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Saturday, October 25, 2008
More views from the Grant Building
The view toward the Nations Bank (by Philip Trammell Shutze (1890-1982)
The view up Walton Street and the Muse building.
3 sawtooth roofs around Atlanta, one old and two new
The wonderful Pratt Engineering/Pullman Company propety in Kirkwood
A new condo in the Old Forth Ward has a "fine" cutting bladeView from the Silhouette Midtown's 8th floor
The Silhouette Midtown is across Peachtree Street from Pershing Point. Here is a view to the north. You can see a rooftop or two of Ansley Park and the roof of WSB.
Three funky buildings on Clairmont Road
The Cliff Valley School has checkerboard brick and stone accents.
This stone building with upturned eaves looks oriental:
Across from the VA hospital this:
From the roof top of Castleberry Point Lofts October, 2008
A better look at the rooftop lounge. Nice place for a party. The exercise room is up here too.
This is the view down from the rooftop. It's crazy yellow and looked great at dusk.
The Deere Loft's neon sign is nice at eye-level.
Here is the view to the north.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Catching up: From the weekend of October 18-19, 2008
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Amazing Mosaic on Barnett Street by Donna Pinter
It's huge. You can click on each picture to make it a little bigger, please do>
From north to south:
The end. Is it a dragon's head?
Zen View: Six Miles from 4th Ward to the Mansion on Peachtree
Look closer:
While you are there stop at the Old Fourth Ward Johnny's Pizza and say hello to Jack Blaustein.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
North Kirkwood at the tracks and Kirkwood Lofts
Build as a track-side commercial building the details are modest but classic. This will look great in another 100 years.
Howard Street has some great houses but I'll save it for another day. Find Kirkwood Lofts, one block east of Howard. This is one of many beautiful recycled school buildings in Atlanta. It sits on it's own hill across the street from a park. You've probably never seen it.
A Decatur chruch you'd probably never see
The steeple is modest. The windows are French and gothic
Views from the Grant Building in downtown Atlanta
First, let's here it for transom windows.
The Healey Building, the old Reeder McGhahee Sporting Goods store. The top of the Flat Iron.
The Muses building.
The Healey Building's east facade with 191 Peachtree, the Equitable and Georgia Pacific Buildings as a backdrop.
The Grant Building's west facade on Forsyth Street is on the left. The Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center is modern building dead ahead bathed in morning light. It's the most impressive building south of Marietta Street in Atlanta. It looks like you should miniaturize it an plug it into your motherboard. I really like it but I probably shouldn't. From street level is offputting but in a more impressive way that most new federal buildings. Here is the wikimpia for the neighborhood.
Friday, October 17, 2008
Southside Atlanta: Jonesboro Rd at Lakewood Ave.
Heading north on Lakeside just south of the Jonesboro intersection you catch a glimpse of an old masonic temple in beige brick.
A bit closer we see the well kept Scott building on Jonesboro.
South from the Scott building is this old service station with amazing columns. it's at the corner of Whatley Street and Jonesboro Road.
It's boarded up and fenced in as is something may yet happen there. I hope it will.
On the west side of Lakewood is this modest but classy abandoned building.
A little bit of parapet detail elevates a little building.
Where Rhodesia Avenue crosses Lakewood and Jonesboro is this attractive corner. This could be East Atlanta, Little Five Points or Virginia Highlands.
West of Jonesboro there charming little houses (pictures in another post) and a church on nearly every block.
This 2-story is a bit sad but would look great anywhere. The roof has collapsed probably from a fire.
Where Lakewood meets Milton there is an abandoned depot with huge columns. I hope to get a better picture.