Here’s a link to City Councilperson Alex Wan’s latest newsletter. Topics include in this issue: Atlanta Streets Alive This Sunday September 8 Crime Prevention Suggestions Atlanta False Alarm Ordinance – Privacy Policy Girls Galore/Bliss Due Cause Settlement Important Notice to Gmail Users http://eepurl.com/DtETf
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Mayor Kasim Reed formally introduced the new 15-person BeltLine Task Force bicycle patrol unit at a press conference today at Historic Fourth Ward Skatepark. “The BeltLine will be secure,” Reed said during his comments. “We are going to do whatever we can in my administration to make it safe and keep it safe.” The Mayor acknowledged…
Read MoreHere’s the proposed agenda for tonight’s meeting of the VHCA Board of Directors: Virginia-Highland Civic Association BoD Monthly Meeting 7:00 PM; Monday, June 10, 2013; Ponce de Leon Library Proposed Agenda Call to Order Adoption of Agenda and Minutes Reports from Police and Fire Representatives City of Atlanta Officials Other Elected Officials and Guests Alex…
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About a year ago, we posted 22 historic plat maps of various subdivisions that are now part of Virginia-Highland — these are the maps on which surveyors originally plotted how the land was subdivided into the lots that, for the most part, still exist today. To explore the maps, you can start by viewing the…
Read Moreby Brian Gross It seems that patent medicine paid for quite a bit of local real estate development in the early 1900s. I previously wrote about how Dr. Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic helped build Atkins Park. Now I’ve discovered another promoter of cure-all liquid who financed a beautiful apartment building at the southwest corner of…
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