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I enjoy what I can see from the street: homes, buildings, parks, landscapes, public art, street scenes, whatever catches my eye and camera. It's about enjoying the view as we speed through life. It's about appreciating the well designed, the home grown, the hand made, the accidental, the humorous things we might miss on the way.

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Architecture Tourist · 1d ago

Hydrangeas - at OUR house it takes a little longer

They never even perspire on This Old House.Syd gave JoAnn a blue hydrangea for her birthday. It's a total doll, an "Endless Summer," the kind they have at Pikes, Home Depot, and Intown Ace. You can probably buy them on Amazon.It's just a little puppy which is OK because we have a little puppy house.

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Architecture Tourist · 3d ago

Birthday, textile mills, Astolfi, coffee, whitespace, Emily Amy, Seth Thompson

Pretty good week! Far more happening than I can keep up with. And as usual not a single profound thought crossed my brain. I did have a birthday and haircut, "So I got that goin' for me, which is nice." - Carl That was Wednesday.This is just the sort of thing that I do on my birthday. Notice the cur

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Architecture Tourist · 1W ago

Dancers and skaters at the park, crazy and fun.

Skateboarders and dancers shared the Historic Old 4th Ward Skatepark last weekend. I was there for rehearsal and two performances but I'm at a loss to explain it. The ArtsATL.com review might help. I'd call gloAT a dance troup that dances off stage. They say "gloATLis a collaborative platform of exc

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Architecture Tourist · 1W ago

Classical rot managment in Decatur. Where does the water want to go?

They're fixing a little rot at Decatur's First Baptist Church and it made me pay attention. The rot is way up there, the rot we can see. It's hard to miss First Baptist. It's a big Gibbs style church on a suburban-sized parcel on the north edge of downtown Decatur Georgia. It's big right down to its

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Architecture Tourist · 1W ago

Architectre Tourists should visit Atlanta Symphony Show House It's "Knollwood" by Philip Shutze, 1929

#1: I love soffits more than sofas, stairways more than settees, bricks more than banquettes. I love sofas, settees, and banquettes too. But I think great buildings are great even when they are empty. When designers start with great structure, it's irresistible.(If you are a brick expert, please sti

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Architecture Tourist · 2W ago

4 of my favorites

I like 'em like this. I'll bet you have your favorites too.When I'm in East Lake or Decatur or Peachtree Heights or Peachtree Battle, I'll drive by if I can.They delight me every time. What is it about them?I've only been inside this one.This is the drive-by view. I'd call it a vernacular; they cal

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Architecture Tourist · 2W ago

Grant Street at Milledge peeking into windows in Grant Park.

Begun in 1882 the Grant Park neighborhood is old for Atlanta. It's is a prime source for architecture tourist entertainment.Grant Street has pretty much everything you'd want to see in Grant Park so I cruise it when I'm in the neighborhood.In February, they took a big window out of this one at the c

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Architecture Tourist · 3W ago

Classical Coverup Complete on North Highland, what do you think?

This is a wistful post.The client is in, the renovation complete, the space is back in service. This is good for the neighborhood and I like it.But I blogged it in February and I miss the old look. See "Classical Coverup on North Highland."The boards have a rusticating effect. The bricks match the e

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Architecture Tourist · 3W ago

Visualizing Atlanta's "Golden Age" Architects - Any Ideas?

I'm trying to visualize the overlapping careers of "legendary" Atlanta architects. I got the bug during Robert Craig's talk last Thursday. Dr. Craig has just finished his new book, The Architecture of Francis Palmer Smith, Atlanta's Scholar Architect. Turns out that Francis Palmer Smith started Geo

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Architecture Tourist · 3W ago

Slow down for Big Art on Dekalb Avenue

I don't hate billboards as much as I should. I don't like legal graffiti as much as I should.All I know for sure is that I like 'em when I like 'em. I was delighted to find this yesterday on the south edge of Candler Park. This is 1630 Dekalb Avenue at Brooks Avenue. This corner is a little oasis.

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