The slow way home via West End Atlanta

After I took loved ones to the airport yesterday I skipped the Interstate and headed toward<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_End_%28Atlanta%29"><span style="font-weight: bold;">West End</span></a> looking for landmarks. I took all these pictures from the car.<br /><br />Loop Road, to Atlanta Avenue (Hapeville), Central Avenue, East Washington, Main Street (East Point) which becomes Lee Street. Left on Avon (Border of Venetian Hills and Oakland City), south on Oakland to Donnelly (West End). Left to Ralph David Abernathy, West End's main street.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6930236893/" title="P1050027-2012-02-25--Airport-Drive-Auto-Audio-Central-Ave-Hapeville-detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1050027-2012-02-25--Airport-Drive-Auto-Audio-Central-Ave-Hapeville-detail" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7061/6930236893_786fb690c1_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><span class="adr"><span class="street-address">Auto Audio is 1200 Central Ave </span></span>Cleveland Avenue between Hapeville and College Park. If you enjoy hard-working light-industrial streets - and who doesn't - this is a fine one.<br /><br />Oops, wasn't I headed to West End?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6784192934/" title="P1050031-2012-02-25--Airport-Drive-West-Hunter-Street-Baptist-Church-West-End-Atlanta-Terminal-Vista by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1050031-2012-02-25--Airport-Drive-West-Hunter-Street-Baptist-Church-West-End-Atlanta-Terminal-Vista" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7062/6784192934_068fbeda78_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.westhunterstreetbaptist.org/">West Hunter Street Baptist Church,</a> in 1961 <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Abernathy">Ralph David Abernathy</a> became pastor here.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6784190950/" title="P1050029-2012-02-25--Airport-Drive-West-Hunter-Street-Baptist-Church-West-End-Atlanta-top-2-Steeple by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1050029-2012-02-25--Airport-Drive-West-Hunter-Street-Baptist-Church-West-End-Atlanta-top-2-Steeple" height="555" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7179/6784190950_9b33db9cca_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It's an impressive landmark and we must learn more about it.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6930309463/" title="P1050030-2012-02-25--Airport-Drive-West-Hunter-Street-Baptist-Church-West-End-Atlanta-Ed-Building by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1050030-2012-02-25--Airport-Drive-West-Hunter-Street-Baptist-Church-West-End-Atlanta-Ed-Building" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7065/6930309463_5b63579010_z.jpg" width="622" /></a><br />Giant pilasters and urns galore.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6784193476/" title="P1050032-2012-02-25--Airport-Drive--West-End-Hammonds-House by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1050032-2012-02-25--Airport-Drive--West-End-Hammonds-House" height="392" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7063/6784193476_a4a7a8969a_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />You can see the <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.hammondshouse.org/">Hammonds House Museum</a> from I-20 as you race by.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6930310913/" title="P1050033-2012-02-25--Airport-Drive--West-End-Saint-Anthony-of-Padua-Catholic by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1050033-2012-02-25--Airport-Drive--West-End-Saint-Anthony-of-Padua-Catholic" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7189/6930310913_40ac398af2_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I'm never here at the right time to photograph the north side. This is <a href="http://www.archatl.com/parishes/saintanthony_atlanta.html">St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church</a>. Church <a href="http://stanthonyatlanta.org/">Website</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6930524033/" title="P1050054-2012-02-25--Airport-Drive-West-End-former-School-for-Sale-with-Cross by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1050054-2012-02-25--Airport-Drive-West-End-former-School-for-Sale-with-Cross" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7199/6930524033_a08e5ce630_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />This former school building is for sale.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6930527753/" title="P1050055-2012-02-25--Airport-Drive-West-End-former-School-for-Sale-with-Cross-detail-detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1050055-2012-02-25--Airport-Drive-West-End-former-School-for-Sale-with-Cross-detail-detail" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7065/6930527753_2094014f03_z.jpg" width="419" /></a><br />Maybe it was a church school. Does anyone know?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6784249468/" title="P1050036-2012-02-25--Airport-Drive-West-End-Brown-Middle-School by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1050036-2012-02-25--Airport-Drive-West-End-Brown-Middle-School" height="493" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7210/6784249468_7bfa6390ab_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />There are many photographs of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Brown Middle School (formerly Brown High School)</span> by <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-569">Pringle & Smith</a> in 1924.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6784243538/" title="P1050035-2012-02-25--Airport-Drive-West-End-Brown-Middle-School by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1050035-2012-02-25--Airport-Drive-West-End-Brown-Middle-School" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7187/6784243538_b182b18ba8_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />But you really need to see it in place. It's not so imposing in person. It lends dignity to the surrounding streets and houses. It feels good. It's why we shouldn't put great buildings off by themselves.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6930431531/" title="P1050042-2012-02-25--Airport-Drive-West-End-Higher-Hope-Christian-Ministries-Steeple by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1050042-2012-02-25--Airport-Drive-West-End-Higher-Hope-Christian-Ministries-Steeple" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7037/6930431531_08599d7d6f_z.jpg" width="571" /></a><br />The <a href="http://higherhopeministries.org/">Higher Hope Christian Ministries</a> building is a crisp creamy-colored beauty.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6930454807/" title="P1050045-2012-02-25--Airport-Drive-West-End-Calvery-United-Methodist-Church-Atlanta-Ed-Building-Full by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1050045-2012-02-25--Airport-Drive-West-End-Calvery-United-Methodist-Church-Atlanta-Ed-Building-Full" height="395" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7060/6930454807_c9381db41d.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Calvary United Methodist Church's</span> education building has a personality of its own. I'd guess these aren't the original windows.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6930466049/" title="P1050047-2012-02-25--Airport-Drive-West-End-Calvery-United-Methodist-Church-Atlanta-Steeple-Full by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1050047-2012-02-25--Airport-Drive-West-End-Calvery-United-Methodist-Church-Atlanta-Steeple-Full" height="595" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7204/6930466049_213e8716d8_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The Calvary steeple looks traditional enough and it's almost in the street.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6784357422/" title="P1050048-2012-02-25--Airport-Drive-West-End-Citadel-Of-Hope-Evangelistic-COGIC-detail-full by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1050048-2012-02-25--Airport-Drive-West-End-Citadel-Of-Hope-Evangelistic-COGIC-detail-full" height="425" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7043/6784357422_4138a45a16_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://www.facebook.com/CitadelOfHope?sk=info">Citadel Of Hope Evangelistic Church of God in Christ</a> is an architecture-tourist-neck-snapper, all that wood on all that granite.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6930482713/" title="P1050049-2012-02-25--Airport-Drive-West-End-Citadel-Of-Hope-Evangelistic-COGIC-South-Portico-detail-full by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1050049-2012-02-25--Airport-Drive-West-End-Citadel-Of-Hope-Evangelistic-COGIC-South-Portico-detail-full" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7054/6930482713_1a75e5f467_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It's on a 3-point intersection, the granite curve is smack on the street, stairs lead to 3 separate porticoes. My brain is still processing. There are plenty of corner churches in Atlanta but none like this.<br /><br />I haven't showed you a single cute house which the West End has in abundance. That will have to wait.<br /><br />I'll leave you with this.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6930495617/" title="P1050052-2012-02-25--Airport-Drive-West-End--Westview-Cemetery-Atlanta-rugged-cross-detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1050052-2012-02-25--Airport-Drive-West-End--Westview-Cemetery-Atlanta-rugged-cross-detail" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7208/6930495617_90e4a1dd47_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westview_Cemetery">Westview Cemetery</a> is worthy.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6784378248/" title="P1050052-2012-02-25--Airport-Drive-West-End--Westview-Cemetery-Atlanta by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1050052-2012-02-25--Airport-Drive-West-End--Westview-Cemetery-Atlanta" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7177/6784378248_5d1c66c6c9_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>

The slow way home via West End Atlanta

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Virginia-Higlands Teardown is Done

<span style="font-size:78%;">I'm participating in <a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/2012/02/breathtaking-before-and-after-welcome.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BetweenNapsOnThePorch+%28BETWEEN+NAPS+ON+THE+PORCH%29">Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch</a>. Thanks to Susan!</span><br /><br />This spec teardown sold before it was complete and <a href="http://www.stoneyriverhomes.com/">Stoney River Homes</a> built it in a hurry. They know what they are doing.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWgNowfHI_ZIR5rIN4vw2zwvTEbB2qP1Q5XusF-q98yNQFkw5UArxnk6z9k_RerjWojPuVznV60uLlDZyBsZTTkHw7uYGIQG92xe68fp5qvXLdBMJposBaWLLlaJZRDYopPj5X26GP-P-n/s1600/2011-07-28-Teardown-Maryland-Avenue.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712907372170248898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWgNowfHI_ZIR5rIN4vw2zwvTEbB2qP1Q5XusF-q98yNQFkw5UArxnk6z9k_RerjWojPuVznV60uLlDZyBsZTTkHw7uYGIQG92xe68fp5qvXLdBMJposBaWLLlaJZRDYopPj5X26GP-P-n/s400/2011-07-28-Teardown-Maryland-Avenue.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 192px;" /></a><br />Built: 1930, 1,444 square feet, on .2296 acres. Pretty big lot for around here.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6583317991/" title="P1030489-2011-12-26-546-Maryland-Avenue-Teardown-Teardown-WIP by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1030489-2011-12-26-546-Maryland-Avenue-Teardown-Teardown-WIP" height="336" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7144/6583317991_793d63ece2_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The new one has about 3,900 square feet, and a garage.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6023863143/" title="2011-07-28-Teardown-Maryland-Avenue-2 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="2011-07-28-Teardown-Maryland-Avenue-2" height="308" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6089/6023863143_95d589fa22_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />This Google streetview isn't the most flattering. But this was the least house on the street. You couldn't build anywhere around here these days.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6686175793/" title="P1030795-2012-01-11-Maryland-Avenue-Teardown-Complete by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1030795-2012-01-11-Maryland-Avenue-Teardown-Complete" height="490" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7143/6686175793_0da49745c9_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Others on had been renovated, but this is the 2nd full-on street-front 2-story.<br /><br />Other renos hide their bulk towards the rear while preserving keeping their original street-front details. This one didn't have much charm worth keeping.<br /><br />I think it's like the <a href="http://www.stoneyriverhomes.com/images/content/floor_plans/print/eastland.pdf">Stoney Rivers' "Avery" Plan</a> plus a garage.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6686175581/" title="P1030796-2012-01-11-Maryland-Avenue-Teardown-Complete by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1030796-2012-01-11-Maryland-Avenue-Teardown-Complete" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7150/6686175581_a1375e5ffc_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I like the north side better than the driveway side because more bumps.<br /><br />I don't think it a big clash with it's neighbors. The old one was rather sad. This one make the neighbors look better. You need to see this in person and judge for yourself.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5917153477/" title="P1120250-2011-07-06-Maryland-Avenue-Teardown-Before by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1120250-2011-07-06-Maryland-Avenue-Teardown-Before" height="480" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6001/5917153477_ce57443395_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I think this accounts for the quick sale. It's 2 1/2 short level blocks to <a href="http://www.yeahburger.com/documents/YEAH%21-BURGER-Menu-Virginia-Highland.pdf">Yeah! Burger</a> and <a href="http://www.murphys-atlanta-restaurant.com/">Murphy's</a>.<br /><br />I think the new owners are going to enjoy living here, enjoy it a lot.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thanks to </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/">Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch.</a></span><br /><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362953027181413218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgySMVu0cKuvj4XB9Z0BPN-KhRu4m55279twyAb7K0Mhp0O2PM-_1gnazZM-bOhH210QcProraV-3Fu6b1-UbBZFXCDQDgTL3JpawI6YYu09Qt-8bmixQFOmhGrdHbuyckX1fAPBxlDUMdU/s400/MetamorphosisMondayLogo.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 253px;" /></a>

Virginia-Higlands Teardown is Done

I'm participating in Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch . Thanks to Susan! This spec teardown sold before it was complete...

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Cloistered courtyard with an arcade replaces tennis courts at Columbia

<a href="http://www.ctsnet.edu/">Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur</a> will <a href="http://www.ctsnet.edu/NewsPubs/NewsRelease.aspx?ID=664">dedicate the Vernon S. Broyles Jr. Leadership Center on March 7</a>. I'm hoping to be there so I can see it in person.<br /><br />It's named "Columbia" because it was IN Columbia South Carolina for 97 years until 1927 when the Presbyterian Church moved it to Decatur. I wonder what Columbia Drive was before the seminary moved there. Most Atlantan's have never heard of Columbia Seminary; fewer still have seen it.<br /><br />So I want to show you the new arcade.<br /><br />The arcade frames and highlights this 80+ year old arch.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAMMf-AfmF3qlTU8PfTZlmihPlZyC172z4AhNcjQkCK6KnFn2bfvvjJl4lWl_cr3W_Ph4aOzjfrF3Weiw3YW9VhVwk6GpHY9NRkfGXXKy0w1zypdQyTUcFXe1EXqWrLCwY2ASeW09ttSOe/s1600/P1040962-2012-02-20-Columbia-Theological-Seminary-New-Broyles-Leadership-Center-door-detail.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711377971108769970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAMMf-AfmF3qlTU8PfTZlmihPlZyC172z4AhNcjQkCK6KnFn2bfvvjJl4lWl_cr3W_Ph4aOzjfrF3Weiw3YW9VhVwk6GpHY9NRkfGXXKy0w1zypdQyTUcFXe1EXqWrLCwY2ASeW09ttSOe/s400/P1040962-2012-02-20-Columbia-Theological-Seminary-New-Broyles-Leadership-Center-door-detail.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br />The Simons-Law's Building's historic arch is a walkway to the Oldenburg Quadrangle.<br /><br />It illustrates Columbia's "<span class="st">Collegiate Gothic" style shared with Oglethorpe and Georgia Tech.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6912536891/" title="P1040962-2012-02-20-Columbia-Theological-Seminary-New-Broyles-Leadership-Center-oriole-detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040962-2012-02-20-Columbia-Theological-Seminary-New-Broyles-Leadership-Center-oriole-detail" height="462" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7176/6912536891_8f53029be9_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />You don't mess with this. Who could afford this today? It's out of style anyway.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.lordaecksargent.com/">Lord Aeck & Sargent architects</a> preserved the old while adding the new.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5694079947/" title="P1100414-2011-05-06-Columbia-Theological-Seminary-Vernon-S-Broyles-Center by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1100414-2011-05-06-Columbia-Theological-Seminary-Vernon-S-Broyles-Center" height="480" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5105/5694079947_8e1cf0e8f2_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />That beautiful Georgia red clay mound is <span style="font-weight: bold;">where the tennis courts were</span>. The </span> Simons-Law arch is under the gable above the "A" in "SHUMATE." They did a big renovation of the Simons-Law building in the process. It was originally a dorm.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5694652204/" title="P1100416-2011-05-06-Columbia-Theological-Seminary-Vernon-S-Broyles-Center-Steel-Gables by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1100416-2011-05-06-Columbia-Theological-Seminary-Vernon-S-Broyles-Center-Steel-Gables" height="498" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3228/5694652204_4589daf0a7_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />What would the medieval master builders have thought?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5806973248/" title="P1110532-2011-06-06-Columbia-Theological-Seminary-New-Broyles-Leadership-Center by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1110532-2011-06-06-Columbia-Theological-Seminary-New-Broyles-Leadership-Center" height="480" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2354/5806973248_3afb9cf38c_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I pretty much understood the building except for the tall, narrow part.<br /><br />What can you do in a room like that?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5806409915/" title="P1110536-2011-06-06-Columbia-Theological-Seminary-New-Broyles-Leadership-Center by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1110536-2011-06-06-Columbia-Theological-Seminary-New-Broyles-Leadership-Center" height="640" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5236/5806409915_6f959087cc_z.jpg" width="469" /></a><br />The curvy stuff in the rafters must be meant to show.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6912536527/" title="P1040961-2012-02-20-Columbia-Theological-Seminary-New-Broyles-Leadership-Center by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040961-2012-02-20-Columbia-Theological-Seminary-New-Broyles-Leadership-Center" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7040/6912536527_8061d25b8e_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Today it was time to have a look.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6912536643/" title="P1040962-2012-02-20-Columbia-Theological-Seminary-New-Broyles-Leadership-Center-detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040962-2012-02-20-Columbia-Theological-Seminary-New-Broyles-Leadership-Center-detail" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7065/6912536643_abe6056048_z.jpg" width="596" /></a><br />Aha.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6912536789/" title="P1040962-2012-02-20-Columbia-Theological-Seminary-New-Broyles-Leadership-Center-ceiling-detail1 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040962-2012-02-20-Columbia-Theological-Seminary-New-Broyles-Leadership-Center-ceiling-detail1" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7037/6912536789_b5443c0bbc_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I'm getting it.<br /><br />I need to try this on foot.<br /><span style="Arial","sans-serif"font-family:";" ><br /><a href="http://www.lordaecksargent.com/"></a></span>

Cloistered courtyard with an arcade replaces tennis courts at Columbia

Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur will dedicate the Vernon S. Broyles Jr. Leadership Center on March 7 . I'm hoping to be there...

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This Modern Teardown is Done

<span style="font-size:78%;">I'm participating in <a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/2012/02/inspiration-around-blogland-welcome-to.html">Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch</a>. Thanks to Susan!</span><br /><br />This spec house sold long before it was done.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl72vK6KMlFj5aMd2QvO_NKhZG-TeUW7GTpVw6ei_umr_-rsW9pZBYBFB4PZgHxw1IVNHPvR7AH8748tMvikZF83BhvDpGuNtpKpDn2JE1CXKh2CtPOcADVfZ7KOO_yJUVucNGRw5Jmkaq/s1600/2011-06-27-Elevaton-Print-1020-Bellevue.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708988701125067954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl72vK6KMlFj5aMd2QvO_NKhZG-TeUW7GTpVw6ei_umr_-rsW9pZBYBFB4PZgHxw1IVNHPvR7AH8748tMvikZF83BhvDpGuNtpKpDn2JE1CXKh2CtPOcADVfZ7KOO_yJUVucNGRw5Jmkaq/s400/2011-06-27-Elevaton-Print-1020-Bellevue.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 372px;" /></a><br />I blogged <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/01/teardown-complete-white-brick-triple.html">another spec teardown</a> a few weeks ago. It is traditional and quite handsome. It hasn't sold 3 months after completion.<br /><br />I guess folks who want moderns want moderns, and moderns are rare. This proved to be a good bet.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5941074262/" title="P1120718-2011-07-18-1020-Bellevue-Rendering-n-Photo' by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1120718-2011-07-18-1020-Bellevue-Rendering-n-Photo'" height="396" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6136/5941074262_a64f5aa0f6_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I took work-in-progress tour on caravan. It got offers when it looked like this.<br /><br />Though I'm not instinctively attracted to moderns, I developed a crush.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5802002079/" title="2011-06-05-SCAN-Bellevue-Teardown-Before2 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="2011-06-05-SCAN-Bellevue-Teardown-Before2" height="341" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5112/5802002079_5d496508d3_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Before: a flat lot on a hilltop, fronted by a giant oak, served by a rare alley, in one of Atlanta's great neighborhoods, about 4 blocks from <a href="http://georgesbarandrestaurant.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">George's</span></a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5802559386/" title="2011-06-05-SCAN-Bellevue-Teardown-Before by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="2011-06-05-SCAN-Bellevue-Teardown-Before" height="237" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2106/5802559386_6bdd023684_o.jpg" width="321" /></a><br />The lot is 8250 square feet, 0.189393 acre. It's narrow and deep. The house was built in 1930 at 1,156 square feet. The alley frees up the lot, you don't need a driveway.<br /><br />Brian and Jeff told me that the original intent in 1930 was to build the big house later. That never happened.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5940942210/" title="P1120704-2011-07-18-1020-Bellevue-view-NE-Rooftops by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1120704-2011-07-18-1020-Bellevue-view-NE-Rooftops" height="480" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6026/5940942210_c4bd37be85_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The ally. Houses here have way more than you'd suspect from the street.<br />Some folks want to show all they got to the street. Others prefer a bit of modesty.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5940942242/" title="P1120705-2011-07-18-1020-Bellevue-Alley-view by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1120705-2011-07-18-1020-Bellevue-Alley-view" height="422" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6016/5940942242_3fc2cd8d4d_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The no-driveway look is uncanny in Atlanta. Even our mansions have prominent driveways.<br /><br />Our little house was so small and so far from the street it seemed to be from another planet.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5892430879/" title="P1120106-2011-07-01-Teardown-1020-Bellevue-Ceder-Partly-Stained-detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1120106-2011-07-01-Teardown-1020-Bellevue-Ceder-Partly-Stained-detail" height="376" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6009/5892430879_ff17f8c511_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />You might think the new house is from another planet too, but inside, it made sense to me.<br /><br />The ground floor has the garage. The bedroom suite/office windows make you feel like you are in the garden.<br /><br />The main floor is one big room with windows on all four sides. See the panorama below.<br /><br />The top floor has the bedrooms.<br /><br />The rooftop deck is probably the highest on a single family home in the city limits and yet it's in the canopy.<br /><br />It has stacked closets ready for an elevator.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5940383299/" title="P1120702-2011-07-18-1020-Bellevue-view-ENE-Emory-CDC by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1120702-2011-07-18-1020-Bellevue-view-ENE-Emory-CDC" height="480" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6142/5940383299_215d955b73_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />This is the CDC in a hazy day.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5940942288/" title="P1120707-2011-07-18-1020-Bellevue-Big-Room-Indoor-Outdoor by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1120707-2011-07-18-1020-Bellevue-Big-Room-Indoor-Outdoor" height="480" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6008/5940942288_a6ac86bd58_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The master is spectacular but cozy. How it manages to be cozy amidst all the glass I don't know. But it does - secret architect trick I guess.<br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=109786" height="360" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=6c56453175&photo_id=5940429787&hd_default=false"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=109786"> <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=109786" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=6c56453175&photo_id=5940429787&hd_default=false" height="360" width="640"></embed></object><br />Here is the big room.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6842573345/" title="P1040677-2012-02-07--Bellevue-Teardown-complete-in-context by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040677-2012-02-07--Bellevue-Teardown-complete-in-context" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7151/6842573345_9f9d65e863_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The head on view. Isn't it great not to have a driveway?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6842574631/" title="P1040678-2012-02-07--Bellevue-Teardown-complete-in-context-full by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040678-2012-02-07--Bellevue-Teardown-complete-in-context-full" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7173/6842574631_f0b03f4b8f_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Here is is in context with neighbors and the big oak.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5941074246/" title="P1120715-2011-07-18-1020-Bellevue-Brian-Ahern--Jeff-Darby by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1120715-2011-07-18-1020-Bellevue-Brian-Ahern--Jeff-Darby" height="500" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6123/5941074246_b7c6eb3b1d.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />Congratulations to <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://studiobadesign.com/">architect Brian Ahern of Studio BA</a> and <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://darbystudio.com/">Jeff Darby of Darby Studio</a>.<br /><br />If I've learned anything it's that pictures are no substitute for being there; and that being there often changes my mind.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thanks to </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/">Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch.</a></span><br /><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362953027181413218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgySMVu0cKuvj4XB9Z0BPN-KhRu4m55279twyAb7K0Mhp0O2PM-_1gnazZM-bOhH210QcProraV-3Fu6b1-UbBZFXCDQDgTL3JpawI6YYu09Qt-8bmixQFOmhGrdHbuyckX1fAPBxlDUMdU/s400/MetamorphosisMondayLogo.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 253px;" /></a>

This Modern Teardown is Done

I'm participating in Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch . Thanks to Susan! This spec house sold long before it was done. ...

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Little Chapel Magic - Calder Loth Presents Palladio

There are places that delight every time, on the first visit or the 100th. When we get a chance to attend a great event in a great space, out of our way.<br /><br />The invitation read:<br /><blockquote>"Please join the <a href="http://www.classicist-se.org/">ICAA the morning of the Shutze Awards Celebration</a> for a lecture with Calder Loth: Palladio and the American Architectural Image.<br /><br />"The <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2011/02/shutzes-little-chapel-1938-39-cathedral.html">Little Chapel at Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church</a>"<br /></blockquote><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilzmcPjIml8ptPpwpcVl4yBhNyuy8U6XIw-QZWCcx-vwDCtTaz02UeoZsqCTjFyUVHTHIbhyVxPY5k-EKk7B5OxxM2JQF7-Q3SA0rkJ0i3pWdq00nghprmq4-YYUL1HdTBotP_GKlfGL_P/s1600/MEMO0022-2012-02-11-Calder-Loth-Shutze-lecture-Little-Chapel-Cook-Gable-Loth.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708271548671976466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilzmcPjIml8ptPpwpcVl4yBhNyuy8U6XIw-QZWCcx-vwDCtTaz02UeoZsqCTjFyUVHTHIbhyVxPY5k-EKk7B5OxxM2JQF7-Q3SA0rkJ0i3pWdq00nghprmq4-YYUL1HdTBotP_GKlfGL_P/s400/MEMO0022-2012-02-11-Calder-Loth-Shutze-lecture-Little-Chapel-Cook-Gable-Loth.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);" class=" down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link"><img alt="Link" border="0" class="gl_link" src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" /></span></span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.rodneymimscook.com/">Rodney Cook</a>, <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://blog.classicist.org/">Calder Loth</a>, and <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Palladian-Days-Finding-Venetian-Country/dp/1400078733/ref=tmm_pap_title_0">Carl Gable</a> found a comfortable place to chat before the lecture.<br /><br />Words fail, the Little Chapel is so elaborate, so over the top, so unexpected, so retro, it just doesn't seem very democratic. Isn't it intimidating; isn't it too high highfalutin? Thomas Jefferson didn't think so. He thought such places elevate the human spirit.<br /><br />I'm with Tom all the way on this. I found the room full of smiles.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6858994497/" title="MEMO0014-2012-02-11-Calder-Loth-Shutze-lecture-Little-Chapel-sign-up by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="MEMO0014-2012-02-11-Calder-Loth-Shutze-lecture-Little-Chapel-sign-up" height="495" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7048/6858994497_6c97cd0d6f_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />There is a tiny Narthex with a checkerboard floor.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6858994973/" title="P1040742-2012-02-11-Calder-Loth-Shutze-lecture-Little-Chapel-gathering by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040742-2012-02-11-Calder-Loth-Shutze-lecture-Little-Chapel-gathering" height="543" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7056/6858994973_eb9fa8d922_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It's an easy place to chat; it's cozy. Marble, wood, plaster, and brass seem just right.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6858994389/" title="MEMO0013-2012-02-11-Calder-Loth-Shutze-lecture-Little-Chapel by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="MEMO0013-2012-02-11-Calder-Loth-Shutze-lecture-Little-Chapel" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7060/6858994389_908661a416_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />From the narthex oval windows frame the chapel.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5387695583/" title="P1070292-2011-01-25-Shutze-Little-Chapel by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1070292-2011-01-25-Shutze-Little-Chapel" height="640" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5220/5387695583_fa7c641c56_z.jpg" width="480" /></a><br />Here is some of the over-the-topness I was talking about.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5388301468/" title="P1070291-2011-01-25-Shutze-Little-Chapel-Dome-Oculus by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1070291-2011-01-25-Shutze-Little-Chapel-Dome-Oculus" height="480" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5097/5388301468_194997cfa2_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Huh?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6858995049/" title="P1040746-2012-02-11-Calder-Loth-Shutze-lecture-Little-Chapel-gathering by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040746-2012-02-11-Calder-Loth-Shutze-lecture-Little-Chapel-gathering" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7069/6858995049_8a571276ce_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />But folks feel comfortable inside.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6858994829/" title="P1040736-2012-02-11-Calder-Loth-Shutze-lecture-Little-Chapel-gathering by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040736-2012-02-11-Calder-Loth-Shutze-lecture-Little-Chapel-gathering" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7064/6858994829_f91a3c8ba7_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The high-backed pews makes us feel comfortable enough to be chatty. But Palladio looks a bit impatient.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6860310107/" title="P1040762-2012-02-11-Calder-Loth-Shutze-lecture-Little-Chapel-Calder-Loth-on-right by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040762-2012-02-11-Calder-Loth-Shutze-lecture-Little-Chapel-Calder-Loth-on-right" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7186/6860310107_1117fdcee9_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The space gathered us into cozy groups after the lecture.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6860309979/" title="P1040761-2012-02-11-Calder-Loth-Shutze-lecture-Little-Chapel-Barbara-Shelton--Andrew-Cogar by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040761-2012-02-11-Calder-Loth-Shutze-lecture-Little-Chapel-Barbara-Shelton--Andrew-Cogar" height="509" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7196/6860309979_6ab998d2db_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I wasn't the only one who left happy.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6860308181/" title="P1040757-2012-02-11-Calder-Loth-Shutze-lecture-Little-Chapel-Intor-Willet-Stained-Glass-Window-detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040757-2012-02-11-Calder-Loth-Shutze-lecture-Little-Chapel-Intor-Willet-Stained-Glass-Window-detail" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7042/6860308181_7bca1977f2_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The <a href="http://www.glennumc.org/littlechapel">Rachel Willet English memorial window</a>.

Little Chapel Magic - Calder Loth Presents Palladio

There are places that delight every time, on the first visit or the 100th. When we get a chance to attend a great event in a great space, ou...

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