"Gone but not Forgotten in Atlanta" (Smyrna, Decatur: high school, cabin)

[patsynchatta]

I Remember The Great Speckled Bird Paper. Tried To Find A Copy On E-bay..

[TakeAhike]

Originally Posted by patsynchatta

I Remember The Great Speckled Bird Paper. Tried To Find A Copy On E-bay..

Seems like that appeared in the late 60's/early 70's. Someone in Little 5 Pts probably has saved a copy. Spring is coming and the yard sales--you might get lucky.

[Miranda53]

Originally Posted by TakeAhike

I think Lenox Square was the very first mall, or at least among the first.

I can remember when Lenox first opened and they had these amazing huge colored balls marking the different sections of the parking lot!

[LovinDecatur]

Originally Posted by Miranda53

I can remember when Lenox first opened and they had these amazing huge colored balls marking the different sections of the parking lot!

I do remember that...and remember the Gulf station at Lenox whose roof looked like an inverted umbrella? It was located at the corner of Lenox and E Paces Ferry (where the JW Marriott is now).

[rackensack]

Originally Posted by LovinDecatur

...and remember the Gulf station at Lenox whose roof looked like an inverted umbrella? It was located at the corner of Lenox and E Paces Ferry (where the JW Marriott is now).

Don't remember it (it was gone by the time I got to Atlanta in 1986), but there's a picture of it at: Atlanta Airport Gulf station (scroll to the bottom of the page -- the station was a smaller version of the one at the airport).

[AtlantaRes73]

Does anybody remember Zee Shoes? It was directly across Lenox Road from the mall. There is a Pier 1 there now.

[luckysnap]

Where are the Uncle Remus statues that were placed around Lwnox Square?

[wqxikid]

Originally Posted by johnatl

I don't understand this at all. My sister and I went to Venetian in the summer of '68 as part of a YMCA daycamp, and it was integrated then.

The one thing in my mind that stands out from back then was that Funtown DID discriminate. It was a crappy little amusement park somewhere along the Connector on the way to the airport. It was always on the news back then with protests, etc.

yes, what you experienced in 1968 was the settlement result of the lawsuit she filed against the pathetic slobs following our encounter in 1967

[Saintmarks]

I remember when WSB (channel 2) was NBC, WAGA (channel 5) was CBS and WXIA (channel 11) was ABC, and I remember it as WQXI (wqxikid, your name sparked the memory for this post). I still get confused when I am home of what show is coming on on what channel.

I also remember channel 17 pre Ted Turner and WTBS.

[Miranda53]

Originally Posted by Saintmarks

I also remember channel 17 pre Ted Turner and WTBS.

Then I'm sure you'll remember "The Now Explosion" in the early 70's, my first experience of music videos - very psychedelic!