Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird" has become a classic of modern American literature, winning the Pulitzer Prize. The plot and characters are loosely based on Lee's observations of her family, her neighbors and an event that occurred near her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama. In 2006, British librarians ranked the book ahead of the Bible as one "every adult should read before they die." If you haven't, perhaps this past week's anniversary is occasion to make a trip to Chamblee.
Forty-five years ago, a young Atlanta architect named Ron Hadaway was assigned the unenviable task of renovating a residence inside a delicate Midtown dazzler - The Villa, Ansley Park. His first move: Find Philip Trammell Shutze’s phone number. Ask for an audience.
Bobby Jones' footprints can be found all over his native Atlanta, Druid Hills, East Lake, Emory University, Georgia Tech and Buckhead.
Stories of the co-founder of Augusta National and the Masters' remarkable life in Georgia are the stuff of legend. All of us who love our state, Atlanta, golf and history know chapters. But here is a story I'll bet you’ve never heard.
As we celebrate the upcoming 50th Anniversary of the immortal Hank Aaron breaking the mythical home run mark of Babe Ruth on a chilly Atlanta night, the historic moment gives pause. And an opportunity for Georgia's veteran broadcaster Jeff Hullinger, to reflect.
It’s been more than 60 years since the poet laureate Robert Frost made his last visit to Agnes Scott College, but in 2024, his Decatur campus footprints are still fresh, those who heard him will never forget the words and voice of Robert Frost.
"Over the last 40 years, I’ve seen scraggly wildlife in this urban zip code, but never creatures of this size - in robust health. I posted the photo on my Facebook page, and the big city wildlife received a spirited response."
The Odd Fellows Building was suggested by Black newspaper editor Benjamin J. Davis (1870-1945), designed by white Atlanta architect William A. Edwards (1866-1939) and built by Robert E. Pharrow, owner of an African-American construction company. Despite the Jim Crow era, the two men, Black and white, worked side by side toward completing the structure.
“This building is really an upscale fortress,” noted Dr. Stuart Noel, Director of the Reid House HOA Board. “If you were to pick the most famous Atlanta names past and present, many have called Reid House home.” Alston, Candler, Dewberry, Dorsey, Inman, Lanier and Woodruff — a residents' roll call.
In his storied career, he amassed 12 state titles — nine at Southwest DeKalb, three with Gordon High School — and an induction into the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame."He defined track and field around here.”
Hailed by the New York Times as the “leader of a new generation of opera stars,” and christened “opera’s nose-studded rock star,” Rome, Georgia's Mezzo-Soprano Jamie Barton has blown off the stodgy opera dust of a few centuries.
Since its 1995 inception, The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation has committed more than $1 billion in giving. “The needs in our society are more profound than at any point in my lifetime," Blank says.
Jeff Hullinger speaks with renowned artist Steve Penley. Born in Chattanooga, raised in Macon, schooled in Athens, living in Atlanta, Penley is as southern as Grizzard, Bisher, and Governor Joe Frank Harris. “The South influences everything I paint, and everything I am.”
