"Regrets Go Only One Way" - "Creomulsion Building" Demolished

Everything about this irritates me and I want to blame somebody. But though I'm a pretty good whiner - real good some say - I'm an inept blamer.<br /><br />I wouldn't know who to blame anyway. because I don't think this is anyone's preferred outcome.<br /><br />And if that's so, we're doing this wrong. Even Drew, the master who operated the excavator, told me he can't believe the buildings "we" tear down.<br /><br />Here are some one-way regrets, pictures, videos, and a map. Discuss amongst yourselves.  <br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15970508550" title="20141231_123759 2014-12-31 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward wreath by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141231_123759 2014-12-31 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward wreath" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7552/15970508550_22a25fa9ab_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Kit laid a wreath. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZfYhsLqGeqph57bbvIkgUbrO4jhhmFasnHoRciseEy_pBSViRlWDp5lwe8PAop20r2m6xOrhkmRdfC2DmniJDUva0IDkr3sdLvZYMPfLlI_sOyuHNAn_U1CCzziIvFn1Tt75pJCTaX9Kg/s1600/crew+triple.jpg"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZfYhsLqGeqph57bbvIkgUbrO4jhhmFasnHoRciseEy_pBSViRlWDp5lwe8PAop20r2m6xOrhkmRdfC2DmniJDUva0IDkr3sdLvZYMPfLlI_sOyuHNAn_U1CCzziIvFn1Tt75pJCTaX9Kg/s1600/crew+triple.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The scene on January 3, 2014. <a href="http://atlanta.curbed.com/archives/2015/01/02/this-historic-o4w-property-is-being-demolished-right-now.php">Curbed Atlanta has the details</a>.<br /><br />The <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PalmettoTrust">Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation</a> ran a year-end series that rings true for me:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">"<b>9. Regrets go only one way.</b></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"> "Over the years, I've heard regrets expressed about tearing a building down. 'We just didn’t know' they claim, that a neighborhood was on the cusp of revival, that an old building might have profitable new uses—or that what resulted turned out to be less valuable than what was lost.</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">"When looking ...  (at) any other old place that survived a battle to exist, do people ever say, 'Darn, we should have torn that building down when we had the chance?'"  </blockquote><br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15528804783" title="20141230_114124 2014-12-30 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141230_114124 2014-12-30 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7478/15528804783_52ddd311ae_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I always thought it was school. It was a block long, hidden by green vegetation for nine months, made ugly by gnarly branches for 3 months, abandoned but intact. It must have been something in its day.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15998554100" title="20150103_112834 2015-01-03 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th War by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20150103_112834 2015-01-03 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th War" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7582/15998554100_9c7f35f404_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It was no fun taking these pictures. And it rained.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16152748962" title="IMG_5546-1 2014-12-30 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5546-1 2014-12-30 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward" height="246" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7557/16152748962_e0a220f60f_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />They started on backside.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15999777579" title="20150103_111706 2015-01-03 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th War by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20150103_111706 2015-01-03 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th War" height="360" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8592/15999777579_9a67a9fd49_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Imploded without explosives. On a clear day you can <i>now</i> see the Buckhead skyline from here.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16153514445" title="IMG_5554 2014-12-30 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward Pediment engaged portico by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5554 2014-12-30 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward Pediment engaged portico" height="480" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7490/16153514445_63d1428d8a_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The Glen Iris frontage remained intact while the excavator gnawed at the backside.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15967442519" title="IMG_5557 2014-12-30 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward pediment engaged portico by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5557 2014-12-30 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward pediment engaged portico" height="480" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8622/15967442519_670bb61a56_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />This is an engaged, pedimented portico, the Parthenon of the Old Fourth Ward, This is as noble as a factory gets.<br /><br />"The oldest part of the building was constructed in 1929 and was designed by <a href="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/philip-trammell-shutze-1890-1982">Hentz, Adler, & Shutze</a>." - Kyle Kesler <br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15964180449" title="20141230_145339 2014-12-30 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141230_145339 2014-12-30 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward" height="360" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8660/15964180449_a68d8c91b3_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />They tore off the south wing first.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15970371318" title="20141231_123408 2014-12-31 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141231_123408 2014-12-31 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7574/15970371318_f85667759d_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />And I could see into the central "tower." It seemed in good shape.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16148348581" title="20141230_150500 2014-12-30 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141230_150500 2014-12-30 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward" height="360" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8630/16148348581_228c577f60_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Still impressive with a missing wing.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15989643280" title="20150102_122900 by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20150102_122900" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7551/15989643280_72269c3c2d_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Then the north wing.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15991150597" title="20150102_115415 by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20150102_115415" height="360" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8563/15991150597_2d097c6568_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />There must have been offices in the north wing.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15970374728" title="20141231_123631 2014-12-31 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141231_123631 2014-12-31 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7545/15970374728_fafe67b6d0_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I started looking at the details, more schoolhouse than cough-drop factory.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16155917951" title="20141231_123732 2014-12-31 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141231_123732 2014-12-31 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7480/16155917951_d35e9d9f39_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />You might see details like this in a Buckhead mansion but you won't see them here anymore. Elegant brickwork in broad pilasters, tall metal windows embraced by sturdy sills kissing  the beefy architrave, the sills align with bands that take the eye around the corners. More like furniture than factory.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15970378068" title="20141231_123709 2014-12-31 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141231_123709 2014-12-31 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7509/15970378068_6df716a8f5_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Perhaps the office door, smaller double-hung windows, a fan light over paneled door.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16176965375" title="20150102_132428 by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20150102_132428" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7572/16176965375_3001cc66c4_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The north wing came down.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16179794402" title="IMG_5642 2015-01-02 22 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5642 2015-01-02 22 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward" height="480" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7578/16179794402_816e69b50c_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />Spooky. The fanlight un-fanned.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15554608344" title="20150102_132442 by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20150102_132442" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7555/15554608344_a70c569ba8_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Working  towards the middle.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16185081872" title="20150103_112221 2015-01-03 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th War by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20150103_112221 2015-01-03 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th War" height="360" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8621/16185081872_9665d781c3_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br />On Saturday just this: a corner and column and a wall.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15998535540" title="20150103_112518 2015-01-03 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th War by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20150103_112518 2015-01-03 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th War" height="360" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8601/15998535540_a50e26237c_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The ruin.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15998396668" title="20150103_112228 2015-01-03 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th War by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20150103_112228 2015-01-03 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th War" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7569/15998396668_316caf2e6c_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The arches lay sleeping after after 80+ years of service.<br /><br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d642.4309792019179!2d-84.36736015705036!3d33.763576967873426!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x88f5040f29af90d9%3A0xc02f93d3aa71a24b!2s345+Glen+Iris+Dr+NE%2C+Atlanta%2C+GA+30312!5e1!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1420434909096" style="border: 0;" width="640"></iframe><br />Go see.<br /><br />I took 230 or so pictures: <br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/sets/72157650022231941/">2014-12-30 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward</a><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/sets/72157647751866774/">2015-01-02 demolition 345 Glen Iris Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward</a><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/sets/72157647793534804/">2015-01-03 demolition 345 Glen Iris</a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"> Creomulsion Building Atlanta GA Old 4th Ward </a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU0uROfCmSLqNH90V-Nx4GmUD6xZEmwcm">So far I've put 41 videos of the Creomulsion Building demoliton on YouTube</a>, about 33 minutes total. They are like this:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Q4crOTmij7c" width="640"></iframe> </a> <!--2015-01-03-->

"Regrets Go Only One Way" - "Creomulsion Building" Demolished

Everything about this irritates me and I want to blame somebody. But though I'm a pretty good whiner - real good some say - I'm an i...

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The Year in Demolition - Atlanta 2013

We lost a Neel Reid and an I.M Pei this year.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/3263697091/player/c0517eb9f1" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />The McCord Apartments by Hentz, Reid & Adler, job number 491 occupied in 1923.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieG0TiQ7T01Mp34U-fLurcziq5DnjmK6Y-Dkk8vgIreFs0z5CEnBHgEaaGSw0p8pFqAHgZS8PaVw6bHz7xfGMuLIiNe9tkn4ZVeqkXqVFWo9qFmlRHqV7rQV2ZSC805UIpNaQvP_5uU1wF/s1600/P1150150-2013-01-05-Demolition-109-Seventh-Atlanta-Neel-Reid-1923-J-A-McCord-Apartment-Final-VIDEO-preview.jpg"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieG0TiQ7T01Mp34U-fLurcziq5DnjmK6Y-Dkk8vgIreFs0z5CEnBHgEaaGSw0p8pFqAHgZS8PaVw6bHz7xfGMuLIiNe9tkn4ZVeqkXqVFWo9qFmlRHqV7rQV2ZSC805UIpNaQvP_5uU1wF/s640/P1150150-2013-01-05-Demolition-109-Seventh-Atlanta-Neel-Reid-1923-J-A-McCord-Apartment-Final-VIDEO-preview.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It was on Seventh Street behind the Starbucks.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8363094082/player/4052430ac9" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />The I. M. Pei designed Gulf Oil Building. "The building was architect I. M. Pei's first project, built in 1949 ..."  - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/131_Ponce_de_Leon_Avenue">Wiki</a><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="263" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8609088304/player/6090eef438" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />Buffed and ready for apartments, half built as of this writing.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8343661860/player/4db9234dc5" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />Loca Luna was on the same block as the McCord.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="553" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8361726167/player/8a38bbeb57" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />They are repurposing the Ramada Inn.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="478" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8365858151/player/cbe8fc50c4" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />But the Ramada's parking lot had to go.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="471" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6739773951/player/01268590ab" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />Building 1 at the CDC left the campus.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="430" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6739830211/player/9b21f5efa1" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />It got a bit sideways in the process.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8433853248/player/90bb1757fc" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />103 Fort Street is history.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8433854240/player/722f8f4ca2" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe> <br />You had to stand on the porch to appreciate the weirdest brise soleil in Atlanta.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="402" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8493546176/player/283358c0c3" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />Now it's one more buffed lot on the fringes of the Auburn Avenue Historic District and the Old Fourth Ward.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8177629285/player/cde2b0de14" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />The old stone sanctuary in Hapeville took all year to tear down.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8527467768/player/a470945c5e" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />It was a bear.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10699348546/player/0bde6d7678" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />Most folks never saw it anyway, an unmanageable landmark lost in a place with few landmarks.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="271" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/9678185366/player/1d88b6ae70" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />The Crum and Forster is 2/3's gone.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/9657978281/player/611b13761b" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />It still classes up the neighborhood.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="491" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10950279976/player/fa84d2a216" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />The Hulse House was the shocker, not even 30 years old.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="243" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10718815286/player/6f458e33ea" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />But there it goes.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/9373528974/player/4c4141a3a0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />Mt. Vernon Baptist is in Falcons stadium territory.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/9370757571/player/41a6554f9e" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />Friendship Baptist too, go look before they are gone.

The Year in Demolition - Atlanta 2013

We lost a Neel Reid and an I.M Pei this year. The McCord Apartments by Hentz, Reid & Adler, job number 491 occupied in 1923. It was on S...

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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

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Eleven Months into the Church Demolition - Edging Granite

"With the benefit of hindsight, maybe it wasn't such a hot idea." - H I McDunnough in <i>Raising Arizona</i>.<br /><br />I've followed the demolition since November 2012. It was all but inevitable but nobody wanted it. In 2013 we lost the <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/12/on-peachtree-you-cant-do-it-like-this.html" target="_blank">J.A. McCord Apartments</a>, most of <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2013/08/cutting-crum-partial-demolition-of-crum.html" target="_blank">Crum & Forster</a>, and we're about to lose <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2013/09/last-look-at-e-rivers-elementary-with.html" target="_blank">E. Rivers</a> but this one hurts me more. But as performance art it's unmatched in the city.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPGXledtHN-WaPs4f7Z1Ch202qPAiM62aKfeDaoQgeSAXF9Yy5Ua6Qgp6X3uYKHZ2Lu5WWE-fv3efkcWFhx3ze0DlNOAaGwdc24zBLCWrJWvCKd5hbBOwlJMLhLfnuqZez_HupIjpjQgvx/s1600/IMG_5450-2013-09-27-Hapeville-First-Baptist-demolition-granite-block-removal.jpg"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPGXledtHN-WaPs4f7Z1Ch202qPAiM62aKfeDaoQgeSAXF9Yy5Ua6Qgp6X3uYKHZ2Lu5WWE-fv3efkcWFhx3ze0DlNOAaGwdc24zBLCWrJWvCKd5hbBOwlJMLhLfnuqZez_HupIjpjQgvx/s640/IMG_5450-2013-09-27-Hapeville-First-Baptist-demolition-granite-block-removal.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Yesterday at the remains of old stone church at Hapeville Baptist. The men are trimming the granite matrix back to the corner.<br /><br />Recapping: <br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8127778197/" title="VIS+126.07.01Hapeville-Frist-Baptist-Church-Stone-Sancturary-Granite-1923 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="VIS+126.07.01Hapeville-Frist-Baptist-Church-Stone-Sancturary-Granite-1923" height="509" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8047/8127778197_b1a7bed3c5_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br />This is from 1954. The portico was still there and the stained glass. <a href="http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/store/Products/85980-hapeville-baptist-church.aspx" target="_blank">Image purchased from the Atlanta History Center</a>.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8137420004/" title="P1130328-2012-10-29-Hapeville-First-Baptist-Stone-Sanctuary-early-demolition-south-elevation by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1130328-2012-10-29-Hapeville-First-Baptist-Stone-Sanctuary-early-demolition-south-elevation" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8186/8137420004_b14af8eec4_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br />Fall 2012, though abandoned it was a stunning sight, weight and presence galore.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8214844587/" title="P1140107-2012-11-24-Hapeville-First-Baptist-Stone-Sanctuary-demolition-south-wall by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1140107-2012-11-24-Hapeville-First-Baptist-Stone-Sanctuary-demolition-south-wall" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8060/8214844587_cbf2e1a1c3_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The southwest wall. The 1964 building wrapped around the east end of the stone church.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8214847751/" title="P1140111-2012-11-24-Hapeville-First-Baptist-Stone-Sanctuary-demolition-south-wall by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1140111-2012-11-24-Hapeville-First-Baptist-Stone-Sanctuary-demolition-south-wall" height="438" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8346/8214847751_a2ef0594c7_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />They couldn't go all the way to the edge without damaging the new building. Could they have sawn though the granite?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8527467768/" title="P1160921-2013-03-02-Hapeville-First-Baptist-Stone-Sanctuary-demolition by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1160921-2013-03-02-Hapeville-First-Baptist-Stone-Sanctuary-demolition" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8240/8527467768_a470945c5e_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />They had to do the rest by hand.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/9972537044/" title="IMG_5458-2013-09-27-Hapeville-First-Baptist-demolition-granite-block-removal by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5458-2013-09-27-Hapeville-First-Baptist-demolition-granite-block-removal" height="480" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5338/9972537044_31d201583f_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />That's what they were doing yesterday.<br /><br />Here are 47 seconds of delicate, choreographed jackhammer teamwork. <br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=109786" height="480" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="853"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=f1971a1671&photo_id=9972435033&hd_default=false"></param><param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=109786"></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=109786" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=f1971a1671&photo_id=9972435033&hd_default=false" height="480" width="853"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8177660728/" title="P1130580-2012-11-10-Hapeville-First-Baptist-Stone-Sanctuary-early-demolition-mid-demolition-cornerstone by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1130580-2012-11-10-Hapeville-First-Baptist-Stone-Sanctuary-early-demolition-mid-demolition-cornerstone" height="483" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8208/8177660728_64453c5f34_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="480" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="https://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&q=612+College+Street+Hapeville,+Georgia+30354&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=612+College+St,+Hapeville,+Georgia+30354&gl=us&t=h&ll=33.65671,-84.408731&spn=0.034293,0.054846&z=14&iwloc=A&output=embed" width="640"></iframe><br /><small><a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&q=612+College+Street+Hapeville,+Georgia+30354&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=612+College+St,+Hapeville,+Georgia+30354&gl=us&t=h&ll=33.65671,-84.408731&spn=0.034293,0.054846&z=14&iwloc=A&source=embed" style="color: blue; text-align: left;">View Larger Map</a></small><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8154689148/" title="P1130378-2012-11-03--Hapeville-First-Baptist-Stone-Sanctuary-early-demolition-inside-through-window-Ceiling-Beams-Metal-ceiling-panels by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1130378-2012-11-03--Hapeville-First-Baptist-Stone-Sanctuary-early-demolition-inside-through-window-Ceiling-Beams-Metal-ceiling-panels" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7119/8154689148_fc7fd2db3b_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br />I regret that few interior pictures have surfaced.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8527468254/" title="P1160929-2013-03-02-Hapeville-First-Baptist-Stone-Sanctuary-demolition-exagerated-colors by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1160929-2013-03-02-Hapeville-First-Baptist-Stone-Sanctuary-demolition-exagerated-colors" height="397" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8230/8527468254_7e48af45db_z.jpg" width="640" /> </a><br />The scar from the old stone church.

Eleven Months into the Church Demolition - Edging Granite

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De-Marbling the I.M. Pei on Ponce and baring St. Paul's Presbyterian

I hope you'll go see, go see this whole block before it's covered in modern apartments so familiar that we'll pay no attention. <br /><br />They are buffing the block for apartments / mixed use. This week they started removing the marble panels from Gulf Oil Building, 131 Ponce de Leon, designed by I. M. Pei, built in 1949.<br /><br />They've exposed the west side of St. Paul's Presbyterian. "Isn't that where The Abby was?" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1gDtEdRC_QaoBu6hKZpd5hDlUxUZCQL6YrIHUPiMEKz7I4Of5CbUKFt5FLwVFwCIS1yjJ_9nXoetXbuB-lDEwnWEBk3jkaG2YYbBlo-KPjH-BtJb7ZBhd6o3_TtzMVD60yp04NE8jtnjN/s1600/P1160234-2013-02-08-131-Ponce-de-Leon-I-+M-Pei-Gulf-Oil-Building-Demolition-remov+ing-Marble-panels-NE-detail.jpg"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1gDtEdRC_QaoBu6hKZpd5hDlUxUZCQL6YrIHUPiMEKz7I4Of5CbUKFt5FLwVFwCIS1yjJ_9nXoetXbuB-lDEwnWEBk3jkaG2YYbBlo-KPjH-BtJb7ZBhd6o3_TtzMVD60yp04NE8jtnjN/s640/P1160234-2013-02-08-131-Ponce-de-Leon-I-+M-Pei-Gulf-Oil-Building-Demolition-remov+ing-Marble-panels-NE-detail.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />"The project will incorporate the 'Pei' Building at the corner of Juniper and Ponce as its leasing center, making it 'the most dramatic element of the development' according to Branch." - <a href="http://midtown.patch.com/articles/neighboring-major-midtown-development-projects-discussed" target="_blank">Hunt Archbold, MidtownPatch, July 11, 2012 </a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8363094082/" title="P1150249-2013-01-08-Demolition-131-Ponce-de-Leon-by-I-M-Pei-Gulf-Oil-Building-1949-Marble-Panels by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1150249-2013-01-08-Demolition-131-Ponce-de-Leon-by-I-M-Pei-Gulf-Oil-Building-1949-Marble-Panels" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8191/8363094082_4052430ac9_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Before<br /><br />On Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tsquare.interns" target="_blank">T-square Interns</a>: "To us it looks like one of many similar buildings scattered around the country, most of them dilapidated and/or mold-infested-beyond-habitability. These buildings were obviously never designed for the long term. We say: let's take them off their respirators. They've had a good life; now it's time to let them go. They'll be better off in the end."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8457835822/" title="P1160248-2013-02-08-I-M-Pei-Gulf-Oil-Building-Demolition-removing-Marble-panels-West-facade by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1160248-2013-02-08-I-M-Pei-Gulf-Oil-Building-Demolition-removing-Marble-panels-West-facade" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8091/8457835822_dce167d7df_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I don't know why they leave these signs up, guess that's another contractor's job.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8457835586/" title="P1160246-2013-02-08-131-Ponce-de-Leon-I-M-Pei-Gulf-Oil-Building-1949-Demolition-removing-Marble-panels-intact by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1160246-2013-02-08-131-Ponce-de-Leon-I-M-Pei-Gulf-Oil-Building-1949-Demolition-removing-Marble-panels-intact" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8232/8457835586_c804c6c106_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />These are the last intact panels.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8456693403/" title="P1160240-2013-02-08-131-Ponce-de-Leon-I-M-Pei-Gulf-Oil-Building-Demolition-removing-Marble-panels-detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1160240-2013-02-08-131-Ponce-de-Leon-I-M-Pei-Gulf-Oil-Building-Demolition-removing-Marble-panels-detail" height="469" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8532/8456693403_135887c7b4_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />There are coming out in pretty good shape. They'll have plenty left over.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8456734549/" title="P1160242-2013-02-08-131-Ponce-de-Leon-I-M-Pei-Gulf-Oil-Building-1949-Demolition-removing-Marble-panels by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1160242-2013-02-08-131-Ponce-de-Leon-I-M-Pei-Gulf-Oil-Building-1949-Demolition-removing-Marble-panels" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8377/8456734549_f72902d5a8_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />They are using doors to block the 2nd floor holes. I love those practical construction folks.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8457813220/" title="P1160241-2013-02-08-131-Ponce-de-Leon-I-M-Pei-Gulf-Oil-Building-1949-Demolition-removing-Marble-panels by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1160241-2013-02-08-131-Ponce-de-Leon-I-M-Pei-Gulf-Oil-Building-1949-Demolition-removing-Marble-panels" height="560" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8091/8457813220_c610bd6793_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The doors make an amusing band.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8363116458/" title="P1150253-2013-01-08-Demolition-131-Ponce-de-Leon-by-I-M-Pei-Gulf-Oil-Building-1949-Marble-Panels-north-entrance by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1150253-2013-01-08-Demolition-131-Ponce-de-Leon-by-I-M-Pei-Gulf-Oil-Building-1949-Marble-Panels-north-entrance" height="600" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8516/8363116458_77aea08554_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />A last look at it's best side.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8362031213/" title="P1150248-2013-01-08-Demolition-131-Ponce-de-Leon-by-I-M-Pei-Gulf-Oil-Building-1949-Lobby by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1150248-2013-01-08-Demolition-131-Ponce-de-Leon-by-I-M-Pei-Gulf-Oil-Building-1949-Lobby" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8216/8362031213_72d7cdf604_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />I don't have a picture of  the building next door to the east. It's gone too. I barely remember it as a deep red brick modern, a glass fronted office furniture store. It's been abandoned, boarded up and camped in nearly forever. I just don't remember much. You can see it in the map below.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8456768313/" title="P1160249-2013-02-08-I-M-Pei-Gulf-Oil-Building-Demolition-St-Pauls-Presbyterian-1915 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1160249-2013-02-08-I-M-Pei-Gulf-Oil-Building-Demolition-St-Pauls-Presbyterian-1915" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8093/8456768313_c98a1221a1_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br />Tearing it down exposed the west side of St. Paul's Presbyterian, 1915, <a href="https://trello.com/b/pD1eFfJg" target="_blank">one of our great church buildings on Ponce de Leon</a>. It's one of three here that I know of by Charles H. Hopson (1865-1941) with <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2011/03/peachtree-christian-church-tour-for.html" target="_blank">Peachtree Christian Church</a> and <a href="http://www.rspc.org/history.htm" target="_blank">Rock Spring Presbyterian</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8456769013/" title="P1160254-2013-02-08-St-Pauls-Presbyterian-1915-Ponce-Methodist-Episcopal-cornerstone by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1160254-2013-02-08-St-Pauls-Presbyterian-1915-Ponce-Methodist-Episcopal-cornerstone" height="412" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8380/8456769013_529ecab6d4_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I'm worried about <a href="http://www.stpaulsatlanta.com/" target="_blank">St. Paul's Presbyterian</a>. It will be 100 in 2015. I hope we'll be celebrating. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8456768699/" title="P1160250-2013-02-08-I-M-Pei-Gulf-Oil-Building-Demolition-St-Pauls-Presbyterian-1915-west-facade-stained-glass by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1160250-2013-02-08-I-M-Pei-Gulf-Oil-Building-Demolition-St-Pauls-Presbyterian-1915-west-facade-stained-glass" height="513" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8110/8456768699_43dc81f85d_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It hosted several churches, then the Abbey Restaurant, now St. Paul's.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8456768963/" title="P1160251-2013-02-08-I-M-Pei-Gulf-Oil-Building-Demolition-St-Pauls-Presbyterian-1915-west-facade-detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1160251-2013-02-08-I-M-Pei-Gulf-Oil-Building-Demolition-St-Pauls-Presbyterian-1915-west-facade-detail" height="520" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8382/8456768963_61d1b0f372_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The roof looks fresh. Maintaining the details looks like a chore.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8456776451/" title="P1160255-2013-02-08-St-Pauls-Presbyterian-1915-Ponce-Methodist-Episcopal-broken-stained-glass by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1160255-2013-02-08-St-Pauls-Presbyterian-1915-Ponce-Methodist-Episcopal-broken-stained-glass" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8093/8456776451_10587b098b_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br />Did somebody heave a brick? What would this cost to fix this? Start by taking the whole window to the shop.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/4484619033/" title="P1010416-2010-04-02-St-Pauls-Presbyterian-Atlanta-East-Windows by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1010416-2010-04-02-St-Pauls-Presbyterian-Atlanta-East-Windows" height="480" src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4040/4484619033_1c0604aaa6_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />So many huge stained glass windows. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8457876476/" title="P1160259-2013-02-08-St-Pauls-Presbyterian-1915-Ponce-Methodist-Episcopal-Interview-east-facade by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1160259-2013-02-08-St-Pauls-Presbyterian-1915-Ponce-Methodist-Episcopal-Interview-east-facade" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8371/8457876476_5edae8fd1b_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />This is how downtown commuters see it on their way home going north on Piedmont. The brick block building with red-out windows doesn't help.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/4484618941/" title="P1010414-2010-04-02-St-Pauls-Presbyterian-Atlanta-Detail-Tower-Wear by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1010414-2010-04-02-St-Pauls-Presbyterian-Atlanta-Detail-Tower-Wear" height="640" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2477/4484618941_255270958f_z.jpg" width="472" /></a><br />One of the best things about blogging is that it makes me look.<br /><br />So go look. <br /><br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="480" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="https://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&q=131+ponce+de+leon+avenue+atlanta&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=131+Ponce+De+Leon+Ave+NE,+Atlanta,+Fulton,+Georgia+30308&gl=us&t=h&ll=33.771912,-84.382929&spn=0.003027,0.003428&z=18&output=embed" width="640"></iframe><br /><small><a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&q=131+ponce+de+leon+avenue+atlanta&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=131+Ponce+De+Leon+Ave+NE,+Atlanta,+Fulton,+Georgia+30308&gl=us&t=h&ll=33.771912,-84.382929&spn=0.003027,0.003428&z=18&source=embed" style="color: blue; text-align: left;">View Larger Map</a></small>

De-Marbling the I.M. Pei on Ponce and baring St. Paul's Presbyterian

I hope you'll go see, go see this whole block before it's covered in modern apartments so familiar that we'll pay no attention. ...

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