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The project was named for Alonzo F. Herndon, who was born a slave, and through founding the Atlanta Life Insurance Company became Atlanta's richest African American. [36] [37] On June 15, 2016, Atlanta Housing Authority announced a development team has been selected to create a mixed-use mixed-income community on the site, "Herndon Square". [38]
The Echo Project was a three-day music festival held from October 12–14, 2007 in Fairburn, GA. The event was founded by Nicolas Bouckaert and held on 350+ acres of Bouckaert Farm along the Chattahoochee River. The main attractions of the festival were the multiple stages of live music, many artist venues, community building, and environmental ...
The Atlanta Beltline is 22-mile long multi-use corridor on a former railway corridor which encircles the core of Atlanta, Georgia.The Atlanta Beltline is designed to reconnect neighborhoods and communities historically divided and marginalized by infrastructure, improve transportation, add green space, promote redevelopment, create and preserve affordable housing, and showcase arts and culture.
Southern Railway's 1918 facility, named Peachtree Station but known locally as Brookwood Station, has been Atlanta's only long-distance passenger rail stop since 1970. Amtrak took over Southern's Crescent route in the '70s, which (as of 2015) continues to operate between New Orleans and N.Y. City .
A mural amidst debris and abandoned buildings at the Old Atlanta Prison Farm. The Old Atlanta Prison Farm is an abandoned, city-owned prison complex in southwest DeKalb County in the U.S. state of Georgia. From approximately 1920 to 1990, the farm was worked by prisoners to produce food for the region's prison system.
The New Georgia Project also secretly engaged in campaigning and fundraising for Democratic political campaigns in Georgia, in violation of state campaign finance laws. [ 7 ] As of 2024, it has become the largest and most recognizable voter registration and turnout organization in Georgia, with 10 field offices around the state. [ 5 ]
The Bail Project, a national nonprofit that aids thousands of low-income people who are behind bars, announced Monday that it has closed its Atlanta branch due to a new Georgia law that expands ...
The project was created by photographer Natalie McCain from Rockledge, FL. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The collection contains hundreds of portraits and stories on various topics of womanhood, photographed in black and white and without manipulation to alter the appearance of the women.