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…
Read MoreThe Great Frame Up and the Virginia-Highland Civic Association are partnering to help raise funds for improvements at John Howell Park, the 2.8 acre park at the geographic heart of the Virginia-Highland neighborhood. The Great Frame Up, located at 1409 N. Highland Avenue, has commissioned City Prints Map Art, creators of fine art map prints,…
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