Yes, there is spring in Atlanta. Our well-known warmth has already begun by Memorial Day, and the “depths” of winter are neither as low nor as long as people endure in most cities. But still there is a time, even in Atlanta, when people gladly put away their sweaters and jackets and look to the … Continue reading…
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More Green-space to Come
More Green-space to Come It’s another story of working together. The City, the Friends of Atlanta Waterworks Park, the Upper Westside Community District, the Department of Watershed Management, and the Berkeley Park Neighborhood Association got together with the help of a former Atlanta City Council member who just wouldn’t stop serving. Through this cooperation, our city can … Continue reading…
Roots of a Neighborhood
Understatement is part of the grounded grace that people find in Atlanta’s Westside Provisions District, and the WSPD mantra, “Really good stuff,” is one example of that. Having established a destination favored by people from all over the city, and indeed the region, with their ability to attract chefs and shop-owners of vision, style, and … Continue reading…
Westside Reservoir Park
Digging the Modern: Quarry Yards Rising Even in its first phase, the project known as Quarry Yards will be a $400 million investment in the obvious future that is west of Midtown. The offices, residences, retail, restaurants, and hotel we’ll see there are coming with a design principle that’s the best of what’s called Modern. … Continue reading…
Where to Go for a Cup of Joe – Midtown
Where to Go for a Cup of Joe The legendary enterprise and sheer energy of Atlanta got a few new lessons when the young, creative, and entrepreneurial took root among the enticing condos for sale in Midtown Atlanta. There’s no use reminding them that there was once a time when coffee companies worried that consumption … Continue reading…
School Spotlight
School Spotlight: Vision and Opportunity in Midtown Anyone who’s watched the Atlanta skyline over the past few years can tell you that the features that were once familiar are changing. Twenty towers are emerging from the broad-shouldered backdrop. The profile we would present in a picture postcard today includes new contours, and the energy behind … Continue reading…
Celebrating New Years in Midtown
The Peach Drops and the Spirits Rise Known as the largest New Year’s Eve celebration in the Southeast, the annual Peach Drop downtown is one of the, ah, exuberant ways of ushering in the New Year. Some people say they just had to do it once. Others make a point of never missing it. However … Continue reading…
Westside Cultural Arts Center
The Hearth and Forge of Midtown Atlanta One of the first glorious neighborhoods of Atlanta, Midtown came back from a 1950s migration to the suburbs, thanks to visionaries who began to work, plan, and give their talent to Midtown beginning in the late 1970s – a time when some will tell you Atlanta started getting … Continue reading…
Cirque du Soleil at Atlantic Station
Dreams Come True: Cirque du Soleil Meets Atlantic Station Living up to its reputation as the “city within the city,” Atlantic Station will give stage to Cirque du Soleil September 14th through November 19th. In so many ways, it’s a meeting that’s meant to happen. Well established now, and having influenced their two respective worlds … Continue reading…
Five Atlanta Websites That Quietly Seem To Know It All
In most industries, offices, and families, a few select people seem to know everything before anyone else knows. Not only do they know it first, they are almost always 100% right and almost always willing to share it. I typically like to sit next to those people. And listen intently. And then I may or … Continue reading…