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Talk about a real deal. The folks at Redfin have confirmed that rapper Rick Ross has purchased the monstrous former Fayetteville home…
It was not a Hollywood actor-type taking up residence that purchased this monster of a mansion, but let’s hope that Rick Ross can keep the place up.
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As reported in the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Henri Jova passed away at the age of 92 at his West Palm Beach home on January 13th.
Here is a portion of the story:
One of Atlanta’s greatest architects, Henri Jova, 94, died on Jan. 13 in West Palm Beach, Fla. after a short illness, according to his partner of 42 years, David Rinehart.
A celebration of his life is planned at the Atlanta Botanical Garden on Thursday, April 3 beginning at 5 pm.
Although Jova’s contributions to Atlanta’s architectural fabric was significant, his overall impact on the city went far deeper than his striking designs.
He was the pioneering presence who led the renaissance of both the Midtown neighborhood as well as its once-decrepit business district.
Jova designed Colony Square — a mixed-use development that was revolutionary when it was designed in the early 1970s.
It was the first modern project in Atlanta to combine office, retail, hotel and residential as part of one high-rise complex — a development that struggled initially leading some to believe that it had been built ahead of its time.
But Jova also lived his belief in Midtown. At a time when significant disinvestment was occurring throughout the central city, Jova bought and renovated several properties at the nexus of Seventh Street and Mentelle Drive in the heart of Midtown. It became Jova’s compound — a modern, yet sensitive, interpretation of the residential style that Midtown was to embrace in decades to come.
Here is a link to the story, but it may take you to a subscriber-only post.
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For nearly nine decades, the Clermont Hotel has accommodated everyone from white-collar workers to prostitutes under a single roof at 789 Ponce de Leon Ave.
It certainly will be exciting to see what they turn this former gem into! The photos look scary, but just imagine this grand dame being returned to her glory! Another sign of the transformation of Ponce De Leon Avenue!
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Atlanta’s landscape is ever-changing, and that’s not a recent development. It seems that nothing stays the same for very long in our city and you can see that in these photos taken from above, some from airplanes, some from tall buildings.
If you new to Atlanta in the last few years, you might appreciate these photos that show some of the changes Atlanta has gone through over the years. Probably the most dramatic are those in 1961 of the I-285 construction and the then simple clover-leaf that is now Spaghetti Junction! Amazing photos! The red arrow on the lead in picture is the 10th Street Bridge! WOW!
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I suppose every city (well maybe not New York or Los Angeles) have lost spaces, waiting to be re-discovered. As a real estate broker, I find myself in many a place that most Atlantan’s have never even been, much less heard of. And then, I even learn about a place I knew nothing about.
A story popped on my Facebook wall this morning and it sent me off in search of exactly where the Hartsfield Incinerator might be located. Well, without a visual drive, I’m guessing, but, maybe where the check mark is on the map below?
The“Riverwalk Atlanta” project would be a 100-plus-acre park on the Chattahoochee River, with the derelict Hartsfield Incinerator site perched at the main entrance like a reminder of Atlanta’s industrial past, says Josh Green in the article from Curbed Atlanta. The incinerator site includes property along the river owned by Georgia Power, which has already granted a conservancy easement, so that’s why I’m thinking this may be the location since it shows a Georgia Power plant along the river.
The Curbed Atlanta article has drawings of what the eventual park could look like, as well as a shot of the overgrown incinerator.
An additional search found the website, RiverwalkAtlanta.org and it has some great information about this project and others along the Chattahoochee River.
Another “lost space” in this area that has already been pegged for redevelopment as part of the Atlanta Beltline is the Bellwood Quarry. I’ve been to this location on a Beltline tour…and it’s hard to imagine this is “hiding” within eyesight of West Midtown and Midtown Atlanta.
If you are new to Atlanta, and might be around for another 20 years…you are going to have some impressive additions to the city in the years to come!
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To the casual observer from older, denser cities, Atlanta can appear to be full of gaps. Holes. Vibrancy interruptions. In the grand…
I’ve seen and noted many of theses buildings and think, “opportunity, opportunity, opportunity!!” Let’s hope all these places are future shining stars in the continued rise of the ATL!
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