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Betty Sue's, an all-day brunch restaurant honoring Bryant "Chef Baul" Williams's grandmother, comes to 20 Broad St. downtown.
Georgia State University has proposed demolishing 148 Edgewood Ave. for surface parking. The Georgia Trust named it one of the state's 10 most threatened places.
A grant of up to $3.5 million would stabilize the 1940s landmark and turn its grounds into a World Cup gathering space before the housing conversion starts.
On October 19, 1960, student leader Lonnie C. King convinced Martin Luther King Jr. to join a lunch counter sit-in at Rich's department store in downtown Atlanta. Fifty-one people were arrested. The city — and the movement — were never the same.
Filings revive a project at 389 Linden Ave. that went quiet after a 2021 NPU-M appearance, replacing a 1920s brick home overlooking the park.
Gene Kansas's new book Civil Sights, illustrated by Clay Kiningham, documents Sweet Auburn's landmark buildings.
The 1 Peachtree project would put 65 income-restricted apartments for residents 62 and older where Peachtree and Wall streets meet.
A coffee, smoothie and pastry shop from Chef Kodak Harris is headed to 131 Walker Street SW in Castleberry Hill.
A wanted murder suspect is caught in 30 seconds using Verkada cameras. ATV-Sylvan opens with 30,000 square feet in the 115-year-old Sylvan Hotel. South Downtown's first chess tournament launches. David Cummings becomes Chair of Central Atlanta Progress. And the $97M 222 Mitchell project advances.
Atlanta's Office of Zoning and Development approved a Special Administrative Permit for the 51-story tower's conversion to more than 400 apartments.
SoDo Atlanta LLC's acquisition of 53 buildings across 10 blocks in South Downtown represents one of the most ambitious urban bets in Atlanta history — and the story of the Friedman Shoes building captures why the stakes are personal.
Before Atlanta Ventures bought in, South Downtown's longtime merchants watched their neighborhood empty out. A WABE feature captures their story alongside the redevelopment now racing toward the 2026 World Cup.
Site prep began in February on the shuttered Wellstar campus. The teardown will run most of 2025, and what replaces it is still being decided.
ARC's Anna Roach and Southern Company's Chris Womack on what Downtown Atlanta needs over the next five years.
A Stitch Steering Committee member makes the case for the draft master plan to cap the Downtown Connector in downtown Atlanta.
