Building life expectancy: "There's a lot of spread in that. The average residential building lasts about 150 years, but the average Walmart or a (not so hot) apartment complex last 10 or 15 years but the average is 80 years." Paul Knight's Streets Lecture - Part 1
Please Come see part 2: Streets: Designing a Master Street Plan (Part II) on Tuesday, December 13th at 6:30 pm at the Atlanta City Studio on the 2nd floor of Ponce City Market.
"Streets" is one the
All the folks I knew at Georgia Power / Southern Company worked at the corner of Peachtree and Baker. In 1981 they moved to the new Georgia Power Corporate Headquarters. Georgia Power moved out of downtown while technically staying downtown. Many of our big corporate citizens follow suit. They aren't coming back downtown.
I like the place OK. I've been to a meeting in the top floor boardroom, nice with a terrific view. Way better than the Jackson Street bridge.
But these folks aren't on Peachtree any more.
Seemed
Heck of a night August 13. It was the BlackCatTips (Kyle Brooks) solo show for the Art Institute of Atlanta. I met Kyle's mom and dad, I met Nicole Jacobs, and I met Michael Kleeman, the Academic Department Director for Design, Leading Interior Design, Illustration, Graphic and Web Design for The Art Institute of Atlanta.
I've wanted to blog Michael for the last five years because...
Michael Kleeman is the J. Neel Reid Prize winner for 2002 and I'm trying to blog all the prize winners.
Because this is the
Almost all of them were taller than me. And smarter. Even the quiet ones crackled with energy. It's as if their sensors were all dialed to 11 while most of mine have been shut down by age and experience.
It was Excursion Week at Galloway. Our 20-student group chose "Interaction of Art and Social Justice" with the theme of "separate but equal." With the help of Galloway artist in residence and Georgia State sculpture professor Ruth Stanford the group explored, researched, and made some art. Galloway teacher Mary Stuart
A place to relax is important now as holidays are near. Lots of festivals are closer too so if you have the plan to visit any place, then we can help you here. One of the best Indian tourist places is Lansdowne a well-known hill station of Uttarakhand.
History of Lansdowne:This heaven place is previous recognized as �Kaludanda�. However, local people still call it as Kaludanda so don�t get confused about the spot if you face direct interaction with localizes. The meaning of Lansdowne and Kaludanda is a