Developer wants Buckhead library

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Developer wants Buckhead library

Streets of Buckhead developer Ben Carter has offered to build a replica of the architecturally adventurous Buckhead library branch. He wants the site because it's in the midst of his upscale project and has offered $24 million for the land and construction.

Streets of Buckhead developer Ben Carter has offered to build a replica of the architecturally adventurous Buckhead library branch.

Carter wants the library site because it's in the midst of his upscale project. He called the library "a gap in the experience" at his future shopping mecca.

The library, designed by Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam, is distinctive for its black slate tiles and jutting angles.

Architectural students make pilgrimages to Atlanta to study the building on Buckhead Avenue.

Carter is willing to pay the county $24 million for land acquisition and construction at a new location — the northeast corner of East Paces Ferry Road and Maple Drive.

The Atlanta-Fulton Public Library trustees recommended in February the library be renovated after a public campaign by architects and others to save the building.

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Streets of Buckhead developer Ben Carter has offered to build a replica of the architecturally adventurous Buckhead library branch.

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