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Mother Goose buned and rebuilt

Update 3-feb-2012 thanks to John Wrede for a link to The Goose’s 99-Year History: From Candlers to Paideia see page 7.

This Mother Goose burned in October 2009. She's back.


It was a house turned school building for the Atlanta's Paideia School, It was a fine house if not a mansion in Druid Hills.

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The ruins made an interesting sight but didn't make me feel very good.

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This was grand.

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I can't find before pictures from any era. This is the north side, front porch on the left.

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You can see how much of the chimneys showed above the roof.

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Hint's of the grand old house.

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The fire didn't get down here, no sign of soot.

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Mother Goose is back.

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Old on the left, new on the right.

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No chimneys.

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Was Mother Goose on the old porch?
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Look at the arches in the basement. This is the east side.

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The west side.

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Nice chunky details.

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The new Goose is quite good, purpose-designed for the school, modern, safe, three times the space.

But this isn't the way we wanted it to happen.

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Long live Mother Goose.