Scottdale Gables

<span style="font-weight: bold;">Scottdale Mills? Scottdale, Georgia? </span><a href="http://www.agnesscott.edu/about/traditions" style="font-weight: bold;">Agnes Scott College</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">? Same family.</span> When I'm in the area, I take a little drive around. It's only a few blocks. I am a gable guy and swoon at views like this. (There is a secret picture for garden bloggers <a href="http://taradillard.blogspot.com/">Tara</a> and <a href="http://egardens.blogspot.com/">Pam</a>, will they notice?)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/4272915772/" title="P1000223-2010-01-13-2-Scottdale-Gables by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1000223-2010-01-13-2-Scottdale-Gables" height="375" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2690/4272915772_77d30f7b8f.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scottdale is one of the Atlanta area's milltowns,</span> preserved differently than those in Cabbagetown, The Old 4th Ward, and Home Park.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/4272175095/" title="P1000222-2010-01-13-2-Scottdale-Gables-Close by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1000222-2010-01-13-2-Scottdale-Gables-Close" height="375" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2708/4272175095_46458bbc9c.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">It's not in a "hip" area.</span> These 2 are on a green, unlike any other in Atlanta, as far as I know. No hip shops or restaurants; no cool residents in sight (but they must surely be very cool). No tourists, no parking problems, no scene.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/2930039636/" title="PA100019-Scottdale-Georgia by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PA100019-Scottdale-Georgia" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3294/2930039636_73b9022c5e.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">These 2 houses were built as duplexes. </span>They didn't need these nice details. Notice the two chimneys, one for each apartment.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/4272916852/" title="P1000222-2010-01-13-2-Scottdale-Gables-Close-Window-Chimney-Detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1000222-2010-01-13-2-Scottdale-Gables-Close-Window-Chimney-Detail" height="315" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2693/4272916852_79b0393a83.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The modest chimney has looked great every day of it's life.</span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/4272175255/" title="P1000222-2010-01-13-2-Scottdale-Gables-Close-Chimney-Detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1000222-2010-01-13-2-Scottdale-Gables-Close-Chimney-Detail" height="411" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/4272175255_ff803a07fe_o.jpg" width="366" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">You see these hipped roof porches on period houses everywhere.</span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/4272916956/" title="P1000222-2010-01-13-2-Scottdale-Gables-Porch-Through-Crepe-Myrtle by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1000222-2010-01-13-2-Scottdale-Gables-Porch-Through-Crepe-Myrtle" height="500" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2686/4272916956_fc0ac3d8d1.jpg" width="457" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Faith Walk</span> is the house with the fancy gable window.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/2930039692/" title="PA100020-Scottdale-Georgia by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PA100020-Scottdale-Georgia" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3070/2930039692_580cdb3589.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />I don't think the other house has a name but it's a beauty too. <span style="font-weight: bold;">This is the secret picture</span> for garden bloggers: Gravel and grass, know what I mean?<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/2929179851/" title="PA100015-Scottdale-Georgia by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PA100015-Scottdale-Georgia" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3245/2929179851_dc85dc5c93.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />There are single family millhouses too, one in pink, or is it salmon?<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/3185983845/" title="P1091658-Pink-House-Scottdale-GA by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1091658-Pink-House-Scottdale-GA" height="461" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3078/3185983845_675209d3d7.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">You visit the </span><a href="http://www.dekalbfarmersmarket.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">Dekalb Farmers Market</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> right? </span>So drive a bit further out on Ponce. Find the antique stores in cute little houses, turn left and find the green. There you are.<br /><br /><iframe marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=eliza+street+scottdale+georgia&sll=33.788341,-84.265952&sspn=0.003852,0.006899&gl=us&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Eliza+St,+Scottdale,+DeKalb,+Georgia+30079&t=h&ll=33.787672,-84.267282&spn=0.006242,0.010729&z=16&iwloc=A&output=embed" scrolling="no" width="500" frameborder="0" height="350"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=eliza+street+scottdale+georgia&sll=33.788341,-84.265952&sspn=0.003852,0.006899&gl=us&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Eliza+St,+Scottdale,+DeKalb,+Georgia+30079&t=h&ll=33.787672,-84.267282&spn=0.006242,0.010729&z=16&iwloc=A" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-align: left;">View Larger Map</a></small><br /><br />Thanks,<br />Terry<br />terry @ surf303.com

Scottdale Gables

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38+ Lofts, 71+ Artists free this weekend!!!

December couldn't be busier or happier for Architecture Tourists. Here are 3 great events for the December 4-5-6, 2009<br /><ul><li>See 2 of Atlanta's original loft buildings and one converted school<br /></li><li>Tour boatloads of amazing real lofts: Imagine 20' tall windows.<br /></li><li>Buy artsy and practical Christmas presents and support local artists.</li><li>Hobnob with the cool arts crowd and intowners - Southern Style<br /></li><li>Meet me (or avoid me if you act quickly).<br /></li></ul><a href="http://thestackslofttour.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Stacks Third Annual Holiday Lofts + Artists Tour</span></a><br />18 Lofts, 31 Artists<br />December 4th & 5th, 2009<br />Friday night, 4 December: 6p to 10p<br />Saturday, 5 December: 2p to 8p<br />At the Historic Fulton Bag & Cotton Mill in Cabbagetown, Atlanta, near <a href="http://www.oaklandcemetery.com/">Oakland Cemetary</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tours:</span> Saturday, 5 December: 12:30p & 2p R.S.V.P. stackshistorytour@gmail.com<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/4156331729/" title="Fult-Cot-Mil-GATECx500 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="Fult-Cot-Mil-GATECx500" height="290" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2684/4156331729_c50f075faa.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.library.gatech.edu/fulton_bag/item.php?collection=vam004&filename=vam004-018.xml">Image courtesy Georgia Institute of Technology Library and Information Center</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.thetelephonefactoryartshow.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">Telephone Factory Art Show</a><br />20+ lofts will be open to 40+ local artists<br />December 5-6, 2009<br />Saturday, 5 December: 11a-7p<br />Sunday 5 December: 1p-6p<br />828 Ralph McGill Blvd. Atlanta, GA 30306 in the Old 4th Ward near the <a href="http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.org/">Carter Presidential Library</a><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=319473250598#">More on Facebook</a><br /><br />The beautiful Telephone Factory:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/3092406713/" title="PC081482-Telephone-Factory-South-Facade-Center by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PC081482-Telephone-Factory-South-Facade-Center" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3193/3092406713_bbb8e8cbe0.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />as long as you are in the neighborhood<br /><br /><a href="http://campaign.constantcontact.com/render?v=001J8BvtJGIt7vRnDpvsytMnEaXS9sXfDRDSH_5Cme3pIfMzWC2N8BraxtS51uWg1nCJB9F7t20UxjI2bRCICM3elo5-aRYHa26bMKVkGevlev0uGA5zDI3yA%3D%3D" style="font-weight: bold;">Annual Holiday Studio Tour & Art Sale - Euclid Arts Collective</a><br />December 4-5-6, 2009<br />Dec 4-5-6, 2009<br />Friday, 4 December, 7p-9p<br />Saturday, 5 December, 10a-4p<br />Sunday, 6 December, 12p-4p<br />Inman Park at the <a href="http://www.l5pcc.org/">Little Five Points Community Center, formerly <span id="BugEvents">Moreland Elementary School</span><br /></a>1083 Austin Ave. N.E., Atlanta, GA, 30307<br /><br />Where you are certain meet the crews of <a href="http://www.claymatters.com/UpcomingShows.htm" style="font-weight: bold;">Studio 102</a>, Studio 204 (Chantal Gadd & Carla House), Studio 207 (Henry Leonard) and "Kitchen" Studio, and of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Studio 106</span> (picture below)<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/4110359342/" title="PB151707-2009-11-15-Mattress-Factory-Studio-106-Gang by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PB151707-2009-11-15-Mattress-Factory-Studio-106-Gang" height="500" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2794/4110359342_00b1fc2cb6.jpg" width="495" /></a><br />Crew of Studio 106 at Inman Park left to right:<br />Korey Gotoo -- handbuilt Clay<br />Barbara Briggs -hand-made lotions & soaps<br />Tina Cox – Modern Pottery (in 2nd row)<br />Ellen King - painter?<br />Terri Brunson - Jewelry

38+ Lofts, 71+ Artists free this weekend!!!

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Charm in Scottdale, Georgia

Scottdale is east of Decatur. It's not a real town but has it's charms. Here is the Alcove Drive Missionary Baptist Church.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTH1Ozg5Luabj7aUBdA9OTFvtC_2ewz_2-EFiAoHPgAGL2CJ3UqXCWFbH6W91qgvp2aPjvKPjAyUxtkcGRMtt_LbgC485PCuqOZOJLI02G_6Y-i63SEhSf1WMILZjSN0kjH4VUk7QWT5fh/s1600-h/AlcoveDriveMissBaptistChurch.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256122566143295650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTH1Ozg5Luabj7aUBdA9OTFvtC_2ewz_2-EFiAoHPgAGL2CJ3UqXCWFbH6W91qgvp2aPjvKPjAyUxtkcGRMtt_LbgC485PCuqOZOJLI02G_6Y-i63SEhSf1WMILZjSN0kjH4VUk7QWT5fh/s400/AlcoveDriveMissBaptistChurch.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />Until 1982 Scottdale was a southern mill town. Many of the mill houses still stand.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxbXXOgBOiJYxHV8Rv1pFL4tjn0o9Gu_Rcua0Rnex3SDy5XX4i4kbS30F3GbtHv2de-OGgyKCCj0Ne8CAsTMQDZr3Vsw-fyICULnPk1s-HscJTLhnc9GEBI8pUC6xKfZMCCNJdtNNY5P56/s1600-h/ElizaStreetMartinHouseCirca1900.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256125604712242386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxbXXOgBOiJYxHV8Rv1pFL4tjn0o9Gu_Rcua0Rnex3SDy5XX4i4kbS30F3GbtHv2de-OGgyKCCj0Ne8CAsTMQDZr3Vsw-fyICULnPk1s-HscJTLhnc9GEBI8pUC6xKfZMCCNJdtNNY5P56/s400/ElizaStreetMartinHouseCirca1900.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSIHe6H3-Vk7NCyx7MtGqmpDBPuE2ejkWVoKejZo7m7dmNvEUoEsMBbmcgn4BD5uxP7Kma0orresrNgXHCbi7OjJmL-9JG-KLw4pPhSgMdtl_YFdvX1c0W_OhFju3c_875qDwOoCzT-oVl/s1600-h/ElizaMillHouses.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256126034378718034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSIHe6H3-Vk7NCyx7MtGqmpDBPuE2ejkWVoKejZo7m7dmNvEUoEsMBbmcgn4BD5uxP7Kma0orresrNgXHCbi7OjJmL-9JG-KLw4pPhSgMdtl_YFdvX1c0W_OhFju3c_875qDwOoCzT-oVl/s400/ElizaMillHouses.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />In the center of the mill town is a beautiful green.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzy2Ymw3I9JPEWLPbfs7I1p-JA4YihJJ8hf-51N_IRkdRdWHurEDlxhjxumkfZKDrqeOOnWmIcGVw3BmJEiyhWag2V2ootnp-UUwfMY8nX2ue35e9pw4VYSiZ6E50PYL14VGMMfg2c_wob/s1600-h/Aldridge2HousesAndGreen.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256126341444055922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzy2Ymw3I9JPEWLPbfs7I1p-JA4YihJJ8hf-51N_IRkdRdWHurEDlxhjxumkfZKDrqeOOnWmIcGVw3BmJEiyhWag2V2ootnp-UUwfMY8nX2ue35e9pw4VYSiZ6E50PYL14VGMMfg2c_wob/s400/Aldridge2HousesAndGreen.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5-U_uKp0s-oZkRE7y1jnMgoqf5Ucv_tGe-CSBc-QXPBUjjYzfrXG9Xq5zqesyq966H-mtqv53K_Y70ZGHGGrFnbQP9nqkfbApLjyQ4y61vcry9pGdHXuH1gFB__ZkR-uyCm_b0EjdQbEc/s1600-h/AldridgeFaithWalkOnGreen.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256126531392898082" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5-U_uKp0s-oZkRE7y1jnMgoqf5Ucv_tGe-CSBc-QXPBUjjYzfrXG9Xq5zqesyq966H-mtqv53K_Y70ZGHGGrFnbQP9nqkfbApLjyQ4y61vcry9pGdHXuH1gFB__ZkR-uyCm_b0EjdQbEc/s400/AldridgeFaithWalkOnGreen.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a><br /><br />This one is charming in every way.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWaul6q4W1Dsg_O63EnK79AMFCzQReGc9EdpawM35jPoZ72QUv_NsdCC5sIwNeACofAAekpGSA3dmlPXEi_agpSIY2IyCWdm4m7aPQi-kjmyQSskuU-Xe7BjKZJEdGqxnDk5wrgCM8tltb/s1600-h/AldridgeHouseCloseup.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256126710429955042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWaul6q4W1Dsg_O63EnK79AMFCzQReGc9EdpawM35jPoZ72QUv_NsdCC5sIwNeACofAAekpGSA3dmlPXEi_agpSIY2IyCWdm4m7aPQi-kjmyQSskuU-Xe7BjKZJEdGqxnDk5wrgCM8tltb/s400/AldridgeHouseCloseup.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />This one has the perfect fence:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiANmYx71vl3iZGEvkemPt-t22ntHy7wsS-AD2fuUDJ4lmoNc46yGp6zb6ao8pquyv4nnoEVTiRSFl2qMYcvYjuzduiyOxkkr8gj1ynre6MKdVlre2PXXdsLzpuMTy9M2cRI5yDX8SZRfFs/s1600-h/AldridgeStreetFaithWalkCloseupCirca1915.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256126863709591346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiANmYx71vl3iZGEvkemPt-t22ntHy7wsS-AD2fuUDJ4lmoNc46yGp6zb6ao8pquyv4nnoEVTiRSFl2qMYcvYjuzduiyOxkkr8gj1ynre6MKdVlre2PXXdsLzpuMTy9M2cRI5yDX8SZRfFs/s400/AldridgeStreetFaithWalkCloseupCirca1915.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a>

Charm in Scottdale, Georgia

Scottdale is east of Decatur. It's not a real town but has it's charms. Here is the Alcove Drive Missionary Baptist Church. Until 19...

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