When folks ask me what to see during Atlanta Preservation Center's #PhoenixFlies 2018 I say the churches. There are 16 church tours this year.
I want see Northside Baptist a
nd St. Anne's Episcopal this year and more I hope
Here are links to the online
Phoenix Flies 2018 Program to the
Phoenix Flies 2018 Event Cards and to the P
hoenix Flies 2018 Daily Calendar Cards.
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| It's big. Francis Palmer Smith's magnum opus. Stained glass by the acres. |
Another Francis Palmer Smith. Two words: Hammer beams. You'll get a church tour, a stained glass tour, and some honking big organ. Sometime you go in the pipe rooms. |
Not just a church tour but the current "First Existentialist Church ," aka the "Old Stone Church" goes deep. |
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| There's not a prouder structure on Peachtree, every brick and mortor-line has a purpose. Inside: An ethereal space with a dome. Combine this tour with Tour 40 for a same day two-fer. |
Glorious stained glass with handful of Tiffany windows. Combine this tour with Tour 39 for a same day two-fer. |
Glenn's main sanctuary is workaday and doubles and Emory's auditorium. The Steeple, and the dignified exterior reward every drive by. But Shutze's "Little Chapel" is a cathedral in 900 square feet. Shutze based the design on St Stephen Walbrook by Sir Christopher Wren: how to "dome a square." |
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| I've never visited this one but I plan to. |
The octagon landmark where the Northside Drive splits with Northside Parkway. Stained glass #notliketheothers |
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| One of the Charles H. Hopson churches and a Peachtree landmark. Spectacular inside. Must see ceiling. |
Buckhead, kind of hidden, looking forward to my first visit. |
Spectacular and you'll hear the great organ. Combine this tour with Tour 90 for a same day two-fer. |
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| Midtown landmark at 5th and Peachtree. Must see inside. |
In Granite on Grant Street in Grant Park. Have you seen it, seen inside? Stunning sanctuary. #notliketheothers |
One of the three "Jesus Junction" Chruches, a tall steepled landmark in white. Yes, the congregation used to meet on Ponce de Leon. |
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| Shutze landmark with big-time heritage and history. The 1958 bombing is remembered in "Driving Miss Daisy," |
On the St. Luke's property it pokes out into Courtland Steet. Combine this tour with Tour 80 for a same day two-fer. |
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