Billionaire Arthur Blank wants to use taxpayer dollars to fund a new stadium. He says it could help lure an MLS franchise to Atlanta but, in case he hasn’t noticed, [...]
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New Braves stadium could revitalize Fanplex
You know, the soon-to-be defunct Georgia Dome is only four years older than Turner Field … Fanplex, as you may recall, is the ivory standard of white elephants. Built by [...]
Harold’s BBQ gets a reprieve
Big lunch crowds this week have convinced the venerable southside BBQ joint’s owners to remain open past its 65th anniversary on Thursday. Filed under: Food and Drink, institutions, the ATL Tagged: BBQ, Harold’s,… Read More →
Blank’s boondoggle: $1 billion and counting
Shame on city and state officials if they neglect real needs to build this monument to corporate welfare. The estimated $948 million pricetag for a retractable roof stadium for the Atlanta Falcons would… Read More →
Georgia’s latest boondoggle just got pricier
The Falcons and the Georgia World Congress Center Authority have agreed that a retractable-roof stadium that would result in the demolition of the Georgia Dome is their best plan going forward. Actually the best… Read More →
Obscure Atlanta laws
If you film a movie here it must suck. Really suck. As in, even morons think it sucks. To put it another way, the Burt Reynolds oeuvre ranks as Atlanta’s cinematic high point (“Deliverance,” a true classic, was filmed in Georgia, not the ATL). The competition: The American Pie “reunion”; more than one Katherine Heigl [...]
Buckhead about to get cheesier
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Office space in Buckhead is being converted into a restaurant.
Hooters’ competitor, Twin Peaks, submitted an application to City of Atlanta to receive a building permit to begin construction on its fist Georgia location.
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‘The man who watched Cy Young pitch, Joe Louis box …’
Jeff Schultz pays tribute to Furman Bisher, who informed generations of Atlanta sports fans. I started reading him at 6 years old. More than 30 years later, I was (technically) a colleague, though Mr. Bisher had no peer. “People look at me like I’m in a museum or something,” he said. “It’s like I’m one [...]
Bipartisan consensus on wasting Atlanta tax dollars
Mayor Kasim Reed has endorsed an unnecessary new football stadium for the Falcons, overlooking the city’s much more pressing needs in favor of billionaire welfare. “You haven’t seen anything yet,” the mayor told a crowd of roughly 150 people gathered to welcome the big-box retailer to the historic but beleaguered neighborhood. “Not far from here, [...]
Yes on public transport, no on Atlanta streetcar
I’ll admit to not having pored over the data about the alleged benefits of the Atlanta streetcar. To me, it seems like another bad idea for downtown aimed at our city’s favorite demographic — tourists. How many Atlantans traverse between the King Center and Centennial Park? About as many who visit such downtown institutions as the [...]
Atlanta in the 70s
A series of articles I wrote for the local organ in 2009 about one of Atlanta’s most formative decades: “Ground zero” of the sexual revolution At Riverbend, weekends started on Wednesdays, typically in the complex’s notorious clubhouse. The revelry had no boundaries, few rules and, for a brief, blissful period, minimal consequences. “We were the [...]
Meh-lanta
A sobering thought for anyone who cares about Atlanta: An expert in land use and urban development, Leinberger outlined how metro Atlanta has fallen out of favor nationally as a business hub and is now competing with cities like Phoenix, Salt Lake City and Dallas, cities once overshadowed by Atlanta. My hometown, competing with Orlando … Continue reading →
Travel & Leisure readers don’t know what the f—- they’re talking about
I’m sorry, was that rude? Can’t help it — apparently I’m from the nation’s 7th rudest city, according to readers of Travel & Leisure magazine. As one Atlantan told the AJC, we’re 7th “because we have so many people who have migrated here from the 6 crabbier places.” That would include Boston, which somehow only [...]
