Peoplestown's long-neglected Four Corners Park is getting a $9.4 million makeover after the Bezos Earth Fund handed Park Pride the largest grant in its history. In Reynoldstown, a new duplex project called Gemini breaks ground on a former church corner a block off the BeltLine. Decatur WatchFest has drawn 140,000 people to the Square with 10 days of World Cup left, and Lionel Messi grabbed the tournament's Golden Boot lead with his eighth goal in Atlanta. The Atlanta History Center opens its most ambitious exhibit ever for its 100th birthday, a Grant Park mural honoring the late Jovita Moore is finally getting repainted, and Barnes & Noble returns to East Atlanta four years after leaving. Plus a Midtown steakhouse closes without warning and a runner dressed as a hot dog becomes a Peachtree Road Race legend.
Bezos Earth Fund Gives $9.4 Million to Remake Peoplestown's Four Corners Park
Park Pride's largest project ever will overhaul the long-neglected park that residents fought for decades to save, funded by the biggest grant in the nonprofit's history.
World Cup
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Decatur WatchFest Hits 140,000 Visitors With 10 Days of World Cup Left
The free viewing party on Decatur Square has become one of metro Atlanta's biggest World Cup gathering spots, with quarterfinals, the final, and seven concerts still to come.
Development & Housing
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Reynoldstown's Old Church Corner Becomes 'Gemini' Duplex Project
Two duplexes are rising at Gibson and Cummings streets, a block off the BeltLine's Southeast Trail, the latest intown infill to replace a former church.
Arts & Culture
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Atlanta History Center Opens Its Most Ambitious Exhibit for Its 100th Birthday
'More Perfect Union: The American Civil War Era' fills roughly 9,000 square feet with hundreds of artifacts, marking a century since the center's founding.
- Bellwood Coffee Says a New Jovita Moore Mural Is Finally in the Works Capital B Atlanta
Business & Tech
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Barnes & Noble Returns to East Atlanta Four Years After Leaving
The bookseller reopened at the Edgewood Retail Center, drawing long morning lines from customers who never wanted it to go in the first place.
Food & Drink
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G. Garvin's Midtown Steakhouse LowCountry Closes Without Warning
The upscale Southern steakhouse on West Peachtree, co-founded by the celebrity chef, shut down after its final dinner service with no reason given.
Sports
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A Runner Dressed as a Hot Dog Became a Peachtree Road Race Legend
Mico Quijano ran the world's largest 10K in a hot dog costume, handing out foil-wrapped Costco dogs along the route, and now wants to make it a tradition.