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Images: Oakland Cemetery's new front door officially arrives

New brick-clad Visitor Center with neighborhood park was two decades in the making

April 4, 2025 by Josh Green

ATL News Roundup

ATL e-scooter boom; notable Sweet Auburn book; Kirkwood housing

Real estate, architecture, and urban planning news from around Atlanta

March 20, 2025 by Josh Green

Public meeting on fate of Murphy Crossing happens this evening

Beltline officials encourage Atlantans to attend virtually or in-person

March 11, 2025 by Josh Green

Images: Gorgeous downtown ATL building makes 'Places in Peril' list

Century-old structure could be razed for parking lot, per Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation

February 26, 2025 by Josh Green

Beltline: Here's why pivotal Murphy Crossing project fell apart

Slashed home counts, unexplained costs, “ballooned” timelines played role, per Beltline leaders

February 5, 2025 by Josh Green

Robot guards are bound for South Downtown. Will they help?

Robotic tech is cheaper, less risky security alternative for developing downtown blocks, supporters say

January 22, 2025 by Josh Green

Gorgeous, historic B&B on Midtown's largest home lot comes to market

Called one of Atlanta's "most architecturally significant and well-preserved homes," 1890s Stonehurst could go single-family

March 23, 2023 by Josh Green

Photos: Next to historic chapel, Portman tower lends fresh ATL perspectives

Rising "Sora" project is residential component of multifaceted Spring Quarter development

March 9, 2023 by Josh Green

Step inside beautiful, spooky Midtown mortuary as new life towers around it

Set for rebirth as social hub, 1920s landmark Spring Hill funeral home is elegant centerpiece of massive Portman development

March 8, 2023 by Josh Green

Conversion of historic Atlanta fire station to pizza concept in pipeline

Former Westview firehouse overlooking BeltLine has been partially vacant for years

March 3, 2023 by Josh Green

1930s former Midtown hotel is but a pile of rubble now

Dewberry bulldozes long-empty old Northwood Hotel with rumored "Gone With the Wind" ties

March 3, 2023 by Josh Green

Lindridge-Martin Manor

Atlanta's landmark Tara Theatre to be saved, reopened soon

Arty movie house on Cheshire Bridge Road will operate as “sister cinema” to iconic Plaza Theatre on Ponce

February 22, 2023 by Josh Green

Old Fourth Ward

Historic Coca-Cola plant redo bubbles up in Old Fourth Ward

Delayed Edgewood Avenue venture is remaking one of Coke’s first bottling plants

February 7, 2023 by Josh Green

Check out this amazing rescue of 'hidden treasure' 1950s gas station

Nonprofit Atlanta Printmakers Studio has artfully revived former Amoco in downtown Hapeville

February 1, 2023 by Josh Green

Photos: Atlanta's biggest (historic) eyesore is for sale. Now what?

1927 landmark Medical Arts Building has rotted alongside redevelopment plans for years. Could this time be different?

January 12, 2023 by Josh Green

Mixed-use conversion planned for historic downtown office building

Built in 1898, The Grant Building is Atlanta’s second oldest steel-frame structure

January 2, 2023 by Josh Green

Could building set to be bulldozed have 'Gone With the Wind' author ties?

Evidence suggests old Northwood Hotel could have been Margaret Mitchell's secret writing locale, says retired police sergeant

November 30, 2022 by Josh Green

Images: Oakland Cemetery wraps renovation of 1890s 'jewel'

Romanesque Revival-style Bell Tower considered most recognizable building on Oakland’s grounds

November 15, 2022 by Josh Green