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Neighborhoods and districts of Atlanta: Five Points

The name refers to the convergence of Marietta Street, Edgewood Avenue, Decatur Street, and two legs of Peachtree Street (the south-southwestern leg was originally Whitehall Street, a section of Whitehall was renamed as an extension of Peachtree Street to give businesses south of Five Points the prestige of a Peachtree Street address). Five Points is […]

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Neighborhoods of Intown Atlanta: Loring Heights

Loring Heights is a neighborhood of just over 300 homes located in south Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta, nestled between Peachtree Street,on the east, Northside Drive on the west, and Atlantic Station to the south. The neighborhood provides relatively easy access to I-75/85, GA 400, and I-285. The neighborhood is composed of bungalows from the 1940s […]

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Neighborhoods of Intown Atlanta: Knight Park-Howell Station

Knight Park-Howell Station, also known as Howell Station Historic District or Knight Park Historic District, is a historic neighborhood in West Midtown, Atlanta, Georgia. Almost all buildings in the area were destroyed in the American Civil War, in Sherman’s March to the Sea, and all of the buildings in the district were built after 1864.[2] The neighborhood was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in […]

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Atlanta Neighborhoods & Districts: Collier Hills

Collier Hills is a historic residential neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia. The neighborhood was founded in 1941. Collier Hills rests on the border between the Buckhead district of Atlanta and the Midtown district of Atlanta. Because of its desirable urban location, home prices in Collier Hills tend to be moderately to very high, ranging from $400,000 […]

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GREEN Topic: Brownfields

Technology Snapshot & Benefits: Brownfields, with certain legal exclusions and additions, are real properties of which the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. Brownfield sites typically exist in industrial areas, or in abandoned mines that have contaminated large acres of […]

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GREEN Topic: Alternative Pesticides – Integrated Pest Management

Technology Snapshot & Benefits: Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is an effective and environmentally sensitive alternative to pesticide use. Pesticides, as defined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), are “any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or lessening the damage of any pest.” Because of the many efforts to phase out […]

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GREEN Topic: Straw Bale Home Basics

Technology Snapshot & Benefits: Appropriate for a wide variety of climates, straw bale homes can be comfortable and can manage moisture effectively if designed and constructed properly.  These structures can provide good thermal (approx. R-30 to R-35) and sound insulation and provide some fire-resistance in ASTM testing. They use low embodied energy, low-toxicity building materials […]

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GREEN Topic: Recycled Content Carpet

Technology Snapshot & Benefits: Between four and five billion pounds of carpet are replaced every year in the United States alone, but less than 1% of this is recycled.  In other words, 99% of old carpet is sent to landfills instead of being recycled and made into new carpet. About 60% of carpet manufactured in […]

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GREEN Topic: Log Homes

Technology Snapshot & Benefits: Log homes are commonly associated with “The American Dream” because of their reputation of high quality and value and their classic outdoors look and feel.  Log homes have been built in the U.S. for centuries, but saw a rapid boost in popularity starting in the 1960’s during the �back to the […]

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Architect Discusses History Of Atlanta’s Adair Park

Listen:   http://wabe.org/post/architect-discusses-history-atlantas-adair-park Today, most of the Westside Trail of the Atlanta Beltline remains undeveloped dirt. However, that hasn’t stopped local architects from coming up with some big plans for the trail’s entrance at Adair Park, a neighborhood in Southwest Atlanta. The local chapter of the American Institute of Architects recently announced a national design competition […]

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