Jasper “Jack” Smith – Atlanta’s Quaintest Character
MARTA–Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority–is Atlanta’s subway system. When a passenger walks out of the southwest exit of the Peachtree Center MARTA station,…
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Herbert Millard Wood Carvings
This is the second of three articles about the unique and distinctive wood carvings of Herbert Millard. The first article was…
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The Whitehead Memorial Room
This is the first of three articles about the unique and distinctive wood carvings of Herbert Millard. The second article is about…
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The Grady Hospital
Behold the cornerstone of one of the largest health systems in the world. Grady Health first opened the front doors…
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The Switchyards Building
This area has always been a site of dreams getting real. From a rag-picker’s desire to have a home for…
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The Todd Family Homestead
This is the first of four articles about early Atlanta Pioneers Richard and Martha Todd, their family and remnant traces of…
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Rhodes Memorial Hall
It was built for Amos Giles Rhodes, one of the first large-scale furniture magnates to market reasonably-priced furniture to the…
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Atlanta Fire Station No. 19
It represents the Atlanta Fire Department with their commitment to timely duty along with the history of the charming neighborhood…
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The Shellmont Inn
One of the first structures built in Midtown Atlanta, started in 1891 and finished in 1892, the Shellmont Inn is…
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The M. Rich Building
Imagine a brick maze of interlocked buildings from before 1907, smack in the middle of downtown Atlanta. In short, that’s…