Off 11th street in Midtown Atlanta:
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When Jo Ann and I are cruising and see something like this, we both say, "Why can't we live in a place like this?" I mean a place where you can be this colorful. I locked on to
Southern Aspirations post about Stuart Florida (see her picture of the "Colorado Hotel" towards the bottom) and realize that I'm searching Atlanta for just such a colorful place.
![P1141698-11th-Green-Greek-Revival](https://lh3-testonly.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vjlEq4gL7NAEa1LcHWmYUld09r6vcQ0rxerwDMh9TKcmhI_x5O2XSk6cAD-3y5Wp_gHp_AbgdFl14Q0WX0uScbLnWjE-3RfSsfNHSvZxYnW1kICRDTKeavin8wn4DdUbE=s0-d)
Some commercial places can do it like Habersham Gardens:
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![P5310304-Habersham-Green-Brick-Shed](https://lh3-testonly.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uSpiDOIEuMPqaNYO42_02SnJWAwXIg2VpI1-PZUhV4kFL_0xVo2_xG8D_PLXMEEHwTS8a_NmWYRPe1aHHlxCwpEZE_kPlO5FJbsINYJrKAItReKAQg7cS3Ek-Dfnj-16A=s0-d)
Or the Irwin Street Market:
![P6180409-Irwin-Street-Market-South-Facade](https://lh3-testonly.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vfQ1bHS69LWRqRMbviYv17IifoFuMiqAv25TlWxnwcJEpjFsnKk0a0OBkMjviWWMXEf4sA0RMf6gmBWOPKzKS_pT0D25ZB5GVS2QSDIQk9SExajeZ9ZbAyH-pfJzVs6SA=s0-d)
And there are 3 pink houses in Ansley Park:
![PC121500Pink-Ansley-1](https://lh3-testonly.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vmdifOD_bQ04jLvUGHNeQM2TY0t0YLqdrIfbMFT3if6oqWNbxrhm67wZMHF4VrH3yts6sxnEcUNKqxLGa3dCoOsN0561aqNAEZTmcTb2OcHmde0ITDIQ4XNssaTWrWwkc=s0-d)
But only the older, funky neighborhoods and architecture can dare the colors. Like the MLK district in the Old 4th Ward.
![P1221777-Wigwam-LottaFruita](https://lh3-testonly.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_s63FoDrse0Cd8I3541X-9gLJKUE_tCQ2QrvPi7bGvfgAwnxZcm2iUtadKoDjxSQkxX1pSK1IldNVNgPuRv2v_7iHTqJcgwdP-7Mewx_o08FnTqJ-gEgamuATnLXenOAef6=s0-d)
Or this pink one in Cabbage Town within sight of Oakland Cemetary:
![P1211741-Pink-SCabbageTown](https://lh3-testonly.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uIRZ4hzwhJ-LgNSvUJ17TmN772vmPFo8GdyeTjQFsMDlKJMK7sfVyWTRY5FiteqAOFgnx4u4GmblDtM6JOjLUm7e7IH3e1hPOLlqCM54HZBPv8vFbCRfMVNqV3Os95nA=s0-d)
The Wigwam condo is a treat
![P1221785-Wigwam-Fountain](https://lh3-testonly.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_s_4NTXEb0v_Yh6OIYoqUgVkyuS-6H8qzDu5G90212BBpUmCGAxNaokO141WP_GBf3sws4rGqprlgAF4E013acF7TsMKTuPcKumbH2frYevnCCnP4z-RoDY33YGSjDgFbPOWA=s0-d)
This pink mill house in Scottdale is a favorite:
![P1091658-Pink-House-Scottdale-GA](https://lh3-testonly.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vuJxn4OjT3gMd0NIpkKqN43SpAAZIai3-ToaUQ_ikL4riJ4OMvkm2y447kNtXKdJ5FFmTegbisthCwm5XyKk_tdnwVCz5unX0eXn06XuIOiYigt23sYGgb0_tH4CtHCiM=s0-d)
The black house in Atkins Park isn't a tropical color but it has palms:
![PC041430-Black-House-Poncey](https://lh3-testonly.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tU0iz6Pj0GQQkaZH1iLT-7PCHGyClqOKGUcnJ0DycC3ZR6Vmbp6DQDPDCTitaKdHqKIehQGb4o9ueJRvjBP33Q7ggAW0L-I0YVgVQ1lFP6PEnKISCmgYAPEgqOD9uErw=s0-d)
You can get away with a yellow house on a few streets in Morningside:
![P7030616-Highland-Rainbow-Yello-2Story](https://lh3-testonly.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_v9_QOnwEznXucW4Ora6vZNDqEvLAng7pKHb9nvvTCrmpKgfXJ2IzuDwa-z1aqnXiywUMD-HmBHhr2wrgPO93v8LXzQTcK-nB5-qWimPTPt24KqoNx1BvsxIaI63fuwag=s0-d)
You can paint your trim pink in Virginia Higlands:
![P3022268-Barnett-VirginiaCircleSand-White-Pink-Door-Detail](https://lh3-testonly.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_van6Sdt1B_RO9FklOnyRuN19yUEEcE0rbJrtvOYRVeL7mmDbwdGmLMg6_WBo6zoV9xKM8wPQHpFpyJecMNiViAw8Wra3r2h64MmA9kyHxSnd4GOz15fZ21qdPxE__e=s0-d)
There is Pink Mirror Fence in Oakhurst, certainly a license for color:
![P1211743-OakGrove-PinkMirrowFence](https://lh3-testonly.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uhLd_7-Z5t2HB5w2BPNAINbY-bVvRosidgv_AsMaCM9OY4ma-a5KULlj-xwoqXY9jN_GXBtfh2uZWjdDfjlsIdwkctA5Faor8RekF695ynIhRMXlBv9-8FqTdqfQa2pr4=s0-d)
This blue one in Poncey Highlands even makes dead Kudzu look good:
![PC071480-Blue-Vernaclar-With-Skyline-View](https://lh3-testonly.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vPjGqhdw-8gaEr0WQxVqFP3Hd_YxEfgypgJGGay8sZPQT6CclWFG5dfZ_5V9CXNkMlTqOymGSQiyKj80xfarpNS2b1NP4NRZrnkjQTyR-rZlp7_Uf1MglRUJ4whMSth9M=s0-d)
Even the dark red brick of the Virginia Cotton Docks looks a bit tropical with the overflowing bush thing (Know what it is?).
![P6180395-Virginia-Cotton-Docks-Street-Front-Detail](https://lh3-testonly.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_ujKU0HrVJvpfnrBYoo4MlZkHnbPOu0BD4-K-FEUl4OznqljQzautNsLiQrvVxBwX3nwvwNejhzy4HebBCDl-V57IHUZ6-K8WAvIC-_VrplRjYLdoHIL-I_FAhR3hRMzvk=s0-d)
Oh well, this post is just making me more envious. I have many more of these pictures for another day.