I was saddened to read and view an 11Alive News report by Keith Whitney about Atlanta’s iconic Silver Moon barbershop closing. Some things in Atlanta, just seem like they always were and always should be there, like 5-Points, Piedmont Park or even the Big Chicken. On Auburn Avenue, the Silver Moon barbershop is definitely one [...]
Atlanta Life Abandoning Auburn Avenue
August 11, 2012 | Posted by
The Atlanta Life Financial Group is leaving Auburn Avenue after more than 90 years with an office on the street. The company decided earlier this year to sell its headquarters on Auburn to Georgia State University. And on Friday it said it has inked a deal to relocate its Atlanta headquarters to two floors of [...]
Atlanta’s Historic Auburn Avenue Faces Uncertain Future
June 13, 2012 | Posted by
The ghosts of Auburn Avenue still haunt the storied Atlanta street where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was born and black wealth thrived for decades. Today, the street is a shell of its former self, the bustling mix of banks, night clubs, churches, meat markets and funeral homes long gone, replaced with crumbling facades [...]
Pres. Obama Georgia Campaign Chooses Auburn Ave. for Headquarters
May 17, 2012 | Posted by
The nation’s first African-American president will run his Georgia re-election campaign out of an Atlanta neighborhood closely linked to the civil rights movement. The Barak Obama campaign has signed a lease for space at Renaissance Walk on historic Auburn Avenue. “With its rich history and bright future, it’s no surprise that the president chose Auburn Avenue [...]
