They Tore It Down the Next Day

I'll be dog if they didn't tear it down the very next day. It was at 2348 Hosea Williams where Second Avenue crosses Hosea - a forlorn corner that's coming back.


I've been passing here for more than 15 years but something struck me on February 2nd. I drove two blocks past it and thought: "Better go back and take a picture."

Dekalb County property tax records say it was built in 1910. I'll take you around the house counterclockwise. My full size pictures are in Flickr if you want to see more detail: 2348 Hosea Williams Kirkwood Teardown probably 1900-1915 East Lake at 2nd Ave Dekalb tax records say 1910


It was so beat up inside.




























Here's where it is.





Parcel ID: 15 204 06 046, Deeded Acreage  0.5

Here's what the corner looked like on 2017-02-12

Terry's Tiny Tour: Triple-Arched Mid-Century 2520 Peachtree Rd. Before #teardown #preserveatl

I toured 2520 Peachtree Road  (1955) but my video isn't so hot. I want to try again.

In the meantime here's a two minute teaser video of the entrance, the hall, and a tiny bit of a condo.

By mid-2016 construction will begin on the new 23 story "2520 Peachtree."  Pay the old one a little respect before it's gone. If you know who developed, designed, or built it, I'd love to know.


Except for the arches it doesn't make much of an impression if you are going up Peachtree at 45.


I always thought it was a doctors' office, a nursing home or something.

When they announced the teardown, I took a look.


I had no idea.


L-shaped apartments on central hall, three stories tall with parking underneath.

I toured the one it red, a two bedroom, two bath.

Here you go. The video has some music so beware.


Now you know.

Demolition Watch: Go See This Little Oakhurst Landmark Before It's Gone

We've lost bigger buildings, finer designs, and more historic places lately. But this funky little flatrion - I'm taking it pretty hard. I have an uncanny attachment to it and I'm not the only one.

It was still there on Friday May 1. Go see, there's a map at the bottom of this post.


It was last the Tabernacle Missionary Holiness Church. Before? Do you know? Do you have a picture?

" 102 Fifth Ave. was built c. 1916-1920. I suspect the City of Decatur is anxious to see this parcel open up for a number of reasons, one of the biggest being the current owner is a religious, i.e., tax-exempt, entity. When the City Commission approves the bid tonight, it will place a $21,000 lien on the property to cover the demolition costs, etc. Expect to see soon a request to rezone and redevelop the property so that the City can add it to the tax digest." Thanks to David Rotenstein



On one of our most picturesque streets, the oddest building is the most memorable.

" Bid Award.
Recommend accepting a proposal from Leon Benton Construction, Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia in the amount of $18,750 for the demolition and removal of a dilapidated building of the building at 102 Fifth Avenue. "


Somebody must have lived up there.


Why did they cover the brick?


Are folks squatting there?

If you can't get by, here's the video, about five minutes long.





From Dekalb County Tax Records


Go See.

More pictures of Tabernacle Missionary Holiness Church 102 5th Ave Decatur Georgia.

"Most landmarks and focal points in cities - of which we need more, not fewer - come from the contrast of use radically different from its surroundings, and therefore inherently special-looking, happily located to make some drama and contrast of the inherent difference ... noble buildings ... set within the matrix of the city, instead being sorted out and withdrawn into 'courts of honor'"- Page 228, ”The Death and Life of Great American Cities” - Jane Jacobs, Vintage Books Edition 1991

Five Atlanta Schools for Sale: Challenges for Property Managers and Optimists.

Is allowing our abandoned schools to rot in place efficient for taxpayers? I hope not.

Can schools be world class in teaching AND in managing real estate? Unlikely and neither is easy.

Can we do better? I hope so.

I urge you to take a field trip and see these places in person. You can visit all five in a couple of hours and getting there is a big part of the fun because you've probably never been to these neighborhoods.

If you are interested, join the Facebook group: SAVE Atlanta's Historic Schools. Get on the Atlanta Preservation Center's mailing list (bottom of the page). Join if you can.

The maps are in this blog post. The Channel 46 video is at the very bottom.



This is George W. Adair School (1912), abandoned for about 40 years, diamonds in brick with deteriorating plywood, a block from the SW BeltLine.

Here are the five starting with the "class photo." Price and dimensions from  CNL Commercial Real Estate's website on 2015-02-07.

Preston Arkwright School (1955) 1261 Lockwood Drive 30311 $485,000 30,829 SF acres: 4.06 Venetian Hills	George W Adair School (1912) 711 Catherine St Atlanta 30310 Adair $350,000 37,610 SF acres: 1.2 Adair Park
West Atlanta Elementary School (1978 & 94) 1335 Kimberly Road Atlanta 30331 $2,900,000 51,588 SF acres: 14.32	Rosalie H Wright Elementary School (1958 & 69) 350 Autumn Lane Atlanta 3031 $510,000 24,192 SF acres: 1.9 Florida Heights
Milton Elementary School (1915) 202 Milton AVE 30315 Atlanta $415,000 20,452 SF acres: 2.446 Chosewood Park

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George W Adair School (1912) in Adair Park  My 126 photos of Adair in Flickr.
711 Catherine St Atlanta 30310

A corner landmark overlooking a park, a charming setting.


Even the backside of Adair is amazing..


The site.

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Milton Elementary School (1915) in Chosewood Park My 60 Flicker Pictures of Milton Elementary.
202 Milton AVE 30315 Atlanta

 On the neighborhood's edge.

 

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Preston Arkwright School (1955) My 54 pictures of Arkwright on Flickr.
1261 Lockwood Drive 30311

On a hillside among houses in Venetian Hills.

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Rosalie H Wright Elementary School (1958 & 69) My 40 pictures of Wright on Flickr.
350 Autumn Lane Atlanta 30310

Smallish school among smallish houses on the northwestern edge of Westview Cemetery.


From the parking lot.

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West Atlanta Elementary School (1978 & 94) My 58 photos of West Atlanta in Flickr.
1335 Kimberly Road Atlanta 30331

On a hilltop anticipating development of Kimberly road which apparently didn't develop beyond Ashley Courts.

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The Channel 46 Video thanks to Steve the producer and Trevar Bacome.

These Six Teardowns are Done

A handful of teardowns. Two new whoppers, a big expansion, two pop-tops, three not-so-big houses, a squeezed-in modern. I can't keep up.




Full contact builders spec house.

and


I didn't get here at the beginning. Pre-Depression level details, pretty amazing I think.


The chimney was the deal.


Might not be your thing but heck-of-a-job by Mark Arnold. The chimney is the prominent detail on the porch but it's hard to see in this picture.

and


This was cute before and in a really nice creek-bottom setting.


A pop-top.


It's still cute, a not so big house. Maggie Shannon architect.


Looks like it has always been there.

and


Pretty cute before. Look at the triple window, porch, and few-step grandma access.


Nice flat lot. No climbing with grocery bags.


I wasn't quite getting it until they installed the landscape then I got a crush. A not so big house, nice work Chip Murrah architect and Blake Builders.

and in the Old 4th Ward:



It held its own at 968 square feet. It's what caught my eye. Sidewalk level access really appeals to me, need the brick wall for a sense of enclose.


Already surrounded by teardowns, traditional left and modern right.


Hello garage door. It was on the Modern Atlanta tour last year and I enjoyed the inside.



Where mill houses used to be.

and


It was the "Faux Chateau" a transformed rancher by Barry Doss, R.I.P.. It was odd and I liked it a lot. Already surrounded by teardowns.


The former backyard from pictures I saved from the old real estate ad.


It grew.