May 2011
1 post
Wikipedia's History of Morningside →
Two years later, real estate agents James R. Smith and M.S. Rankin build eight homes in Morningside Park. Advertisements stressed a 70-foot (21 m) wide paved street in front of homes with Murphy beds and a servants’ toilet in the basement. Morningside was touted as a “new type of suburb.” Commuters traveled to and from their homes by streetcar and, if they were fortunate enough,...
November 2010
4 posts
Get Outside
The nature movement is alive and well in Atlanta. Richard Louv, author of the popular Last Child in the Woods and creator of the Children and Nature Network, spoke at Buckhead’s Trinity Presbyterian Church to a packed house. Mr. Louv’s thesis is simple - children today do not spend enough time outdoors.
Mr. Louv’s premise starts with childhood memories of the woods near his home, which...
Interstate in your Backyard
How did Sidney Marcus and John Howell Parks come to be? Why on North Pelham are there a group of homes looking as though they were built in the 80s among 1929 bungalows? Why was the MLPA originally created?
All neighbors should read this very interesting 2003 article by the MLPA about I-485 - the highway (yes highway) that almost was. It’s hard to believe that there was a time when...