decennial

ten years ago today i started this stupid blog --- it's interesting to be able to go back and see which plant might have blooming when or whatever --- i like being able to post things here without getting everybody on the facepiece upset, although i've been known to do that anyway

ten years ago, the skyline from the verandah was very different --- there haven't been too many changes in the eastern viewshed other than welcome light around ponce market and the too-tall thang on n. highland behind the baptist church ---

the action has been and is on the opposite shore where the ebb and flow of the city are most evident ---the financial crisis in 2008 put an end to everything but, whoa, the last two+ years have been something else --- over 1,000 residential units (nearly all apts) "delivered" in 2014-2015 with another 4,000 under construction --- in addition over 5,000 more are in various stages of planning, with a couple of those already breaking ground --- howdy, neighbors!

after all the decades of demolition and neglect, midtown atlanta is booming --- some people who don't think about it long enough start asking about "the traffic" and "the crime," but honestly i feel much safer here than i would out in the countryside somewhere --- my nemesis however remains the suburban suv driver chatting on the cell phone --- rolling through an intersection without looking and running my poor pedestrianated ass down --- anyway, bring on the city!

look at midtown alliance's summary

2005 (top), just now (bottom)