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Torpy at Large: Was I wrong about south downtown?

Priscilla Smith, left, the owner of Eyedrum, a series of art spaces in south downtown, checks out the opening of Murmur on Broad Street. BILL TORPY / BTORPY@AJC.COM
Priscilla Smith, left, the owner of Eyedrum, a series of art spaces in south downtown, checks out the opening of Murmur on Broad Street. BILL TORPY / BTORPY@AJC.COM
July 22, 2015

A couple weeks ago, I wrote off downtown Atlanta south of Five Points as an urban wasteland.

This weekend, I checked it out again after readers complained that I'd overlooked the signs of a burgeoning urban renaissance.

See what I found, exclusively on MyAJC.com.

About the Author

Bill Torpy, who writes about metro Atlanta for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, joined the newspaper in 1990.

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