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Atlanta board approves application to demolish ‘Hardwick House’
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The Atlanta Zoning Review Board last week approved an application to demolish the “Hardwick House” on Ponce de Leon Place, a home at the forefront of the LGBTQ movement in the 1980s. Fred Smith, a Stanford University law professor and Atlanta...
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Atlanta's Pardis Park Gets 29-Foot Cyrus the Great Statue After Five-Year Quest
A 29-foot bronze statue of Cyrus the Great now stands in Midtown Atlanta, towering over a newly dedicated green space at 17th and State streets called Pardis Park. The bronze figure alone weighs about 8,000 pounds, not counting its limestone base, and it marks the culmination of a years-long effort by members of Atlanta's Iranian community to give the ancient Persian king a permanent home in the city.
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A new era for Georgia State University as school nears completion of greenway expansion years in the making
Georgia State University (GSU), embedded in Downtown Atlanta, has been undergoing a physical transformation that’s been in the works for years. This month, the school anticipates it will pass a milestone with the expansion of its long-awaited greenway in the heart of its campus, Panther Quad, a major development for the historically urban campus lacking a central greenspace.
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Prairie Style Home Rises Near East Lake Golf Club With $1.4M Price Tag
A new home taking design cues from Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie Style has landed on the market just two blocks from East Lake Golf Club, with an asking price of $1,425,000. The five-bedroom proposed house, planned for 2856 Tupelo St. SE, would replace a former brick cottage on a one-third-acre lot and is slated for completion in spring 2027.
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Study recommends keeping TSA agents at Atlanta airport instead of federal security workers
ATLANTA — A Department of Aviation study recommends keeping federal Transportation Security Administration workers at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport rather than switching to private security screeners. The study was ordered in May, weeks after TSA employees were required to work without pay during the 2026 partial federal government shutdown....
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Red Light Café to acquire Star Bar, bringing new chapter to Little Five Points music scene
Two of Atlanta’s longtime music venues are joining forces, bringing new life to a Little Five Points institution as it celebrates 35 years of entertainment. Red Light Café, an independent live music and performance venue in Midtown’s Amsterdam Walk, announced Oct. 29 that it has signed an agreement to acquire The Star Community Bar in Little Five Points. The acquisition, expected to close in January 2027, comes as Red Light Café’s current location faces redevelopment, offering the venue a new home while preserving Star Bar’s legacy in Atlanta’s independent music scene.
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Morehouse College Prisons Program rooted in educational liberation
A few years ago, the Andrew Young Center for Global Leadership launched the Morehouse Higher Ed in Prisons Program. The program allows Georgia inmates to earn college-level credits. Classes are currently being offered at three Georgia facilities: the Atlanta Transitional Center, Burruss Correctional Training Center, and the Federal Correctional Institution- Atlanta.