Pink houses in Druid Hills and Candler Park

This one is in the part of Druid Hills that you'd think is Virginia-Highland. Anyway, It's an old gas station on Briarcliff. The pink hides behind the wall. I think the owners of Indigo and Partners, former Morningside restaurants, converted this to a home.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3147371383/" title="PC291600-DruidHills-Pink by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC291600-DruidHills-Pink" height="306" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3092/3147371383_289194e3c0.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />This huge pink house in just east of Little 5 points propper.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3147371219/" title="PC291595-Euclid-Pink-Euclid-Rainbow by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC291595-Euclid-Pink-Euclid-Rainbow" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3091/3147371219_d4dc309b81.jpg" width="500" /></a>

Pink houses in Druid Hills and Candler Park

This one is in the part of Druid Hills that you'd think is Virginia-Highland. Anyway, It's an old gas station on Briarcliff. The pin...

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December 29th teardown on Morninside Drive, Atlanta

They tell us that the economy is horrible, that nobody is building. So yesterday they tore down a house on Morningside Drive.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3147371417/" title="PC291601Mside-Drive-Teardown-Incontext by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC291601Mside-Drive-Teardown-Incontext" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3225/3147371417_4d90a2e13e.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3148202888/" title="PC291603Mside-Drive-Teardown-Detail-Dec29-2008 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC291603Mside-Drive-Teardown-Detail-Dec29-2008" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3287/3148202888_e01a549315.jpg" width="500" /></a>

December 29th teardown on Morninside Drive, Atlanta

They tell us that the economy is horrible, that nobody is building. So yesterday they tore down a house on Morningside Drive.

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Not many religious Christmas decorations

Here's one in Oakhurst in Decatur.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3146324040/" title="PC191532NativityOakDale by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC191532NativityOakDale" height="331" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3096/3146324040_c81b502a16.jpg" width="500" /></a>

Not many religious Christmas decorations

Here's one in Oakhurst in Decatur.

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10' WILL NOT CLEAR, the great arched bridge on Ponce

It's not quite as grand (or pink) as the <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2008/11/red-bridge-over-ormewood-avenue-in.html">Red Bridge Over Ormewood Avenue in Grant Park Atlanta</a>. It makes for a grand entrance to Decatur to the east or to Druid Hills to the west. Don't drive your tall truck in the outside lanes. "10' WILL NOT CLEAR"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3137442045/" title="DSCF0108DruidHillsBridgeEastElev by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="DSCF0108DruidHillsBridgeEastElev" height="377" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3258/3137442045_30462986b2.jpg" width="500" /></a>

10' WILL NOT CLEAR, the great arched bridge on Ponce

It's not quite as grand (or pink) as the Red Bridge Over Ormewood Avenue in Grant Park Atlanta . It makes for a grand entrance to Decatu...

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The Atlanta Botanical Garden bridge that didn't collapse

<span style="font-weight: bold;">We didn't even know they were building a new pedestrian bridge at Piedmont Park</span> <a href="http://buzz.yahoo.com/article/1:usatoday:64cbf52334c69984882c93643422ad0b">until it collapsed</a>. We thought it was this one. We'd crossed it several times with our children.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3130092995/" title="DSCF0050FlowerBridgeElev by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="DSCF0050FlowerBridgeElev" height="377" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3263/3130092995_efdc49615c.jpg" width="500" /></a>

The Atlanta Botanical Garden bridge that didn't collapse

We didn't even know they were building a new pedestrian bridge at Piedmont Park until it collapsed . We thought it was this one. We'...

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"Architecture - The New Liturgical Movement" and "Beatus Est"

<a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/search/label/Architecture">Architecture - The New Liturgical Movement </a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> and </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://beatusest.blogspot.com/">Beatus Est</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> are two great blogs</span> that focus on classic architecture. Fellow architecture tourists with better pictures, better writing, and better credentials than me.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">From </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://beatusest.blogspot.com/2008/11/progress-photos-from-thomas-aquinas.html">Beatus Est:</a> "Work is finishing up at <a href="http://www.thomasaquinas.edu/">Thomas Aquinas College's</a> <a href="http://www.stroik.com/portfolio/ourladyofthemostholytrinity/">Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel</a>. Some great work by New Classicist architect <a href="http://www.stroik.com/">Duncan Stroik</a> ... This piece is by <a href="http://www.burattiscultura.it/">Giancarlo Buratti</a> as well as all the other exterior sculptural work. "<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3126747461/" title="Statue-Mary-Sculpted-Giancarlo-Buratti by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="Statue-Mary-Sculpted-Giancarlo-Buratti" height="512" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3231/3126747461_fb4b5d6b69_o.jpg" width="514" /></a><br />Wasn't this a scene from La Dolce Vita?

"Architecture - The New Liturgical Movement" and "Beatus Est"

Architecture - The New Liturgical Movement and Beatus Est are two great blogs that focus on classic architecture. Fellow architecture tou...

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Appreciation: Atlanta churches and church windows

There are so many and most Atlanta churches are worth a good look inside and out. Most regular church goes only see the inside of their own. I don't know how to photograph church interiors. Better to go in person.<br /><br />Here is one on Ponce:<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3118216941/" title="PC171521-DHPC-Rosette-Stained-Glass by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC171521-DHPC-Rosette-Stained-Glass" height="280" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3121/3118216941_192f3bdfff_o.jpg" width="300" /></a><br /></div><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3119043360/" title="PC171519-DHPC-East-Stained-Glass by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC171519-DHPC-East-Stained-Glass" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3249/3119043360_e5aa4b02d1.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3119026216/" title="PC181531-CPC-East-Windows by clambake444, on Flickr">And one in Decatur:<br /><img alt="PC181531-CPC-East-Windows" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3215/3119026216_bf82d5176a.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3119026192/" title="PC181530-CPC-West-Windows by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC181530-CPC-West-Windows" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3224/3119026192_c13312e103.jpg" width="500" /></a>

Appreciation: Atlanta churches and church windows

There are so many and most Atlanta churches are worth a good look inside and out. Most regular church goes only see the inside of their own....

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Best "In-keeping" renovation in Morningside?

We'd like our new mini-mansions to fit in but most don't succeed. Some don't even try.<br /><br />This one at 1418 N Morningside Dr may be the best in Morningside. From the street it's a high-style bungalow in scale with it's neighbors. The architect (who?) took advantage of the sloping lot, stair-stepping up the hill in 3 levels. It's huge but you can't tell from the street.<br /><br />It's <a href="http://www.movoto.com/real-estate/homes-for-sale/GA/Atlanta/1418-N-Morningside-Dr-421_2510620.htm">for sale and it's expensive</a>.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3119026152/" title="PC181525-Mside-Drive-Best-New-Bungalow by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC181525-Mside-Drive-Best-New-Bungalow" height="318" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3207/3119026152_65f4889515.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />This view is from the steps for Morningside Presbyterian Church.

Best "In-keeping" renovation in Morningside?

We'd like our new mini-mansions to fit in but most don't succeed. Some don't even try. This one at 1418 N Morningside Dr may be ...

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Little house with big "old" style in Drew Valley

Going high style in multi-million dollar houses is like shooting fish in a barrel. Even then there are plenty of misses. I prefer great design in smaller packages. This little house is over the top; but over scaled is usually best. See the <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3118199807/sizes/o/in/set-72157611179261900/">big picture</a>. It's too great to be a teardown, I hope.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3118199807/" title="PC181527-Drew-Valley-Grand-Little-Greek-Revival by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC181527-Drew-Valley-Grand-Little-Greek-Revival" height="311" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3120/3118199807_dac4515aff.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />This house makes me smile.

Little house with big "old" style in Drew Valley

Going high style in multi-million dollar houses is like shooting fish in a barrel. Even then there are plenty of misses. I prefer great desi...

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The 3rd pink house in Ansley Park

Here are <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2008/12/2-pink-houses-in-ansley-park-atlanta.html">two others</a>.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3117351928/" title="PC171517-Pink-Ansley-Pied by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC171517-Pink-Ansley-Pied" height="465" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3253/3117351928_3feb9962d7.jpg" width="500" /></a>

The 3rd pink house in Ansley Park

Here are two others .

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Aspirational porch in Drew Valley

Maybe work on the steps next.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3112703284/" title="PC151509-Grand-Porch-Greek-with-broken-pediment by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC151509-Grand-Porch-Greek-with-broken-pediment" height="324" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3114/3112703284_0de19a99e2.jpg" width="500" /></a>

Aspirational porch in Drew Valley

Maybe work on the steps next.

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Pink in Druid Hills

I'm not sure if this is the only pink house in Druid Hills.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3112703310/" title="PC151512-Druid-Hills-Pink-House by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC151512-Druid-Hills-Pink-House" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3104/3112703310_2441871c81.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Architecture tourists should enjoy Druid Hills for it's variety of stately homes. Quite a few are by Buck Crook and Neel Reid and others I don't know so much about yet. Unlike Buckhead, Druid Hills has smaller lots. You can see all the houses.<br /><br />Some are special. Drive Fairview Road: A few blocks of great houses, many styles, close to the street for our enjoyment.

Pink in Druid Hills

I'm not sure if this is the only pink house in Druid Hills. Architecture tourists should enjoy Druid Hills for it's variety of state...

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Steamlined escalator lobby at Colony Square

It's like a magnified knife edge or the bow of a ship. It's 4 stories tall! It's not boring but it is unusual.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3103132826/" title="PC121496-Escalator-Lobby-ColonySquare-Up by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC121496-Escalator-Lobby-ColonySquare-Up" height="500" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3180/3103132826_b6fd127d9e.jpg" width="375" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3102298247/" title="PC121497-Escalator-Lobby-ColonySquare-Up by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC121497-Escalator-Lobby-ColonySquare-Up" height="500" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3001/3102298247_240c363f18.jpg" width="375" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3103132702/" title="PC121488-Escalator-Lobby-ColonySquare-Down by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC121488-Escalator-Lobby-ColonySquare-Down" height="500" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3006/3103132702_9baf153931.jpg" width="375" /></a>

Steamlined escalator lobby at Colony Square

It's like a magnified knife edge or the bow of a ship. It's 4 stories tall! It's not boring but it is unusual.

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2 pink houses in Ansley Park, Atlanta

Ansley proves it can support at least 2 pinks.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3102298269/" title="PC121500Pink-Ansley-1 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC121500Pink-Ansley-1" height="369" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3163/3102298269_944f064216.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3103132906/" title="PC121501Pink-Ansley-2 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC121501Pink-Ansley-2" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3182/3103132906_179bd31f12.jpg" width="500" /></a>

2 pink houses in Ansley Park, Atlanta

Ansley proves it can support at least 2 pinks.

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Anubis, King Tut's protector of the dead protects midtown Atlanta

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3102298135/" title="PC121492-Tut-Close-Sky-200-267 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img align="right" alt="PC121492-Tut-Close-Sky-200-267" height="100" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3190/3102298135_640b3b12c6_t.jpg" width="75" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">King Tut is in town:</span> "<a href="http://www.kingtut.org/home">King Tut and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs Exhibition</a>" at the Civic Center.</p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lucky us: We get a giant statue on Peachtree at 13th.</span> It looks quite authoritative there, lording over the midtown skyline and new construction. It must be 25 feet tall, elevated on a pedestal, behind a tall fence, emerging from a vacant lot used for construction storage. It certainly transcends all this, facing north, just doing his job.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jackal-headed god Anubis</span> is believed to be the guide and protector of the dead in ancient Egypt<br /><br />Anubus lords over the midtown skyscrapers<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3102298207/" title="PC121495-Tut-South-Landscape by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC121495-Tut-South-Landscape" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3224/3102298207_3e1feccc65.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Dominates the Campanile<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3102298159/" title="PC121493-Tut-Campanile by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC121493-Tut-Campanile" height="500" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3217/3102298159_e76ae50e3f.jpg" width="375" /></a><br /><br />1100 Peachtree abides in its shadow<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3103132724/" title="PC121491-Tut-1100-Peachtree by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC121491-Tut-1100-Peachtree" height="500" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3215/3103132724_3dd77b3478.jpg" width="375" /></a>

Anubis, King Tut's protector of the dead protects midtown Atlanta

King Tut is in town: " King Tut and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs Exhibition " at the Civic Center. Lucky us: We get a giant sta...

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Rock Springs Road in Piedmont Heights

<span style="font-weight: bold;">It's the mixture of styles that catch the eye:</span> One interesting block of in-town Atlanta architecture.<br /><br />Rock Springs is one street with 3 names through 3 neighborhoods. This is the Rock Springs in Piedmont Heights, the western most end. It's unlike any other block I now of: Family sized houses, set back more than usual with bigger than average lots, slightly elevated.<br /><br />This is the newest one. It was a teardown - not shy at all.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3083382250/" title="PC031418-New-Bright-Front-Gable-Piedment-Heights by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC031418-New-Bright-Front-Gable-Piedment-Heights" height="421" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3177/3083382250_15df42c052.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Porte-Cochere<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3082545747/" title="PC031419-Bungalow-Porte-Cochere-Piedment-Heights by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC031419-Bungalow-Porte-Cochere-Piedment-Heights" height="384" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3048/3082545747_4522cb78f4.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Red tile with barrel dormers<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3082545809/" title="PC031421-Red-Tile-Piedment-Heights by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC031421-Red-Tile-Piedment-Heights" height="334" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3200/3082545809_ecea9f7199.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Yellow-ish brick, symetry and eyebrow dormer<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3083382308/" title="PC031420-Symetrical-Eyebrow-Dormer-Piedment-Heights by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC031420-Symetrical-Eyebrow-Dormer-Piedment-Heights" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3264/3083382308_86369312be.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Farmhouse<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3083382410/" title="PC031436-Double-Gable-Porch-Piedment-Heights-Fuzzy by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC031436-Double-Gable-Porch-Piedment-Heights-Fuzzy" height="371" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3107/3083382410_0ca45bc26f.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Arch and bay clapboard<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3083382376/" title="PC031425-WhiteHouse-Bay-Piedment-Heights-Closerup by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC031425-WhiteHouse-Bay-Piedment-Heights-Closerup" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3012/3083382376_b525c45654.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />One of the very best ranchers for miles and miles<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3083382342/" title="PC031423-White-Rancher-Piedment-Heights by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC031423-White-Rancher-Piedment-Heights" height="228" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3112/3083382342_2025dea3a3.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rock Springs Road</span> is in Piedmont Heights. It changes to <span style="font-weight: bold;">North Rock Springs</span> at Piedmont Road and begins its wind though Morningside. Until it crosses Morningside Drive where it becomes <span style="font-weight: bold;">East Rock Springs Road</span>. It crosses Rock Creek into Druid Hills where - typical for Atlanta - it becomes North Decatur Road.

Rock Springs Road in Piedmont Heights

It's the mixture of styles that catch the eye: One interesting block of in-town Atlanta architecture. Rock Springs is one street with 3...

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Atlanta's wonderful black house and 3 pink houses

It's in <a href="http://www.atkinspark.org/">Atkins Park</a>. It's been featured on the Homes Across America TV show. It's really black and - who would have thought it - wonderful. With a red tile roof and palm tree, what more could you want?<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3082926444/" title="PC041430-Black-House-Poncey by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC041430-Black-House-Poncey" height="281" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3156/3082926444_0804cdc0bf.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />I love Atlanta's pink houses. This one is in the Old Fourth Ward.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3082088301/" title="PC041426-Pink-Small-House-Sweet-Auburn by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC041426-Pink-Small-House-Sweet-Auburn" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3207/3082088301_8b15381c1b.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />In Inman Park<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3082088317/" title="PC041429-Pink-House-Inman-Corner-Porch by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC041429-Pink-House-Inman-Corner-Porch" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3247/3082088317_5c48051cae.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />In Atkins Park<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3082088345/" title="PC041431-Pink-House-Poncey by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC041431-Pink-House-Poncey" height="299" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3128/3082088345_efb3c0435a.jpg" width="500" /></a>

Atlanta's wonderful black house and 3 pink houses

It's in Atkins Park . It's been featured on the Homes Across America TV show. It's really black and - who would have thought it ...

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The dark shadows on Peachtree: 1010 and "12th and midtown"

<span style="font-weight: bold;">Peachtree has a new dark spot.</span> Drive though midtown, north or south. There is a block in shadow, even claustrophobic. Atlanta's midtown architecture jolts yet again.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Peachtree Street has a kink, a curve between 11th and 12th Streets.</span> In the age of rundown Midtown (which has lasted for what, the last 30 years?) the curve had bit of charm. It suspended the "city-ness" of Peachtree for a couple of blocks. (Why is that curve there anyway? It's probably an interesting story.)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Not anymore.</span> The spectacular 1010 and 12th and Midtown buildings appear to block Peachtree at the curve. And, the curve is dark, almost like a tunnel. This is no place in Atlanta where you "feel" building in quite this way.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Is it a good feeling?</span> I don't know but we'll get to try it out for the next 100 years. I'm anxious to see the block full of storefronts and people.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Here is the approach from 10th street. Is there a way through?</span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3082545679/" title="PC031417-1010-12thMidtown-Shadow-Peachtree by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC031417-1010-12thMidtown-Shadow-Peachtree" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3084/3082545679_34b5cb935b.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3082545679/" title="PC031417-1010-12thMidtown-Shadow-Peachtree by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC031417-1010-12thMidtown-Shadow-Peachtree" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3084/3082545679_34b5cb935b.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3083382194/" title="PC031417-1010-12thMidtown-Shadow-End-Of-Peachtree by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC031417-1010-12thMidtown-Shadow-End-Of-Peachtree" height="500" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3294/3083382194_83a05f8dc6.jpg" width="444" /></a>

The dark shadows on Peachtree: 1010 and "12th and midtown"

Peachtree has a new dark spot. Drive though midtown, north or south. There is a block in shadow, even claustrophobic. Atlanta's midtown...

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Shining beautiful winter light on Atlanta's architecture

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3093247268/" title="PC071480-Blue-Vernaclar-Withg-Skyline-View by clambake444, on Flickr"><img align="right" alt="PC071480-Blue-Vernaclar-Withg-Skyline-View" height="233" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3181/3093247268_540995fd4e_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">This little blue house has emerged from the Kudzu</span> and glows in the low December sunlight.<br /></p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Though I'm a warm weather person </span>and I certainly enjoy our usually lush southern landscape, I take great pleasure in winter light. It makes winter tolerable.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Overgrown Kudzu and well intended but overgrown landscaping hide our great houses.</span> The low angled summer sun lights the buildings, changes the shadows and reveals new details.<br /><br />Back the the little blue vernacular house. You'll never find it. If I turned around, you'd see the skyline view and know where it is. I'll let it stay hidden.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Not everyone likes Atlanta's Federal Reserve Building on Peachtree at 10th. I do.</span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3083382008/" title="PC031415-Atlanta-FedReserve-South-Facade-Gleaming by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC031415-Atlanta-FedReserve-South-Facade-Gleaming" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3004/3083382008_ff3ebf200d.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">It's our own modest Taj Mahal.</span> It's Georgia marble (42,000 pieces) covered facades glow in Atlanta's winter sunlight like a light bulb. The rest of mid-town seems dull in comparison. A government bank, in marble should be overwhelmingly authoritarian. I don't feel that. There won't be any street-level stores but there is a nice lawn. The "Dump" next door has a metal fence for goodness sake. I prefer the Fed's eagle, columns, and benches.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I enjoy but dread the appeals court building downtown.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Federal Reserve is a welcome pleasure from every direction.</span> Every new building in Midtown makes it look even better.<br /><br />Reynolds Stewart, Stewart & Associates with Robert A.M. Stern Architects. Doesn't it remind you a little of the Mansion in Buckhead, another Stern building?

Shining beautiful winter light on Atlanta's architecture

This little blue house has emerged from the Kudzu and glows in the low December sunlight. Though I'm a warm weather person and I certai...

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2008 Telephone Factory Art Show - links to artists' websites - a few notes

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3092406713/" title="PC081482-Telephone-Factory-South-Facade-Center by clambake444, on Flickr"><img align="right" alt="PC081482-Telephone-Factory-South-Facade-Center" height="180" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3193/3092406713_bbb8e8cbe0_m.jpg" width="240" /></a>It was the <a href="http://thetelephonefactoryartshow.com/">12th Annual Art Show and Sale</a>. I went on Sunday December 7. I had a great time: More than enough art and a tour of a great industrial building full of hard lofts. The lofts themselves were stunning. Even the smallest are breathtaking spaces. The biggest would make decent skateboard parks.</p>P.S. Somebody cut down those trees that ruin the view of the colonnaded entrance.<br /><br />The art is overwhelming after a while. By the time I was done, I was mentally exhausted. I wanted to tour the artists' websites at my leisure. But there isn't a list of links to their sites. So I made one.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">If you are one of the artists, please tell me about any mistakes.</span><br /><br />In alphabetical order:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://toddalexanderart.com/">Todd Alexander</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://rhettamick.com/">Rhett Amick</a> <a href="http://www.afloweradayworld.com/">A Flower A Day</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://joelbarr.com/">Joel Barr</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://instinctive-design.com/">Melissa Brown - Instinctive Design</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://carolinebullockstudio.com/">Caroline Bullock</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.artbyarchitect.com/">Gaston Carrio - Art by Architect</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.fireballcollective.com/">Fireball Collective - jewelry</a> </li><li>Michelle Dziak</li><li><a href="http://jeanneflint.wordpress.com/">Jeanne Flint</a> jewelry</li><li><a href="http://www.mudfire.com/gwen-fryar-workshop-20050821.htm">Gwen Fryar</a></li><li>Deborah "Gator" Gates</li><li><a href="http://sirfredgear.com/">Fred Gear (Frederick William Gearrin)</a></li><li>Nance Harper</li><li><a href="http://aprilsonggallery.com/">April Harrison</a></li><li><a href="http://sisterlouisa.com/">Grant Henry aka Sister Louisa</a></li><li><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVFE9D26BxaE3mzfZMD39lxS_FZpZ1s5nMVj0gnhV7ovnWHnfF5K0kRKbSAF4XtinbKkSGK-XK4Bdjh2scitlGoP3wCHi6SWU7l51Lz1KjR3EFnmnupjQIC6xDwdzfo6VZNoWtoLV18lo/s1600-h/image11.jpg">David Huff</a></li><li><a href="http://deborahhutchinsonart.com/">Debbie Hutchinson jewelry</a></li><li>Will Kay (listed wrong on the program, see comments)<br /></li><li><a href="http://dawnart.com/">Dawn Kinney Martin</a></li><li><a href="http://www.marykleinart.com/">Mary Klein</a></li><li><a href="http://alexleopold.com/">Alex Leopold</a></li><li><a href="http://www.titaniumlizard.com/">Shana McCormick</a></li><li><a href="http://sandrameyergallery.com/">Sandra Meyer</a></li><li><a href="http://www.timothymichaelgallery.com/">Timothy Michael</a></li><li><a href="http://curt-o.com/">Curt Osmundsen</a></li><li><a href="http://www.charlypalmer.com/">Charly Palmer</a></li><li><a href="http://current.com/items/86842181/esteban_pati_o_artist_profile.htm">Esteban Patino</a></li><li><a href="http://demonephelps.com/">Demone Phelps</a></li><li><a href="http://shanarobbins.com/">Shana Robbins</a></li><li><a href="http://www.alliroycesoble.com/">Alli Royce Soble</a></li><li><a href="http://miguelsartori.com/">Miguel Sartori</a> <a href="http://www.sartsgallery.net/">SartS Gallery</a></li><li><a href="http://monikavanschellenbeck.com/home.html">Monica Van Schellenbeck</a></li><li><a href="http://therebeccascott.com/">Rebecca Scott</a></li><li><a href="http://bpjewelry.com/">Jill Sharp Blue Piranha Jewelry</a></li><li><a href="http://www.allisonjsmith.com/">Allison J. Smith</a> <a href="http://allisonjsmith.blogspot.com/">blog: Paintings by Allison J Smith</a></li><li><a href="http://donthacker.wordpress.com/">Don Thacker</a></li><li><strike>Will Thacker</strike> should be it's Will Kay<br /></li><li><a href="http://www.bethames.com/">Beth Thames</a></li><li><a href="http://donjenna.com/">Donjenna Yokley</a></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">To the residents of the Telephone Factory</span>: thanks for allowing me in your building and your homes.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">To folks interested in next years tour:</span><br /><ul><li>It's a bargain (free)<br /></li><li>There is an elevator.</li><li>Start at the top and work your way from stairwell to stairwell.</li><li>Each loft is loaded with refreshments.</li><li>Valet parking will save you time and hill hiking.</li><li>Ask at the entrance for any drawings, raffles, or contests.</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">To the artists:</span><br /><ul><li>Wow and thanks.<br /></li><li>It's hard to read your URL from business cards.</li><li>Hope your sales improve your Christmas holidays.<br /></li><li>I bought small Christmas presents from 3 different artists.</li><li>Make sure visitors can find you and try to engage each visitor. You need a "Big Tricked-out Name Tag" (thanks GEICO commercial). Maybe you need a dedicated assistant to help egage visitors.</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">To the organizers:</span><br /><ul><li>Wow, I'm looking forward to the 2009 show.</li><li>Give artists a link and perhaps an image on the show's website.</li><li>Greet visitors with information about raffles and contests.</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">A few more Telephone Factory pictures.</span> I couldn't get the whole south facade in one picture. It's a very big building, on a landscaped hilltop. It's a proud and elegant facade with yellow brick horizontals with red brick columns breaking up the long horizontal spans of windows. Work is work but if you have to work anywhere, how nice to work in a first class factory building.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Four stories to the left, a colonnaded entrance tower and one story to the right also disguise the bulk of the building.</span> It would be typical of Southern Bell / ATT to use this design all over America as is the case of the "<a href="http://chatterbox.typepad.com/portlandarchitecture/2008/10/have-you-visited-the-ford-buildinglately.html">Ford Factory" (here is a Ford Factory in Portland)</a> building on Ponce. You could splurge more on design if you are building more than one.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The south facade's one-story end.</span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3092406755/" title="PC081483-Telephone-Factory-South-Facade-Right by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC081483-Telephone-Factory-South-Facade-Right" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3042/3092406755_9ece1c00dc.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The tree blocks the elegant entrance.</span> I'm sure it's a great tree, maybe even historic. <span style="font-weight: bold;">CUT IT DOWN</span> and plant some historic trees on a smaller scale. I'm sure the architects would gasp if they saw this.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3092406713/" title="PC081482-Telephone-Factory-South-Facade-Center by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC081482-Telephone-Factory-South-Facade-Center" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3193/3092406713_bbb8e8cbe0.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The west end shows 4 stories engaging the slope.</span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3093247382/" title="PC081484-Telephone-Factory-South-Facade-Left by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC081484-Telephone-Factory-South-Facade-Left" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3082/3093247382_eefb4e2712.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The west facade faces the railroad</span>, soon to become now the Belt Line. The building continues to show a pretty face. The stair could have been boring. Instead they have a softening curve. Great details.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3092406831/" title="PC081486-Telephone-Factory-South-And-West-Facades by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC081486-Telephone-Factory-South-And-West-Facades" height="500" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3011/3092406831_7514172629.jpg" width="375" /></a><br /><p></p>

2008 Telephone Factory Art Show - links to artists' websites - a few notes

It was the 12th Annual Art Show and Sale . I went on Sunday December 7. I had a great time: More than enough art and a tour of a great indus...

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Dresden neighborhood - "big wall" building and abandoned vernacular

It's the west end of Dresden. Maybe it's Ashford Park. Anyway, a great location for tear-downs but not a legacy of great architecture.<br /><br />The original homes do have their charms: Nice lot, modest house, 2 outbuildings, a great house for grandma and grandpa. But next door, the big wall - the big monolithic wall.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3075740357/" title="PC011402-Dresden-Ellijay-Giant-Nextto-Original by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC011402-Dresden-Ellijay-Giant-Nextto-Original" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3199/3075740357_3d0d4f8252.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />There are 2 abandoned vernacular homes on Dresden near Ellijay that always catch my eye and another hidden in the overgrowth. These would be happy anywhere in the rural south. Makes me curious about the history of the area.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3075739949/" title="PC011395-Dresden-Parkside-2-Story-SouthSide-Porch by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC011395-Dresden-Parkside-2-Story-SouthSide-Porch" height="361" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3217/3075739949_afc7577ceb.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3075740337/" title="PC011401-Dresden-Parkside-2-Story-EastSide by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC011401-Dresden-Parkside-2-Story-EastSide" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3190/3075740337_435ff4d57e.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Next door is a modest 1-story with porch and dormer on a great hilltop lot.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3076572716/" title="PC011397-Dresden-Parkside-1-Story-SouthSide by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC011397-Dresden-Parkside-1-Story-SouthSide" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3025/3076572716_83be2b5466.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3076572770/" title="PC011398-Dresden-Parkside-1-Story-SouthSide by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC011398-Dresden-Parkside-1-Story-SouthSide" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3295/3076572770_0c35c69884.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />It's for sale.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3075740261/" title="PC011400-Dresden-Parkside-2-Story-Sign by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC011400-Dresden-Parkside-2-Story-Sign" height="341" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3145/3075740261_b66d5c7fc0.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />This one on Ellijay hides in the brush. Elegant proportions. It can't last long.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3075740611/" title="PC011406-Dresden-Ellijay-Abandoned-House-Gable by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC011406-Dresden-Ellijay-Abandoned-House-Gable" height="500" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3042/3075740611_6d9c3833a4.jpg" width="375" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3075740539/" title="PC011404-Dresden-Ellijay-Abandoned-House by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC011404-Dresden-Ellijay-Abandoned-House" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3024/3075740539_7a65ea37e7.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3075740579/" title="PC011405-Dresden-Ellijay-Abandoned-House by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC011405-Dresden-Ellijay-Abandoned-House" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3244/3075740579_3e8a97fc2b.jpg" width="500" /></a>

Dresden neighborhood - "big wall" building and abandoned vernacular

It's the west end of Dresden. Maybe it's Ashford Park. Anyway, a great location for tear-downs but not a legacy of great architectur...

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