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We've passed 1134 Ponce de Leon so many times we don't even look. Sharon Foster Jones, author of Atlanta's Ponce de Leon Avenue: A History, says "Yes, Pontificating on Ponce was stuck in traffic a couple of weeks ago when it burned." 

 
I think I missed its glory days entirely. I've been driving by since 1968.

Property tax records say it was built in 1925. There was a demolition permit in 2008, guess the economy squashed that. What can you do on 6,400 square feet?

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In it's prime from Google Maps. Is there a happier picture?

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Looks like it had been divided into 3 stores.

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There was graffiti inside, plenty of city camping too.

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Did you know that the billboard grew from inside the building?

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Must have been a valuable billboard. When was its last fresh sign?

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I'm dumbfounded.

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The Kirbo Building (1971) to the left (east) is part of the Carter Center. It's got a bit of modern oddness. It always catches my eye. Was it a bank? I don't remember.

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Booth Towers (1988) wraps the south and west sides.

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There's loading dock - or something - out back.

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The was another part of the building to the east, protected by a firewall.

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At least it's interesting as it is. A buffed lot will be boring.

But I'm worried about that billboard. It's leaning east.

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My brain will now return to ignoring it.

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