View from White Provision Penthouses & meeting Lance, Chery, Richard

I'd always wanted to see the view from White Provision. Thanks to <a href="http://www.leitchfineart.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Denise Jackson</span> and her Emerging Art Scene</a> and <a href="http://www.whiteprovision.com/">White Provision</a> we can.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZOMGx5sEtuTa0JYNbqthv-kN1SA50k9PXMwjBSIZg3TsQYGXjOqrkRWv1kBDUk2Xh6rKjQysz9T81hbbb-w5aMpf1FkA-m2sLnZfM0YgABg6GLExzyXWh2kZaLHqKr5vqsP7B6qQGJUw7/s1600/P1100231-2011-04-28-White-Provision-Denise-Jacks+on-Event-Corner-Penthouse.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601394785143952978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZOMGx5sEtuTa0JYNbqthv-kN1SA50k9PXMwjBSIZg3TsQYGXjOqrkRWv1kBDUk2Xh6rKjQysz9T81hbbb-w5aMpf1FkA-m2sLnZfM0YgABg6GLExzyXWh2kZaLHqKr5vqsP7B6qQGJUw7/s400/P1100231-2011-04-28-White-Provision-Denise-Jacks+on-Event-Corner-Penthouse.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><br />Among many other things, Denise puts on events that feature art, food and tours.<br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" height="360" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=334b8edb6f&photo_id=5667905843&hd_default=false"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=334b8edb6f&photo_id=5667905843&hd_default=false" height="360" width="640"></embed></object><br />This is what it's like to enter the southern most penthouse. It's on a corner with windows on 3 sides, balconies on 2 sides. 40 seconds.<br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" height="360" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=9810a42e07&photo_id=5667862107&hd_default=false"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=9810a42e07&photo_id=5667862107&hd_default=false" height="360" width="640"></embed></object><br />Here is a tour from the guest room to the master.<br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" height="360" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=785b41b4bf&photo_id=5668275370&hd_default=false"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=785b41b4bf&photo_id=5668275370&hd_default=false" height="360" width="640"></embed></object><br />This is the panorama from the east facing penthouse, just amazing. I'm afraid your cameraman has to work to do on steadiness.<br /><br />The artists:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5668625220/" title="P1100242-2011-04-28-White-Provision-Denise-Jackson-Event-artist-Chery-Baird by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1100242-2011-04-28-White-Provision-Denise-Jackson-Event-artist-Chery-Baird" height="480" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5024/5668625220_c92a094bbe_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><a href="http://zkartz.com/CheryBaird/index.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chery Baird</span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5668625098/" title="P1100229-2011-04-28-White-Provision-Denise-Jackson-Event-artist-Richard-Harris by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1100229-2011-04-28-White-Provision-Denise-Jackson-Event-artist-Richard-Harris" height="480" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5147/5668625098_230ca63cee_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><a href="http://richardharrisart.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Richard Harris</span></a><br /><br />It was wonderful to meet <a href="http://www.lcartist.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lance Carlson</span> who is not only an artis</a><a href="http://www.lcartist.blogspot.com/">t</a>, not only an <a href="http://www.carlsonmosleyarch.com/">architect/partner at Carlson & Mosley Architects</a>, he reads the blog. And I know he really reads it because he answered the secret question.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5668055193/" title="P1100240-2011-04-28-White-Provision-Denise-Jackson-Event-Richard-Harris-n-Chery-Baird by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1100240-2011-04-28-White-Provision-Denise-Jackson-Event-Richard-Harris-n-Chery-Baird" height="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5221/5668055193_b8dba634f6.jpg" width="375" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5668625140/" title="P1100233-2011-04-28-White-Provision-Denise-Jackson-Event-Richard-Harris-n-Chery-Baird by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1100233-2011-04-28-White-Provision-Denise-Jackson-Event-Richard-Harris-n-Chery-Baird" height="480" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5190/5668625140_cfe0f858be_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>

View from White Provision Penthouses & meeting Lance, Chery, Richard

I'd always wanted to see the view from White Provision. Thanks to Denise Jackson and her Emerging Art Scene and White Provision we ca...

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A Temple on Clapboards, a Temple on Shingles

<span style="font-size:85%;">Thanks so much to <a href="http://vahi.patch.com/articles/the-architecture-tourist"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Eileen Drennen</span> who wrote about this blog in the <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Virginia Highland-Druid Hills Patch:</span></a><a href="http://vahi.patch.com/articles/the-architecture-tourist"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> </span>"Seeing the wonder of everyday views with a local 'Architecture Tourist.'"</a> Now we return to our regularly scheduled blog post already in progress. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Neel Reid did it too</span>, applying classic detailing is in unexpected places to produce delightful results.<br /><br />I've shown you this one before in "<a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2011/02/neoclassical-erratics-in-decatur-and.html">Neoclassical Erratics in Decatur and Druid Hills</a>." It's a temple fronting a modern with green clapboards.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRXKlqNmaGeYYcTRMq49PQvgNNYgKeQjdWNjfahqKBuhmAvkdYxIuO8SB9uFM0QEDQ4c-09TlXgE1eu3FnYAAk5eJM67tahSwP7u-PQ39nqG3hbackzXgLs1uQRlIvTVGHFOcZSEf-ZBw1/s1600/P1070903-02-21-POMO-Druid-Hills-Porch-Detail-detail-Neoclassical.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599724402795846018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRXKlqNmaGeYYcTRMq49PQvgNNYgKeQjdWNjfahqKBuhmAvkdYxIuO8SB9uFM0QEDQ4c-09TlXgE1eu3FnYAAk5eJM67tahSwP7u-PQ39nqG3hbackzXgLs1uQRlIvTVGHFOcZSEf-ZBw1/s400/P1070903-02-21-POMO-Druid-Hills-Porch-Detail-detail-Neoclassical.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 344px;" /></a><br /><br />A temple in the woods on a gravel path, it's ancient on modern, high style on rustic.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5641826896/" title="P1090989-2011-04-21-North-Decatur-POMO-Temple-Greek-Front by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090989-2011-04-21-North-Decatur-POMO-Temple-Greek-Front" height="480" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5064/5641826896_0113e08746_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />I like the idea.<br /><br />Thanks to <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.preserveatlanta.com/BiB2011.htm">Atlanta Preservation Center's Buckhead in Bloom 2011</a> I toured the 1922 "Street House" by Neel Reid.<br /><br />It does does the same sort of thing don't you think? It's a temple on gray-green shingles in the woods at the end of a gravel path.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5629349738/" title="P1090925-2011-04-17-Buckhead-in-Bloom-165-driveway-pebbles by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090925-2011-04-17-Buckhead-in-Bloom-165-driveway-pebbles" height="480" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5030/5629349738_e9223e3afb_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />There is no mistaking one for the other.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5628769591/" title="P1090926-2011-04-17-Buckhead-in-Bloom-165-driveway-pebbles by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090926-2011-04-17-Buckhead-in-Bloom-165-driveway-pebbles" height="480" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5190/5628769591_af6bc7c4f1_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />The formal Palladian entrance is refinement dialed to 11.<br /><br />Yet my eye reads as a cottage in the woods.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5629349774/" title="P1090925-2011-04-17-Buckhead-in-Bloom-165-driveway-pebbles-detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090925-2011-04-17-Buckhead-in-Bloom-165-driveway-pebbles-detail" height="434" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5101/5629349774_4dcabfe3b5_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />Let's call it a big refined cottage. Just look at the size of those triple-hung windows.<br /><br />I think it's wonderful.<br /><br />The modern is going on sale soon. I hope I can visit.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5466453866/" title="P1070903-2011-02-21-POMO-Druid-Hills-Porch-Detail-Neoclassical by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1070903-2011-02-21-POMO-Druid-Hills-Porch-Detail-Neoclassical" height="480" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5132/5466453866_f3803b4393_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>

A Temple on Clapboards, a Temple on Shingles

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Bunny Cake Boss

Architecture Tourists love bunnies and cake and Easter and family and springtime in Atlanta. So we revived an ancient tradition here at North American HQ.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7vv-2M_t8VHxV8lB_Sk7UrAPkxUogaHCbJ0-rlQVjWruLtZJYdqpawmUy3ntvH7UKNbhVAhi8Gl34bI1ZQziYBxOrImdICd-m-GzcMzU0mqUtaMOJDasd9CCMBGoSfAaS4wyGIa47be5x/s1600/P1100067-2011-04-23-Bunny-Cake-Boss-Finishing-Touches-VIDEOpreview.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599577238838424978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7vv-2M_t8VHxV8lB_Sk7UrAPkxUogaHCbJ0-rlQVjWruLtZJYdqpawmUy3ntvH7UKNbhVAhi8Gl34bI1ZQziYBxOrImdICd-m-GzcMzU0mqUtaMOJDasd9CCMBGoSfAaS4wyGIa47be5x/s400/P1100067-2011-04-23-Bunny-Cake-Boss-Finishing-Touches-VIDEOpreview.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" /></a><br /><br />We summoned our in-house Bunny Cake Boss and 2 of our senior architecture tourist bunny consultants and cake counselors.<br /><br />I guess y'all want to skip to the last page to see how it all come out. Easter dinner on the porch: stewed chicken, dumplings, mashed potatoes (we were heavy on the white food group), deviled eggs, green beans, salad, with snarky but loving conversation.<br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" height="480" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=06b7b3d150&photo_id=5651023765"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=06b7b3d150&photo_id=5651023765" width="640" height="480"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">How and Why We Did It</span><br />Considering the world crises of poorly sliced layers, improperly dyed coconut, and misplaced jellybeans, and misaligned twizzlers, our executive board, by secret ballot, agreed to reveal how to make a proper bunny cake.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5647763451/" title="P1100045-2011-04-23-Bunny-Cake-Boss-Layers by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1100045-2011-04-23-Bunny-Cake-Boss-Layers" height="480" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5222/5647763451_364e3c0f53_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />Recipe? We don' need no stinkin' recipe.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5648326136/" title="P1100046-2011-04-23-Bunny-Cake-Boss-Recipe by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1100046-2011-04-23-Bunny-Cake-Boss-Recipe" height="480" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5188/5648326136_771f8ac264_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />But y'all might. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/sets/72157626438485427/">Click here to see the whole show</a>.<br /><br />I confess we were a little rusty. There were some close calls.<br /><br />Here's a preview of the bunny ear positioning tutorial.<br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" height="360" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=10b35ce60a&photo_id=5647762195&hd_default=false"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=10b35ce60a&photo_id=5647762195&hd_default=false" width="640" height="360"></embed></object><br /><br />Our vast experience helped avert a semi-sweet chocolate morsel adhesion emergency.<br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" height="360" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=05a5c0a5d0&photo_id=5648465518&hd_default=false"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=05a5c0a5d0&photo_id=5648465518&hd_default=false" width="640" height="360"></embed></object><br />It was close call but the Bunny Cake Boss made it look easy.<br /><br />Our experts chimed in on the cosmetics.<br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" height="360" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=1de21fc73a&photo_id=5648500220&hd_default=false"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=1de21fc73a&photo_id=5648500220&hd_default=false" width="640" height="360"></embed></object><br /><br />Our Bunny Cake Boss has limited openings for the 2012 season (by appointment only) Substantial deposit required.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5653955841/" title="2011-04-24-Easter-RK-Bunny-Cake-detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="2011-04-24-Easter-RK-Bunny-Cake-detail" height="640" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5144/5653955841_7a488f56fb_z.jpg" width="529" /></a><br /><br />The menfolk roared their appreciation.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5654670869/" title="2011-04-24-Easter-Nick-Nathan-TK-Bryan-Arms-Crossed by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="2011-04-24-Easter-Nick-Nathan-TK-Bryan-Arms-Crossed" height="427" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5309/5654670869_464bcf529a_z.jpg" width="527" /></a><br /><br />Now the team is in training for flag cake season.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/4762900328/" title="P1020762-2010-07-04-4th-July-KK-RK-Flag-Cake by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1020762-2010-07-04-4th-July-KK-RK-Flag-Cake" height="480" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4140/4762900328_97b0175d92_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>

Bunny Cake Boss

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3 Hapeville Victorians and meeting Al Dellinger

My <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2011/04/hapeville-2-blocks-with-shutze.html">little tour of the Hapeville Historic District started with the two churches</a>. I continued with a fortuitous street meeting with <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://2000adinc.com/about-us/">floral designer Al Dellinger</a>, then a B&B's jaunty weather-vane, and a finally chapel on the move.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivb0XGz0ezsMsZJLWo0jx74VpOvBxqB9OqfFUHnoDEli42bh007AK50LxBDFhh3zRHBO0t54C07_2aDxCdQmWVsqqFIMgLsoFeKNm8SxwCmiRKgH3UELWTSe5nTVrSaGN0NlQaVBoQkGLq/s1600/P1090889-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Maison-LaVigne-BnB-Pig-Weathervane.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598498657394996898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivb0XGz0ezsMsZJLWo0jx74VpOvBxqB9OqfFUHnoDEli42bh007AK50LxBDFhh3zRHBO0t54C07_2aDxCdQmWVsqqFIMgLsoFeKNm8SxwCmiRKgH3UELWTSe5nTVrSaGN0NlQaVBoQkGLq/s400/P1090889-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Maison-LaVigne-BnB-Pig-Weathervane.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 317px;" /></a><br /><br />Hapeville was a street car suburb, site of <a href="http://www.gbchfm.org/pages.asp?pageid=3815">Georgia Baptist Children's Home</a> from 1899 to 1968. It's south edge was consumed by the world's busiest airport and a Ford Assembly Plant. Somehow it retains it's small town character, including an active main street.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5622512259/" title="P1090884-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Sidewalk-Garden-Growing-Wild by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090884-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Sidewalk-Garden-Growing-Wild" height="495" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5303/5622512259_4e563555ff_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Look at this sidewalk on a tiny side street. I don't know of another like this in Atlanta. It's just one house wide and seems like a park.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5622512143/" title="P1090880-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Columns by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090880-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Columns" height="480" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5101/5622512143_d5acf928e3_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Two columns, no, three, wow.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5622512203/" title="P1090882-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Column-Garden-Porch by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090882-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Column-Garden-Porch" height="473" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5301/5622512203_fe507afe17_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Good grief, there is a house in this garden.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5622512117/" title="P1090879-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Victorian-Fulton-Al-Dellinger-2000AD by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090879-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Victorian-Fulton-Al-Dellinger-2000AD" height="480" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5103/5622512117_2bc67f88fa_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I noticed a man walking his dog. I'm sure he noticed me looking out of place and bearing a camera. I asked if he knew anything about the house. He said, "It's mine," and invited me in.<br /><br />That's how I met <a href="http://2000adinc.com/">Al Dellinger who with partner Tim Thomas own <span style="font-weight: bold;">2000 A.D Inc.</span> "Concepts in Floral Art.</a>" Al's a transplant from Midtown who thinks Hapeville is a bargain that will attract folks who now enjoy Atlanta's intown "South of Buckhead" neighborhoods.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5623099190/" title="P1090879-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Victorian-Fulton-Gingerbread-Alert by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090879-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Victorian-Fulton-Gingerbread-Alert" height="597" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5183/5623099190_48e4a16e93_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I was overwhelmed by the hospitality and the house. It's circa 1895, nearly demolished, sold at one time for $5000, a bit ghost-y too.<br /><br />It's as if I'd discovered a long lost temple in the jungle. Indeed I had, and a friendly guide to boot.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5644958892/" title="P1090882-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Column-Garden-Porch-detail-d by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090882-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Column-Garden-Porch-detail-d" height="480" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5225/5644958892_7ec8d8a8b1_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Al said the the "new" porch replaced a lot of gingerbread.<br /><br />Inside? I'll just show you a little glass.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5622513017/" title="P1090894-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Stained-Glass by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090894-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Stained-Glass" height="533" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5149/5622513017_b548cfce2a_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5622512963/" title="P1090893-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Stained-Glass by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090893-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Stained-Glass" height="522" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5030/5622512963_b28296b40d_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5623099984/" title="P1090893-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Stained-Glass-detail-dd by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090893-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Stained-Glass-detail-dd" height="480" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5023/5623099984_2d83d0bf31_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />This is the garden from the foyer.<br /><br />Next up is <a href="http://www.maisonlavigne.com/">Maison LaVigne, Hapville's "Gourmet Bed & Breakfast</a>" just a few steps from the Hapeville Depot.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5622512321/" title="P1090886-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Maison-LaVigne-BnB-1920 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090886-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Maison-LaVigne-BnB-1920" height="469" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5182/5622512321_986ea2bc89_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Folks MUST be pretty good at keeping secrets.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5623099416/" title="P1090890-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Maison-LaVigne-BnB-Arbor-Porch by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090890-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Maison-LaVigne-BnB-Arbor-Porch" height="480" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5064/5623099416_fa9aac574d_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Did everybody have know about this place except me?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5622512339/" title="P1090888-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Maison-LaVigne-BnB-roofline-Vane by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090888-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Maison-LaVigne-BnB-roofline-Vane" height="480" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5145/5622512339_55db56e378_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I don't think this is all original equipment from 1920.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5623099348/" title="P1090885-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Maison-LaVigne-BnB-detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090885-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Maison-LaVigne-BnB-detail" height="489" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5188/5623099348_8c401a67fe_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5623099448/" title="P1090892-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Maison-LaVigne-BnB-Sideyard-Windowbox by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090892-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Maison-LaVigne-BnB-Sideyard-Windowbox" height="480" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5108/5623099448_5202dc6d26_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I swooned over the sideyard, that blue, the chunky window lentils, shutters, flower-boxes, curvy fence and rustic furniture.<br /><br />Finally, <a href="http://www.hapeville.org/archives/46/Christ%20church%20move%207_10_2010.pdf">Hapeville's Historic Christ Church (c. 1895)</a> has just finished it's second move.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5623103820/" title="P1090897-2011-04-15-Hapeville-Dogwood-Street-Terminal-Vista-HISTORIC-CHRIST-CHURCH by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090897-2011-04-15-Hapeville-Dogwood-Street-Terminal-Vista-HISTORIC-CHRIST-CHURCH" height="480" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5108/5623103820_9e86c7c19a_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It's now a terminal vista for 19/41 South. It's the perfect complement for an old Chevy.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5622517105/" title="P1090901-2011-04-15-Hapeville-Dogwood-Street-Terminal-Vista-HISTORIC-CHRIST-CHURCH by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090901-2011-04-15-Hapeville-Dogwood-Street-Terminal-Vista-HISTORIC-CHRIST-CHURCH" height="480" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5065/5622517105_6f78d73804_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It arrived here in July 2010. I think they've nearly completed upgrades in it's new location. I'm looking forward to seeing the inside.

3 Hapeville Victorians and meeting Al Dellinger

My little tour of the Hapeville Historic District started with the two churches . I continued with a fortuitous street meeting with floral d...

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Hapeville - 2 blocks with a Shutze - update

<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Update 20-4-11:</span> I've found a 1954 picture with the <a href="http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/store/Products/85980-hapeville-baptist-church.aspx">portico of Hapeville Baptist Church's "old stone church"</a> and a<a href="http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/store/Products/85982-hapeville-methodist-church.aspx"> 1954 picture showing different columns and capitals at Hapeville First United Methodist</a> in the collection of <a href="http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/">Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center</a>. These little unexpected discoveries are delightful.</span><br /><br />Hapeville Georgia is where the airport is and the Ford plant was. Comedian Jeff Foxworthy was raised here, and graduated from Hapeville High School.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHpyTitqASlYb1Y-rZjS3vQ_4GpYrl6RVbDQoCwH-GsmFumCxxkrk9B7SjweolV-NjPkNSc0YDqGHZATR6RT57z8M6vulaLcFwnShu0md_JpolzOdIMHUC7GxHenFW0MoZdIE0f97NDvho/s1600/P1090893-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Stained-Glass-detail-dd.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597311584762943330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHpyTitqASlYb1Y-rZjS3vQ_4GpYrl6RVbDQoCwH-GsmFumCxxkrk9B7SjweolV-NjPkNSc0YDqGHZATR6RT57z8M6vulaLcFwnShu0md_JpolzOdIMHUC7GxHenFW0MoZdIE0f97NDvho/s400/P1090893-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Stained-Glass-detail-dd.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><br />Hapeville, Decatur, East Point, and College Park retain their small town identity inside the perimeter.<br /><br />On the way home from delivering Daughter #1 to the airport, I took a brief architecture tour of downtown Hapevile.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5623093356/" title="P1090851-2011-04-15-Hapeville-UMC-Cornerstone-Heinz-Adler-Schutze-detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090851-2011-04-15-Hapeville-UMC-Cornerstone-Heinz-Adler-Schutze-detail" height="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5070/5623093356_c056b2ee71.jpg" width="359" /></a><br />I found a 1929 Heinz, Adler, & Schutze.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5623093224/" title="P1090846-2011-04-15-Hapeville-Methodist-Church-UMC-by-Charles-Edward-Choate by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090846-2011-04-15-Hapeville-Methodist-Church-UMC-by-Charles-Edward-Choate" height="480" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5261/5623093224_273ae49086_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It's the <a href="http://www.hapevilleumc.com/history.htm">Hapeville United Methodist Church</a> originally designed in 1909 by <a href="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1069">minister-architect Charles Edward Choate</a>. I'd never heard of Choate.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5622506455/" title="P1090853-2011-04-15-Hapeville-UMC-Charles-Edward-Choate-Heinz-Adler-Schutze-Portico by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090853-2011-04-15-Hapeville-UMC-Charles-Edward-Choate-Heinz-Adler-Schutze-Portico" height="480" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5268/5622506455_fca5752fb0_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I don't know how much is Choate and how much is Shutze but doesn' t this rusticated stair ring a bell? Update <span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/store/Products/85982-hapeville-methodist-church.aspx"> 1954 picture showing different columns and capitals at Hapeville First United Methodist</a></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5623093430/" title="P1090855-2011-04-15-Hapeville-UMC-View-South by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090855-2011-04-15-Hapeville-UMC-View-South" height="480" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5188/5623093430_40a1c72a86_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />First Methodist faces into it's park-like front yard. It's amazingly peaceful just half a mile from the runways.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5622510617/" title="P1090857-2011-04-15-Hapeville-1st-Baptist-Church-old-stone-church by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090857-2011-04-15-Hapeville-1st-Baptist-Church-old-stone-church" height="480" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5222/5622510617_8c5b3df8a1_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />From First Methodist's portico, you can see the <a href="http://www.hapevillefbc.com/about.htm">"old stone church" built from Stone Mountain granite in 1923, the first Sanctuary of Hapeville First Baptist Church</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5623097822/" title="P1090863-2011-04-15-Hapeville-1st-Baptist-Church-old-stone-church-Cornerstone-contrast by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090863-2011-04-15-Hapeville-1st-Baptist-Church-old-stone-church-Cornerstone-contrast" height="480" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5102/5623097822_7e0c856666_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5623097778/" title="P1090861-2011-04-15-Hapeville-1st-Baptist-Church-old-stone-church-Facade by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090861-2011-04-15-Hapeville-1st-Baptist-Church-old-stone-church-Facade" height="480" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5069/5623097778_7358aefcc8_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It's been re-purposed but I find it as irresistible as a ruin. Where are the windows and portico now? <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Update:</span> picture with the <a href="http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/store/Products/85980-hapeville-baptist-church.aspx">portico of the Hapeville Baptist Church's "old stone church</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5622510625/" title="P1090859-2011-04-15-Hapeville-1st-Baptist-Church-old-stone-church by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090859-2011-04-15-Hapeville-1st-Baptist-Church-old-stone-church" height="480" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5310/5622510625_cff8b46bfd_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5623097966/" title="P1090873-2011-04-15-Hapeville-1st-Baptist-Church-Sanctuary-Portico-detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090873-2011-04-15-Hapeville-1st-Baptist-Church-Sanctuary-Portico-detail" height="540" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5024/5623097966_3fb16caf8f_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />This is the 1964 sanctuary, a white ground-level beauty.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5622510887/" title="P1090871-2011-04-15-Hapeville-1st-Baptist-Church-Sanctuary-Steeple-Windows by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090871-2011-04-15-Hapeville-1st-Baptist-Church-Sanctuary-Steeple-Windows" height="480" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5104/5622510887_bf02364ee7_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It's crisp and clean...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5623097920/" title="P1090868-2011-04-15-Hapeville-1st-Baptist-Church-Sanctuary by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090868-2011-04-15-Hapeville-1st-Baptist-Church-Sanctuary" height="480" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5309/5623097920_265b5830e5_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />...and accessible.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5622510771/" title="P1090865-2011-04-15-Hapeville-1st-Baptist-Church-Education-Southwest-wing by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090865-2011-04-15-Hapeville-1st-Baptist-Church-Education-Southwest-wing" height="480" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5267/5622510771_42c637976a_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The education building blends old and new, stone and brick, with a bit of classical detailing.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5623098016/" title="P1090878-2011-04-15-Hapeville-1st-Baptist-Church-Old-Stone-Church by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090878-2011-04-15-Hapeville-1st-Baptist-Church-Old-Stone-Church" height="480" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5148/5623098016_41a33e71d7_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5622510851/" title="P1090867-2011-04-15-Hapeville-1st-Baptist-Church-Education-door-transom-light-detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090867-2011-04-15-Hapeville-1st-Baptist-Church-Education-door-transom-light-detail" height="331" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5141/5622510851_f29d30a6bc_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />Well I've run out of space. More about this window in the next post.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5622512963/" title="P1090893-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Stained-Glass by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090893-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Stained-Glass" height="522" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5030/5622512963_b28296b40d_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>

Hapeville - 2 blocks with a Shutze - update

Update 20-4-11: I've found a 1954 picture with the portico of Hapeville Baptist Church's "old stone church" and a 1954...

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