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With only a few more days left to pass legislation, the state Legislature advanced two controversial Senate bills that would add new restrictions to gender affirming care. State health plan […]

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Through April 19 Made in Space: Paintings from 1992-2001 by Herbert Creecy is on view at Johnson Lowe Gallery. Most of the paintings have never been exhibited before. Atlanta-based artist Elizabeth Lide has gathered objects — both made and found (or acquired) — from four decades and 14 installations of work (1980-2020) in Oddments of the...

Mixed-use makeover begins at 'Midtown’s front door' Josh Green Wed, 04/02/2025 - 08:13 A highly visible office building coined “Midtown’s front door” by its owners is showing fresh signs of life, after sitting empty for more than two years following its completion. 

San Francisco-based Shorenstein Investment Advisors announced today that renovations and other capital improvements have kicked off at 14th & Spring, a 12-story Class A office tower that’s not yet three years old. 

Totaling 324,000 square feet, the glass-encased 1150 Spring St. building stands near the southwest corner of the 14th Street intersection, next to the upscale Novel Midtown apartments and across the street from Whole Foods' flagship Midtown store. 

Exterior of 14th & Spring and proximity to Midtown's Whole Foods today. Shorenstein Investment Advisors

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The tower, developed by Atlanta-based Greenstone Properties, was finished in 2022 amid a tough, post-pandemic office market and stood completely vacant for the next two years. Shorenstein acquired the building last summer for an undisclosed price reported to be in the low $200-per-square-foot range. 

14th & Spring’s upgrades are scheduled to move quickly and be finished in the third quarter of this year. 

They will include a new food and beverage concept onsite that’s being put together with George Banks, founder of Revel, a retail real estate development firm. Shorenstein is also working with Midtown Alliance on streetscape and landscaping improvements for 14th & Spring’s exterior. Those efforts will include public art installations and tenant branding spaces on 14th Street, between Williams and Spring streets, according to Shorenstein officials. 

Inside the building, plans call for new first-floor amenities including a café and bar, a 100-person training room, a 14-seat boardroom, a gym, conference center, lounge, tenant library, and an outdoor terrace connected to the building. 

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Elsewhere changes call for a modernized and fully renovated lobby, plus the addition of five spec suites across the building’s entire third floor. Designed for professional service firms and creative, tech-focused industries, those spaces will total 28,500 square feet, each ranging from 2,352 to 7,379 square feet.

Shorenstein’s efforts appear to be paying off. In October, the building bagged a three-floor, 100,000-square-foot lease with infrastructure design firm HNTB Corporation. 

This week, Shorenstein officials said Atlanta-based law firm Cushing, Morris, Armbruster, & Montgomery has pre-leased one of the new spec suites. The firm plans to relocate from the downtown offices it occupies today by August. 

The Murphy Meyers firm is designing the spec suites, while ASD | SKY is design architect for the lobby repositioning and first-floor amenities. CBRE is handling leasing.

“It’s not often you see a newly constructed office tower undergoing such a comprehensive capital and amenity upgrade that meets the demands of today’s tenants,” Nicole Goldsmith, a CBRE senior vice president, said in today’s announcement. 

Perks of 14th & Spring’s location include quick access to the downtown Connector and five-minute walkability to two food halls, 20 restaurants, 12 hotels, and five coffee shops, per Shorenstein officials. 

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In an historic speech reminiscent of the famed filibuster featured in the Mr. Smith Goes to Washington film, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker railed against the Trump administration’s anti-DEI initiatives, potential Social Security cuts, federal job losses and much more since Trump took office less than 100 days ago. Since taking office, major topics Trump has … Continued

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LOS ANGELES — Val Kilmer, the brooding, versatile actor who played fan favorite Iceman in “Top Gun,” donned a voluminous cape as Batman in “Batman Forever” and portrayed Jim Morrison […]

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MADISON, Wis. – County judge Susan Crawford has won election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, according to a race call by the Associated Press. Crawford defeated Brad Schimel, who received […]

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SZA takes fans on a voyage that details the highs, lows, and uncertainties of love and relationship with her “SOS” tour. On March 7, the singer made her way to the State Farm Arena in Atlanta where she performed before a capacity crowd.  With several towering LED screens on stage that displayed visuals of a … Continued

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On Saturday, April 5, 2025, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Fulton County Solicitor General Keith Gammage, in partnership with Ambassador Andrew Young, will host a comprehensive record restriction event at the Truist Andrew & Walter Young Family At-Promise Center, located at 2220B Campbellton Road SW, Atlanta, GA 30311. This event provides a valuable opportunity … Continued

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The historically Black 5th Ward in Evanston, Illinois. The Chicago suburb launched the nation’s first housing-based reparations program in 2019. AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar by Sara Safransky, Vanderbilt University; Elsa Noterman, Queen Mary University of London, and Madeleine Lewis, Vanderbilt University Ever since the United States government’s unfulfilled promise of giving every newly freed Black American “40 … Continued

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Retirement isn’t a joke. It’s not some­thing you wing. It’s not something you put off. It sure isn’t something you can depend on Social Security alone to carry you through. In short, for most people, retirement isn’t the life of luxury, lei­sure, and travel that we all fantasize about. I recently read an interesting report … Continued

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The Metro Atlanta Chamber estimates the FIFA World Cup could spur more than $500 million in economic impact. Some businesses around the airport are preparing a year ahead. Atlanta will […]

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On a recent Sunday afternoon, a handful of amateur comedians ran through a final practice before a first performance at a venue attached to an Atlanta brewery. Delivering their sets […]

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Since 1973, John Snyder has spent his career deeply embedded in the music industry. He has produced well over 700 albums, been nominated for 32 Grammys and won five. For […]

Mayor on light-rail funding; Buckhead Beltline complaints; more Josh Green Tue, 04/01/2025 - 15:11 **CITYWIDE—**For Beltline rail supporters feeling down-and-out following the city’s recent pivot away from light-rail transit on the Eastside Trail, there could be light at the end of that long, proverbial tunnel. 

Mayor Andre Dickens told a gathering of reporters at the Atlanta Press Club on Thursday the Beltline Tax Allocation District—that wellspring of redevelopment funding for building trails and amenities—could be extended beyond its mythical, current sunset date in 2030. Doing so could provide a funding source for transit and affordable housing, per the mayor, as the AJC relays in an in-depth report. 

Light-rail operations and potential look of a stop shown near Pittsburgh Yards on the Southside Trail. Atlanta BeltLine Inc.

Skeptics don’t seem convinced that measure alone would pay for a project with costs expected to climb into the billions. But on a positive note, in the shorter term, Dickens said funding from the half-penny transit sales tax approved in 2016, More MARTA, would be used to build light-rail on the Southside Trail portion of the Beltline, per the newspaper. Dickens said the city wants to accomplish that without federal assistance, and that adequate funding is already in place to get moving. 

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BUCKHEAD—Living in Atlanta means construction noise is a fact of life. But residents of one Buckhead apartment community have been experiencing Atlanta Beltline growing pains to the umpteenth degree, as some residents tell WSB-TV. 

Since construction on the Beltline’s Northside Trail Segment 1 kicked off last fall, renters at Peachtree Park Apartment Homes near Peachtree Road have been enduring loud noise disturbances in their backyards, construction equipment blocking parking spots, and even water outages and in-home flooding, the news station reports. Some are asking apartment ownership for financial compensation.

Planned look of a suspension bridge over Peachtree Creek as part of Northwest Trail Segment 1. PATH Foundation/Atlanta Beltline Inc.

Beltline officials responded that all measures are being taken to minimize impacts (workers could start noisy construction at 7 a.m. but hold off until an hour later, and wrap up at 6 p.m., for example), and they've worked with apartment management to send text-based alerts and other notifications. Work on that segment is scheduled to finish in summer 2026. 

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STONE MOUNTAIN—Heads up, MARTA riders: The transit agency sends word the bus loop at Indian Creek station will be temporarily closed for six weeks, starting Wednesday, as part of ongoing station improvement work at the Stone Mountain facility. All buses in the meantime will be relocated to the Kiss & Ride area, but beyond that, bus and rail service will operate as scheduled. Find updates on the Indian Creek Station Rehabilitation Project here. 

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Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens recently appointed Judge LaDawn Blackett to be Atlanta’s interim inspector general. Her appointment comes in the aftermath of Shannon Manigault’s resignation over alleged interference and harassment. […]

Arts Atlanta:

Racism, colonialism and moral superiority shape the physical athletic ideal in Western dance, Ramsey-Borunov says. Her work Disform challenges the concept of an ideal body for dance; it will be presented as part of Beacon Dance’s program at The B-Complex April 4 through April 6. :: Contemporary American dance artist Liz Lerman famously and persistently...

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Georgia Tech has sent admission offers to more than 8,500 students for the fall 2025 semester after a record-breaking number of applications. The school announced on Monday that it received […]

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Audiences familiar with Ken Ludwig fare such as Lend Me A Tenor and Moon Over Buffalo will more than likely know exactly what they’re getting themselves into with Aurora Theatre’s The Gods of Comedy. Sophisticated, cutting-edge theater it’s not — instead, it’s a monumentally silly show that doesn’t take itself too seriously and only wants...

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Recipients of Governor’s Award for the Arts and Humanities, the Ballethnic dance company astonished audience members with their spectacular stage show at Porter Sanford Performing Arts Center by Roz Edward Atlanta’s premier Black dance company’s recent performance of All The Way Live at the Porter Sanford Performing Arts Center has the markings of an award-winning … Continued

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When thinking about travel expert and public broadcasting host Rick Steves, we may picture him on a hilltop overlooking the city of Florence, inside the Basilica of St. Peter’s in […]

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As the deadline to strike a deal over TikTok approaches this week, President Donald Trump has signaled that he is confident his administration can broker an agreement with ByteDance, the […]

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Nick Turbo Benson is an Atlanta-based artist who paints murals of dinosaurs, birds, banjo-playing frogs and other creatures. He is also an illustrator who has created illustrations for books such […]

From the Atlanta Tribune:

Evidence-based program Intercept now offered for families in Georgia Youth Villages, a national nonprofit leader in children’s mental and behavioral health services, today announced a pilot contract with the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Development Disabilities to expand its evidenced-based Intercept program to Douglas, Paulding and Rockdale counties, bringing access to in-home prevention care […]

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New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted all night and through Tuesday morning in a feat of endurance to show Democrats’ […]

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Three of the U.S. Army soldiers who went missing in Lithuania have been found dead in their armored vehicle that was pulled from a swampy area early Monday, according to […]