http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:36:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/22/pitts-put-downtown-library-on-the-block/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/22/pitts-put-downtown-library-on-the-block/#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 23:02:30 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/22/pitts-put-downtown-library-on-the-block/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/22/pitts-put-downtown-library-on-the-block/feed/ 10 If Robb Pitts has his way, another architecturally noteworthy Atlanta library may soon be endangered. In March, the Fulton County Commission, of which Pitts is a member, voted to place a $150 million bond referendum on the fall ballot, with the proceeds to go toward library system construction and repairs. That package would include about [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/19/buckhead-library-saved/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/19/buckhead-library-saved/#comments Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:18:10 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/19/buckhead-library-saved/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/19/buckhead-library-saved/feed/ 1 The Buckhead Library will not be demolished. The Fulton County Board of Commissioners voted today to reject developer Ben Carter’s $24 million offer to buy the library, according to Stacy Wyman, an architect at Perkins + Will who was at the commission meeting. Carter’s offer to buy the modern architectural mini-gem, demolish it, and use the land [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/03/atlanta-architects-rock-the-times/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/03/atlanta-architects-rock-the-times/#comments Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:42:28 +0000 Felicia Feaster http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/03/atlanta-architects-rock-the-times/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/03/atlanta-architects-rock-the-times/feed/ 0 (Photo courtesy bldgs) What a great surprise to open the New York Times magazine Sunday and find Pilar Viladas’ profile of David Yocum’s and Brian Bell’s West End architectural firm, bldgs. Read the rest of this post on PopSmart — CL’s arts and entertainment blog. Bookmark It http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/27/blog-buckhead-library-dodges-wrecking-ball/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/27/blog-buckhead-library-dodges-wrecking-ball/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:51 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/27/blog-buckhead-library-dodges-wrecking-ball/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/27/blog-buckhead-library-dodges-wrecking-ball/feed/ 0 The blog Save The Library! reports the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System board has rejected developer Ben Carter’s offer to buy the Buckhead Library. Carter reportedly planned to demolish the library and incorporate its two-acre site into The Streets of Buckhead, his company’s $1.2 billion mixed-use luxury development scheduled to open next year. Bookmark It