They took down the Stop Work Order. I'll bet demolition will continue on Wednesday, January 2. See "Permit? I Thought YOU Got the Permit" from December 29, 2102.
The order said: "NO PERMIT + PLANS NO PRE CONSTRUCTION MEETING" 12-28-12, Friday
There is no demolition permit for 109 Seventh Street, the address of the J. A. McCord Apartment.
But there is a permit issued 2012-12-17 for 867 PEACHTREE, the address of the Starbucks next door that fronts Peachtree. Maybe the lots have been bundled already, if that's the term. You can see the permit online: Record BB-201202081 Commercial Demolition 867 PEACHTREE, summarized:
DEMOLISH COMMERCIAL BUILDING DEMOLISH AND REMOVE (2) BUILDINGS FROM SITE ALL COMPONENTS (THREE STORY BRICK W/BASEMENT-EXISTING 6-UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING)-RESIDENTIAL
Stop work orders are common. In my neighborhood a contractor can go to court for leaving too many dirt clods on the street. They keep their eye peeled for little white pickups with a city logo. But I think the contractors on this demolition are too experienced to make this mistake.
This demolition has been going on for 10 days.
The sign was there from the beginning, December 18. I mean from the beginning of the end.
I told Joe Dreher 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.
Rhodes Theater:
gloATL and Living Walls opened the Rhodes Theater for the weekend. It was "The Traveling Show Town Six." I'm standing where the screen was, looking towards where the the lobby was. Designed by Ivey and Crook (1937).
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.
After a Yeah Burger lunch with our old friend Jim Olson, JoAnn and I did some cruising to finish the week. You have to look up to find the lions in bow ties at Trinity and Pryor. I don't think "bow tie" is the proper architectural term. Can you help me out on that?
JoAnn loves the boulders in the Oakland Gate Meadow. The proposed "Capital Gateway Park" will run from here along Martin Luther King all the way to the capital. But we hope they don't tear down Daddy D'z BBQ in the process.
The new tenants moved into our rustic Morningside charmer.
We enjoyed some brick painting on Zimmer.
No week is complete for Architecture Tourists without some good old fashioned demolition. These are the remains of Building 6 at Emory's Briarcliff Campus. They tore down buildings 7 and 8 too. We could hear the crunching from our front porch. These will not be missed.
It was a particularly good Tuesday. Bloggers and many others celebrated at the Beacham & Company, Realtors® "Beacham Series” release party at a McAlpine-Tankersley house. Wahoo. I blogged it at "Bobby's Big, Big Door and More at the Beacham Party."
Gordon visited. This is one of his favorite houses in Atlanta. It's one of ours too. "It's ironic ... humble is always the most expensive thing you can do." - Bobby McAlpine
On Thrusday I visited Occupy Atlanta at Woodruff Park.
What do you know, the Georgia State Homecoming Parade came through. The band marched down right down Broad Street.
Classic southern living at the 2009 Henry County Fair Demolition Derby. Micheal with 1st place trophy.
Miranda Lanzillotti Time Inc. Lifestyle PR Group sent me the October issue of the new, improved Southern Living Magazinehoping I would blog about it. Thanks Miranda. Stockbrige Emission Center made me an honorary member of the Demolition Derby Pit Crew. Thanks Bill, Jason, Lamar, Micheal, and Rick. What a great week! So here is my man-blog review of 2 kinds of southern living. Demolition Derby - preparation Remember the Stockbridge Emission Center Pusher Car? No? Here you go:
My Stockbridge Emission Center buds converted their pusher car for demolition. It's for a good cause: helping promote the Kiwanis Club sponsored Henry County Georgia Fair and the opportunity to win $500. Nice intimidating tu-tone paint job:
Southern Living Magazine - the giftI've been scanning Southern Living since the very first issue in 1966. My dad was a gentleman farmer and got Progressive Farmer. I think my mom suggested we switch to Southern Living (same publisher). So I've been scanning Southern Living for 43 years. Right now my kids' Grandma gets it so I scan it on family visits. Grandma always invites to take it home. southern living derby and Southern Living Magazine The great thing about the magazine: If you read it long enough, you find a home, an event, a restaurant, a shop, a personality, right in your own neighborhood. I don't know if they've covered the Henry County Fair yet, but they just might.
Demolition Derby - getting ready Before the Derby, the crowd got acquainted with the cars and drivers.
Southern Living Magazine - the scan I've developed my scanning routine. Feeling a little sleepy-eyed from Grandpa's huge dinner - often including dumplings and chocolate pie - I head for the sofa and grab the latest issue. I do a straight front to back page scan mostly looking for colors, places, and food that catch my eye, and places I'm familiar with. Then I go back and read the articles that interest me. Usually there are an handful of pictures that I show to the wife, kids, and anyone else in the room. They humor me and say, "That's nice Terry." Southern Living Magazine - the dog-earOn my second time through, I dog-ear the pages I want to follow up in person or on the Internet.
Demolition Derby - drivers' meeting and the "pen" The drivers meeting was serious. I mean they are going to crash cars on purpose, man. But these guys were about to have one of the best times of their lives. The crowd started moving up from the midway, the rides, the corndogs, the livestock auction. There were far more than I can show in the picture. They were ready for a good time. The big machine made a pen from New Jersey Barriers. The derby cars drove in and the machine sealed the pen behind them. You can see the Stockbridge Pusher blur its way in.
Southern Living Magazine - the followupLast month there was a landscape article about a tiny yard in Midtown Atlanta. I dog-eared the page. When I got home I Googled the homeonwer, the landscape architect, and tried to find the house in Bing.com. I found the owner and architect but couldn't find the house. So the next day I did a drive-by and there it was. I'd driven by it 100's of times. Southern Living helped me to look more closely. Just like the magazine? Yes and no. The yard wasn't freshly manicured but still looked great and tiny. The house looked better in person. Seeing the house in context with it's neighbors and from different angles is something you just can't get in pictures.
Demolition Derby - crash, bang, boom... The cars were sealed up in the pen, noses to the wall. Then we had 9 minutes of real southern living ecstacy: roaring engines, belching smoke, red mud flinging, powing, banging, and crunching, the crowd screamed, squealed, ooh'd and aah'd with delight... Until the only car still moving was the Stockbridge Emission Center Pusher Car! But it was a little muddy.
Southern Living Magazine - stuff that caught my eyeI'll need a bit more scan time at Grandmas to get through it. Here is what caught my eye this time:
Pansies on page 17 (I man-plant the pansies at our house)
Our Favorite New Cottage page 64 costs too much to be called a cottage but it's a beauty with it's red roof.
Dear Southern Living page 72. New feature? Very nice graphics for getting points across.
Garden section starting on 80. We're too lazy to plan. This is nice though.
Build an Outdoor Fireplace page 90. The one picured costs more than my house.
Plant Zones page 92, a Southern Living (and Progressive Farmer) standard.
Bishops House page 94. What details! Personally I don't need so much stuff inside but I like how industructable it looks.
Food pictures.....
Baptism at Moon Lake page 112. This is a new type of feature I think.
Healthy Living page 119. This is the anti-southern living. Pass the butter and salt please.
Two Great Auburn Galleries page AL 6 because Auburn is a cute nearyby college town.
Demolition Derby - the winner and tow truck ride of honor So Jason took the trophy The whole team celebrated... And while some competitors didn't fare so well The winning Pusher Car rode home in honor. Thanks to readers, Southern Living, and to the Stockbridge gang. What a week. Terry And thanks to "Hooked on Fridays" blog party; I hope y'all will click here and have a look.
"With the benefit of hindsight, maybe it wasn't such a hot idea." - H I McDunnough in Raising Arizona.
I've followed the demolition since November 2012. It was all but inevitable but nobody wanted it. In 2013 we lost the J.A. McCord Apartments, most of Crum & Forster, and we're about to lose E. Rivers but this one hurts me more. But as performance art it's unmatched in the city.
Yesterday at the remains of old stone church at Hapeville Baptist. The men are trimming the granite matrix back to the corner.
