Atlanta: A Beautiful Sorrow

[Antisocial_Worker]

Take a look.

Sorry, but I don't have my usual bevy of smartass comments. I started out with them in this photo thread, but they petered out. You'll see why toward the end.

[Amethyst Hunter]

Very powerful.

*respectful applause*

[Antisocial_Worker]

Thanks for looking. I appreciate it.

[Frantic Freddie]

Love the pics,I found your comment interesting:

Atlanta is not what you could call an historic city, despite the history that has occurred there.

Seems to me there wasn't much left after Sherman came to town

[BookstoreEscapee]

Beautiful pictures.

I live in the suburbs so there's not so many homeless around (or at least not visible). There is one guy who hangs out at the first B&N I worked at; I started there in 1997 and he's still around. I've also seen him riding his bike around town. He's probably a better "customer" than most, since he always puts away anything he takes out to read, and sometimes straightens up other stuff. All I know is his first name, and I can tell you he has a beautiful singing voice (he sings to himself sometimes as he reads the newspaper). I always wonder what his story is.

Oh, and I agree with your first part. Opera in English just doesn't sound right.

[Antisocial_Worker]

Love the pics,I found your comment interesting:


Seems to me there wasn't much left after Sherman came to town

It's more the fact that most of what got built after Sherman's scorched-earth urban renewal plan was torn down in the suburban building explosion that came starting after World War II.

[Parrothead]

I'm kinda sad you didn't find the Lake Claire Community Land Trust. It's a community owned park/farm in Downtown thats just awesome. I go down for the drum circle.

[mikoyan29]

Those are some nice pictures but for some reason, I was expecting what I call "ruin porn" because that's what people in my neck of the woods like to take pictures of. OR doesn't Atlanta have the decay that Detroit has?

[Bandit]

Great pictures and commentary!

Wish I had that as a tour guide when I was there in '95.

B

[Antisocial_Worker]

Those are some nice pictures but for some reason, I was expecting what I call "ruin porn" because that's what people in my neck of the woods like to take pictures of. OR doesn't Atlanta have the decay that Detroit has?

Atlanta doesn't have anywhere near the level of decay that you find in Detroit. I've been to both places, and Detroit is in a league of its own when it comes to ruin, I'm sorry to say.

[mikoyan29]

If Detroit would take care of the Michigan Central Train Station, that would go a long way towards eliminating the major blight. But yeah, some of the neighborhoods would give Beirut a run for its money and that's pretty sad since many of those neighborhoods are relatively new (within the past 100 years). I guess I never notice the homeless when I'm in Detroit but I know they're there.