Restored: St. Luke's 1913 "Good Shepherd" mural by E. H. Blashfield

In this tradition 100 years is the blink of an eye. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.stlukesatlanta.org/">Atlanta's St. Luke's Episcopal Church</a> has restored "The Good Shepherd," a giant canvas by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Blashfield">E. H. Blashfield</a>, the artist who did the <a href="https://flic.kr/p/6npmp8">domed ceiling of the main reading room of the Library of Congress</a>. Before they took the scaffolds down, St. Luke's invited parishioners to see it up close and up high from the scaffolding. Thanks to Bobby Mays who invited <a href="http://www.facebook.com/TrippTLFphotos">Trip Cook</a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"> </a>and me for a once in a lifetime experience.<br /><br />It's a canvas "pasted" to the wall. I loved that the restoration of this hundred year old mural and <a href="http://livingwallsatl.com/">2014 Living Walls Conference</a> were happening at the same time.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvvb4zyISigbPNyrpSQ77ISTmCepcTjrVqAgUpHlyCsJNbR11PLT1a_qWV5wHumPmOICLHZXZ1MrxVU6G82pPZCrqptc9P76X-aLOMunNoBDRUGcrUFaAvqyNh1kZcqrYMh3HAGfy62Umv/s1600/15036542066_313076273a_h.jpg"><img border="0" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvvb4zyISigbPNyrpSQ77ISTmCepcTjrVqAgUpHlyCsJNbR11PLT1a_qWV5wHumPmOICLHZXZ1MrxVU6G82pPZCrqptc9P76X-aLOMunNoBDRUGcrUFaAvqyNh1kZcqrYMh3HAGfy62Umv/s1600/15036542066_313076273a_h.jpg" width="640" /> </a><br />Restoration by <a href="http://www.ifacs.net/">IFACS International Fine Art Conservation Studios</a>. They worked 12-hour days for two weeks. Photo by <a href="http://www.facebook.com/TrippTLFphotos">Tripp TLF Photography</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5370324059" title="P1070123-2011-01-18-St-Lukes-From-NarthexCharles-Higgs-at-Organ-VIDEOpreview by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="P1070123-2011-01-18-St-Lukes-From-NarthexCharles-Higgs-at-Organ-VIDEOpreview" height="360" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5241/5370324059_5b30ac9c19_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />As you walk into the sanctuary, The Good Shepherd seems ancient in muted colors. It's the calm focal point above the alter amid the glorious windows. My photo from an earlier visit.<br /><br />How big is it? How high. Perhaps twice life size? I forget to ask. In my reverie I forgot to ask everything. <br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14995740125" title="IMG_0861 2014-08-21 E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0861 2014-08-21 E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta" height="480" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5591/14995740125_492b3b0629_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I'm not a high scaffolding person. Nope. But I was going up. My photo.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14809214927" title="IMG_0854 2014-08-21 E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0854 2014-08-21 E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3902/14809214927_9af5459834_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Mental note: Identify your assistants. My photo.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14809143428" title="IMG_0850 2014-08-21 E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0850 2014-08-21 E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3862/14809143428_e9ed44ce7f_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Cleaning revealed that the Good Shepherd's feet are in foam at the water's edge. My photo.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14809215427" title="IMG_0855 2014-08-21 E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0855 2014-08-21 E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta" height="480" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5576/14809215427_f5632d4068_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Distorted at eye level, but right when viewed from below. My photo.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14995379552" title="IMG_0856 2014-08-21 E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0856 2014-08-21 E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3878/14995379552_a045cc270d_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />From the scaffold I felt as if I was in the mural but separate and small. It was in my face. How does the artist manage the distorted up-close view?. Artists figured this out a few thousand years ago, mastered it in the Renaissance. It's an ancient tradition. My photo.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14872867340" title="IMG_0882 2014-08-22 Photo by Tripp Cook E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta Tripp TLF Photography by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0882 2014-08-22 Photo by Tripp Cook E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta Tripp TLF Photography" height="457" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3912/14872867340_c2df83e6ca_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Up here the scaffolding rocked, like being on a floating dock in the waves. Photo by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TrippTLFphotos">Tripp TLF Photography</a>.<br /><br />How long to stay up there? My brain and body were floating. I felt a claustrophobia of being so close to the giant painting. The working lights were good for the artists, but glared through my cataracts.<br /><br />But I could turn around.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14872979817" title="IMG_0867 2014-08-22 Photo by Tripp Cook E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta Tripp TLF Photography by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0867 2014-08-22 Photo by Tripp Cook E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta Tripp TLF Photography" height="458" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5572/14872979817_3f0407e999_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />To see this. Photo by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TrippTLFphotos">Tripp TLF Photography</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14809042619" title="IMG_0832 2014-08-21 E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0832 2014-08-21 E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3864/14809042619_c71914da19_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The cleaning uncovered more sheep. My photo.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14809043459" title="IMG_0833 2014-08-21 E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0833 2014-08-21 E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta" height="480" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5561/14809043459_77d1d483ae_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Doves. My photo.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14809044679" title="IMG_0835 2014-08-21 E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0835 2014-08-21 E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta" height="480" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5594/14809044679_2f37fc9e2e_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Angels galore. My photo<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14809045229" title="IMG_0836 2014-08-21 E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0836 2014-08-21 E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3923/14809045229_4ca0a4df28_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Angel in a frock. My photo.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14809046069" title="IMG_0837 2014-08-21 E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0837 2014-08-21 E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3853/14809046069_245d22d3e8_z.jpg" width="640" /> </a><br />My photo. <br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14809046589" title="IMG_0838 2014-08-21 E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0838 2014-08-21 E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3860/14809046589_3fe2f4b87d_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The angels in the arches aren't quite so finely rendered. My photo.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14995370152" title="IMG_0839 2014-08-21 E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0839 2014-08-21 E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3882/14995370152_7320675775_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />What is she holding? My photo.<br /><br />By now I was lost in the experience, running out of time, knowing this was my one time up there.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14972752236" title="IMG_0840 2014-08-21 E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0840 2014-08-21 E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3923/14972752236_67fca3608e_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Pardon the poor focus. My photo.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14809095080" title="IMG_0841 2014-08-21 E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0841 2014-08-21 E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3912/14809095080_5661541a47_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Who modeled these angels? Do they appear just the same in other murals? My photo.<br /><br />I need to catch my breath before I show you a few more details.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14872987167" title="IMG_0879 2014-08-22 Photo by Tripp Cook E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta Tripp TLF Photography by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0879 2014-08-22 Photo by Tripp Cook E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta Tripp TLF Photography" height="458" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3837/14872987167_85a911b8d3_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Photo by <a href="http://www.facebook.com/TrippTLFphotos">Tripp TLF Photography</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14809096970" title="IMG_0844 2014-08-21 E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0844 2014-08-21 E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3850/14809096970_30166d5d26_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The restoration includes relighting from below. It will be seen as never before.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14972753616" title="IMG_0842 2014-08-21 E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0842 2014-08-21 E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3853/14972753616_fd99fe2213_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The whole flock. My photo.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14972755346" title="IMG_0845 2014-08-21 E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0845 2014-08-21 E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta" height="480" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5565/14972755346_bc73c57dbc_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I couldn't stay long enough. As simple and as straightforward as it is, there's no way of "getting it." My picture.<br /><br />Climbing down was like stepping off the dock onto solid ground.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15059224222" title="IMG_0945 2014-08-22 Photo by Tripp Cook E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta Tripp TLF Photography by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0945 2014-08-22 Photo by Tripp Cook E H Blashfield 1913 Good Shepherd Restoration St Lukes Episcopal Atlanta Tripp TLF Photography" height="457" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5564/15059224222_a2a3bfdacb_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />What a room. Photo by <a href="http://www.facebook.com/TrippTLFphotos">Tripp TLF Photography</a>.<br /><br />I understand that after the lighting is complete the restorers will return to discuss the mural and the restoration. I hope to go.<br /><br />Thanks Bobby, Tripp and <a href="http://www.stlukesatlanta.org/">St. Lukes</a>.<br /><br />P.S. The 2014 Living Walls mural most in this tradition is by Spanish artist <a href="http://borondo.blogspot.com/">Borondo</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14752041378" title="IMG_0465 2014-08-16 Saturday Living Walls Atlanta LW2014 BORONDO by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0465 2014-08-16 Saturday Living Walls Atlanta LW2014 BORONDO" height="480" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5552/14752041378_2cb4619651_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><a href="http://borondo.blogspot.com/">Borondo's</a> #lw2014 mural faces west on Jesse Hill between Edgewood and Auburn. It faces the John Lewis mural. It's just 8 blocks south of St. Lukes'<br /><br /><br />

Restored: St. Luke's 1913 "Good Shepherd" mural by E. H. Blashfield

In this tradition 100 years is the blink of an eye. Atlanta's St. Luke's Episcopal Church has restored "The Good Shepherd,...

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A Wedding and a Movie in one of Atlanta's Great Spaces

Is there a more comfortable outdoor gathering place in Atlanta? A more comfortable indoor space? When  events end, folks linger.<br /><br />It looks like a rock quarry but when you fill it with people...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2YtyY6ZeDFeTadN-JnstqwAxCsGGR7HXBSkrBAIw9vfHplz9LQVaWMZfOpEANWkjBlGMqBhXhyuUEXgNP6WK-btO-pICzt3L8eD7L1ayGNzuGOIyX_N8YlqQmxKMMsrdpFQASyYRNNhwz/s1600/IMG_0388+2014-08-14+Thursday+Living+Walls+Atlanta+LW2014+Movie+Public+Discourse+at+O4W+Park.JPG"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2YtyY6ZeDFeTadN-JnstqwAxCsGGR7HXBSkrBAIw9vfHplz9LQVaWMZfOpEANWkjBlGMqBhXhyuUEXgNP6WK-btO-pICzt3L8eD7L1ayGNzuGOIyX_N8YlqQmxKMMsrdpFQASyYRNNhwz/s1600/IMG_0388+2014-08-14+Thursday+Living+Walls+Atlanta+LW2014+Movie+Public+Discourse+at+O4W+Park.JPG" width="640" /> </a><br />Folks gather for the <a href="http://livingwallsatl.com/">Living Walls</a> Movie Night on August 14, 2014. It's the amphitheater on the retention pond of <a href="http://www.h4wpc.com/">Historic Fourth Ward Park</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/7362735366" title="P1090103-2012-06-09-Erin-Craig-Kennedy-wedding-procession-Erin-arrives by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090103-2012-06-09-Erin-Craig-Kennedy-wedding-procession-Erin-arrives" height="567" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7238/7362735366_e1ff22130d_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br />My first visit was for Erin and Craig Kennedy's wedding on June 9, 2012. <br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/7177336705" title="P1090087-2012-06-09-Erin-Craig-Kennedy-wedding-DK-BL-KK-full by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090087-2012-06-09-Erin-Craig-Kennedy-wedding-DK-BL-KK-full" height="480" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8011/7177336705_ee756edf8b_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />You can bring a chair, sit on the wall, on the grass, on a blanket. There's plenty of space to move around and hug your friends.T-shirts are perfect, white suits and summer dresses too. <br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/7362602280" title="P1090094-2012-06-09-Erin-Craig-Kennedy-wedding-crowd-gathers by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090094-2012-06-09-Erin-Craig-Kennedy-wedding-crowd-gathers" height="480" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7104/7362602280_d960d16e0c_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />As you approach, you can see in, see the whole place, see everybody. Once inside you can see folks approach. It has a definite, comprehensible shape. It feels safe, small enough so that you can identify a distant face. There's a sense of enclosure. The curved benches are walls that make small "convex" spaces, places for groups to congregate with a view out into the larger space. It's a people watching paradise.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/7362602224" title="P1090093-2012-06-09-Erin-Craig-Kennedy-wedding-crowd-gathers-Molly-full by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090093-2012-06-09-Erin-Craig-Kennedy-wedding-crowd-gathers-Molly-full" height="547" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7232/7362602224_32d2b40fac_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br />This is rocket science design for human comfort, comfort that helps shy folks be sociable. The really shy folks can watch from the balconies.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/7177511913" title="P1090112-2012-06-09-Erin-Craig-Kennedy-wedding-vows by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090112-2012-06-09-Erin-Craig-Kennedy-wedding-vows" height="480" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7085/7177511913_fcc8887766_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />And who doesn't love a wedding.<br /><br />I didn't return for a couple of years and I confess: I forget how great this place is. Thanks Living Walls!<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14736143028" title="IMG_0386 2014-08-14 Thursday Living Walls Atlanta LW2014 Movie Public Discourse at O4W Park by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0386 2014-08-14 Thursday Living Walls Atlanta LW2014 Movie Public Discourse at O4W Park" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3901/14736143028_4e6df8b819_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br />There's a grassy "lobby" big enough for Food Trucks and Italian Ice Carts.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14922765185" title="IMG_0382 2014-08-14 Thursday Living Walls Atlanta LW2014 Movie Public Discourse at O4W Park by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0382 2014-08-14 Thursday Living Walls Atlanta LW2014 Movie Public Discourse at O4W Park" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3882/14922765185_683d83ea9c_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The stairway and the dogs are truly grand. But there are ramps for elders like me. <br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14736147638" title="IMG_0393 2014-08-14 Thursday Living Walls Atlanta LW2014 Movie Public Discourse at O4W Park by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0393 2014-08-14 Thursday Living Walls Atlanta LW2014 Movie Public Discourse at O4W Park" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3880/14736147638_75fe5fa6d2_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The clearly defined spaces feel informal and flexible. There's breathing room. It's hard to feel rushed in here. Where else can you bike to the front row?<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14919695171" title="IMG_0396 2014-08-14 Thursday Living Walls Atlanta LW2014 Movie Public Discourse at O4W Park by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0396 2014-08-14 Thursday Living Walls Atlanta LW2014 Movie Public Discourse at O4W Park" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3839/14919695171_43a36a49da_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />By the time the movie started there must have been 250+ folks there.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14919697961" title="IMG_0404 2014-08-14 Thursday Living Walls Atlanta LW2014 Movie Public Discourse at O4W Park by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0404 2014-08-14 Thursday Living Walls Atlanta LW2014 Movie Public Discourse at O4W Park" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3901/14919697961_c14756c1b0_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14899784066" title="IMG_0401 2014-08-14 Thursday Living Walls Atlanta LW2014 Movie Public Discourse at O4W Park by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0401 2014-08-14 Thursday Living Walls Atlanta LW2014 Movie Public Discourse at O4W Park" height="480" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5571/14899784066_5a06599bcf_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The movie finished about 10 and the first wave of folks left.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14736151808" title="IMG_0403 2014-08-14 Thursday Living Walls Atlanta LW2014 Movie Public Discourse at O4W Park by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0403 2014-08-14 Thursday Living Walls Atlanta LW2014 Movie Public Discourse at O4W Park" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3924/14736151808_34fcd2dba4_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The second wave wasn't in any hurry. The experienced picnickers packed up their baskets.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14922429912" title="IMG_0406 2014-08-14 Thursday Living Walls Atlanta LW2014 Movie Public Discourse at O4W Park by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0406 2014-08-14 Thursday Living Walls Atlanta LW2014 Movie Public Discourse at O4W Park" height="480" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5584/14922429912_2e27860e44_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br />The third wave lingered and lollygagged. <br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14736199957" title="IMG_0407 2014-08-14 Thursday Living Walls Atlanta LW2014 Movie Public Discourse at O4W Park by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0407 2014-08-14 Thursday Living Walls Atlanta LW2014 Movie Public Discourse at O4W Park" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3848/14736199957_411de48bb2_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The fourth wave chatted in cozy clumps. For all I know they stayed until the park closed.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14922429362" title="IMG_0405 2014-08-14 Thursday Living Walls Atlanta LW2014 Movie Public Discourse at O4W Park by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0405 2014-08-14 Thursday Living Walls Atlanta LW2014 Movie Public Discourse at O4W Park" height="480" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5558/14922429362_12ed111b3a_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Trust me on this: This is one of Atlanta's great spaces.

A Wedding and a Movie in one of Atlanta's Great Spaces

Is there a more comfortable outdoor gathering place in Atlanta? A more comfortable indoor space? When  events end, folks linger. It looks li...

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The Churches on Joseph E. Boone Boulevard

That's so Atlanta: At Northside Drive it changes names to Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard. I'd prefer Boone-Allen Boulevard, kind of like Hartsfield-Jackson Airport. Until 2008 it was Simpson Road - so Atlanta <br /><br />I've been watching three <a href="http://livingwallsatl.com/">Living Walls</a> murals on up at 1211 Joseph E. Boone. See the map below. They are where Troy Street T-bones JE Boone, just west of the <a href="http://beltlineorg.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/3-Westside-Segment.pdf">BeltLine</a> and east of <a href="http://clatl.com/atlanta/proctor-creeks-second-chance/Content?oid=8279805">Proctor Creek</a>.<br /><br />My first time through I took pictures of the churches, the physical landmarks and social bulwarks of the neighborhoods. This is Vine City and English Avenue, places folks like me go when we think things are going well.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQdH8quNT1jKWLeQY6O1zMkJ8YavZyAYpGs2WfX-xnXJrPV5HVXVz9iVAi6MhmYICP4sCqrBDtqaGC7h-HmptGAP2Rjj5xgr0wwIbW6zVUgGedSvAAjw3xtpzge-cdUjXro5592QL1mNaK/s1600/purple+church.jpg"><img border="0" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQdH8quNT1jKWLeQY6O1zMkJ8YavZyAYpGs2WfX-xnXJrPV5HVXVz9iVAi6MhmYICP4sCqrBDtqaGC7h-HmptGAP2Rjj5xgr0wwIbW6zVUgGedSvAAjw3xtpzge-cdUjXro5592QL1mNaK/s1600/purple+church.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I love these small churches in re-purposed buildings most of all.<br /><br />Where's Joseph E. Boone Boulevard?<br /><br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="780" src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d3316.889720231571!2d-84.42737!3d33.7635155!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x88f504a885b5a43b%3A0x272b91d5b38891da!2s1211+Joseph+E.+Boone+Blvd+NW%2C+Atlanta%2C+GA+30314!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1407729003898" style="border: 0;" width="640"></iframe> <br />Who was Joesph E. Boone? <br /><br />"Rev. Joseph Everhart Boone (September 19, 1922 – July 15, 2006) was a civil rights activist and organizer who marched together with Martin Luther King Jr. He was a key organizer of the Atlanta Movement, which led to the integration of lunch counters and department stores in Atlanta, during the early 1960s. He worked with King, Ralph David Abernathy, John Lewis and Andrew Young, but never was recognized to the same degree they were. King named Boone as the chief negotiator of Operation Breadbasket, a program that encouraged businesses that sold to African-Americans, to employ and promote African Americans. Boone led a team of more than 200 ministers in more than 30 cities for Operation Breadbasket."  <a href="http://wiki./">Wiki.</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14686807297" title="IMG_9937 by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_9937" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3893/14686807297_868b8bb9a1_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14686808737" title="IMG_9939 by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_9939" height="480" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5581/14686808737_9f0987b326_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14686717478" title="IMG_9940 by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_9940" height="480" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5593/14686717478_5df9677e19_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14872998532" title="IMG_9941 by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_9941" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3857/14872998532_bae60b41ae_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14686688109" title="IMG_9942 by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_9942" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3863/14686688109_1205388189_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14850351456" title="IMG_9950 by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_9950" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3915/14850351456_55ef92ea2e_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14686657790" title="IMG_9951 by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_9951" height="480" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5590/14686657790_947bdf4e1f_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14686659560" title="IMG_9954 by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_9954" height="480" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5568/14686659560_46687fa818_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />That's just a few of them. It's a start. Go see.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14870878484" title="IMG_9956 by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_9956" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3907/14870878484_b887085ebc_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br />Here are the murals, they should be finished by now.<br /><br /><br />

The Churches on Joseph E. Boone Boulevard

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Get This! Gallery R.I.P - I'll Miss the Contribution to the Street

I'll miss the opening nights when Get This! spilled light and art and people into the street. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsNHPDZoNJmqlOSKJ1uukbB1wl_K8fKClssElna1ENHmvgSp4RUtSMh-tt1WMsb5KYtAwQ79YhpyC6qee1T094wX1_B482HE1MsyaHemq0vj-1IYZQFZ4Dqy5pgBdPq8e7eB8CXK1LDGXg/s1600/IMG_3938-2013-08-24-Drew-Conrad-opening-Backwater-Blues-at-Get-This-Gallery-view-from-street.jpg"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsNHPDZoNJmqlOSKJ1uukbB1wl_K8fKClssElna1ENHmvgSp4RUtSMh-tt1WMsb5KYtAwQ79YhpyC6qee1T094wX1_B482HE1MsyaHemq0vj-1IYZQFZ4Dqy5pgBdPq8e7eB8CXK1LDGXg/s1600/IMG_3938-2013-08-24-Drew-Conrad-opening-Backwater-Blues-at-Get-This-Gallery-view-from-street.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Your've already heard, right? <a href="http://burnaway.org/get-gallery-closes-10-years/">Get This Gallery Closes After 10 Years</a>. I say hale and farewell.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/9585522477" title="IMG_3943-2013-08-24-Drew-Conrad-opening-Backwater-Blues-at-Get-This-Gallery-view-from-street by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_3943-2013-08-24-Drew-Conrad-opening-Backwater-Blues-at-Get-This-Gallery-view-from-street" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3741/9585522477_7a56d59e76_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br />If you don't follow the art scene: We just hate it when our galleries close, afraid it represents some fatal flaw in us and our community. Others will have their say on this. I loved it on opening nights.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/13210325484" title="IMG_2516-2014-03-15-Tommy-Nease-nevermore-Stephanie-Dowda-Topophilia-Get-This-Gallery by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_2516-2014-03-15-Tommy-Nease-nevermore-Stephanie-Dowda-Topophilia-Get-This-Gallery" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3729/13210325484_881b43f648_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />On Monroe across from the Park Tavern, it was smack on the sidewalk.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/13210170173" title="IMG_2525-2014-03-15-Tommy-Nease-nevermore-Stephanie-Dowda-Topophilia-Get-This-Gallery by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_2525-2014-03-15-Tommy-Nease-nevermore-Stephanie-Dowda-Topophilia-Get-This-Gallery" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3746/13210170173_03427d50aa_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Openings were crowded and it was noisy inside so folks moved in and out.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/9585523921" title="IMG_3947-2013-08-24-Drew-Conrad-opening-Backwater-Blues-at-Get-This-Gallery-view-from-street by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_3947-2013-08-24-Drew-Conrad-opening-Backwater-Blues-at-Get-This-Gallery-view-from-street" height="480" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7436/9585523921_0e1f2f2f08_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It was comfortable out there. You could see the art, you could see the people, you could breathe, you connected with the street.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/9588316662" title="IMG_3944-2013-08-24-Drew-Conrad-opening-Backwater-Blues-at-Get-This-Gallery-view-from-street by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_3944-2013-08-24-Drew-Conrad-opening-Backwater-Blues-at-Get-This-Gallery-view-from-street" height="480" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5503/9588316662_eba45cf541_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Atlanta's art people really love to chat and the Get This! crowd chatted more than most.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/9588319924" title="IMG_3952-2013-08-24-Drew-Conrad-opening-Backwater-Blues-at-Get-This-Gallery-out-back by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_3952-2013-08-24-Drew-Conrad-opening-Backwater-Blues-at-Get-This-Gallery-out-back" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3770/9588319924_783c847cce_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It was quieter out back but it was like sneaking out. I preferred the front.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14203097595" title="IMG_5331 2014-05-16 Get This Gallery Always Aweigh by Harrison Keys and someone to ride the river with by Austin Eddy by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5331 2014-05-16 Get This Gallery Always Aweigh by Harrison Keys and someone to ride the river with by Austin Eddy" height="480" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5524/14203097595_7ac7fd55e1_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The drive-by's didn't know what was happening but they could feel the energy. <br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/13210173243" title="IMG_2527-2014-03-15-Tommy-Nease-nevermore-Stephanie-Dowda-Topophilia-Get-This-Gallery by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_2527-2014-03-15-Tommy-Nease-nevermore-Stephanie-Dowda-Topophilia-Get-This-Gallery" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3745/13210173243_ebaf654f51_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />On opening nights the little strip was full of life. I hope there will be another gallery in there soon.<br /><br />One more thing I'll miss.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8356007424" title="P1150194-2013-01-05-Get-This-Gallery--IN-UNISON-group-show-organized-by-William-Downs-Susannah-Darrow--laughing-Lloyd-Benjamin-dyptic by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="P1150194-2013-01-05-Get-This-Gallery--IN-UNISON-group-show-organized-by-William-Downs-Susannah-Darrow--laughing-Lloyd-Benjamin-dyptic" height="368" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8353/8356007424_8c2c4766bc_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Get This! owner Lloyd Benjamin is big and tall and you could find him in the crowd.<br /><br />And Lloyd was always particularly happy that I was there. I'll bet he made you feel that way too.<br /><br />I say congratulations and farewell to Get This! Best wishes to Lloyd on his new ventures.<br /><br />Bonus:<br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5748633847" title="P1110223-2011-05-21-Get-This-Gallery-Gone-With-The-Twins-by-Paper-Twins-Outside by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="P1110223-2011-05-21-Get-This-Gallery-Gone-With-The-Twins-by-Paper-Twins-Outside" height="480" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5069/5748633847_3d84cb7c00_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />When Get This was on 11th.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5749181762" title="P1110211-2011-05-21-Get-This-Gallery-Gone-With-The-Twins-by-Paper-Twins-Outside by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="P1110211-2011-05-21-Get-This-Gallery-Gone-With-The-Twins-by-Paper-Twins-Outside" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3159/5749181762_1e5c035dc3_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5992240751" title="P1130311-2011-07-30-Four-Coats-Murals-Get-This-Andy-Robin-Jon-Lloyd by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="P1130311-2011-07-30-Four-Coats-Murals-Get-This-Andy-Robin-Jon-Lloyd" height="480" src="https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6026/5992240751_305a8bd947_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>

Get This! Gallery R.I.P - I'll Miss the Contribution to the Street

I'll miss the opening nights when Get This! spilled light and art and people into the street. Your've already heard, right? Get This...

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Gordon's Column, Remembering Gordon, Cherishing our Gordons.

I watched as the chief mason looked over his shoulder tilting the brick, looking back at Gordon for the proper angle knowing he was building something special. This glorious column and fencing made the little porch into a welcoming outdoor room.<br /><br />Most of Gordon's clients have things like this. It could be a piece of furniture, a painting, bowl, color, fabric, or nicknack, something we couldn't imagine working. We call them "Gordons" and we smile. Why did we ever doubt him? <br /><br />When I'm in Decatur, I drive this great little street to see this little 1925 house, to remember <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2013/02/gordon-stringer-friend-designer-rip.html">Gordon Stringer</a> via this column and that moment with the mason.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ivsoX9hXoViMeefsaOdEjwSmholvQP50bJucevuK5-wK1dIqLDM3nNIlYORuKW0obvVu0e4m6Lp7YjnPS4U-7rOR4TMWffCIkGKmP44GIsTxSzAUk0FopPc0lgVqUjEsef-3wiTUKUM7/s1600/IMG_9398+2014-07-28+Gordon+Stringer+Column+fruit+brick+mason+Ponce+Place+Decatur+detail+1.jpg"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ivsoX9hXoViMeefsaOdEjwSmholvQP50bJucevuK5-wK1dIqLDM3nNIlYORuKW0obvVu0e4m6Lp7YjnPS4U-7rOR4TMWffCIkGKmP44GIsTxSzAUk0FopPc0lgVqUjEsef-3wiTUKUM7/s1600/IMG_9398+2014-07-28+Gordon+Stringer+Column+fruit+brick+mason+Ponce+Place+Decatur+detail+1.jpg" width="580" /> </a><br />Gordon designed this renovation, designed everything inside and out. He punctuated it with two "crazy" columns.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14592889998" title="IMG_9398 2014-07-28 Gordon Stringer Column fruit brick mason Ponce Place Decatur by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_9398 2014-07-28 Gordon Stringer Column fruit brick mason Ponce Place Decatur" height="457" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5581/14592889998_d6f1deec95_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Gordon gave me a tour when it was all studs, walls moved, ceilings raised, skylights in, bathrooms laid out, kitchen roughed out.<br /><br />Inside were the lanterns, the curvy metal fencing, the fruity urns and plinths, a drawing of the shutters, color samples of everything. These were the details. You can see that Gordon pulled the color of the fruity urns into the window and door frames.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14592823890" title="IMG_9396 2014-07-28 Gordon Stringer Column fruit brick mason Ponce Place Decatur detail by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_9396 2014-07-28 Gordon Stringer Column fruit brick mason Ponce Place Decatur detail" height="323" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3875/14592823890_71454c9699_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br />Gordon shopped Scott Antique Market among other places. He'd find things that fit his vision, knowing he could make it work. I don't know if the purchases came from the vision or the vision from the purchases. Probably both.<br /><br />If you could keep up with him, shopping with Gordon was big fun.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14592823890" title="IMG_9396 2014-07-28 Gordon Stringer Column fruit brick mason Ponce Place Decatur detail by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_9396 2014-07-28 Gordon Stringer Column fruit brick mason Ponce Place Decatur detail" height="323" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3875/14592823890_71454c9699_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I was there the day the masons built the columns. Gordon directed every brick course by eye.<br /><br />The chief mason knew he was building something unique and special, building a Gordon.<br /><br />Every time I drive by I smile.

Gordon's Column, Remembering Gordon, Cherishing our Gordons.

I watched as the chief mason looked over his shoulder tilting the brick, looking back at Gordon for the proper angle knowing he was building...

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