The Modernist View from Bell Street Burritos

We mourned when <a href="http://www.bellstreetburritos.com/bellstreetburritos.html">Bell Street Burritos</a> moved out of <a href="http://www.irwinstreetmarket.com/">Irwin Street Market</a>. The Beltline people watching was getting better and better. Please move back there ASAP.<br /><br />But the new Peachtree location in Brookwood feels more cosmopolitan. So go outside while they are fixing your burritos. Go out and have a look.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia0q5oZUoznp_kbGCepOzkblsPd8hn2NhFvOztf_CSljKj8yvZZXtuWNsL9QsDvMgzynerAv7vmq6wolrDZXwN2n-OZme67DPt-QNorFRdWXb4D2Wmwe2_3Vrpo4eFofG0FSa_suZP8e8Y/s1600/IMG_8283-2014-07-07+Peachtree+Palisades+Building+at+1819+Peachtree+Street+from+Bell+Street+Burritos+better+contrast+circa+1964.jpg"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia0q5oZUoznp_kbGCepOzkblsPd8hn2NhFvOztf_CSljKj8yvZZXtuWNsL9QsDvMgzynerAv7vmq6wolrDZXwN2n-OZme67DPt-QNorFRdWXb4D2Wmwe2_3Vrpo4eFofG0FSa_suZP8e8Y/s1600/IMG_8283-2014-07-07+Peachtree+Palisades+Building+at+1819+Peachtree+Street+from+Bell+Street+Burritos+better+contrast+circa+1964.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The Peachtree Palisades Building (1964 I think) was known as "the building of death" when it was black. White is way better. Anyone know who designed it?<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14598056981" title="IMG_8281-2014-07-07 Peachtree Palisades Building at 1819 Peachtree Street  from Bell Street Burritos better contrast circa 1964 by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8281-2014-07-07 Peachtree Palisades Building at 1819 Peachtree Street  from Bell Street Burritos better contrast circa 1964" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3860/14598056981_56716e99ee_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br />I started paying attention again when architect Greg Walker's firm <a href="http://www.houserwalker.com/">Houser Walker</a> moved there. P.S. <a href="http://skylineviews.typepad.com/skyline_views/2010/02/atlantas-building-of-death-shows-signs-of-life.html">Tony Wilburt discussed the building on his Skyline Views blog</a>.<br /><br />Then turn north towards the blue.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14414921247" title="IMG_8289-2014-07-07 Sheffield Medical Building from Bell Street Burritos Peachtree Street red arrow  circa 1958 by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8289-2014-07-07 Sheffield Medical Building from Bell Street Burritos Peachtree Street red arrow  circa 1958" height="480" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5523/14414921247_b62c32f2be_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The Sheffield Medical Building (1958, I think) is a terminated vista when you drive north. It's at the top of heartbreak hill.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14414921387" title="IMG_8288-2014-07-07 Sheffield Medical Building from Bell Street Burritos Peachtree Street sharper circa 1958 by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8288-2014-07-07 Sheffield Medical Building from Bell Street Burritos Peachtree Street sharper circa 1958" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3866/14414921387_4ff8e6ee7b_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It's the view that refreshes and it's looking pretty good these days.<br /><br />And while were talking about <a href="http://tarterusa.com/tarter-products/galvanized-stock-tanks/">galvanized stock tanks</a>...<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14414329630" title="IMG_8284-2014-07-07 Peachtree Street Bell Street Burritos watering trough planters by Tarter by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8284-2014-07-07 Peachtree Street Bell Street Burritos watering trough planters by Tarter" height="480" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5596/14414329630_bca0687031_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Bell Street uses them as planters. <a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_225317-60456-WT225_0__?productId=3620660">Lowe's sells them</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br />

The Modernist View from Bell Street Burritos

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