The City of Atlanta and its partners are designing what the future of the Chattahoochee Brick Site in west Atlanta will look like — including a memorial, park and connected trail system. But, they are ...
A “sacred site ceremony” was held Saturday, beginning with a march from English Park to the defunct Chattahoochee Brick Co. in northwest Atlanta. Organizers of the gathering said it aimed “to claim ...
The city of Atlanta is moving to purchase and preserve a massive swath of land in northwest Atlanta that was once owned by a brick company that participated in the state’s convict leasing system.
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ATLANTA — The city of Atlanta is working to buy 75 acres of land to honor those who died while working as slaves after the Civil War. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said, “We will preserve green space ...
ATLANTA — A celebration took place on Saturday, marking the next chapter for an Atlanta non-profit working to reimagine an old brickwork company into a place that honors the black lives that worked ...
*ATLANTA (WGCL) — Right now, it looks like an old, abandoned brickyard, but the old Chattahoochee Brick Company site holds a history mired in blood, sweat, and tears. “This is the location of the ...
ATLANTA - Historians who've studied what happened on the grounds of the industrial site along Bolton Road and Interstate 285 said Black teenagers and young adult prison inmates were forced to build ...
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NORFOLK, Va., Feb. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today announced it has terminated plans to build a rail transfer facility on the site of the former Chattahoochee ...