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/2007/10/16/atlanta-blogs-today-this-lack-of-water-thing/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/16/atlanta-blogs-today-this-lack-of-water-thing/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:18:03 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/16/atlanta-blogs-today-this-lack-of-water-thing/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/16/atlanta-blogs-today-this-lack-of-water-thing/feed/ 0 If the City of Atlanta runs out of water, I say we stink – and we would be the first large American city to allow it to happen. – Ashley at Random Atlanta, in a post titled “This lack of water thing is freaking me out” I don’t know about you, but I’m gonna start referring to [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/04/13/portmanadu-part-deux/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/04/13/portmanadu-part-deux/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:34:12 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/04/13/portmanadu-part-deux/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/04/13/portmanadu-part-deux/feed/ 0 Last night the Sandy Springs Board of Zoning Appeals rejected developer John Portman’s plan to build a 69-foot-tall, 27,500 square-foot palace on Northside Drive. Sandy Springs limits the maximum height of private homes to 40 feet. Atlanta’s alternative daily is on top of this. Check out this telling passage from this morning’s great story by Cynthia [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/04/09/portmanadu/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/04/09/portmanadu/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2007 18:48:10 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/04/09/portmanadu/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/04/09/portmanadu/feed/ 0 John Portman wants a bigger house. The 83-year-old architect and developer responsible for Peachtree Center, as well as most of the big buildings surrounding it, is asking Sandy Springs for a building variance so he can build a 70-foot-tall, 27,500-square-foot home at 5193 Northside Drive. City ordinance caps the heights of single-family homes at 40 feet. Portman [...]