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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A national design firm has been selected as the master planning and exhibition firm for the Atlanta’s proposed Center for Civil and Human Rights.
Gallagher & Associates, which is based in Bethesda, Md., was awarded the contract through a competitive bidding process. The firm has designed exhibits at the Jamestown Settlement in Williamsburg, Va; the Gettysburg National Military Park and Visitor Center in Gettysburg, Pa; and the National Archives Experience exhibit in Washington, D.C.
Doug Shipman, executive director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights Partnership, said in a statement that Gallagher’s project team will create “an immersive visitor experience” for the center.
Other consultants on the Gallagher project team include: Dr. Deborah L. Mack of Savannah and Atlanta-based Turner Associates, led by architect Oscar Harris.
The team will develop preliminary plans for the interior space and the exhibit design. Interested citizens also will have an opportunity to participate through a series of publlic meetings.
Patrick Gallager, principal with the desing firm, said in a statement that “there is a critical need to find a common voice to communicate across generational and cultural lines about civil and human rights experiences and our responsibilities for the future.”
Gallagher added that the “Center will have national resonance and will make Atlanta the nucleus of dialogue for change worldwide.”
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By Joe Beasley
July 22, 2008 6:23 AM | Link to this
Gallager & Associates should seek out and retain as consultants civil/human rights icons from this community to be a part of their team. They should start by contacting Dr. Joseph Lowery, Reverend Cameron M. Alexander and Mrs. Junita Abernathy.
We applaud the Coca Cola Company for providing the ideal site next to the World of Coca Cola. Auburn Avenue should be extended to link up with the site which will provide linkage with the Martin Luther King Center and other historic sites located on that street.
City planners can find the way to extend Auburn Avenue.
Joe Beasley
By Loui
July 22, 2008 7:54 PM | Link to this
People like Joseph Lowery, Rev Cameron Alexander and Juanita Abernathy, unless they have museum design experience, should possible stay out of this process. If you do content that focuses on they civil right experience, then maybe you’d want to talk to them