</div>
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Of the original 12 blocks, I'll really only get into detail with one of them. The rest aren't especially noteworthy until (SPOILER ALERT) they're all demolished.</div>
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This area of Atlanta, now part of the Summerhill neighborhood, began as an upscale residential area after the Civil War. Washington Street (now more-or-less Pollard Blvd) was gaining a reputation as one of the finest streets in Atlanta. The area was also home to a number of Jewish residents and would be a significant part of Atlanta's Jewish community for roughly a century.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In this 1878 atlas, some houses have been constructed, but much of the southern part <br />
of the area is undeveloped. McDonough St became Capitol Ave shortly after.</td></tr>
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The one block in the Old Twelve (it'll catch on) I'll be reviewing fell within Richardson Street, Capitol Avenue, Crumley Street, and Crew Street. Capitol Ave (now Hank Aaron Dr) is the only one that still remains today in this particular area. This block is the second one down on the right.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The blocks in 1892</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: center;">That block is significant because of a house located on the corner of Capitol and Crumley that belonged to Charles Thomas Swift. Swift, a businessman from Perry, GA, moved his S.S.S. Tonic Company to Atlanta in 1873. The tonic, marketed as a cure-all for everything including cancer, is still on the market today as an herbal supplement.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charles Thomas Swift</td></tr>
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Swift built his lovely new home at Capitol and Crumley in 1875. He lived there with his wife Lena and their five children until his death in 1890. Lena remarried in 1900 and moved to a new house a block or two south.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charles Thomas Swift House, illustration from <i>Harper's Weekly</i>, 1887<br />
Courtesy of Atlanta History Center</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Swift House on the southern corner of the block, 1892</td></tr>
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The house was briefly a rental property until 1904, when it was purchased by an Austrian immigrant named Ludwig Amster. Amster was a Jewish physician who moved to Atlanta in 1894 and practiced medicine out of his home on Washington Street. He wanted to open a sanitarium...sanatorium?...hospital to treat stomach and intestinal disorders and felt the handsome decor of the 14-room Swift House made it suitable for patients.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dr. Ludwig Amster in front of Piedmont Sanatorium, ca. 1920.<br />
Courtesy of Piedmont Hospital</td></tr>
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The 8-bed hospital opened in 1905 as Amster Private Sanatorium before quickly changing to Piedmont Sanatorium. Amster invited his friend and colleague Dr. Floyd W. McRae to be the hospital's Chief of Surgery and Gynecology. Amster's wife Flora was the hospital's first business manager, handling day-to-day operations like meals and bookkeeping.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Piedmont Sanatorium, ca. 1920<br />
Courtesy of Piedmont Hospital</td></tr>
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The hospital's immediate success led to many expansions over the years, which would transform the shape of the block. The Piedmont Sanatorium School for Nurses soon opened, and graduates fondly remembered it being like boot camp. Dr. McRae, an avid motorist, used to take nurses for rides around the block in his fancy automobile machine thing.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Student Nurses, 1915<br />
Courtesy of Piedmont Hospital</td></tr>
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New annexes were built in 1908 and 1921 with new departments, beds, and operating rooms. Remaining houses on the block were used for nurses' quarters. The hospital itself ultimately took up the entire southern half of the block. In 1925, the name officially changed to Piedmont Hospital, which is what most people had been calling it unofficially for years.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Second block down on the right is the Piedmont block, 1928.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close-up of that block.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the back at Crew and Crumley, 1934<br />
Courtesy of Atlanta History Center</td></tr>
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During WWII, many of Piedmont's physicians and nurses went to Europe to assist with the war effort. Shortly after the war, the hospital's board began eyeing a new location. The hospital was outgrowing its current location, and the old Swift House, though lovely, was aging to the point of sanitary concerns, lacking modern amenities like air conditioning.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Piedmont Hospital, 1952<br />
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Construction began on a new hospital on Peachtree Street in 1954. The new facility officially opened on March 26, 1957 when 15 ambulances transported patients from the Capitol Ave location to what remains Piedmont Hospital's current location today. At the last staff meeting at the old location in 1957, Dr. John B. Duncan presented the following poem:<br />
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DEDICATED TO THE OLD PIEDMONT:</div>
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No one has asked me to do this,</div>
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So don't anyone laugh.</div>
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As one of the oldest</div>
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Members of Piedmont staff,</div>
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I only have this to say--</div>
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"Hail and farewell," on</div>
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This, our last day.</div>
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For the past thirty-four years,</div>
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Day and night,</div>
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I've been riding this route,</div>
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With no relief in sight.</div>
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But now, through the supreme effort of--</div>
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Staff, nurses, doctors, well-wishers, and friends,</div>
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We now have arrived at a climactic end.</div>
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The minutes of this meeting</div>
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Should be preserved for "Posterity."</div>
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So all who follow can read and see,</div>
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What a swell project this turned out to be.</div>
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I do hope these sentimental little lines,</div>
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Will bring home to us that oft repeated rhyme</div>
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"There is a strange pathos in doing the simplest things for the last time."</div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhQ_KW6HF-PCS8hO1pqkvHewIlFXGjnnJesUP0kjgxOroNGaEhfgGKGeseQPHTGS1EVdr4UiVha4fC4gawlpydTlJ8wCJ-f18YMQgqA7d_FMXsw1nmZEvYDfroBCla-FDuLDRxiFbajmQ/s1600/piedmont+postcard+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhQ_KW6HF-PCS8hO1pqkvHewIlFXGjnnJesUP0kjgxOroNGaEhfgGKGeseQPHTGS1EVdr4UiVha4fC4gawlpydTlJ8wCJ-f18YMQgqA7d_FMXsw1nmZEvYDfroBCla-FDuLDRxiFbajmQ/s1600/piedmont+postcard+2.jpg" height="255" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Postcard ca. 1920</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Postcard ca. 1930</td></tr>
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The property was then sold to the City of Atlanta Housing Authority, who demolished everything in 1960. A magnolia tree on the corner of Richardson and Capitol apparently survived for a while, but I'll bet you a donut it's dead and gone now. The image below is roughly what the block looks like today. For more historic images of Piedmont Hospital, visit their Pinterest page <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/piedmonthealth/our-history/">here</a>.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The careful attention to greenspace is almost as evident as my sarcasm.</td></tr>
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The other 11 blocks remained mostly residential in the first half of the 20th century, with Georgia Avenue becoming a small shopping district, complete with a movie theater on the corner of Georgia and Crew, and Fritz' Ice Cream shop nearby. Most of Atlanta's wealthiest residents were moving to suburbs, leaving areas like this one open to low and middle income residents. By 1960, about half of those residents remained Jewish, with the other half mostly African American.<br />
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With the decline of the area's income level, the property there was deemed less desirable. In 1960, multiple blocks were cleared as part of the Washington-Rawson Urban Renewal project. Several blocks in the neighborhood had already been cleared for highway construction. The initial plans for our blocks included white public housing, but many black residents felt that since so many low income black people had been displaced by the demolition, the new housing project should be for black residents. The land sat vacant for years.</div>
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Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr., wanting to avoid the controversy that would come with either choice, decided that the area would not be developed for housing at all. Instead, he chose the Washington-Rawson area for the development of a new stadium he had been wanting. Allen, elected mayor in 1961, had a vision of bringing professional sports to Atlanta, but was struggling to find a suitable stadium location. He argued the Washington-Rawson location worked because it would help revitalize the decaying downtown area by bringing people in for sporting events. It failed to do that, though, because the area was already completely cut off from downtown by interstates, making it extremely difficult to go back and forth between locations.</div>
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City planners weren't convinced the new stadium location was a good idea either, arguing that parking and traffic would be major issues resulting in further displacement of residents (we'll get to that). One top planner resigned over the dispute. Despite all warnings, construction of the new Atlanta Stadium commenced in 1965 before a sports team had even been signed.<br />
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As president of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Allen had made several connections in the city's business elite. He called on Citizens & Southern bank president Mills Lane to front the credit for the new stadium construction in exchange for Lane's recommended appointments for a new Stadium Authority (including Lane himself as treasurer and Coca-Cola executive Arthur Montgomery as chairman).</div>
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The stadium was completed in 1965, a year before the Braves moved in. In the meantime, the Beatles performed their only Atlanta show ever at the stadium on August 18, 1965. Atlanta Time Machine has some great images related to that show <a href="http://www.atlantatimemachine.com/misc/beatles.htm">here</a>.</div>
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Opening Day for the Atlanta Braves was April 12, 1966 against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Braves lost 3-2. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hank Aaron's equipment, Opening Day: April 12, 1966<br />
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Despite the fanfare related to Atlanta's new professional sports team, there were some bumps in the road. Criticism of the new stadium came mainly from the Summerhill neighborhood that was significantly affected by the stadium. The main issue was parking. The parking study commissioned by the stadium authority figured that each car would hold four people, and that 3,250 people would arrive by bus. 4,100 parking spaces were then recommended for the new 55,000-seat stadium, leaving 35,350 potential people with no parking spots.</div>
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The Braves demanded that the city add 2,500 more parking spaces within 10 years, which the city did, but that was still not enough. Since so many people had to find unofficial parking, the remaining areas of Summerhill were flooded with cars. Many property owners recognized that they could make more money selling parking spots than renting to low-income tenants, so rental properties were razed and replaced by "gypsy" parking lots.<br />
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In addition to parking issues, the stadium's traffic plan made a number of streets in the area one-way before and after games. That made it incredibly difficult for area residents to go to and from home during game times. In addition, parking lots replaced the Georgia Ave commercial area, leaving remaining residents with fewer shopping options nearby. The post-game fireworks were also a problem for many residents, particularly when games went extra innings. One game in 1993 went so long that fireworks went off at 4:15 am.</div>
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Nevertheless, one neighborhood's problems were not enough to impede the city's excitement, and the Atlanta Braves would be Summerhill residents for the next 50 years.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlanta Braves mascot Chief Nok-a-Homa, 1966. Yup.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big Victor, 1967<br />
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On April 8, 1974, Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth's record and scored his 715th home run at Atlanta Stadium. In 1976, Ted Turner purchased the Braves, and the stadium's name changed to Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hank Aaron hitting his record-breaking homer, 1974<br />
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Professional football also came to Atlanta Stadium in 1966 with the arrival of the Atlanta Falcons. Opening Day was September 11, 1966 against the LA Rams. The Falcons lost 19-14.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlanta Stadium set up for a Falcons game, 1966<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlanta Falcons vs. LA Rams, 1966<br />
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Atlanta Stadium was also home to the Chiefs, Atlanta's professional soccer team from 1967 to 1972, then again from 1979 to 1981. Poor attendance ultimately led to the team's (and league's) demise.<br />
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In 1986, the Falcons began lobbying for their own stadium, threatening to move the team to Jacksonville if their demands weren't met. Consultants were hired over the next few years to determine the new stadium's location and specifications, and one study suggested that Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium was obsolete for both the Falcons and the Braves. Can of worms: opened.</div>
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In preparation for the upcoming Olympics bid, the Atlanta Olympic Committee began secretly negotiating a new stadium with the Braves that would be used for the Olympic Games (should Atlanta win the bid) and then be turned over to the Braves for a new baseball stadium. As we all know, Atlanta did win the bid in 1990, and these plans were then made known to the public. The Falcons moved to their new home, the Georgia Dome, in 1992.</div>
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Since the new stadium was to be erected just south of the existing one, residents of the Peoplestown neighborhood nearby expressed concerns that their neighborhood would experience the same problems that Summerhill did. They organized Atlanta Neighborhoods United for Fairness (A'NUFF) and lobbied for better parking and traffic plans, a ban on gypsy lots, increased neighborhood security, and a cut-off time for fireworks.<br />
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These demands were largely not met. There were 8,900 parking spaces now available and a ban on gypsy parking, but the new spaces still weren't enough, and the gypsy parking ban was rarely enforced.<br />
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The new Centennial Olympic Stadium plan was conceived by the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games and the Braves with very little input from city or county officials. Construction commenced in 1995.<br />
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Centennial Olympic Stadium had a capacity of 85,000 people and was home to the 1996 Olympics' track and field events as well as Opening and Closing Ceremonies.<br />
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After the Olympics, it was converted to the new Braves stadium, Turner Field, with a capacity of almost 50,000. Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium's footprint is preserved as a large parking lot for the new stadium. The Braves started their 1997 season at Turner Field with a 20-year lease, and there has been no controversy of any kind since.</div>
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Below I've put together maps and aerial views from four eras so you can see how the blocks changed over time. Click the image to enlarge.<br />
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Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07029902962598209651noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040628041708774921.post-32311356490034424982014-08-06T08:40:00.000-07:002014-08-06T08:40:16.424-07:00Enriching Mind OrgansJust wanted to quickly say thank you to Creative Loafing for featuring this blog this morning. As the new kid on the block (Get it?? <span style="font-size: xx-small;">Sorry...</span>), I was very surprised an honored to get a mention. Check out the <u><a href="http://clatl.com/freshloaf/archives/2014/08/06/atlantas-glorious-history-blogs-help-us-cherish-the-past-enrich-our-mind-organs-in-the-present">article</a></u> for other great Atlanta history blogs, all of which I have enjoyed and recommend.Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07029902962598209651noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040628041708774921.post-27654968340285519552014-08-05T10:28:00.000-07:002020-07-17T13:37:59.277-07:00Westin Peachtree PlazaThis post comes to you with help from Leslie Kilpatrick and Jennifer Williams, who contributed a ton of the research. Thanks ladies! (It also helped get this one out so quickly, so expect longer wait times in the future.) <br />
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So anyway, this post's block falls within Peachtree St, Ellis St, Carnegie Way, Spring St, and Andrew Young International Blvd. It is currently home to one of the most recognizable buildings in Atlanta's skyline, the Westin Peachtree.<br />
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Before the Civil War, banker John H. James purchased a portion of the block along Peachtree and Ellis for $1,500 and built his home there. James spent the Civil War in the Bahamas (sure, ok), and when he returned, he sold his lot and purchased another one on the block to build an even <i>better</i> home at Peachtree and Cain (now Andy Young Blvd) in 1869.<br />
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Within a year, James sold his new Victorian residence to the State of Georgia for $100,000 in bonds, and the house became the first official Executive Mansion (Governor's Mansion) in Atlanta. Rufus Bullock, Georgia's first Republican governor, was also the first of 17 governors to live in the mansion.<br />
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Other homes cropped up along the block at this time, which you can see in the 1871 birds-eye view below. The grandest homes lined Peachtree on the eastern edge of the block, with more modest homes lining Church St (now Carnegie). <br />
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The house just south of the Executive Mansion was built in 1858 for William Herring and designed by John Boutell. During the federal occupation of Atlanta, the Greek Revival home served as headquarters for Union General George Thomas. In 1878, Austin Leyden married Herring's daughter Catherine and moved into the house, so the house is commonly referred to as the Leyden House. The Leyden House is referenced in Margaret Mitchell's <i>Gone with the Wind</i> as being close to Rhett Butler's house (sorry, Windies, but that part's fiction).</div>
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Meanwhile, John H. James, who had been elected 21st mayor of Atlanta in 1871, built himself yet another new house on the corner of Peachtree and Ellis. He then sold that home in 1884 to the Capital City Club, an Atlanta social club founded in 1883. The Peachtree Street entrance of the clubhouse was used for men, while women had to use the side entrance off Ellis Street.<br />
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Next door to the club house was another postbellum mansion, owned first by tailor John B. Jones, then by banker R. H. Richards. The 1895 image below shows the Peachtree side of our block, with (left to right), the Capital City Club (the spires were apparently removed), the Richards mansion, the Leyden House, and the Executive Mansion (only the tippy top is visible).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peachtree St, 1895. It's getting fancy up in here!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jones-Richards Mansion</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1878 atlas showing all properties n the block.</td></tr>
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By this time, the Leyden Home had become a boarding house run by the Leyden family, whose tenants were often wealthy bachelors. Comparing the 1895 image below to the 1864 image, you can see some structural updates to the house, like the second-story balustrade.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leyden Bachelor Pad, 1895<br />
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In the 1892 birds-eye drawing below, you can see all the mansions lining Peachtree to the east and the cluster of smaller dwellings along Church St to the southwest. Just behind the Capital City Club is the Church of the Redeemer (later the Central Congregational Church), built in 1885. An interior photograph of the church is below, and part of the exterior can be seen in the 1890 photo of the Capital City Club above.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1892 birds-eye view<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Church of the Redeemer interior, 1890<br />
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The 20th century brought drastic changes to the block, beginning with the death of Austin Leyden in 1900. The Leyden house was eventually purchased in 1909 by Coca-Cola Company founder Asa Griggs Candler for $100,000. Candler also purchased the Capital City Club house in 1913 after the club moved to its current building two blocks north in 1911 (Fun Fact: Candler was a prominent member of the club). Candler demolished both properties by 1913, leading to "rife speculation" about his plans for the block.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Atlanta Constitution </i>clipping showing the demolished <br />
Capital City Club building, dated January 31, 1913</td></tr>
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The Leyden House, though destroyed, partially lives on in Atlanta's Ansley Park neighborhood. Candler opted to save the house's columns, and they were transferred to Woodbury Hall School for Girls, which remains today as Peachtree Circle Apartments. <a href="http://historyatlanta.com/the-old-leyden-house-columns/">History Atlanta</a> has a great article about the saga of the Leyden House and its columns.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peachtree Circle Apartments in Ansley Park with 158-year-old columns.</td></tr>
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The Richards mansion changed hands in 1910 with the death of Mrs. Richards (now Mrs. Abbott, re-married and re-widowed). The University Club moved in the following year and occupied the home until 1916. By 1920, that home had also been demolished, leaving the Executive Mansion as the block's only remaining Peachtree residence. You can see that in the 1919 birds-eye drawing below, although it's a little hard to tell. You can see a couple other structures on the block, mostly dwarfed by larger structures on surrounding blocks. Our block sits largely vacant.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Winecoff and the Bussey building block our view of <br />
a whole lot of nothing in this 1919 birds-eye drawing.<br />
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The Executive Mansion didn't last too much longer either. Governor Hugh M. Dorsey vacated that house in 1921, feeling that its dilapidated state left it unfit for residency. Dorsey, who had made a name for himself as prosecutor for the Leo Frank trial in 1913, was the last governor to live in the mansion, and the home was torn down in 1923.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Governor Hugh M. Dorsey, really picky about his mansions.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One last stroll before it's all gone forever. (Photograph from 1907)<br />
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The Executive Mansion lot didn't sit vacant for too long before the Henry Grady Hotel took its place. Named for the <i>Atlanta Constitution </i>editor and New South proponent (you may have heard of him), the Henry Grady Hotel was designed by G. Lloyd Preacher & Company and opened in 1924. The Daughters of the Confederacy threw a ball opening day celebrating the hotel and Grady's New South vision. Rooms were for whites only, which led to two Atlanta University students staging a lie-in at the hotel in 1963.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Postcard of Henry Grady Hotel</td></tr>
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Attached to the southern side of Henry Grady Hotel on Peachtree were two theaters: the Keith-Albee Georgia Theatre (re-named the Roxy in 1938) and the Capitol Theatre. Both theaters played films and stage shows, and like the rest of Atlanta at the time, they were segregated spaces with separate box offices and entrances for white and black patrons.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Georgia Theatre Program, 1927<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Capitol and Roxy Theatres, 1944<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roxy Theatre Candy Stand, 1947<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roxy Theatre Colored Entrance, 1954<br />
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An office building called the Red Rock was also constructed on the block in the 1920s on the corner of Cain and Spring. The Red Rock held offices for companies like General Electric and Singer Sewing Machines.<br />
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A far more significant addition to the block came in 1927, though, when Asa Candler's master plan finally came to fruition. Candler contracted Davison's to build a new department store, designed by Atlanta architect Philip Shutze, taking up the remainder of the Peachtree side of the block. Davison's (formerly Davison & Douglas, Davison-Paxon-Stokes, and Davison-Paxon) was an Atlanta-based department store that had recently been purchased by Macy's. Davison's was also segregated back then, with the lower levels of the store (called Davison's Basement) reserved for black customers. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Davison's at the corner of Peachtree and Ellis, 1940s<br />
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Davison's initially flourished for many years, adding a parking deck and new store space in 1949. The store was modernized in 1963, but as the 20th century waned, downtown department stores couldn't compete with suburban malls, and Davison's was no exception. It changed its name to Macy's in 1985 and continued to decline until it finally closed in 2003.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking south on Peachtree from Henry Grady Hotel to Davison's, 1956<br />
Courtesy of Georgia State University Special Collections</td></tr>
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The Henry Grady Hotel remained open until 1974 when civic leaders' dreams of a world-class Atlanta led to its demolition in favor of a new modern hotel (demolition seen below). </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Embodiment of New South vision deemed an outdated relic. There's a metaphor in there somewhere.<br />
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John Portman, Jr., an Atlanta-based architect (and another member of the Capital City Club), designed the new Westin hotel in place of Grady. Portman's master plan for downtown, dubbed Peachtree Center, was created in 1958 and included offices, hotels, and convention space spanning several city blocks. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Architect John Portman and his awesome head thing.</td></tr>
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The first of Portman's downtown Atlanta buildings was the Merchandise Mart (now part of AmericasMart) in 1961, followed by the Peachtree Center office towers in 1965, and the Hyatt Regency in 1967. Portman's vision came to our block in 1976 with the completion of the Westin Peachtree Plaza.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Westin Peachtree under construction, 1974<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Construction progress, 1975. Onward and upward!<br />
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Many of Portman's hotels are known for their large, open atria. The Westin, however, was constructed on a comparatively narrow lot, resulting in its tall, cylindrical guestroom tower atop a base with the lobby and public space. The base extends along Andy Young International Blvd, the northern edge of the block, from Peachtree to Spring St. The tower portion is close to the corner of Andy Young and Spring. At the time of its completion in 1976, the 723-ft Westin Peachtree was the tallest building in Atlanta and the tallest hotel in the world.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's so tall it looks like it's scraping the sky! <br />
I wonder if there's a name for a building like that...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View at street level on Peachtree.</td></tr>
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The top three floors of the 73-floor hotel house the Sun Dial, a revolving restaurant and lounge that provides a panoramic view of Atlanta's surroundings.</div>
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On March 14, 2008, a tornado ripped through downtown Atlanta, damaging over 500 of the Westin's mirrored windows. The manufacturer no longer made glass to the original windows' specifications, so the window repairs weren't completed until 2010.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">500 broken mirror windows adds up to 3500 years bad luck.</td></tr>
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Significant renovations to the Davison's/Macy's building, which had been largely vacant since the store closed in 2003, began in 2008. The renovations include retail, convention space, and a banquet hall. Called 200 Peachtree, the building has housed Meehan's Irish Pub and Sweet Georgia's Juke Joint since 2010.<br />
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And that pretty much brings us up to date. A plaque on 200 Peachtree's facade mentions the grand mansions that once lined Peachtree Street. Now there are only two buildings on the block (three if you count the parking deck), constructed roughly 50 years apart.</div>
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Below I've taken the buildings shown in the 1878 atlas and added them to the block as it appears today.<br />
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Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07029902962598209651noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040628041708774921.post-77423196579164477042014-07-30T12:49:00.000-07:002020-07-17T13:35:12.139-07:00Atlanta City HallThe first block I'll be reviewing is Downtown, falling within Mitchell St, Washington St, Trinity Ave, and Central Ave. Atlanta City Hall takes up the entire block today.<br />
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You'd never tell by looking at it now, but this area of Downtown Atlanta was primarily residential when the city was still young. Roads were dirt and lined with churches and houses. The 1875 stereocard below shows Mitchell Street looking west toward Washington. Our block is just out of frame, but the image shows what the area looked like at the time.</div>
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This block had one of the few structures in the city that survived the white hot fury of General William Tecumseh Sherman, which was John Neal's home on the corner of Washington and Mitchell. Neal was a planter and merchant who moved to Atlanta in 1858. He vacated his home on the eve of the Siege of Atlanta in 1864, but Sherman apparently thought the home was nice enough to set up his headquarters there, which is why it survived. Just before the siege, Neal sold the home to Judge William Lyon, but Neal bought it back after the war (I bring this otherwise inconsequential point up because the house is sometimes referred to as the Neal-Lyon home, or some variation thereof).</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Drawing of John Neal Home, ca. 1864. Monstrous blaze just out of view.</span><br />
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Neal never returned to this home, though, and instead built a new one a few blocks away. The home was used as a hotel immediately following the Civil War, then briefly housed Oglethorpe University between 1870 and 1872 when the school first moved to Atlanta from Milledgeville. Financial trouble caused Oglethorpe to close for about 40 years, though, and the Atlanta Girls High School moved into the house in 1873.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The block as it appeared in an 1871 bird's-eye drawing of Atlanta. Note the John Neal Home on the </span><br />
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Atlanta Girls High School was one of the original seven public schools in the city of Atlanta, and the only one exclusively for girls. Its first graduating class had 11 students, and its curriculum over the years included bookkeeping, stenography, and home economics. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">GHS Class of 1884 in front of former John Neal Home.<br />
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As Girls High expanded, extensive changes were made to the Neal home to accommodate a growing student body. A new addition was constructed behind the house in 1888, followed by expansions to the house itself throughout the rest of the 19th century (more on that in a bit).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Girls High School in the John Neal home with the 1888 addition behind it.</span></td></tr>
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The rest of the block was also transforming as the 20th century approached. A strong residential presence remained, but as the city grew, commercial and industrial properties became more common. On the Central Avenue side of the block, the Atlanta Newspaper Union Printing & Publishing House was constructed sometime around 1890.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1892 bird's-eye drawing showing Girls High with its 1888 addition, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">as well as the Newspaper Union building on the opposite end of the block.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Courtesy of the Library of Congress</span></td></tr>
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Around the turn of the century, the Neal home portion of Girls High saw its most dramatic transformations. The columns were removed first, and then the whole facade was completely engulfed by a new 3-story expansion in 1904.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1904 Girls High expansion.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Courtesy of Atlanta History Center</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1895 GHS graduating class. Congratulations ladies!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Courtesy of Atlanta History Center</span></td></tr>
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Atlanta's growth in the early 20th century is reflected in changes to this block. As the 1919 birds-eye drawing below shows, single residences have mostly been replaced by high-density residences and commercial structures. The drawing shows the Southern Construction Supply Company, the Atlanta Labor Temple (not labeled, on the southern end of the block near the Trinity label), the Tallulah Apartments, and the recently expanded Girls High School. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1919 birds-eye drawing.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Courtesy of the Library of Congress</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Postcard of GHS, ca. 1909</td></tr>
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A larger population led to Girls High outgrowing its downtown campus in 1925 and moving to a new location near Grant Park. That location would eventually become Roosevelt High School (The Roosevelt apartments today). Meanwhile, the city set its sights on a new City Hall building. The recently vacant Girls High campus was demolished in 1928 to make way for the new $1 million, 15-story City Hall building, designed by architect G. Lloyd Preacher and completed in 1929.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1930<br />Courtesy of Atlanta History Center</td></tr>
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Some of the block's other structures remained when City Hall was completed, including the Tallulah Apartments (which later became the Martha Candler Home/Churches Home for Girls) and the Atlanta Labor Temple. The Southern Construction Supply Company building was replaced by an Atlanta Health Department Building, and a new Atlanta Health Center was constructed on the block around 1950.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Atlanta Health Center, probably laced with asbestos insulation.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1950 Sanborn fire insurance map showing the remaining structures on the block.</span><br />
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By the 1960s, all of the other buildings except for the Atlanta Health Center were demolished and replaced by parking spaces. As the image below shows, Atlanta--like much of the rest of Downtown America--razed high-density areas and replaced them with parking lots, highways, and general ugliness.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">City Hall in the 1960s, view looking south toward Fulton County Stadium.</span></td></tr>
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In 1989, a new $31 million expansion called the City Hall Annex replaced the Atlanta Health Center building and took up the remainder of the block. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">City Hall Annex Construction, 1988<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The block as it appears today. At least the trees are nice.</span></td></tr>
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Below are a couple composites where I threw in some structures from the 1871 and 1919 birds-eye views to show where things were then compared to what's there now.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1871 homes including the John Neal mansion on the right.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1919 structures including Girls High School, the Tallulah Apartments, <br />
the Southern Construction & Supply Co., and the Atlanta Labor Temple.</td></tr>
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And finally, just for fun, the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center has a great scrapbook in its collection made by Ms. Louise Bansley, GHS Class of '23. Below are some images from that scrapbook, including a newspaper clipping of an article written by <i>Gone with the Wind </i>author Margaret Mitchell, all courtesy of Atlanta History Center.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Louise Bansley</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlanta Journal article dated May 13, 1923 written by Margaret "Peggy" Mitchell 13 years <br />
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**Special thanks to Amber Rose, my research partner on this topic!<br />
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