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JULY 10— JULY 23, 2015 • VOL. 9 — NO. 14
Ready, set, roll
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NPU approves new 22-story condo tower on Peachtree BY COLLIN KELLEY An unusual 22-story condominium building inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright’s famed “Fallingwater” received unanimous approval by Neighborhood Planning Unit-B at its July 7 meeting. The building at 2520 Peachtree will be Buckhead’s first planned condo tower since the end of the recession as developers have embraced the new luxury apartment building craze that has swept the city of Atlanta. The new condominium, located just north of Peachtree Battle Shopping Center, will have up to three units per floor, with a total of 65 units. Large, staggered outdoor balconies give the tower a waterfall type appearance as seen in the rendering released by developer JPX Works. JPX Works, the company behind the mixed-used apartment and retail development called Inman Quarter in InSEE FIRST, PAGE 5
Gardening collection was small, but blossomed BY MARY HELEN KELLY It began 40 years ago in a telephone closet in the basement of the Atlanta History Center. The collection was small then. It contained only about 100 books. Now, with more than 30,000 objects relating to gardening and landscaping, the Cherokee Garden Library is among the premier gardening libraries in the southeastern United States, says Staci Catron, the library’s director. The library, part of the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center, focuses on collecting materials related to the land and gardening of Atlanta and the state of Georgia, and includes everything from photographs to landscape drawings to postcards to seed catalogs. Catron says the collection is home to some objects so rare that libraries in Chicago and New York do not have them. “I like it because it’s got a very specific focus and mission, and no one else in the world is doing it, which makes it unique and fun,” said Catron. SEE GARDENING, PAGE 4
PHIL MOSIER
Bryce Ebersole, 7, left, and sister Malin, 4, have their modes of transportation positioned at the start of the eighth annual Chastain Park Fourth of July parade. A little rain did not dampen the crowd’s spirits as they traveled down West Wieuca Road to the Chastain pool. See more photos on page 2.
MARY HELEN KELLY
Kinsey Harper, left, president of the board of Cherokee Garden Library, and library director Staci Catron page through a book from the collection.