The Crum & Forster Building
Pictured here is the former southern headquarters for Crum & Forster, the insurance house founded in 1896 by Frederick Crum…
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Richard “Dapper Dick” Gallogly
Meet Richard Gray Gallogly, the rich and arrogant scion of one of Atlanta’s most prosperous early families. His grandfather was…
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Atlanta’s First Black Police Officers
In this picture we find eight police officers seated in Atlanta’s Greater Mount Calvary Baptist Church on April 30th, 1948….
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Atlanta First United Methodist Church
Remarkable alone for the stoic Gothic Revival architecture, this historic church can be found both in Downtown Atlanta on the…
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The Imperial Hotel
Parked directly north of the Church of the Sacred Heart in Downtown Atlanta stands this historic building. It’s 355 Peachtree…
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The Medical Arts Building
Casting a 12-story shadow over Peachtree Street and the Downtown Connector, the vacant Medical Arts Building (384 Peachtree St. NE,…
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The Plaza Theatre & Briarcliff Plaza
It was Atlanta’s first shopping center with an outdoor parking lot designed for drivers to swiftly pull up, easily park,…
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Fast Friday: The Carnegie Education Pavilion
Featured for this Fast Friday is a monument to education located north of Baker Street on Peachtree Street in Downtown…
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The Sig Samuels Building
Everyday hundreds drive by this one-story brick storefront located on the southwest corner of 8th Street and Monroe Drive. If…
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The Skate Escape Buildings
Across Piedmont Avenue from the 12th Street entrance to Piedmont Park in Midtown Atlanta, it’s impossible to ignore Skate Escape….