My Athens

My "Athens Rising" Archive

For a few months last year, I helped write the Athens Rising column--an opinion  column about local  development, planning and architecture issues--for Flagpole Magazine, the weekly alternative newspaper here in Athens, Ga.

The column's main writer--Kevan Williams--had asked me to write the column every other week while he traveled out West to places like Portland, Ore. And that's what I did--having fun, mostly--from August through December 2010.

Kevan's back in town now, and I'm off traveling abroad and happy--for now at least--to be free of deadlines.

Here are the columns I wrote:

• August, 25, 2010:  Future of Downtown Athens

• September, 8, 2010: A Look at a Complex Zoning Decision

• September 22, 2010: Exploring an Overlooked Neighborhood

• October 6, 2010: Adding Affordable Housing, Avoiding Gentrification

• October 20, 2010: Tapping Students for Downtown Density

• November 3, 2010: Grocery Store Dreams, Part 1

• November 17, 2010: Grocery Store Dreams, Part 2

• December 1, 2010: Dilapidated Buildings, Factories and Cities

 

Bird's Eye Views of Athens

These three "birds eye view" drawings are among the more than 100 works on display at White Tiger Gourmet by young artists at Chase Street Elementary School.  They remind me of the city and neighborhood maps and drawings I used to make when I was in 3rd and 4th grades. These are better, though.

Bird's Eye Viewing--Flying to the United States

By Daniel Yang, 4th grade

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Birds-Eye View of Chase St. School

By Marisela Mondragon, 4th grade

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My Neighborhood

By August Robbins, 4th grade

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The drawings are on view at White Tiger Gourmet, 217 Hiawasee Ave, through March.