What Happened to Millionaires' Row in Atlanta? 

... Its called Communism/Socialism...

@@EcceHomo1088 how is it communism/socialism?

@@dxb4691 .... Government excessive taxation until the individual family unit fails to pay and turns over their land to the state/fed so they can create low-income housing... Happens all the time...

Amen

It’s called Progressivism.

I’m an old soul and always connect with old homes. Kitchens especially interest me whether in mansions or small cabins. It’s the heart of the home.

The only mansion I know of that is left is Rhodes Hall and it is not decaying. Atlanta went through a horrible phase in the 1960’s and 70’s tearing anything down it could. It would have been even worse if the 2008 market downturn hadn’t happened. Atlanta has no shame when it comes to their history as it is a shameful past. I am from there and I will never live there again.

@@keithlampkin I echo your reply. I also grew up in downtown Atlanta. I have not been back there in over 20 years and probably will never go back. When I think of how it was when I was growing up and what it has become, it makes me depressed.

There was a revolution in politics that installed a new order in the 1960s Atlanta ​@@keithlampkin, the new managers delighted in tearing down the old

What I find unattractive is the fetishization of architecture and decorative arts created for those who exploited their workers and used racism to spread misery. There ain't enough parquet flooring in the world. Hell with these people and their self-congratulatory oppression.

Oh I bet! Would love to hear some of those stories 😂😂😂

I'm glad you enjoyed your visit! It's fun to hear a positive review or our City.

That Margaret Mitchell house is essentially a replica. i remember in the late 1970s the old house was being renovated to be some sort of tourist attraction, but it caught fire and was gutted. They said F***** it and built a fancy new copy, so it's essentially a fake. There's little of historical interest to see in Atlanta, most of it was torn down, so somebody came up with the Margaret Mitchell House idea. Author Ms Mitchell lived in the small apartment house only briefly in the 1930s and referred to it as " the dump." Back in the '60s the area had old houses that had become a bit shabby and they're now gone, replaced by fancy hotels and office buildings. In 1969 my boyfriend's mother was a waitress in a nearby restaurant and rented a small apartment in a subdivided old house there near 10th street. The area between about 10th and 14th street was nicknamed "the strip." Hippies, prostitutes and adventurous young people sauntered along the strip then and the area was sort of scruffy, but had loads of character. There were two X- rated theatres and shops that sold "mod" apparel, posters, porno mags and stuff, along with a couple of bars and restaurants, including The Crystal. The biggest shop was "Atlantis Rising." The Stein club had a nice juke box. Among others, there was a scruffy character named "Wolf" who hung out on the street corner and sold the "Great Speckled Bird," a counter culture newspaper. Another well known street guy ,Tom, sold "The Hip Atlanta Sex Ads" along with pot. Yeah, they're both dead now, of course. Anyway, it's now nothing like it was, and back then it was nothing like it was before that, and so on. Time marches on.

@@SteffiReitsch14th street was the main hippie drag in the day. It was our fav Sunday pastime when I was growing up. Ride to 14th Street and look at the hippies. Good times

@@cindyinnew Yeah, lots of cars would cruise through to gawk at the counter culture street scene.

@@SteffiReitsch R.I.P. WOLF

and its a world of difference between Atlanta's growth and Macon's stagnation unfortunately.

@@02nupe what does that have to do with mansions in Macon still standing?

@@markj9544​​⁠lack of progress and holding on to the past vs moving forward. Says a lot actually. As a Maconite, it’s sad to see with all the potential Macon has.

Macon is GA’s best kept secret

Thank the Communists/Socialists...

Beautiful plantation home is an oxymoron lol

@@aroaris843 Good point!

@@aroaris843 You need to learn to separate architecture from agenda.

@@cisium1184 interesting how just noting the name “plantation” is an agenda

You should see the ugly one they replaced it with. Looks like a plastic funeral home.

@@keithlampkin i think the first one was over near GA tech.

I agree, that first one was gorgeous. It's tragic to hear they replaced it.

Also “Terminus,” which is Atlanta’s version of Grand Central and is now called the Gulch, is being redeveloped and included in project L for the World Cup.

Lots of the ones still standing are exactly that

"Urban Renewal."

I was just thinking of that movie theater yesterday! My first boyfriend and I would go see films there. Once we saw a short film festival that included the Dali/Bunuel film "Un Chien Andalou". My mom and I saw "It Happened One Night" there on a Saturday afternoon. There was a 90 year old ticket taker who had been there for decades. Great memories!

@@mariawesley7583 Haha, UN CHIEN ANDALOU sure is one wild film to see on a big screen! I do vaguely remember a venerable old lady who manned the ticket booth with refined grace, but I can't recall the name of that theatre. We also used to go to Silver Screen at Peachtree Battle a lot, so I know it wasn't that one.

@Susie_Floozie I think it was called the Rhodes Theater. I also remember the Silver Screen at Peachtree Battle. I think it changed its name to The Screening Room and moved to Broadview Plaza. I also enjoyed seeing classic films at the Ellis Theater, which is now the Variety Playhouse. Good times!

@@mariawesley7583 Thanks for putting me out of my mystery, Maria! Ah, of course--the Rhodes Theatre, DUH me! I saw so many avant-garde films there I thought it had some edgy, artsy cinema name. One of my roommates was a projectionist at Film Forum at Ansley Plaza, and he'd come home with all sorts of crazy stories about working for the cantankerous George Ellis. I wish I could remember them!

@@mariawesley7583 The man you're talking about is John D. Williams and he was the ticket man at Rhodes Theatre. Look up his name on Atlanta history web archives - there's quite a lot of info related to him.

Rhodes Hall still stands.....Atlanta is my hometown....in 2000 I was able to take a private tour of the mansion...beautiful inside and out. The house can be toured by appointment.

Excellent. Thanks so much.

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I know right!

I disagree that it changed for the worse. Change is the only constant and looking back at that time, al lot of ppl who built the city and made it flow were shut out from wealth, ownership opportunities.

On a Movie Studio's back lot in Hollywood.

I believe the building they used as a model is in Covington, GA. Last I knew it was a B&B called Twelve Oaks.

To the modern, deracinated American goy peasant, these videos make no sense. He cannot comprehend why such grandeur and beauty was destroyed solely to maximize profits, because he is oblivious to the character of the in- group that rules over him. He also has no idea of the history of forced desegregation and its disastrous consequences on American society.