First Slice 8-8-16: Engineer's Bookstore building nominated for historic protection
Plus, bizarre courtroom interaction gets animation treatment
Preservationists fighting the demolition of the building that once housed Engineer's Bookstore scored a temporary victory on Friday. The director of the Atlanta Urban Design Commission has nominated the Marietta Street building and surrounding structures for historic protection.
The bizarre courtroom interaction between a Georgia judge and a defendant that included the phrase "fuckman-ass," a masturbation challenge, and death threats has received the Adult Swim animation treatment.
Downtown's Thornton Building, a 1932 Art Deco building one block from Woodruff Park, will soon get a $3 million upgrade.
Park officials have closed Martin Luther King, Jr.,'s childhood home in Old Fourth Ward until a structural issue can be repaired.