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Soccer (Interview w/ Patrick Sullivan) Jul 07, 2023

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This week, I'm talking to Patrick Sullivan about Atlanta's soccer history. We cover the sports development, the first Scottish immigrants, and later Welsh and Irish that brought the game to Atlanta. Where and when the first matches were played. The rise and fall of an organized league, the arrival of the Atlanta Chiefs and all the way through our MLS team today, Atlanta United. My own personal soccer love bias aside, this was such an interesting story and you do not want to miss it.

psullivan@newsouthassoc.com

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Candler Warehouse (The MET) Jun 30, 2023

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This week, we’re talking about Candler Warehouse, today, The MET. A giant concrete warehouse didn’t really call to my history-nerd heart, but once I started digging into the history, I was hooked - it’s economic instability, drama, the Candlers, world wars, fires and so much more!

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Photographers Jun 23, 2023

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This week, we are talking about early photographers in Atlanta. Starting with an early history of the technology, then the photographers, their lives, their studios and what, if anything, is left today.

https://georgia-photographers.com/

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Hidden_Treasures/18hjGwAACAAJ?hl=en

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”Miss Atlanta” - REPLAY Jun 16, 2023

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The story of the "Miss Atlanta" pageant coincides with the growth of Atlantic City's "Miss America". Like all things Atlanta in the 1920s, this contest and the choosing of a ‘representative’ of our city, was tied with the marketing of and push to sell the Gate City to the rest of the country. The first Miss Atlanta was crowned in 1923 and this week, I am telling the earliest stories of the winners, the prizes and the history of the pageant.

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Public Access Television Jun 09, 2023

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This week’s mini episode is about public access television; the early history, its arrival in Atlanta with Cable Atlanta, its proponents (Access Atlanta), and it's most popular program, The American Music Show.

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Automobiles Jun 02, 2023

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This week we’re talking about Atlanta’s automobile history - a very fitting topic if there ever was one because Atlanta’s love affair with the car is still going strong in 2023 and we’ve been obsessed since they first hit the market at the turn of the 20th century. I'm sharing when the first auto appeared, the first auto dealers, the auto show, auto racing, Automobile Row and so much more.

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New Deal in Atlanta May 26, 2023

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This week's mini is all about the New Deal in Atlanta; how this national history impacted Atlanta, what was built here with these federal funds, who did it employ, and what legacies can we still see today? Did you know Robert Woodruff saved the City of Atlanta of Atlanta from bankruptcy during the Great Depression? Or that Georgi Tech received the bulk of campus additions and construction? Listen to learn all of these things and more!

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Shopping Malls May 18, 2023

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This week we're talking about Atlanta's shopping mall history - the first shopping center, the first enclosed, the first multi-story, where these properties stand today and so much more.

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Prohibition - REPLAY May 12, 2023

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Atlanta and alcohol have a long, sordid history. From the colony of Georgia banning ardent spirits in 1735, to Fulton County taking 5 extra years to actually celebrate Repeal Day, the story of temperance and Atlanta is a great one. Listen this week to hear the stories - well known and unknown - about the Prohibition in Atlanta.

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Prohibition in Atlanta

Liquor in the Land of the Lost Cause

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Model Railroad Club of Atlanta May 05, 2023

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This week, I am sharing the history of the Model Railroad Club of Atlanta, when they were organized, where did they meet and what did they build, as well as the history of the hobby itself.

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