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JANUARY 5 - 18, 2018 • VOL. 12 — NO. 1

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► Looking into

2018’s crystal ball PAGE 10

► ‘Imperiled’ historic

building remembered as beloved bookstore PAGE 4

Architect John Portman leaves legacy of local works BY JOHN RUCH AND EVELYN ANDREWS

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John C. Portman Jr., the renowned architect, developer and artist who died Dec. 29, is being remembered locally for his Buckhead interior design center and a new sculpture that was among his last works. Portman, a longtime Sandy Springs resident, was 93. One of his last projects was a sculpture made for Buckhead’s Charlie Loudermilk Park, named for his longtime friend and fellow legendary Atlanta business leader. Unveiled earlier this year with Portman in attendance, “Aspiration” is an abstract sculpture of steel and water. Jim Durrett, the executive director of the Buckhead Community Improvement District, which led the effort to renovate the park, recalled “fond” memories of meetings he attended with Portman and Loudermilk in 2015 when they discussed the possibility of Portman creat-

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