Sears, to City Hall, to Ponce Park
Atlantans are about to see the start of an exciting revitalization project in the city’s south Midtown area. The project has been coined Ponce Park, and plans include a complete renovation of the impressive City Hall East building, which was originally a Sears, Roebuck store and office complex. After all is said and done, the mixed-use development will include residential and office areas, retails stores, and art and theater space. This project is of particular interest to me because my grandparents met at the Sears store where they were both employees over 60 years ago. My grandfather worked for Sears his entire career (what a rarity these days!) and, embarrassingly enough, we still say “Sears” instead of “Cheese” when taking family pictures. Check out the proposed plans here - it will be fun to watch the transformation of this historic building and long-neglected area.
David - thanks for the heads up. This is my neighborhood, so I am excited to see this finally underway. Atlanta’s urban infill trend continues! Bob Toll had some great things to say about this trend:
http://tinyurl.com/2avs7s