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Hey everyone! This week’s episode isn't really an episode, but instead a short update for my listeners.
As I do each year in May, I will be taking my podcast summer break, returning on Friday, June 14th. If you’ve been listening along every week, I hope you can be patient with me as I take this time to work on tons of new episodes, flesh out some new ideas, and work with new people on exciting interviews.
Even after 18 years in this city, I still find myself in places that I know nothing about. I cannot wait to learn about them and share their stories with you, hoping to spread the wonders that Atlanta holds.
Take one of my walking tours here!
 
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This week, we’re talking about Vine City. This neighborhood just west of downtown Atlanta has SO much history, I struggled to fit it all in; from quarries, early German immigrants, to the largest nursery operation in the city, Black amusement parks, so many historic homes, and a prominent role in the Civil Rights Movement, and Dr. King - you do not want to miss this.
 
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This week, I’m talking about Atlanta’s International Pop Festival, a concert held in July of 1969, the first of its kind in the South. And while it took place 20 miles south of Atlanta proper, everything about the festival was rooted in this city.
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This week, we’re talking about Italian artist Athos Menaboni. In 1950, Time Magazine declared Menaboni the heir of James Audubon, because of his bird paintings that spanned over 150 different species. But this isn’t just a story about art and animals - it’s also a love story, a story about finding your calling after the age of 40, and the unsung roles of spouses or partners in someone’s success. 
 
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This week, we’re talking about Waffle House. Opened in 1955, in Avondale Estates, we’re covering the two men that started it, the first locations, franchising, expansions, controversies and legal issues and even the Waffle House Index.
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In 1911, Atlanta’s population was only 150,000 people and the idea of Commerce Schools was new - only two operated in the South; one at Louisiana State and the other at Washington and Lee. Georgia State was born from Georgia Tech’s idea of starting an evening school, was later part of UGA and fought hard to become an independent institution. In this episode we’re covering how that idea took shape, who was behind it, when did the names and locations change and how the school became what it is today.
Educating the Urban New South
Ground Crew
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