Comments on: Places in Peril 2008 http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/places-in-peril-2008/ This Nation's Most Exciting House Museum Blog Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:33:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andrew http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/places-in-peril-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-174066 Andrew Mon, 31 Jan 2011 20:22:46 +0000 http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/places-in-peril-2008/#comment-174066 While strolling down this street in January 2011 looking for anything resembling historic Atlanta, my wife and I stumbled across this building just as the new owner was leaving it. He says there are plans in the works to restore and reopen as....???? Never got the guy's name, but we left him our card hoping to be kept informed. We wish him the best of luck, as this building is too beautiful to lose. Andrew & Claudia visiting GA from VT While strolling down this street in January 2011 looking for anything resembling historic Atlanta, my wife and I stumbled across this building just as the new owner was leaving it. He says there are plans in the works to restore and reopen as….???? Never got the guy’s name, but we left him our card hoping to be kept informed. We wish him the best of luck, as this building is too beautiful to lose.

Andrew & Claudia
visiting GA from VT

]]> By: Doug Denker http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/places-in-peril-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-148955 Doug Denker Sun, 05 Dec 2010 20:30:30 +0000 http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/places-in-peril-2008/#comment-148955 Is this the "CASTLE" Pat Conroy once had an office. He writes of the Castle on 15h St. in his book "My Reading Life". Is this the “CASTLE” Pat Conroy once had an office. He writes of the Castle on 15h St. in his book “My Reading Life”.

]]> By: thomas watson http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/places-in-peril-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-97861 thomas watson Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:37:09 +0000 http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/places-in-peril-2008/#comment-97861 I see this is an old article, but i notice that the Castle has been reduced to $2.2 mil in the past few days ... sure wish i had it! .. i lived there for a couple of years in the early '70's. My apartment was the only one in the building at that time (although the owner's ["miz butler']sister had converted a room for living)... my apartment was at the very top, up where the cupola is, and my bedroom overlooked 15th street... It was all stairways up to the place and a glass door was at the top of the stairs with "among the clouds" painted in gilt, in Italian, on the glass.. ah.. memories! but sure wish i was in a position to take the place on! somebody needs to save it! tom watson nashville I see this is an old article, but i notice that the Castle has been reduced to $2.2 mil in the past few days … sure wish i had it! .. i lived there for a couple of years in the early ’70′s.

My apartment was the only one in the building at that time (although the owner’s ["miz butler']sister had converted a room for living)… my apartment was at the very top, up where the cupola is, and my bedroom overlooked 15th street…

It was all stairways up to the place and a glass door was at the top of the stairs with “among the clouds” painted in gilt, in Italian, on the glass..

ah.. memories!

but sure wish i was in a position to take the place on! somebody needs to save it!

tom watson
nashville

]]> By: Inman Park Properties Faces Foreclosure on Historic Buildings | The Wren's Nest http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/places-in-peril-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-78386 Inman Park Properties Faces Foreclosure on Historic Buildings | The Wren's Nest Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:08:54 +0000 http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/places-in-peril-2008/#comment-78386 [...] The Georgia Trust’s Places in Peril (2008) included “The Castle” on 15th Street, home of Uncle Remus-inspired gardens and [...] [...] The Georgia Trust’s Places in Peril (2008) included “The Castle” on 15th Street, home of Uncle Remus-inspired gardens and [...]

]]> By: The Wren’s Nest » Beltline Funding Falls Through, Buckhead Library May Be Demolished http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/places-in-peril-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-6784 The Wren’s Nest » Beltline Funding Falls Through, Buckhead Library May Be Demolished Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:17:39 +0000 http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/places-in-peril-2008/#comment-6784 [...] Related: Place in Peril 2008, Beltline Cleanup, Atlanta Preservation Center, Atlanta Time Machine [...] [...] Related: Place in Peril 2008, Beltline Cleanup, Atlanta Preservation Center, Atlanta Time Machine [...]

]]> By: Marshall http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/places-in-peril-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-4203 Marshall Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:51:27 +0000 http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/places-in-peril-2008/#comment-4203 Amelia you are insightful but the Arts center in not interested in anything that would lose money. ( Atlanta College of Arts) Maybe a person would buy it and donate it to (SCAD) Savannah College of Art and Design. They would preserve it and figure out a creative use for the property. Amelia you are insightful but the Arts center in not interested in anything that would lose money. ( Atlanta College of Arts) Maybe a person would buy it and donate it to (SCAD) Savannah College of Art and Design. They would preserve it and figure out a creative use for the property.

]]> By: lain http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/places-in-peril-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-4023 lain Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:28:46 +0000 http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/places-in-peril-2008/#comment-4023 Gosh Ronni, that kind of does sound sooooo cool. Except for the poetry part, yuck. And thanks for the kind words, William. Midtown especially is a fascinating chapter in Atlanta's history, and the changes it's seen over the past forty years (the past decade especially) have been tremendous. There's another blog post at the ajc today on this very subject (What To Do With The Castle?). Let's just say I'm glad our commenters are a little more civil than theirs. Gosh Ronni, that kind of does sound sooooo cool. Except for the poetry part, yuck.

And thanks for the kind words, William. Midtown especially is a fascinating chapter in Atlanta’s history, and the changes it’s seen over the past forty years (the past decade especially) have been tremendous.

There’s another blog post at the ajc today on this very subject (What To Do With The Castle?). Let’s just say I’m glad our commenters are a little more civil than theirs.

]]> By: Ronni French http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/places-in-peril-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-4014 Ronni French Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:44:50 +0000 http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/places-in-peril-2008/#comment-4014 The first real coffee house in Atlanta was in the basement of the castle - in the early 60's - we used to go listen to bad poetry and drink bad coffee - and think we were sooooo cool. The first real coffee house in Atlanta was in the basement of the castle – in the early 60′s – we used to go listen to bad poetry and drink bad coffee – and think we were sooooo cool.

]]> By: William Cotter http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/places-in-peril-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-4001 William Cotter Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:07:38 +0000 http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/places-in-peril-2008/#comment-4001 The address on 14th St where I lived during my teenage years no longer exists, like much of the Atlanta I grew up in, but only a gravel alley separated it from The Castle. My sister Martha took voice lessons from Ms. Eunice Curry who maintained a studio in The Castle. Indeed The Castle needs to be saved and preserved. Also, I am so happy to find your blog. I intend to bring my grandson to storytelling this weekend. I invite your attention to my Paw Paw Bill blog entry from a while back under the title of Bluebird On My Shoulder. The address on 14th St where I lived during my teenage years no longer exists, like much of the Atlanta I grew up in, but only a gravel alley separated it from The Castle. My sister Martha took voice lessons from Ms. Eunice Curry who maintained a studio in The Castle. Indeed The Castle needs to be saved and preserved.

Also, I am so happy to find your blog. I intend to bring my grandson to storytelling this weekend. I invite your attention to my Paw Paw Bill blog entry from a while back under the title of Bluebird On My Shoulder.

]]> By: lain http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/places-in-peril-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-3978 lain Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:16:11 +0000 http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/places-in-peril-2008/#comment-3978 I have no idea what the inside looks like, but I can only assume it could be converted into a wonderful, intimate event space. Good idea, Ida Beth! I have no idea what the inside looks like, but I can only assume it could be converted into a wonderful, intimate event space. Good idea, Ida Beth!

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