"Regrets Go Only One Way" - "Creomulsion Building" Demolished

Everything about this irritates me and I want to blame somebody. But though I'm a pretty good whiner - real good some say - I'm an inept blamer.<br /><br />I wouldn't know who to blame anyway. because I don't think this is anyone's preferred outcome.<br /><br />And if that's so, we're doing this wrong. Even Drew, the master who operated the excavator, told me he can't believe the buildings "we" tear down.<br /><br />Here are some one-way regrets, pictures, videos, and a map. Discuss amongst yourselves.  <br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15970508550" title="20141231_123759 2014-12-31 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward wreath by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141231_123759 2014-12-31 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward wreath" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7552/15970508550_22a25fa9ab_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Kit laid a wreath. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZfYhsLqGeqph57bbvIkgUbrO4jhhmFasnHoRciseEy_pBSViRlWDp5lwe8PAop20r2m6xOrhkmRdfC2DmniJDUva0IDkr3sdLvZYMPfLlI_sOyuHNAn_U1CCzziIvFn1Tt75pJCTaX9Kg/s1600/crew+triple.jpg"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZfYhsLqGeqph57bbvIkgUbrO4jhhmFasnHoRciseEy_pBSViRlWDp5lwe8PAop20r2m6xOrhkmRdfC2DmniJDUva0IDkr3sdLvZYMPfLlI_sOyuHNAn_U1CCzziIvFn1Tt75pJCTaX9Kg/s1600/crew+triple.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The scene on January 3, 2014. <a href="http://atlanta.curbed.com/archives/2015/01/02/this-historic-o4w-property-is-being-demolished-right-now.php">Curbed Atlanta has the details</a>.<br /><br />The <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PalmettoTrust">Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation</a> ran a year-end series that rings true for me:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">"<b>9. Regrets go only one way.</b></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"> "Over the years, I've heard regrets expressed about tearing a building down. 'We just didn’t know' they claim, that a neighborhood was on the cusp of revival, that an old building might have profitable new uses—or that what resulted turned out to be less valuable than what was lost.</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">"When looking ...  (at) any other old place that survived a battle to exist, do people ever say, 'Darn, we should have torn that building down when we had the chance?'"  </blockquote><br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15528804783" title="20141230_114124 2014-12-30 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141230_114124 2014-12-30 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7478/15528804783_52ddd311ae_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I always thought it was school. It was a block long, hidden by green vegetation for nine months, made ugly by gnarly branches for 3 months, abandoned but intact. It must have been something in its day.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15998554100" title="20150103_112834 2015-01-03 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th War by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20150103_112834 2015-01-03 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th War" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7582/15998554100_9c7f35f404_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It was no fun taking these pictures. And it rained.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16152748962" title="IMG_5546-1 2014-12-30 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5546-1 2014-12-30 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward" height="246" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7557/16152748962_e0a220f60f_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />They started on backside.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15999777579" title="20150103_111706 2015-01-03 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th War by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20150103_111706 2015-01-03 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th War" height="360" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8592/15999777579_9a67a9fd49_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Imploded without explosives. On a clear day you can <i>now</i> see the Buckhead skyline from here.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16153514445" title="IMG_5554 2014-12-30 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward Pediment engaged portico by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5554 2014-12-30 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward Pediment engaged portico" height="480" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7490/16153514445_63d1428d8a_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The Glen Iris frontage remained intact while the excavator gnawed at the backside.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15967442519" title="IMG_5557 2014-12-30 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward pediment engaged portico by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5557 2014-12-30 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward pediment engaged portico" height="480" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8622/15967442519_670bb61a56_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />This is an engaged, pedimented portico, the Parthenon of the Old Fourth Ward, This is as noble as a factory gets.<br /><br />"The oldest part of the building was constructed in 1929 and was designed by <a href="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/philip-trammell-shutze-1890-1982">Hentz, Adler, & Shutze</a>." - Kyle Kesler <br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15964180449" title="20141230_145339 2014-12-30 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141230_145339 2014-12-30 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward" height="360" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8660/15964180449_a68d8c91b3_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />They tore off the south wing first.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15970371318" title="20141231_123408 2014-12-31 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141231_123408 2014-12-31 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7574/15970371318_f85667759d_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />And I could see into the central "tower." It seemed in good shape.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16148348581" title="20141230_150500 2014-12-30 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141230_150500 2014-12-30 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward" height="360" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8630/16148348581_228c577f60_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Still impressive with a missing wing.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15989643280" title="20150102_122900 by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20150102_122900" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7551/15989643280_72269c3c2d_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Then the north wing.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15991150597" title="20150102_115415 by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20150102_115415" height="360" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8563/15991150597_2d097c6568_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />There must have been offices in the north wing.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15970374728" title="20141231_123631 2014-12-31 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141231_123631 2014-12-31 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7545/15970374728_fafe67b6d0_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I started looking at the details, more schoolhouse than cough-drop factory.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16155917951" title="20141231_123732 2014-12-31 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141231_123732 2014-12-31 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7480/16155917951_d35e9d9f39_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />You might see details like this in a Buckhead mansion but you won't see them here anymore. Elegant brickwork in broad pilasters, tall metal windows embraced by sturdy sills kissing  the beefy architrave, the sills align with bands that take the eye around the corners. More like furniture than factory.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15970378068" title="20141231_123709 2014-12-31 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141231_123709 2014-12-31 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7509/15970378068_6df716a8f5_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Perhaps the office door, smaller double-hung windows, a fan light over paneled door.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16176965375" title="20150102_132428 by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20150102_132428" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7572/16176965375_3001cc66c4_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The north wing came down.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16179794402" title="IMG_5642 2015-01-02 22 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5642 2015-01-02 22 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward" height="480" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7578/16179794402_816e69b50c_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />Spooky. The fanlight un-fanned.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15554608344" title="20150102_132442 by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20150102_132442" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7555/15554608344_a70c569ba8_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Working  towards the middle.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16185081872" title="20150103_112221 2015-01-03 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th War by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20150103_112221 2015-01-03 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th War" height="360" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8621/16185081872_9665d781c3_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br />On Saturday just this: a corner and column and a wall.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15998535540" title="20150103_112518 2015-01-03 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th War by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20150103_112518 2015-01-03 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th War" height="360" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8601/15998535540_a50e26237c_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The ruin.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15998396668" title="20150103_112228 2015-01-03 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th War by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20150103_112228 2015-01-03 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th War" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7569/15998396668_316caf2e6c_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The arches lay sleeping after after 80+ years of service.<br /><br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d642.4309792019179!2d-84.36736015705036!3d33.763576967873426!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x88f5040f29af90d9%3A0xc02f93d3aa71a24b!2s345+Glen+Iris+Dr+NE%2C+Atlanta%2C+GA+30312!5e1!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1420434909096" style="border: 0;" width="640"></iframe><br />Go see.<br /><br />I took 230 or so pictures: <br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/sets/72157650022231941/">2014-12-30 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward</a><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/sets/72157647751866774/">2015-01-02 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward</a><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/sets/72157647793534804/">2015-01-03 demolition 345 Glen Iris</a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"> Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward </a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU0uROfCmSLqNH90V-Nx4GmUD6xZEmwcm">So far I've put 41 videos of the Creomulsion Building demoliton on YouTube</a>, about 33 minutes total. They are like this:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Q4crOTmij7c" width="640"></iframe> </a> <!--2015-01-03-->

"Regrets Go Only One Way" - "Creomulsion Building" Demolished

Everything about this irritates me and I want to blame somebody. But though I'm a pretty good whiner - real good some say - I'm an i...

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I Don't Think This Is a Smashing Visual Success - Do You?

To my eye it's interesting visual clutter, not my style. So on this gray Sunday morning I saw it on foot, walked all the way around. <br /><br />They tore down the <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2013/02/de-marbling-im-pei-on-ponce-and-baring.html">I. M. Pei designed Gulf Oil Building</a>. In fact they tore down the whole block except for <a href="http://www.stpaulsatlanta.com/">St. Paul's Presbyterian</a> to build <a href="http://www.live131ponce.com/">131 PONCE Apartment Homes</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsgjur5iOXPhr3rTLLfCWvuaslX8qAWo20SIE0D8HG1vqir8JvdLyf90FJ43YaYSbE0z5n1CquBT-4Iqmk3YZdXiAoIyaGfG4wVl8dwhMpwA0a2eiLO7ec8RkoK26TLMUBA4j3M-pdRH9y/s1600/15942094618_e638b85f7b_k.jpg" i=""><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsgjur5iOXPhr3rTLLfCWvuaslX8qAWo20SIE0D8HG1vqir8JvdLyf90FJ43YaYSbE0z5n1CquBT-4Iqmk3YZdXiAoIyaGfG4wVl8dwhMpwA0a2eiLO7ec8RkoK26TLMUBA4j3M-pdRH9y/s1600/15942094618_e638b85f7b_k.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />There are done now and this is what we got. View east on Ponce de Leon.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16103746226" title="20141228_103550 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141228_103550 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil" height="360" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8627/16103746226_3c08bc97ab_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I'm not going to rehash all the controversy but you can rehash all you want. View south on Juniper.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8362022883" title="P1150247-2013-01-08-Demolition-131-Ponce-de-Leon-by-I-M-Pei-Gulf-Oil-Building-1949 by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="P1150247-2013-01-08-Demolition-131-Ponce-de-Leon-by-I-M-Pei-Gulf-Oil-Building-1949" height="480" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8212/8362022883_80052a8d65_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Not every angle of the old Gulf Building was magnificent; not everybody loved it.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15942863908" title="20141228_110132 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141228_110132 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7579/15942863908_2ea770037c_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The developers saved the marble and built an homage to the old building and put the pool on top. Bathers will have a great view of the Midtown skyline. View west on Ponce de Leon.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15507960414" title="20141228_105503 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil building Atlanta St Pauls Presbyterian Church Atlanta by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141228_105503 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil building Atlanta St Pauls Presbyterian Church Atlanta" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7569/15507960414_dc7ecb4627_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br />I was most concerned about St. Paul's Presbyterian, a one-of-a-kind that I fear is a white elephant for which which we must hope. I don't think "131" leveraged St. Paul's beauty though. The block looks like a mess from this angle too.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8609088304" title="P1170674-2013-03-16-Ponce-Apartment-Phoenix-Flies-APC-rooftop-view-east-Gulf-Oil-IM-Pei-lot-buffted-post-demolition-detail by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="P1170674-2013-03-16-Ponce-Apartment-Phoenix-Flies-APC-rooftop-view-east-Gulf-Oil-IM-Pei-lot-buffted-post-demolition-detail" height="263" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8385/8609088304_6090eef438_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />They scraped off the Gulf Oil Building, a former office furniture store, and parking lots, a little more than 2.5 acres. View east from the top of the Ponce Apartments.<br /><br />I give credit for building on one of our most road-isolated blocks. <b>Juniper</b> (bottom of picture, one-way right) has five one-way lanes south, <b>Piedmon</b>t (bottom of picture, one-way left) has four one-way lanes north. Six lanes each on <b>North</b> and <b>Ponce de Leon</b>. It's busy and fast on these streets. <br /><br />I walked counter-clockwise starting at Ponce then south on Juniper.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8457835822" title="P1160248-2013-02-08-I-M-Pei-Gulf-Oil-Building-Demolition-removing-Marble-panels-West-facade by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="P1160248-2013-02-08-I-M-Pei-Gulf-Oil-Building-Demolition-removing-Marble-panels-West-facade" height="480" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8091/8457835822_dce167d7df_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The Gulf Oil Building gave Juniper a cold shoulder. View south on Juniper.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16129397861" title="IMG_5480 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5480 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil" height="640" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7510/16129397861_dae357f98a_z.jpg" width="480" /></a><br />The Juniper side felt comfortable to me, from here it seemed like an apartment building. I felt safely buffered by a green strip and protected by a row of poles and trees. I wasn't expecting comfort. Walking here has never been so good. View south on Juniper.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16129414861" title="IMG_5493 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5493 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil" height="480" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7469/16129414861_6b70f6725e_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Emory's new Proton Therapy Building (the beached white whale) is a lot less inviting. View Northwest from North Avenue.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16104469596" title="20141228_104033 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141228_104033 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7498/16104469596_5439d2d106_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />From the corner of North and Juniper I could see the whole new composition without the Pei homage or the church. It's what I imagine the Khumbu Icefall on Everest looks like. My eye couldn't get a grip on it but I did see balconies. View east on North Avenue.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16129416731" title="IMG_5495 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5495 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil" height="480" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7549/16129416731_12da41b3c1_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The North Avenue Side. <br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16128363551" title="20141228_104804 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141228_104804 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7555/16128363551_717b3d2502_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Here's the view from North and Piedmont. My eye didn't get it except for the balconies.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16105536446" title="IMG_5499 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5499 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil" height="480" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7544/16105536446_4c207cb449_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It kind of woks as the foot hills protecting Peachtree Ridge and the Midtown skyscrapers. You might think of it as a fortified line. This could be the most picturesque building on Ponce between North Avenue Presbyterian and Highland School Lofts. View west on North Avenue.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15942963800" title="20141228_104817 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141228_104817 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7519/15942963800_1302f3a932_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The Ivy Hall Apartments on the right are a bit more traditional.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15945254759" title="IMG_5504 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil St Pauls Presbyterian Church Atlanta by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5504 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil St Pauls Presbyterian Church Atlanta" height="480" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8561/15945254759_404b2a6a94_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I'm most interested in the Church, in making sure it survives. I hoped the new apartment would leverage it, compliment it.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15507946524" title="20141228_105039 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil St Pauls Presbyterian Church Atlanta by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141228_105039 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil St Pauls Presbyterian Church Atlanta" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7463/15507946524_0eac725fec_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I'm not sure it does.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16130587122" title="IMG_5513 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil St Pauls Presbyterian Church Atlanta stained glass window damage by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5513 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil St Pauls Presbyterian Church Atlanta stained glass window damage" height="480" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8658/16130587122_a48aac509e_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It needs help.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16104496996" title="20141228_105403 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil building Atlanta St Pauls Presbyterian Church Atlanta by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141228_105403 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil building Atlanta St Pauls Presbyterian Church Atlanta" height="360" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8563/16104496996_af4cdd9f89_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br />The green corner makes a difference. Go have a look.<br /><br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d1392.7004080578836!2d-84.38265162833133!3d33.77176880979739!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x0%3A0xee5da309380f8b86!2sSt+Paul's+Presbyterian+Church!5e1!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1419830871498" style="border: 0;" width="640"></iframe><br /><br />Happy New Year.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16123384562" title="20141227_201925 2014-12-27 131 Ponce De Leon complete night by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141227_201925 2014-12-27 131 Ponce De Leon complete night" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7551/16123384562_60340c9df3_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />

I Don't Think This Is a Smashing Visual Success - Do You?

To my eye it's interesting visual clutter, not my style. So on this gray Sunday morning I saw it on foot, walked all the way around. The...

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Grandest House on Moreland Avenue (except Kreigshaber House) is Boarded Up

It's on the way to Grandma's if you go the long way and the long way is the Architecture Tourist's favorite way to go.<br /><br />I've been sneaking by here when I could for almost 20 years. I've been dreaming a history for it but I'd like to know the real story if you know somebody who knows. There's a map and a video at the bottom.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcquZYvcD0f9NQOa8YRAk2m6roo7MOU2QGz_J8t6VFTx-1n4NM-jDNgI0C93Fg2JcmyIDb-hICk_db1xrfoelfSbDvU4XjU9GZgq4x8pmV5jdPgGqhswq5_RbLC1m6-XpPkNfWDjiR9h6u/s1600/macon.jpg"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcquZYvcD0f9NQOa8YRAk2m6roo7MOU2QGz_J8t6VFTx-1n4NM-jDNgI0C93Fg2JcmyIDb-hICk_db1xrfoelfSbDvU4XjU9GZgq4x8pmV5jdPgGqhswq5_RbLC1m6-XpPkNfWDjiR9h6u/s1600/macon.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />This grand house is near Ellenwood Georgia on Highway 23 south of I-285.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15823323859" title="IMG_5332 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5332 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage" height="480" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8659/15823323859_e804c6a635_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It's the grandest house with the grandest garage on Moreland until you get to McDonough, until long after Moreland has changed to Macon Highway, North Henry Boulevard, then Atlanta Street.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16008641532" title="IMG_5329 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5329 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage" height="480" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8647/16008641532_487d98e61f_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It has the maximum front porch for a one-story.  And who doesn't love fluted square columns of real wood. <br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16006150192" title="20141212_142004 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141212_142004 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7539/16006150192_4254b85e98_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br />I've never seen a soul or even a car there. A couple of years ago they boarded up the back windows.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15983554806" title="IMG_5330 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 4 car garage by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5330 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 4 car garage" height="640" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7531/15983554806_124b090c05_z.jpg" width="480" /></a> <br />Yesterday I had a little look around.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15821937688" title="IMG_5331 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5331 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage" height="480" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7514/15821937688_0eb01a0c5a_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Looks like it was last a real estate office.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15822082660" title="IMG_5340 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 4 car garage by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5340 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 4 car garage" height="480" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7575/15822082660_ddf7757a17_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Or maybe a developers' office.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16007383681" title="IMG_5338 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5338 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage" height="480" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7546/16007383681_262fc641ee_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />A little leaky in one room.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16009337355" title="IMG_5337 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5337 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage" height="480" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8660/16009337355_fdc1c28a4d_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />An important fireplace.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15823325629" title="IMG_5336 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5336 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage" height="480" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7509/15823325629_660661b8b8_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It has mostly lost its identity as a house. Perhaps it was never a home, perhaps it was a funeral home, maybe both but I don't know.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15820840309" title="20141212_142054 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141212_142054 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7559/15820840309_7223b685f2_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br />There's a side porch too. Looks like the copper thieves have already been here.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15819448878" title="20141212_142105 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141212_142105 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7488/15819448878_1175c3353a_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br />The side porch faces this walled garden on the the north side, can't see it from the street. They've kept the lawn mowed.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15983556876" title="IMG_5334 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage mill stone by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5334 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage mill stone" height="480" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7542/15983556876_4cbea94acb_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />There's a millstone in the middle.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15819589260" title="20141212_142126 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141212_142126 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7581/15819589260_c5b9cf9cd6_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />View from the walled garden.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16006838395" title="20141212_141947 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141212_141947 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7569/16006838395_25032556cf_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />You'd need a hard heart not to fall in love with the garage.<br /><br />Go see if you are in the neighborhood. It's where Old Rex Morrow Road T-Bones Highway 23.<br /><br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d3336.1497258682753!2d-84.2989059!3d33.6009297!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x88f4ff1654c5bc59%3A0xea181c6492f0bee6!2s5660+Macon+Hwy%2C+Ellenwood%2C+GA+30294!5e1!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1418577296300" style="border: 0;" width="640"></iframe><br /><br />Video 1:02<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/osviAfMXuFU" width="640"></iframe><br /><br />

Grandest House on Moreland Avenue (except Kreigshaber House) is Boarded Up

It's on the way to Grandma's if you go the long way and the long way is the Architecture Tourist's favorite way to go. I've ...

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