Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed calls the mortgage crisis shocking and he is doing something about it, by endorsing what he calls, “non-stop help.” At a press conference this week, Reed said, ‘It’s a crisis that strikes at the heart of the middle class all throughout our city and those who make up the bedrock of […]
A major downtown street is shut down Tuesday morning after a water main break overnight caused a big sinkhole. The hole, which measured about 20 feet by 8 feet and was about 10 to 15 feet deep, swallowed a couple of lanes of Centennial Olympic Park Drive at West Peachtree Place, near the Georgia Aquarium. […]
From the AJC.com: More than 200 people gathered outside the Israeli Consulate in Atlanta on Tuesday, protesting Israel’s botched raid this weekend on an aid flotilla headed for Gaza. The crowd, that included some Jewish protesters, called for the end to what many called an “Israeli apartheid,” WSB Radio reports. “There needs to be an […]
Newborn falcons atop Sun Trust Plaza (AJC.com) From the AJC.com: Celebrity downtowners Kate and Spencer are parents again, maintaining their high style from their 53rd-story digs while Atlantans wonder from below how they live so well. The secret? Fresh air, exercise and plenty of raw bird. Kate and Spencer, two rare peregrine falcons named after […]
From blackprwire.com: Get ready for the Atlanta Gospelfest Music & HealthCare Festival coming back bigger and better with a new central downtown location in the beautiful Georgia World Congress Center, located at 285 Andrew Young Boulevard! It’s all happening Friday August 13th and Saturday August 14th 2010. The Atlanta Gospelfest Music & Health Care Festival […]
From the Huffington Post: In one of the greatest domestic population shifts in American history, African Americans poured out of the South in the early 20th century. The so-called “Great Migration” brought millions of southern blacks to areas across the country, including hundreds of thousands who came to Chicago. The city’s South Side quickly became […]
Up to 300,000 people could be in Atlanta this weekend for the long list of events planned. From the revival of Freaknik, to Braves games, the Hawks play-offs and the Dogwood festival, the area will be packed with people. The National Weather Service predicts– this weekend’s weather should really nice. Friday’s forecast is expected to […]
VIA: AJC.com According to the Weather Channel, even Fairbanks, Alaska, had a better winter than Atlanta. The state closest to Russia was on the Weather Channel’s list of cities that had the best winter weather. Meanwhile, Atlanta was No. 8 on the worst list. Meteorologists from the 24-hour weather network — which is based in […]
VIA: AJC.com If you’ve ever found yourself looking at a street sign and wondered the story behind the name, the AJC.com has compiled a list to shed some light on this part of Atlanta’s history. Atlanta has a multitude of streets named after people, places and things that are often immediately identifiable: Ralph McGill Boulevard, […]
VIA: AJC.com Three officials with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference met in Atlanta with federal and local investigators looking into allegations that the national chairman and former treasurer mishandled hundreds of thousands of the organization’s money. Agent Michael Brooks with the FBI in Cincinnati confirmed Wednesday “investigation is continuing and that it has included interviews […]
VIA: AJC.com According to a new Forbes analysis, Atlanta has the third-worst commute among the nation’s 60 largest metro areas. Only Detroit and Tampa-St. Petersburg ranked lower. Residents of those three cities “endure the most grueling slog to work,” Forbes’ Francesca Levy wrote. In fact, the Southeast as a whole fared poorly, with Orlando (No. […]
VIA: New York Times ATLANTA, GEORGIA — Anti-abortion groups have erected scores of billboards here with an alarming message: “Black children are an endangered species.” The groups responsible insist that they are not exaggerating, despite contrary federal data. The billboards, which show a close-up of a worried-looking African-American boy, are an effort to highlight data […]
