ATLANTA | Development Thread V

[cybele]

Originally Posted by Snakebit

Wichita, Kan., can claim the first Pizza Hut. San Bernardino, Cal., is home to the first McDonald’s. And Corbin, Ky., is on the map because of Colonel Sanders and the first Kentucky Fried Chicken.

Maybe fast food history buffs will flock to the strip mall-dotted byway that connects Decatur to Avondale Estates now that the DeKalb County Commission has made it official: the derelict Waffle House there has been designated a historic property.

It’s the home of the first Waffle House, and the company wants to turn it into a museum. Commissioners approved the request Tuesday after a company representative elaborated on plans to operate the facility at 2719 E. College Ave. as a center of breakfast history. The company is restoring the building to the state it was in when it opened in 1955.

It's hard to beat our town when it comes to fast food. We're also the home of the first Chick-Fil-A (Greenbriar), Applebee's (Buford Highway), and of course the Varsity (Luckie at North Avenue). Arby's and Wendy's are headquartered here, too.

[sabino86]

Originally Posted by cybele

It's hard to beat our town when it comes to fast food. We're also the home of the first Chick-Fil-A (Greenbriar), Applebee's (Buford Highway), and of course the Varsity (Luckie at North Avenue). Arby's and Wendy's are headquartered here, too.

Grease heaven. mmmmm

[ajdelo]

Originally Posted by cybele

It's hard to beat our town when it comes to fast food. We're also the home of the first Chick-Fil-A (Greenbriar), Applebee's (Buford Highway), and of course the Varsity (Luckie at North Avenue). Arby's and Wendy's are headquartered here, too.

Wouldn't the Dwarf House in Hapeville be the more historic restaurant in Chick-fil-a history? I know the one at Greebriar was the first titled Chick-fil-a, but since the company still uses the Dwarf House concept, I would think the one in Hapeville would be the landmark.

I haven't been in years, but I always remember watching the dwarves go from the house to the mine and then back to the house again. My grandfather worked at the airport in the 50's and 60's and new Mr. Cathy pretty well.

[cybele]

Well, yeah, but to be technically correct it would be Greenbriar. I still stop in at the Dwarf House when I'm in Hapeville. Outstanding fries.

[mayhem]

Originally Posted by scania

I can see myself biking from Plaza Midtown to the 14th St. bridge, biking up 14th St., all the way to the White Provision on Howell Mill...come on guys, that's insane. Who the heck would want to bike on Howell Mill? And 14th St.???

I bike further than that daily and so do a lot of other ATLiens.

[briantech]

Originally Posted by mayhem

I bike further than that daily and so do a lot of other ATLiens.

I don't think he's referring to the distance. He's talking about the bike-friendlyness of the roads (or lack thereof)

[ATLaffinity]

Crum & Forster Hearing

The next step in designating the Crum and Forster as a Landmark Building will take place on Thursday, June 4, 2009, at 6 p.m. when the designation will be heard by the City of Atlanta Zoning Review Board.

Please show your support for the Atlanta Preservation Center's continuing efforts to preserve the Crum and Forster by:
Attending the meeting on Thursday, June 4, 2009, at 6 p.m. in Council Chambers on the second floor of City Hall
Writing a letter to the Zoning Review Board in support of the Landmark designation for the Crum and Forster building

Your letter to the Zoning Review Board should:
Be faxed or emailed to the Atlanta Preservation Center no later than June 1, 2009. We will ensure that your letter is presented to the Zoning Review Board on June 4.
APC fax: 404-688-3357
APC email: [email protected]

Use standard business letter formatting with this inside address:
City of Atlanta Zoning Review Board
Attn: Ms. Charletta Wilson Jacks
Bureau of Planning
55 Trinity Avenue, Suite 3350
Atlanta, GA 30303

Include your statement of:
the importance and value of the building to both Atlanta and the Midtown neighborhood;
the importance of both the local architectural firm (and the NY architectural firm that designed the building) to Atlanta and the nation
the value of the building in contrast to recent re-development efforts in Midtown

[GlobalNative]

I'm almost positive they demoed that building already!

[NativeAtlantan]

nope....it's still there....just drove by and saw it a few days ago....

[tech]

Is it true that Tech wanted to demolish the Crum & Forster building to extend Tech Square? If that is the case, why don't they extend Tech Square into the parking lot across from the Parking Office and Barnes & Noble instead? We need to get rid of surface parking lots, not historical buildings!

[gttx]

Originally Posted by tech

Is it true that Tech wanted to demolish the Crum & Forster building to extend Tech Square? If that is the case, why don't they extend Tech Square into the parking lot across from the Parking Office and Barnes & Noble instead? We need to get rid of surface parking lots, not historical buildings!

No - they wanted to demolish it for a "possible future expansion of Tech Square." In truth, they want it gone so that don't have to pay the upkeep and rehab costs.

[boomtown]

In the ABC out today they report that Crate and Barrel are scouting Atlanta for possible locations for their CB2 stores, which are very cool. They are rumored to be looking at White Provisions and 12th and Midtown.

[ATLaffinity]

Originally Posted by boomtown

In the ABC out today they report that Crate and Barrel are scouting Atlanta for possible locations for their CB2 stores, which are very cool. They are rumored to be looking at White Provisions and 12th and Midtown.

CB2 seems slightly redundant to Room & Board (which skews a little more upscale). would be nice to see ANYTHING come to the "midtown mile"

[kamden99]

Hopefully, this comes to fruition...CB2 and an Apple Store would be a nice start over there...but I'm not going to hold my breath.

[tech]

Originally Posted by kamden99

Hopefully, this comes to fruition...CB2 and an Apple Store would be a nice start over there...but I'm not going to hold my breath.

I second that, Apple and CB2 are both the sort of retail I'd like to see come to Midtown and in my opinion 12th and Midtown has all the class you could ask for in a development- just look at their restaurant offerings so far. If we could only do something about this pesky recession.

[JoLeMaMa]

Report: ATM maker NCR may move to GA

Dayton, Ohio-based NCR Corp. is considering relocating its operations to Georgia, according to published reports.

The company may move its headquarters and 1,300 workers to the Atlanta area, the Dayton Business Journal reported Sunday on its Web site. An announcement on the proposed move is scheduled for this week, the Journal reported.

NCR is a leading seller of ATM, self-service kiosks and retail self-checkout stations.

Company officials have refused to comment on whether Dayton’s lone remaining Fortune 500 company would leave town.

Ohio government leaders have been reaching out to NCR since word about a possible move began circulating Thursday. They have been seeking a response from company officials to the rumors, apparently without results.

NCR is the second-largest corporation in metro Dayton, with 20,000 employees worldwide and $5.3 billion in revenue in 2008.

But the number of Dayton area employees has fallen over the decades, from a high of 18,000 to only 2,000 two years ago. It has lost 700 jobs since then.

http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/stories/2009/05/31/ncr_move_possible.html

[joecool]

Originally Posted by JoLeMaMa

Report: ATM maker NCR may move to GA

Dayton, Ohio-based NCR Corp. is considering relocating its operations to Georgia, according to published reports.

The company may move its headquarters and 1,300 workers to the Atlanta area, the Dayton Business Journal reported Sunday on its Web site. An announcement on the proposed move is scheduled for this week, the Journal reported.

NCR is a leading seller of ATM, self-service kiosks and retail self-checkout stations.

Company officials have refused to comment on whether Dayton’s lone remaining Fortune 500 company would leave town.

Ohio government leaders have been reaching out to NCR since word about a possible move began circulating Thursday. They have been seeking a response from company officials to the rumors, apparently without results.

NCR is the second-largest corporation in metro Dayton, with 20,000 employees worldwide and $5.3 billion in revenue in 2008.

But the number of Dayton area employees has fallen over the decades, from a high of 18,000 to only 2,000 two years ago. It has lost 700 jobs since then.

http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/stories/2009/05/31/ncr_move_possible.html

Well that would be good for us (= Everybody wants to move to Atlanta!

[sevensixtwo]

And Phase II is just wrapping. How many sq ft do 1300 people need?

[Snakebit]

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/printedition/2009/04/22/glenwoodpark0422.html

http://glenwoodpark.com/core/item/page.aspx?s=6213.0.78.6078

Interesting articles about development and the affect of the beltline on communities. This Glenwood Park seems awesome, really putting the other marta based communities to shame as a vision for the future of the city.... I really think/ hope that places like this and Castleberry Hill and other parts of East Atlanta are going to revitalize downtown and Sono one day. As more people move into these visionary communities hopefully they can shape the areas around them and make Atlanta more family friendly.

http://beltline.org/Portals/26/LAM%20May%2009.jpg

[johnandahalf]

Originally Posted by cybele

From the PEDS newsletter:

At the intersection with 14th Street, Piedmont Avenue changes from a one-way to a two-way street. To maximize the flow of cars, the signals are set so that motorists heading south on Piedmont stop at different times than those heading north. The timing is confusing, creates unreasonable delays for people on foot, and leads cyclists and pedestrians to make risky decisions. Many get trapped in the middle of the street.

When PEDS first brought this hazard to the attention of the City of Atlanta in 1997, engineers refused to change the signals. To them, the fact that cars were flowing constantly through the northern leg of the intersection was evidence of "optimal traffic flow."

Atlanta is changing, however, and fortunately, so is the mindset of its transportation engineers. During a site visit last week with leaders of PEDS and the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition, Chief Traffic Engineers Nursef Kedir and Santana Herrera witnessed many pedestrians ignore the signs and signals and "wing it" through the intersection. Numerous high-rise condo and hotel buildings loomed overhead, reminding us all of the city's increasing density. To PEDS' delight, the engineers agreed to mark the crosswalk on the northern leg of the intersection and retime the signals to provide an exclusive phase for pedestrians to cross the street.

This is idiotic. I lived at that intersection for 4 years, and the only danger posed is to those who can't follow simple rules (like pushing a button to cross the street IN THE CROSSWALK). The problem wasn't that there was no opportunity to cross...it was that pedestrians REFUSED or were TOO STUPID to cross correctly. If they were too dumb then, changing the lights to stop traffic more often won't make them any smarter. It'll just slow traffic & increase polution.

If I have to obey traffic signals when I'm in my car, why don't pedestrians have to obey the same signals (walk/don't walk) at the same intersections? If you're too stupid to push a button to cross the street, what the hell are you gonna do when you go into a building that has an elevator...spend the day in the lobby? Call the architect and demand that they make the elevator stop for you? C'mon. Let's stop trying to underthink the dumbest common denominator and enforce the laws we have. Oh yeah...it's Atlanta. Never mind.

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