JULY 20 - AUG. 2, 2018 • VOL. 9 — NO. 15
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Where the Dunwoody Village style began: a 1968 gas station
Heads up for the harvest!
BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net
PHOTOS BY PHIL MOSIER
Pears topple down from a tree onto a tarp held by volunteer harvesters at the historic Dunwoody Farmhouse at Mount Vernon and Chamblee-Dunwoody roads on July 14. More than 280 pounds of pears were taken from the tree in the annual event and donated to the Community Assistance Center in Sandy Springs and Malachi’s Storehouse at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church on North Peachtree Road, both of which give groceries to those in need. Volunteers included City Councilmember John Heneghan and a group from Temple Emanu-El, among others. More pictures page 22.►
ART & ENTERTAINMENT Oglethorpe’s art museum showcases rarely seen works to mark 25th year
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People read books and go to movies for instant escapism, but all I have to do is look through a catalog. See ROBIN’S NEST, page 11
Dunwoody Village, long the heart of the community, is now also the center of a cultural debate on whether it should keep its “Williamsburg” architectural style or open to a modern look and feel. But where exactly did the Dunwoody Village style originate? Whose idea was it to create this colonial style? It all started with a gas station, actually. In 1968, a Chevron gas station with a brick exterior and arches and a gabled, asphalt roof was built at 5465 Chamblee-Dunwoody Road. It was the first new retail in the area at the time and was built two years before the creation of the Dunwoody Homeowners Association. That gas station then inspired the developer of the shopping center behind it, now known as Dunwoody Village and owned by Regency Centers, to continue the architectural style. The idea was a homey center that See WHERE on page 12
OUT & ABOUT Mayor wants to Group shows tweak Perimeter Mister Rogers movie to spark neighborly Center zoning BY DYANA BAGBY conversation dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net
Mayor Denis Shortal is pushing for the City Council to tweak the zoning code by adding one word that he says will give the city legal protection from developers wanting to build high-density residential projects in Perimeter Center. According to the Comprehensive Plan, the PC-2 District is intended for “employment uses, limited shop front retail, residential and services.” The city’s zoning ordinance calls for “employment Page 9
See MAYOR on page 14