“Creating a City Within a City”: John Portman’s Peachtree Center and Private Urban Renewal in Atlanta
Irene Holliman Way examines the role John Portman played in the re-development of downtown Atlanta during the 1960s and 1970s and the disparate impacts of his “private urban renewal” efforts.
Atlanta, The Scott Family, and the Creation of a Media Empire
From Exclusion to Expulsion: Demolition, Displacement, and Race in Atlanta’s Northern Suburbs
Scott Markley examines suburban redevelopment projects in Atlanta and their role in changing neighborhood racial composition.
Restoring the Archives Building: An Interview with Adam Forrester
Retrofitting Suburban Atlanta
Parks are for the People: The Piedmont Park Riot and the Politics of Late 1960s Atlanta
Music and Art in the Black Mecca: Atlanta’s Black Cultural Politics From Maynard to Keisha
Videos of presentations by Maurice Hobson, Joycelyn Wilson, and R. Candy Tate’s on key issues in the Black cultural politics of Atlanta from the 1970s to today.
Learning Our Lessons: Civics Education, Urban Planning, and Race in Postwar Atlanta
Katie Marages Schank explores the mid-century Atlanta textbook Building Atlanta’s Future and the lessons we might learn from its erasure of African Americans from its representation of the city and its public housing.
The Tie That Binds: White Church Response to Neighborhood Racial Change in Atlanta, 1960–1985
Preston Hogue describes how white churches in 1960s–1980s Atlanta drew on racist ideologies and religious values in responding to racial transitions in their neighborhoods.
Power and Place-Naming: The Struggle for a New Urban Order in Midtown, 1870–1970
Jessica Keys uncovers the century-long history of changing place-names for the area now known as Midtown.
Voices Rising: Translating Methods to Teach Atlanta
Ruth Yow and Sarah O’Brien discuss their pedagogical approaches for teaching about Atlanta.
“My Real Life Work Was Done at Atlanta”: Aldon Morris on W. E. B. Du Bois’ Career in Atlanta
Barbara Harris Combs and Katherine Hankins interview Aldon Morris about W. E. B. Du Bois’ twenty-three year career at Atlanta University in the early twentieth century.
A PURPOSELY BUILT COMMUNITY: PUBLIC HOUSING REDEVELOPMENT AND RESIDENT REPLACEMENT AT EAST LAKE MEADOWS
Adam Goldstein re-examines the redevelopment of East Lake Meadows in the 1990s.
THE MAKING AND UNMAKING OF MODERN ATLANTA: IS THE “BLACK MECCA” ERODING?
Videos of Andrea Young and Maurice J. Hobson in conversation about the postwar history of Atlanta as a “Black Mecca.”
EXCLUDED FROM “EVERYBODY’S NEIGHBORHOOD”? CONSTRUCTING SANDY SPRINGS’ NEW CITY CENTER
Elisa Lanari examines the conflicting interpretations of suburban redevelopment in Sandy Springs.
THE RISE AND FALL OF ATLANTA’S SKID ROW
Charles Steffen examines the institutional infrastructure of Atlanta’s former Skid Row in the South Downtown Business District and its eventual dismantling
ART AND ACTIVISM IN 1970S ATLANTA
Julia Brock, Teresa Bramlette Reeves, and Kirstie Tepper discuss the emergence of a new Atlanta art scene in the 1970s.
FINANCIAL INNOVATION, SINGLE FAMILY RENTALS, & THE UNEVEN HOUSING MARKET RECOVERY IN ATLANTA
Elora Raymond and Jesse Zaro Moore trace the development and impact of Single Family Rental Securitization in Atlanta.
ATLANTA’S WAR ON DENSITY
Joseph Hurley examines Atlanta’s land use.
MAPPING BRAVES COUNTRY
Andy Walter analyzes the politics of mapping and baseball.
YOUR ADVERTISEMENT TROUBLES ME: ATLANTA’S GOLD DUST TWINS
Velma Maia Thomas examines the recently unearthed Gold Dust Twins advertisement.
EMMAUS HOUSE AND ATLANTA’S ANTI-POVERTY MOVEMENTS
LeeAnn Lands examines the role of Emmaus House in anti-poverty activism.
NOW AND THEN: THE PERIODIZATION LENS
Clarence Stone revisits Atlanta’s political economy.
LIVING AT PEGGY’S: WHERE MARGARET MITCHELL WROTE GONE WITH THE WIND
Boyd Lewis recounts his time living in Apartment One.