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’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 [...]
Dr. King’s Sweet Auburn Neighborhood in Atlanta on List of Most Endangered Historic Places
June 6, 2012 | Posted by
Joe Frazier’s Gym in Philadelphia and the neighborhood where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. grew up, in Sweet Auburn, Atlanta, are among the 11 important sites at risk of damage or destruction cited by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in its annual list, to be unveiled on Wednesday. Sweet Auburn is a [...]
