gloATL Re-opened the Rhodes Theater for a Little While

Atlanta seemed so full of theaters then.<br /><br />"The (<a href="http://gloatl.org/" target="_blank">gloATL</a>) tour concluded Friday and Saturday in the organizations’ home city of Atlanta, where the artists repeated similar activities, centering on photographic murals and a performative installation at the historic Rhodes Theater."  - <a href="http://www.artsatl.com/2013/11/review-gloatl-living-walls-return-home-statewide-tour-charged-change/" target="_blank">ArtsATL by Andrew Alexander</a> <br /><br />I grew up with two theaters. In Atlanta I could see everything, movies I never heard of. There were six theaters in Midtown close to Georgia Tech.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10714856623/" title="IMG_7159-2013-11-06-gloATL-Rhodes-Theater-Atlanta-and-Awakening-Rhodes-get-ready by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_7159-2013-11-06-gloATL-Rhodes-Theater-Atlanta-and-Awakening-Rhodes-get-ready" height="480" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3775/10714856623_4281c4d716_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br />You can still see movies at the Fox once in a while. The <a href="http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/11660" target="_blank">Rhodes</a> is the only other one standing. It's still standing but hollowed out, in the shadow of an I-75 entrance ramp.<br /><br />I saw the Atlanta premier of Woodstock at the Rhodes. I saw <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069467/" target="_blank">Cries and Whispers</a> there too. I preferred Woodstock.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg95xTTuXrYE_8SrVkQO0anOAaRW5qF7Rng1HkwWsQnt8H_JKRSwmI9XvOv2kc-8fkW_gpAeMQuxdhxtKTqIIOIGMtFc7ZFTb2ZTANijWDurdZ_ZaWLo_GujWMsmlUHGIGp2UMPhzbvAhme/s1600/IMG_7252-2013-11-08-gloATL-Rhodes-Theater.jpg"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg95xTTuXrYE_8SrVkQO0anOAaRW5qF7Rng1HkwWsQnt8H_JKRSwmI9XvOv2kc-8fkW_gpAeMQuxdhxtKTqIIOIGMtFc7ZFTb2ZTANijWDurdZ_ZaWLo_GujWMsmlUHGIGp2UMPhzbvAhme/s640/IMG_7252-2013-11-08-gloATL-Rhodes-Theater.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />In 1975 I saw Bergman's Magic Flute at the Rhodes. I thought that would be the last time.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5500864370/" title="P1080175-2011-03-05-Rhodes-Hall-Phoenix-Flies-View-South-Graffiti-on-Rhodes-Center-detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1080175-2011-03-05-Rhodes-Hall-Phoenix-Flies-View-South-Graffiti-on-Rhodes-Center-detail" height="458" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5213/5500864370_cc634c4b3d_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br />"It was a beloved Atlanta landmark single-screen cinema, the flagship of the Storey chain, before closing in 1985." - <a href="http://www.artsatl.com/2013/11/review-gloatl-living-walls-return-home-statewide-tour-charged-change/" target="_blank">ArtsATL by Andrew Alexander</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10748576313/" title="IMG_7245-2013-11-07-gloATL-Rhodes-Theater-rehersal-Rhodes-Hall by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_7245-2013-11-07-gloATL-Rhodes-Theater-rehersal-Rhodes-Hall" height="480" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3736/10748576313_afa4240a3d_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The gloATL folks performed in the Rhodes November 8-10, 2013.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10714657754/" title="IMG_7161-2013-11-06-gloATL-Rhodes-Theater-Atlanta-and-Awakening-Rhodes-get-ready by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_7161-2013-11-06-gloATL-Rhodes-Theater-Atlanta-and-Awakening-Rhodes-get-ready" height="480" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5496/10714657754_f81483bb17_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />You can't tell it was a theater. It looks 1-story yet seems colossal, clever design by <a href="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/ivey-and-crook" target="_blank">Ivey and Crook</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10714569425/" title="IMG_7153-2013-11-06-gloATL-Rhodes-Theater-Atlanta-and-Awakening-Rhodes-get-ready by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_7153-2013-11-06-gloATL-Rhodes-Theater-Atlanta-and-Awakening-Rhodes-get-ready" height="480" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3757/10714569425_7263054007_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Everything "theater" is gone.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10714655854/" title="IMG_7160-2013-11-06-gloATL-Rhodes-Theater-Atlanta-and-Awakening-Rhodes-get-ready by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_7160-2013-11-06-gloATL-Rhodes-Theater-Atlanta-and-Awakening-Rhodes-get-ready" height="480" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3778/10714655854_591a8660d1_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The screen was down there. Was there a stage? I don't remember.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10714567335/" title="IMG_7151-2013-11-06-gloATL-Rhodes-Theater-Atlanta-and-Awakening-Rhodes-get-readyv by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_7151-2013-11-06-gloATL-Rhodes-Theater-Atlanta-and-Awakening-Rhodes-get-readyv" height="480" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3707/10714567335_651d7dff84_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The lobby was on the other side of that wall. There wasn't a balcony,<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10714665976/" title="IMG_7158-2013-11-06-gloATL-Rhodes-Theater-Atlanta-and-Awakening-Rhodes-get-ready by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_7158-2013-11-06-gloATL-Rhodes-Theater-Atlanta-and-Awakening-Rhodes-get-ready" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7418/10714665976_11db123482_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The arches are still there.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10748379904/" title="IMG_7250-2013-11-07-gloATL-Rhodes-Theater-rehersal-cornice by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_7250-2013-11-07-gloATL-Rhodes-Theater-rehersal-cornice" height="480" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3727/10748379904_9ccfafd27c_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The cornice is still there.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10766285143/" title="IMG_7258-2013-11-08-gloATL-Rhodes-Theater by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_7258-2013-11-08-gloATL-Rhodes-Theater" height="480" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3672/10766285143_cacdf797a8_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />gloATL performed inside.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10766138214/" title="IMG_7278-2013-11-08-gloATL-Rhodes-Theater by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_7278-2013-11-08-gloATL-Rhodes-Theater" height="640" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3710/10766138214_10d5a89900_z.jpg" width="480" /></a><br />Music, dance by gloATL, projections by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LivingWallsATL" target="_blank">Living Walls</a>, photographic murals by <a href="http://dustinchambers.net/" target="_blank">Dustin Chambers</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10766032265/" title="IMG_7272-2013-11-08-gloATL-Rhodes-Theater by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_7272-2013-11-08-gloATL-Rhodes-Theater" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7322/10766032265_1df251cfcf_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I'm a gloATL fan and I like this sort of thing. I'm fidgety and at glo performances I don't have to stay put.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10766022955/" title="IMG_7266-2013-11-08-gloATL-Rhodes-Theater by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_7266-2013-11-08-gloATL-Rhodes-Theater" height="480" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5531/10766022955_45c9500002_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The dancers danced everywhere, the music sounded great everywhere.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10766132564/" title="IMG_7274-2013-11-08-gloATL-Rhodes-Theater by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_7274-2013-11-08-gloATL-Rhodes-Theater" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7400/10766132564_67986d9f3b_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The babies enjoyed it.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10766319293/" title="IMG_7280-2013-11-08-gloATL-Rhodes-Theater by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_7280-2013-11-08-gloATL-Rhodes-Theater" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7338/10766319293_6f81c460e0_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I couldn't take it all in.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10766315553/" title="IMG_7277-2013-11-08-gloATL-Rhodes-Theater by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_7277-2013-11-08-gloATL-Rhodes-Theater" height="480" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5499/10766315553_c1640511eb_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />This was probably my last look and last listen at the Rhodes, but who knows?<br /><br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="480" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=62+S.+Rhodes+Center+NW,+Atlanta,+GA+30309&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=62+S+Rhodes+Center+NW,+Atlanta,+Georgia+30309&gl=us&t=h&ll=33.795429,-84.389527&spn=0.008559,0.013711&z=16&iwloc=A&output=embed" width="640"></iframe><br /><small><a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=62+S.+Rhodes+Center+NW,+Atlanta,+GA+30309&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=62+S+Rhodes+Center+NW,+Atlanta,+Georgia+30309&gl=us&t=h&ll=33.795429,-84.389527&spn=0.008559,0.013711&z=16&iwloc=A&source=embed" style="color: blue; text-align: left;">View Larger Map</a></small>

gloATL Re-opened the Rhodes Theater for a Little While

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Landmark Modernist Ansley Teardown used Rotation, Superimposition and Poche

When completed about 1986, the Hulse residence wasn't like its neighbors. That made it a landmark.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfyQFCW1Qxdccb_amdjIgqMb9k2I-So10yoXlWnQRJwn64C8f1eLrP1IR4gfjLcdLQ1GceOJDrXBq-rINbZDS2kBR6zOHIoDtI2S-EnTLtyiKY82P3EJ8UH7X5UjpentQKzpNRdsFP0VWp/s1600/IMG_7107-2013-11-04-96-Westminster-teardown-Ansley.jpg"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfyQFCW1Qxdccb_amdjIgqMb9k2I-So10yoXlWnQRJwn64C8f1eLrP1IR4gfjLcdLQ1GceOJDrXBq-rINbZDS2kBR6zOHIoDtI2S-EnTLtyiKY82P3EJ8UH7X5UjpentQKzpNRdsFP0VWp/s640/IMG_7107-2013-11-04-96-Westminster-teardown-Ansley.jpg" width="640" /> </a><br />Some modernists hated it, some traditionalists liked it.<br /><br />"The Hulse house ... was designed in 1985 by <a href="http://modern-atlanta.org/ma_09_design_is_human/architecture-talk-at-the-high-2/" target="_blank">Anthony Ames</a>, Arch '68, for a young couple interested in a modern interpretation of residential living in Atlanta's Ansley Park. The modern house was built on the site of an older dwelling that was demolished." - <a href="http://gtalumni.org/Publications/magazine/win93/design.html" target="_blank"><i>Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine</i></a> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10679091496/" title="IMG_7099-2013-11-04-96-Westminster-teardown-Ansley by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_7099-2013-11-04-96-Westminster-teardown-Ansley" height="480" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3755/10679091496_ef874ba931_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br />In any case it had become a familiar sight and we thought it would last at least as long as a pro football stadium.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10718411953/" title="IMG_7164-96-Westminster-teardown-Ansley-Hulse-House-demolition by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_7164-96-Westminster-teardown-Ansley-Hulse-House-demolition" height="480" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5550/10718411953_0efe12e260_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Demolition started in earnest on November 6. Most everyone has an opinion. Me too.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10718815286/" title="IMG_7104-2013-11-06-96-Westminster-teardown-Ansley-Hulse-House-demolition-before-after-dyptic-2x by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_7104-2013-11-06-96-Westminster-teardown-Ansley-Hulse-House-demolition-before-after-dyptic-2x" height="243" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3801/10718815286_6f458e33ea_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Fortunately we have <a href="http://www.anthonyamesarchitect.com/" target="_blank">Anthony Ames, the architect himself</a>, on video. He spoke about the Hulse house and you can watch the <a href="https://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/27951?show=full" target="_blank">video from September 24, 2008, Georgia Tech's Architecture Centennial Lecture Series</a>. The Hulse House starts at 30:37 and runs until about 57:00.<br /><br />From the lecture:<br /><br /><a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzo_Pandolfini" target="_blank">Palazzo Pandolfini</a> (Raphael) was a source of inspiration. <br /><br />"...pre-modern: ideal and regular, closed, often symmetrical...modern: endless and undefined or loosely defined"<br /><br />"Consequently I designed a series of houses that allowed for the investigation of the coexhistance of modern and pre-modern space and the uses of rotation superimposition and poche."<br /><br />"All the projects are the same only the site and the programs change."<br /><br />Mr. Ames explains it all quite well with a sense of humor.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10934055443/" title="2013-11-18-Poche-Illustrated-diagram by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="2013-11-18-Poche-Illustrated-diagram" height="480" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2863/10934055443_b902e37d67_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><a href="http://mgerwing.wordpress.com/2010/12/21/poche-architects-glossary/" target="_blank">What is poche</a>? Paraphrasing Mr. Ames: It's the screwy space you get when you superimpose rotated plans. It's good for service infratructure.  Turns out we have some poche in our house.<br /><br />Sounds like poe-SHAY (Edgar Allan POE and SHEA Stadium).<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10950279976/" title="IMG_7105-2013-11-04-96-Westminster-teardown-Ansley-diagram by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_7105-2013-11-04-96-Westminster-teardown-Ansley-diagram" height="491" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7359/10950279976_fa84d2a216_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Be on the lookout for the new house.<br /><br />P.S. This may be the next Ansley Park teardown:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10320419064/" title="IMG_6087-2013-10-16-18-Inman-Circle-Teardown-Ansley-Park-John-Willis-before by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_6087-2013-10-16-18-Inman-Circle-Teardown-Ansley-Park-John-Willis-before" height="480" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5528/10320419064_5986bc85fc_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Its a 1909'er according to property records.<br /> 

Landmark Modernist Ansley Teardown used Rotation, Superimposition and Poche

When completed about 1986, the Hulse residence wasn't like its neighbors. That made it a landmark.   Some modernists hated it, some trad...

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Demolishing the Hulse, Dancing the Rhodes, Moving the Randolph-Lucas - What a Week

I doubt Atlanta has many weeks like this. I am moved. Were you here too?<br /><br />These deserve research, deep thought, analysis, and opinion. But I'm not blogger enough right now. <br /><br /><b>Hulse Residence:</b><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji1qHW_HvecqsQbSkxTfyMzMrHUy9O30mwiVg_1bbfd8AKgLgpysViBrsjmon-QnxC4mWh4iF9HiLEzR0VGYEbXWvpoxn1iTX0mzCIGnUz1seoTWqRHSOSxXmNTc_LPetmkplhmpkZ6XUU/s1600/IMG_7104-2013-11-06-96-Westminster-teardown-Ansley-Hulse-House-demolition-before-after-dyptic-2x.jpg"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji1qHW_HvecqsQbSkxTfyMzMrHUy9O30mwiVg_1bbfd8AKgLgpysViBrsjmon-QnxC4mWh4iF9HiLEzR0VGYEbXWvpoxn1iTX0mzCIGnUz1seoTWqRHSOSxXmNTc_LPetmkplhmpkZ6XUU/s640/IMG_7104-2013-11-06-96-Westminster-teardown-Ansley-Hulse-House-demolition-before-after-dyptic-2x.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><a href="http://make3arch.com/" target="_blank">Jim Winner</a> tipped me about the demolition the <a href="http://www.anthonyamesarchitect.com/architecture/hulse_residence.html" target="_blank"><b>Hulse House in Ansley Park.</b> Designed by Anthony Ames (1984?)</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10718414103/" title="IMG_7165-96-Westminster-teardown-Ansley-Hulse-House-demolition by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_7165-96-Westminster-teardown-Ansley-Hulse-House-demolition" height="480" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2846/10718414103_22eb01ccbf_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br />I told <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/joseph-dreher/8/50b/b87" target="_blank">Joe Dreher</a> who'd studied this house while pursuing his architecture degree. We kind-of covered it. Joe has some wrenching but fascinating videos of the demo.<br /><br /><b>Rhodes Theater:</b><br /><br /><b> </b><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10766001875/" title="IMG_7249-2013-11-08-gloATL-Rhodes-Theater by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_7249-2013-11-08-gloATL-Rhodes-Theater" height="480" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3739/10766001875_11a518ff14_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br /><br /><a href="http://gloatl.org/" target="_blank">gloATL</a> and <a href="http://livingwallsatl.com/" target="_blank">Living Walls</a> opened the <a href="http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/11660/photos" target="_blank">Rhodes Theater</a> for the weekend. It was "The Traveling Show Town Six." <span class="userContent">I'm standing where the screen was, looking towards where the the lobby was. Designed by <a href="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/ivey-and-crook" target="_blank">Ivey and Crook (1937)</a>.</span><br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=137118" height="360" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=9db3f60398&photo_id=10748323306&hd_default=false"></param><param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=137118"></param><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=137118" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=9db3f60398&photo_id=10748323306&hd_default=false" height="360" width="640"></embed></object><br /><span class="userContent">I dropped in on Thursday night to see a rehearsal (above) with Rhodes Hall glowing from across the street. I caught the wonderful Friday night performance too: music, projections, and dance in this gutted but still impressive space. </span><br /><br /><span class="userContent"><b>Randolph-Lucas House:</b></span><br /><br /><span class="userContent"><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=137118" height="360" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=897018197e&photo_id=10731472254&hd_default=false"></param><param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=137118"></param><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=137118" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=897018197e&photo_id=10731472254&hd_default=false" height="360" width="640"></embed></object><br /> </span><br /><span class="userContent">The Randolph-Lucas house moved this week. On Thursday, they took the second floor off. Designed by <a href="http://www.atlantaga.gov/index.aspx?page=458" target="_blank">P. Thornton Mayre (Completed 1924)</a>.</span><br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=137118" height="360" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=0c91860175&photo_id=10765473974&hd_default=false"></param><param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=137118"></param><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=137118" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=0c91860175&photo_id=10765473974&hd_default=false" height="360" width="640"></embed></object><br />It's journey to Peachtree Circle started with an impromptu street and house party about 1 a.m. Saturday morning.<br /><br />What a week. Were you there too?

Demolishing the Hulse, Dancing the Rhodes, Moving the Randolph-Lucas - What a Week

I doubt Atlanta has many weeks like this. I am moved. Were you here too? These deserve research, deep thought, analysis, and opinion. But I&...

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Six December Atlanta Home Tours - Really - HOLIDAY TOUR OVERLOAD - wait, now there are 7

I mean: who doesn't have lots of free time during holiday season?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFtu6qQd3yOBh7blGwK8KXTA7vssI_FskCQniGbjM1XBt5tDxYn6Q_lZUr1yprCQKBziNB6S_0Dgzus3Mu4cUdBjUQP7zVzDeEwylvDs0ZpvGL_3qOLwgwq8ob4UXjboOKR7WcgEpCRatk/s1600/P1140430-2012-12-08-Stacks-Lofts-and-Artist-Tour-Reindeer-door-mat.jpg"><img border="0" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFtu6qQd3yOBh7blGwK8KXTA7vssI_FskCQniGbjM1XBt5tDxYn6Q_lZUr1yprCQKBziNB6S_0Dgzus3Mu4cUdBjUQP7zVzDeEwylvDs0ZpvGL_3qOLwgwq8ob4UXjboOKR7WcgEpCRatk/s640/P1140430-2012-12-08-Stacks-Lofts-and-Artist-Tour-Reindeer-door-mat.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />It's 2013 home tour overload and these are the just the ones I know about. Does any know about the Telephone Factory this year?<br /><br /><a href="http://decaturtourofhomes.com/" target="_blank">Decatur Holiday Candlelight Tour of Homes, 2013</a><br />Friday Dec. 6 5:30-9:30 pm and - Saturday Dec. 7 5:30-9:30 pm<br /><br /><a href="http://vahitourofhomes.org/" target="_blank">Virginia-Highland Tour of Homes, 2013</a><a href="http://vahitourofhomes.org/" target="_blank"><br /></a>Saturday, Dec. 7 10–4pm and Sunday Dec 8. 12–4pm <br /><br /><a href="http://thestackslofttour.com/" target="_blank">The Stacks Lofts + Artists Tour, 2013</a><br />Saturday, Dec. 7, 1-8pm<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mariettapilgrimage.com/" target="_blank">The Marietta Pilgrimage, 2013</a><br />December 7-8, complicated times<br /><br /><a href="http://www.candlelighttourofhomes.com/" target="_blank">Grant Park Candlelight Tour of Homes, 2013</a><br />Saturday Dec 14 6-10pm, December 15 6-10pm<br /><br /><a href="http://www.avondaletourofhomes.com/" target="_blank">Avondale Tour of Homes & Holiday Market, 2013</a><br />Sunday, December 15th<br />Tour of Homes 3:00pm to 8:00pm.<br />Holiday Market Noon to 6:00pm.<br /><br />Make it seven is you drive east a bit, thanks to <a href="http://theoldpostroadblog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Trish at The Old Post Road</a>.<br /><a href="http://www.madisonga.org/index.php?page=town-country-holiday-tour" target="_blank">Madison Georgia 30th Annual Town & Country Holiday Tour</a><br />December 5-8, 2013<br />Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10:00-4:00pm<br />Friday & Saturday Candlelight 5:00-9:00pm <br />Sunday 1:00-5:00pm<br /><br />Because it's not like the others: pictures are from the "Stacks" tours, the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulton_Bag_and_Cotton_Mills" target="_blank"> Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill in Cabbagetown</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6450436535/" title="P1020814-2011-12-03-Stacks-Loft-Tour-Ladybug-Farms-by-Clara-OReily--Terri by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1020814-2011-12-03-Stacks-Loft-Tour-Ladybug-Farms-by-Clara-OReily--Terri" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7009/6450436535_aa39fa5e07_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />This loft is in... <br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6450437649/" title="P1020815-2011-12-03-Stacks-Loft-Tour-Bambi-Ray by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1020815-2011-12-03-Stacks-Loft-Tour-Bambi-Ray" height="333" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7003/6450437649_0c6a539e75_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />...this building.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6450670459/" title="P1020836-2011-12-03-Stacks-Loft-Tour-Building-H-Roof--Ralph-n-Ruth-Shaw stacks by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1020836-2011-12-03-Stacks-Loft-Tour-Building-H-Roof--Ralph-n-Ruth-Shaw stacks" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7164/6450670459_54cd5c1773_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />If we're lucky, the rooftop decks will be open.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6450659185/" title="P1020830-2011-12-03-Stacks-Loft-Tour by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1020830-2011-12-03-Stacks-Loft-Tour" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7149/6450659185_6d5d90a207_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/4161639659/" title="PC052057-2009-12-05-Fulton-Bag-Mill-Bamby-Ray-Tower-Blue-Print-Detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC052057-2009-12-05-Fulton-Bag-Mill-Bamby-Ray-Tower-Blue-Print-Detail" height="615" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2517/4161639659_4e3be100ca_z.jpg?zz=1" width="640" /></a><br /><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/4161639515/" title="PC052055-2009-12-05-Fulton-Bag-Mill-Bamby-Ray-Short-And-Tall-Tower-From-1910-To-1905-Bridge by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC052055-2009-12-05-Fulton-Bag-Mill-Bamby-Ray-Short-And-Tall-Tower-From-1910-To-1905-Bridge" height="640" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2539/4161639515_e8384489bb_z.jpg?zz=1" width="567" /></a> <br />There are more than 500 lofts in the Stacks, and a pool. It's an amazing place.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6450434095/" title="P1020812-2011-12-03-Stack-Loft-Tour-TK by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1020812-2011-12-03-Stack-Loft-Tour-TK" height="501" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7145/6450434095_a92bccf1e7_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br />Say hello if see me.

Six December Atlanta Home Tours - Really - HOLIDAY TOUR OVERLOAD - wait, now there are 7

I mean: who doesn't have lots of free time during holiday season? It's 2013 home tour overload and these are the just the ones I kno...

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