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Lost: Hightower Textile Engineering Building, 2003 Techwood Homes Beck & Gregg RKO Radio Pictures Greyhound Bus Station, 2005
Trust Company of Georgia Branch Bank Rhodes Center, partial demolition Troy Peerless Laundry Building Olympia Building Westinghouse Electric (Seimens) E. Rivers School Atlanta Fire Stations |
Threatened: Georgia Department of Transportation Georgia Department of History and Archives (Atlanta) Mutual Federal Savings and Loan Bank |
From a March 2004 DOCOMOMO US, Georgia Chapter meeting:
Updating the status of 35 modern structures identified in Robert Craig’s article “Is Atlanta Losing Its Early Modern Heritage?” (Atlanta History. XXXIX, 1, Spring 1995) Amie Spinks (Vice-President, DOCOMOMO US, Georgia Chapter) found 20 demolished, 5 partially demolished, 7 intact, and 3 renovated. Among the more significant losses were Techwood Homes, the first federally funded low-income housing project and other structures demolished for development related to the 1996 Olympic games. Currently threatened structures include the Atlanta Constitution Building (Robert & Company, 1945-1947). Spinks’ presentation highlighted the rapid loss of mid-20 th century buildings and sites during the last decade.
If you know of any lost or endangered Modern sites, let us know by sending any information to: lost-endangered@docomomoga.org.
