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/2009/06/25/remembering-atlantas-terminal-and-union-rail-stations/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/25/remembering-atlantas-terminal-and-union-rail-stations/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:33:54 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=21406 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/25/remembering-atlantas-terminal-and-union-rail-stations/feed/ 3 Infrastructurist names city's demolished train stations as examples of buildings that were replaced by 'crappy stuff' http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/26/downtown-library-to-host-marcel-breuer-presentation/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/26/downtown-library-to-host-marcel-breuer-presentation/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:21:57 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=15959 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/26/downtown-library-to-host-marcel-breuer-presentation/feed/ 0 Endangered building is architect's final work. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/18/today-is-beatles-day-in-atlanta/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/18/today-is-beatles-day-in-atlanta/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:56:55 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/18/today-is-beatles-day-in-atlanta/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/18/today-is-beatles-day-in-atlanta/feed/ 1 Greg G. — he of Atlanta Time Machine fame, I believe — has an interesting post at WFMU’s site: Back in 1965, the city of Atlanta declared August 18th Beatle Day in anticipation of the band’s impending arrival.  For their show that night at Atlanta Stadium, the city attempted to avoid vehicular gridlock by setting [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/09/19/failing-grades-in-history/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/09/19/failing-grades-in-history/#comments Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:40:08 +0000 Scott Freeman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/09/19/failing-grades-in-history/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/09/19/failing-grades-in-history/feed/ 12 A new study shows American colleges and universities are abjectly failing when it comes to teaching students about our country’s history. The Intercollegiate Studies Institutes gave a 60-question, multiple-choice test to 14,000 students at 50 institutions of higher learning across the country — including the University of Georgia and the Georgia College and State University. Nationally, students [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/08/13/500th-anniversary-of-america/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/08/13/500th-anniversary-of-america/#comments Mon, 13 Aug 2007 13:46:27 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/08/13/500th-anniversary-of-america/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/08/13/500th-anniversary-of-america/feed/ 0 2007 is the 500th anniversary of America. From a review in yesterday’s New York Times of Amerigo: The Man Who Gave His Name to America, a biography of Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci: It was in 1507, with the publication of a large cut-out map suitable for creating a do-it-yourself globe, that Vespucci’s first name, if not Vespucci [...]