Cecil Alexander, now and then

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Cecil Alexander, now and then

Atlanta architect and civic leader Cecil Alexander through the years, along with some of his notable creations.

Architect Cecil Alexander in home that he designed and lived in. It was featured in a 1957 issue of Life magazine. This was in North Atlanta Friday, April 9, 2004. (LOUIE FAVORITE/AJC staff)

The Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium was opened in 1965 and demolished in 1997.

Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, shown here on April 9, 1965. Atlanta Braves players Rico Carty, Tony Cloninger, Gene Oliver and Joe Torre are riding in the convertible in the foreground. Cloninger was the starting pitcher in the Braves' first game at the stadium and Torre accounted for the Braves' only runs with 2 solo homers. AJC Archive

86-year-old Cecil Alexander stands at 'Hermi's Bridge,' which runs alongside Paces Ferry Road over the Chattahoochee River. The bridge gets its name from Cecil's late wife Hermione, who fought to keep the bridge, erected in 1903, from being torn down in the 1970s. It was dedicated to her after she was killed by a drunk driver. (COLIN OWENS/Special)

Cecil Alexander, 95, during an interview at his Buckhead home. PHIL SKINNER / PSKINNER@AJC.COM

Cecil Alexander, 95, during an interview at his Buckhead home in early July 2013. PHIL SKINNER / PSKINNER@AJC.COM

A quote by Eugene Patterson sits in the bedroom of Alexander's, 95, Buckhead home. PHIL SKINNER / PSKINNER@AJC.COM

A framed letter signed by Martin Luther King hangs in the bedroom of Alexander's Buckhead home. PHIL SKINNER / PSKINNER@AJC.COM

A photo of Cecil Alexander with Robert Woodruff hangs in Alexander's Buckhead home. PHIL SKINNER / PSKINNER@AJC.COM

Helen Alexander talks about her husband, famed Atlanta Architect Cecil Alexander during an interview at their Buckhead home in 2013. PHIL SKINNER / PSKINNER@AJC.COM

A model plane like the one famed Atlanta architect Cecil Alexander flew in the war sits among memorabilia at his Buckhead home in 2013. Alexander and Andrew Young, 79, met at Alexander's Buckhead house recently to talk about the birth of modern Atlanta. Each man played a signal role in shaping the city that Atlanta would become. Now they're looking back, Young with a film and Alexander with a new memoir, just out. PHIL SKINNER / PSKINNER@AJC.COM

Atlanta architect Cecil Alexander during interview. He talks about his involvement in a campaign to stop drunk driving.

Cecil Alexander speaks to the audience gather to watch him accept the Race Relations award. (1984)

Cecil Alexander refelcts one year later after the Georgia state legislature voted for his design of the Georgia state Flag.

Atlanta architect Cecil Alexander poses in 1984 during interview with two favored momentos behind him: a photograph of his late wife (who died in an auto accident - hit by a drunk driver,) and a poster of a Winston Churchill motto that he said gave him strength during his recovery period following the accident.

The former BellSouth building, now called the AT&T building, is Cecil Alexander's favorite of his creations. (Shot in 2000 by BITA HONARVAR / AJC STAFF)

May 13, 1984 - Douglas Alexander shares a laugh with his father Cecil (right) during a ceremony to rename the Paces Ferry Bridge after Alexander's mother, the late Hermione Weil Alexander.

Cecil Alexander's book details the trimphs in his career, including his role in the adoption of a new state flag. This shows the new state flag flying over the Capitol in Atlanta for the first time Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2001 as the flag's designer, Cecil Alexander, is interviewed on the steps of the building. (AP Photo/Ric Feld)

Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes, seated, smiles as he introduces Cecil Alexander - the designer of the proposed new Georgia state flag - at a news conference in his Capitol office in Atlanta Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2001. The legislation - the committee substitute for HB16 - passed the House after Barnes urged legislators to approve the new flag. (AP Photo/Ric Feld)

At a City Hall Council chambers news conference, members of the Black/Jewish Coalition in Atlanta came together to denounce the anti-Jewish statements made by Muslim minister Louis Farrakhan. (Left to right): Rev. Norman Rates, Chairman of Dept. of Religion at Spelman College, Gerald Cohen, Pres. of Atlanta Jewish Federation, Coretta Scott King, Cecil A. Alexander, local civic leader, and City Councilman John Lewis.

Portrait of famous Atlanta architect Cecil Alexander in his office in the South Trust bank building in Midtown. (PHIL SKINNER /staff).

Home of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Alexander, 2322 Mt. Paran Road. Modern architecture home style. 1950s

Cecil Alexander outside the building he designed at 878 Peachtree Street, now the Peachtree Loft Apartments, shot in 1999. (PHOTO BY BITA HONARVAR/AJC STAFF)

Archirect Cecil Alexander's home that he designed and lived in. It was featured in a 1957 issue of Life magazine. This was in North Atlanta Friday, April 9, 2004. (LOUIE FAVORITE/AJC staff)

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Architect Cecil Alexander in home that he designed and lived in. It was featured in a 1957 issue of Life magazine. This was in North Atlanta Friday, April 9, 2004. (LOUIE FAVORITE/AJC staff)

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