Could High-Rise Development Replace The Masquerade (Beltline @ North Ave)? (Atlanta: 2014, apartment complex)

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Could High-Rise Development Replace The Masquerade? - Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes - Curbed Atlanta

Could the most charmingly Medieval venue in Atlanta's musical history be destined for the wrecking ball? It would appear so — but exactly when isn't clear. Atlanta Beltline officials came before the city council Monday with plans that could drastically alter the residential landscape around Historic Fourth Ward Park. On a 3.3-acre site that includes the circa-1900 Masquerade nightclub and its grounds, the Beltline has applied for rezoning that would allow for structures of up to 22 stories, according to the Saporta Report. Earlier this year, Invest Atlanta shopped for development proposals for a long, thin one-acre piece of land the agency owns between The Masquerade and the Beltline's Eastside Trail. Apparently, they found no takers; the rezoning proposal presented this week includes that land and the 2.1-acre parcel on which The Masquerade sits. Masquerade officials have not returned inquiries about their plans for the former excelsior mill on North Avenue, which has operated as a mid-sized music venue for 25 years. In an interview with Curbed Atlanta last year, Masquerade spokesperson Jeremiah Edmond said the venue had no plans of closing or relocating, despite encroachment from nearby residential development that had consumed parking spaces for concert-goers. Rumors of an impending move to venues like Atlantic Station, Edmond said, have been frequent since the building changed ownership several years ago...

[arjay57]

Hopefully they will preserve the historic building.

[jsvh]

Originally Posted by arjay57

Hopefully they will preserve the historic building.

It's a cooler old building. I have enjoyed shows there. But I am not sure it is particularly historic is it? Nor is it in great shape.

[Ha-Mez]

Hopefully they will preserve the venue. The Masquerade is one of the coolest venues in Atlanta. Places like the Masquerade are why the O4W/Poncey High area became hip in the first place.

This sums up one of my fears about the BeltLine- it'll just be a ring of nonstop condiminiums and mixed-use developments, and in its quest to become New York or San Francisco, Atlanta forgets the things that make Atlanta cool.

The BeltLine should be connecting the cool things Atlanta has to offer, not wrecking them.

[ATLTJL]

I hope the Masquerade survives, it's been a bit of a cockroach surviving all kinds of things, like the Clermont Lounge!

But, unfortunately, we've seen this happen before....development starts to happen near the amenities people want to live near, but soon those amenities get demolished to make room for more development so pretty soon nobody is close to anything but new development and the rather stale new businesses that can afford leases in uppity buildings.

[Gulch]

Originally Posted by Ha-Mez

The BeltLine should be connecting the cool things Atlanta has to offer, not enticing the adjacent property owners to wreck them.

Fixed.

[arjay57]

Hopefully the developer can come up with a plan that respects and incorporates elements of the original building.

I'd hate to have to drive by and tell people, "Well, that apartment complex is where a really cool place named the Masquerade used to be until it got torn down by the Beltline."

[jsvh]

Originally Posted by arjay57

Hopefully the developer can come up with a plan that respects and incorporates elements of the original building.

I'd hate to have to drive by and tell people, "Well, that apartment complex is where a really cool place named the Masquerade used to be until it got torn down by the Beltline."

I'd love to see elements of the original building incorporated too. I think a lot of the original character that is being used at PCM across the street could be a great inspiration to keeping some character here too.

[ATLTJL]

Who cares about the building itself, if it's not still hosting Cattle Decapitation, the Genitorturers, Thelma & The Sleaze, and Ministry, what good is it anymore?

I actually think the Masquerade is a pretty awful venue, I don't like going there much. But I do because it somehow is able to draw names that other establishments just can't seem to get. The bands that come play the Masquerade certainly give our town an edge that I would hate to lose.

[tikigod311]

Would suck to give up something unique for something that you can see anywhere around town.

Didn't realize the Masquerade was an excelsior mill.

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