My neighborhood
Fairlie-Poplar at night
Great photo of the Fairlie-Poplar district in downtown Atlanta at night! My building just sneaks in at the top of the frame. This comes from Instagram user marlondlc.
I really love being able to call this place home. For both me and my wife, there’s no other place in the city that’s as easy to walk around (look at that street grid), has better transit access or that has as cool a diversity of people living and working in it.
(via throwback91)
Downtown Atlanta gets a makeover for film shoot
Fairlie Poplar gets the Bronx treatment for filming
Another cool photo of this week’s film shoot for Anchorman 2 near Woodruff Park. Two sides of Moe’s (seen here from Poplar and Broad Streets) are given a gritty 80s-NYC look. At least I assume that’s what they’re going for.
This building, by the way, is part of a wonderful block of that runs between Broad Street and Peachtree Street featuring some of the last remaining 19th century, commercial row buildings left in the city.
You can see them on the far left of this photo from the early 1900s. They’ve seen some history.
Walton Street, downtown Atlanta
Beautiful photo from gregoryaide! I love Walton Street. Taking a walk there is a great way to see some interesting architecture from the first half of the 20th century.
Walton Street #atlanta #architecture #detail (Taken with Instagram at Fairlie Poplar Neighborhood)
downtown at fairlie st and poplar st
Beautiful! My favorite intersection in Atlanta. We walk through here pretty much every day as our home is a block away and I never get tired of it. Always a pleasure.
Reflections in the Equitable Building, Downtown Atlanta
I usually don’t give the Equitable Building much thought when I’m looking around with my photographer’s eye for urban beauty in my Fairlie-Poplar neighborhood. And I don’t think I’m stating anything controversial by calling it a bit bland in design.
But on one sunny day at the end of this summer, I suddenly noticed the way it reflected the other (more attractive) buildings around it. I have a new aesthetic respect for it now.
Downtowners
My wife, my son and I have moved into Atlanta’s historic Fairlie-Poplar neighborhood, as mentioned before. We’re officially residents of Downtown Atlanta and, even though we’re still getting over post-move craziness, we’re already enjoying the new place a lot. The view from our building is awesome (photos to come soon).
My son enjoys running and riding his scooter along the sidewalks of downtown as much as I hoped he would. And I’m getting some much needed exercise because of it.
I still have to drive to work because of the MARTA-challenged location of my office (in an awkward, unincorporated Dekalb County office park with no sidewalks), but the nights and weekends are proving to be gloriously car free. My lucky wife gets to take MARTA to work, so our combined vehicle miles traveled are lower anyway, so that’s cool.
I really feel at home here and we’re meeting lots of nice neighbors. It’s a cool neighborhood and a great fit. If you see an exhausted dude chasing a little boy on a scooter downtown, say hi.
