I was entertaining a group of British friends visiting Atlanta (for their first time). And we were at the Atlanta History Center where I was proudly explaining the "The Swan House" and mentioned how old it is...1928. Lol! Those words were hardly out of my mouth when I remembered some of that group lived in homes well over a century old. Lol!
Of course my British friends wanted to see something "antebellum" which there are scant few in Atlanta. So we did a road trip to Social Circle and Madison.
Here in metro Atlanta 'old' in now something built twenty years ago. It's common to see 'young' residential and commercial properties demolished and replaced with new structures. We don't have a taste for... preservation. It's a cost-benefit/Return of Investment decision... and "let's just get rid of this old stuff" mentality. And then people ask... "where's old Atlanta?" And I say..."Gone with the Wind."
Fortunately I live part-time in Charleston where I try to experience as much "old south" before it too is gone.
I was entertaining a group of British friends visiting Atlanta (for their first time). And we were at the Atlanta History Center where I was proudly explaining the "The Swan House" and mentioned how old it is...1928. Lol! Those words were hardly out of my mouth when I remembered some of that group lived in homes well over a century old. Lol!
Of course my British friends wanted to see something "antebellum" which there are scant few in Atlanta. So we did a road trip to Social Circle and Madison.
Here in metro Atlanta 'old' in now something built twenty years ago. It's common to see 'young' residential and commercial properties demolished and replaced with new structures. We don't have a taste for... preservation. It's a cost-benefit/Return of Investment decision... and "let's just get rid of this old stuff" mentality. And then people ask... "where's old Atlanta?" And I say..."Gone with the Wind."
Fortunately I live part-time in Charleston where I try to experience as much "old south" before it too is gone.
I live in a century old well-built Savannah brick house. The most important thing in any house is the bones. If it has good bones then it can work.
JLM
www.themusingsofthebigredcar.com
Our home is an 1840s house with an attached 1750s log cabin. We often wonder what conversations must have taken place within our walls.
What events happened here in the long history of the property?
I hope when restoration is completed to do the research and write about her life.
Can't wait 'til June. Need to very soon go ahead with an invoice to process before my FY ends then. Please email or message me!
Check your museum email account:-)