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Sunday, May 18, 2008
Historical Midtown buildings slated for demolition
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
If the Georgia Tech Foundation and Saint Marks United Methodist Church have their way, four historic buildings in Midtown will be history.
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The Georgia Tech Foundation bought an elegant 1926 building designed by an architect who helped start Georgia Tech’s College of Architecture.
The university has no current plans for that site, which is at 771 Spring St. N.W. It is slated to be just an empty lot for the foreseeable future.
Just a few blocks away, Saint Marks has bought three historic homes, built around 1905, on Juniper Street at Fifth Street.
The church plans to tear down those historic homes and replace them with a surface parking lot.
Both these projects run counter to the vision that both the Midtown Neighbors Association and the Midtown Alliance have set for the community. Blueprint Midtown actually has been working hard to rid the area of surface parking lots and vacant blocks.
The proposals are generating opposition. On Tuesday evening, the Midtown Neighbors’ Land Use Committee is meeting to review the projects. Several preservation groups are actively trying to save the four buildings.
The hope is that the owners - both Georgia Tech and Saint Marks - will work with the community to find a way to preserve the buildings.
What solutions would you propose?
