Spurred by a recent wave of teardowns and new construction, there has been a lively debate over the last couple of weeks about historic preservation and the building characteristics that help define the neighborhood. While Virginia-Highland is a collection of smaller subdivisions built over a span of several decades, some local architects and residents identified…
Trees Atlanta and Partners Work to Preserve a Piece of Atlanta History By: John Becker From 1907 until Fulton County Stadium opened in 1965, Spiller Field – also known as Ponce de Leon Park or Atlanta Crackers Field – was Mecca for baseball fans in Atlanta. Both the Atlanta Crackers and the Atlanta Black Crackers…
Editor’s Note: Passing along this notice from our friends in Inman Park. Organizers tell us that, in future years, plans call for this event to be extended further north on the Eastside Trail to include merchants in the Ponce City Market and Midtown Promenade areas. Join us Saturday September 28 for the first BeltLine Wine…
The Free To Breathe Atlanta 5K Road Race will take place this Saturday morning August 17 starting at 8:00 AM. The race will start at John Howell Park and will wind through the VaHi and Morningside neighborhoods. No street closures for this race, but there will be rolling closings of cross streets as runners pass…
Here’s the tentative agenda for tonight’s monthly board and general meeting of the VHCA. The public is invited to attend the meeting which will be held at the public library on Ponce de Leon Ave. and start at 7:00 PM. Call to Order Adoption of Agenda (with permission for chair to rearrange order as needed)…