Why doesn't Atlanta feel like Gone With The Wind? (Roswell: hotel, house)

[TakeAhike]

Originally Posted by Richmonder27

I was born in 1979. BTW- GWTW is one of the greatest films of ALL TIME. It is not boring. I supppose maybe it doesnt have enough explosions for some people, lol

But I thought it was interesting about the people and culture of AT-lanta.

Next time you come ---plan to visit the Atlanta History Center.

Atlanta History Center - Located on 33 acres of history in Buckhead, Atlanta

Be sure to tour the Swan Coach House and have lunch at the Horseradish Grill.

[Scott Summers]

Originally Posted by Richmonder27

I was born in 1979. BTW- GWTW is one of the greatest films of ALL TIME. It is not boring. I supppose maybe it doesnt have enough explosions for some people, lol

But I thought it was interesting about the people and culture of AT-lanta.

Scarface was sooooo much better than Gone With I Fell Asleep Again. Like others have said, that movie romanticized Atlanta. Tony was way tougher than Rhett (what kind of name is that?); I also don't expect to see open shooting in Miami like on Scarface.

[joe2000]

I blame the yankees

[Saintmarks]

Go to Charleston or Savannah if you want that Gone with the Wind feel. Hollywoood as has been noted took Mitchell's book and made it an amalgam of the mythical south.

That said, there are quite a number of Greek Revival style mansions with the columns and all things southern scattered about the state. Newnan and LaGrange have several remaining antebellum homes. Here is a picture from the website for Bellevue, Senator Benjamin Harvey Hill's home in LaGrange. Even has a hoop skirted girl.




Next time you are in Atlanta, head down 85 and maybe she will be there waiting for you.

Here's a couple of more pictures from the site, the hoopskirted girl is inside too. It is open for tours, now owned by the LaGrange Woman's Club.

http://www.cityoflagrange.com/businesses/bellevue.html

[DeaconJ]

Because Atlanta isn't Gone with the Wind. Atlanta is a major international city...not the 19th century setting for a fictional novel. Even if that 19th century version of Atlanta was all the city ever became, it wouldn't be the same place 150 years later...by the way, did Atlanta feel like Driving Miss Daisy? That's a completely different era and a completely different Atlanta from GWTW - but it's Atlanta too. Who in their right mind comes to a city looking for the 1865 GWTW city or the 1948 Driving Miss Daisy city. It is 2007! If Richmond is stuck in the 19th century okay, but don't expect successful cities to be there with it.

I will explain this to you one more time...here are some prominent pieces of Gone with the Wind in Atlanta:

1. The Margaret Mitchell House and Museum, home of Gone with the Wind author Margaret Mitchell.
House

Margaret Mitchell House, Atlanta on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

House and Museum at the corner of Peachtree and 10th.

Margaret Mitchell House - Peachtree @ 10th, Midtown Atlanta on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


2. Loew's Grand - GWTW world premier theater.

Gone With The Wind Premiere Poster on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


Unfortunately it burned down in 1978, so this marker is all that's left. The 52-story Georgia Pacific Tower currently occupies the site.


Flickr Photo Download: Loew's Grand Theatre, Atlanta


3. Famous portrait of Vivien Leigh as Scarlett, hanging in the foyer of the Margaret Mitchell House.

Picture of Scarlet inside the doorway on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


4. Gravesite of Margaret Mitchell in Historic Oakland Cemetery.

Margaret Mitchell gravesite on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


5. Restaurant at 25 International Boulevard in Atlanta, named for GWTW character Pittypat Hamilton..."Aunt Pitty", who Scarlett stayed with in Atlanta.

Pittypat's Porch on Flickr - Photo Sharing! Pittypat's Porch on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


6. Historic Jonesboro Depot, site of The Road to Tara Museum. Clayton County was also the fictional location of the O'Hara family plantation...Tara.

Jonesboro railroad station on Flickr - Photo Sharing!



7. This Atlanta diner loves GWTW.

Gone With the Wind affectionado on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


8. Tara-style Atlanta mansions.

"Gone with the wind" on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


Greek House on Peachtree-Dunwoody on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


Atlanta GA; Gone with the wind house on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


Bulloch Hall Roswell, GA on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


Tarleton Oaks, Barnesville, Georgia 1840 House - Marietta, GA on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


Dickey House on the antebellum plantation, Stone Mountain Park, Georgia on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


Old South in South Georgia on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


Posted on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


the swan house, IMG09762 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


9. Tara dollhouse with rich plantation-owner dolls.

A model Tara on Flickr - Photo Sharing!



10. Always a popular Halloween costume in Atlanta.

Undead Rhett and Scarlett on Flickr - Photo Sharing! Starlett O'Hara on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


I Saw It in the Window and I Couldn't Resist on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


11. The Georgian Terrace Hotel (1911), location of the 1939 GWTW World Premier Reception attended by Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havilland, and most of the cast of GWTW

Georgian Terrace Hotel (1911), 659 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, Georgia on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


The Georgian Terrace Hotel on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


12. GWTW Movie Museum, "Scarlett on the Square"...housed in an 1880 warehouse on Marietta Square.

Gone With The Wind on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


Gone with the Wind on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


13. An Atlanta collectibles shop with Rhett & Scarlett in the display window

Comic Shop on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


14. Miss Scarlett's Choclatier

Miss Scarlett, Chocolatier on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


15. Tara Theater, Atlanta's arthouse theater.

02.03.06 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


16. Atlanta antique shop - Scarlett Loves Rhettro



17. Mammy's Kitchen, Atlanta

mammy's kitchen on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


18. Atlanta 4th of July Parade

AtlantaGA_07-2007DSC01424 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


19. Atlanta hoop skirts

Nash Farm Battlefield-Battle of Lovejoy-The Atlanta Campaign 017 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


20. Six Flags

Six Flags Over Georgia on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


21. Going to the Atlanta steeplechase

Southern Folk on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

[Richmonder27]

Originally Posted by DeaconJ

Because Atlanta isn't Gone with the Wind. Atlanta is a major international city...not the 19th century setting for a fictional novel. Even if that 19th century version of Atlanta was all the city ever became, it wouldn't be the same place 150 years later...by the way, did Atlanta feel like Driving Miss Daisy? That's a completely different era and a completely different Atlanta from GWTW - but it's Atlanta too. Who in their right mind comes to a city looking for the 1865 GWTW city or the 1948 Driving Miss Daisy city. It is 2007! If Richmond is stuck in the 19th century okay, but don't expect successful cities to be there with it.

I will explain this to you one more time...here are some prominent pieces of Gone with the Wind in Atlanta:

1. The Margaret Mitchell House and Museum, home of Gone with the Wind author Margaret Mitchell.
House

Margaret Mitchell House, Atlanta on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

House and Museum at the corner of Peachtree and 10th.

Margaret Mitchell House - Peachtree @ 10th, Midtown Atlanta on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


2. Loew's Grand - GWTW world premier theater.

Gone With The Wind Premiere Poster on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


Unfortunately it burned down in 1978, so this marker is all that's left. The 52-story Georgia Pacific Tower currently occupies the site.


Flickr Photo Download: Loew's Grand Theatre, Atlanta


3. Famous portrait of Vivien Leigh as Scarlett, hanging in the foyer of the Margaret Mitchell House.

Picture of Scarlet inside the doorway on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


4. Gravesite of Margaret Mitchell in Historic Oakland Cemetery.

Margaret Mitchell gravesite on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


5. Restaurant at 25 International Boulevard in Atlanta, named for GWTW character Pittypat Hamilton..."Aunt Pitty", who Scarlett stayed with in Atlanta.

Pittypat's Porch on Flickr - Photo Sharing! Pittypat's Porch on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


6. Historic Jonesboro Depot, site of The Road to Tara Museum. Clayton County was also the fictional location of the O'Hara family plantation...Tara.

Jonesboro railroad station on Flickr - Photo Sharing!



7. This Atlanta diner loves GWTW.

Gone With the Wind affectionado on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


8. Tara-style Atlanta mansions.

"Gone with the wind" on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


Greek House on Peachtree-Dunwoody on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


Atlanta GA; Gone with the wind house on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


Bulloch Hall Roswell, GA on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


Tarleton Oaks, Barnesville, Georgia 1840 House - Marietta, GA on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


Dickey House on the antebellum plantation, Stone Mountain Park, Georgia on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


Old South in South Georgia on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


Posted on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


the swan house, IMG09762 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


9. Tara dollhouse with rich plantation-owner dolls.

A model Tara on Flickr - Photo Sharing!



10. Always a popular Halloween costume in Atlanta.

Undead Rhett and Scarlett on Flickr - Photo Sharing! Starlett O'Hara on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


I Saw It in the Window and I Couldn't Resist on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


11. The Georgian Terrace Hotel (1911), location of the 1939 GWTW World Premier Reception attended by Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havilland, and most of the cast of GWTW

Georgian Terrace Hotel (1911), 659 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, Georgia on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


The Georgian Terrace Hotel on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


12. GWTW Movie Museum, "Scarlett on the Square"...housed in an 1880 warehouse on Marietta Square.

Gone With The Wind on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


Gone with the Wind on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


13. An Atlanta collectibles shop with Rhett & Scarlett in the display window

Comic Shop on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


14. Miss Scarlett's Choclatier

Miss Scarlett, Chocolatier on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


15. Tara Theater, Atlanta's arthouse theater.

02.03.06 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


16. Atlanta antique shop - Scarlett Loves Rhettro



17. Mammy's Kitchen, Atlanta

mammy's kitchen on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


18. Atlanta 4th of July Parade

AtlantaGA_07-2007DSC01424 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


19. Atlanta hoop skirts

Nash Farm Battlefield-Battle of Lovejoy-The Atlanta Campaign 017 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


20. Six Flags

Six Flags Over Georgia on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


21. Going to the Atlanta steeplechase

Southern Folk on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Now thats more like it ! I wish I had seen all that. Again, I was only in Atlanta 4 days. Ill have to drive down again some time .

[southgeorgia]

Originally Posted by Richmonder27

I am from Richmond- so I am naturally used to a lot of Southern hospitality. . . .

The next time I'm up there, I'll have to get you to point me to the hospitable people. I've never had people be as rude to me as they were throughout Virginia; I'm sure they were all yankee transplants though. I did meet several nice people, but its unfortunate they seemed to be outnumbered by the not-so-nice people.

[southgeorgia]

Originally Posted by DeaconJ

. . . . It is 2007! . . . . .

so, are you like Keanu Reeves in "The Lake House", but instead of a mailbox we're using the CD forum?







----->> its important to note that i have a wife; i don't want you people thinking i watch movies like this because i enjoy them <<-----

[Richmonder27]

Originally Posted by southgeorgia

The next time I'm up there, I'll have to get you to point me to the hospitable people. I've never had people be as rude to me as they were throughout Virginia; I'm sure they were all yankee transplants though. I did meet several nice people, but its unfortunate they seemed to be outnumbered by the not-so-nice people.

Well ditto for me. I surely didnt experience much Southern hospitality in Atlanta.... Was almost run over a few times, and didnt dare look at anybody on The Marta for fear of having my throat slit. Im sure y'all arent all yankee carpetbaggers , lol

[DeaconJ]

Originally Posted by Richmonder27

Well ditto for me. I surely didnt experience much Southern hospitality in Atlanta.... Was almost run over a few times, and didnt dare look at anybody on The Marta for fear of having my throat slit. Im sure y'all arent all yankee carpetbaggers , lol

It's very common practice to mind your own business on big-city public transportation...not that anyone is thinking about killing you, but you have to realize you aren't in Smallville anymore. It's not a matter of hospitality - there are plenty of other places and situations where you can expect southern hospitality - but there are too many dishonest/desperate/opportunistic/aggressive type people lurking around, so on MARTA it behooves you to quietly and politely enjoy the ride.

My rules when I'm Downtown, on the train, or anywhere with a cross section of every kind of person imagineable ranging from the best to the worst of society:

1. don't draw unnecessary attention to myself
2. avoid blatantly staring at anyone
3. have something to read/concentrate on
4. mind my own business
5. ignore most attempts to start a conversation - there is often an ulterior motive of some kind
6. avoid any loud or confrontational people/situations
7. remember to use good judgement in all situations


I'm very social and love conversation in the right environment, but I figure I'm only on the train for 10-15 minutes or less at a time...so it's better to enjoy some quiet solitude.