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Academy of Medicine – Atlanta
Just one set of doors today along with several views of the facade of this beautiful building in Midtown Atlanta.
While in Atlanta on business recently I spent the better part of a week admiring this beauty, right across from our hotel.
Early one morning I noticed how the sun was coming up behind the building and the light reflected off the hotel tower windows was bouncing back creating ‘warm’ spots on the facade. The next morning I decided to grab my camera and go have a closer look.
Built in 1941 as the permanent home for the Atlanta Medical Society the building is a textbook example of southern Neo-Classical architecture.
Upon arriving at the hotel the first thought that came to mind when I noticed this gorgeous building across the street was the film Gone with the Wind – because it is just so ‘Southern’ looking.
The medical society held regular meetings and events here for several decades, but by the late seventies due to a lack of use and maintenance, it had sadly fallen into a state of disrepair.
Major repairs were undertaken in 1983 and further renovations were done in 2010. Today the non-profit organization Atlanta Medical Heritage Inc. is responsible for its upkeep and rents out the facility for a wide range of special and corporate events from weddings to business conferences.
If you’re interested, you can read more about that here.
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As always I thank you for looking 🙂
Oh these are very pretty.
Very fucking pretty
( I rarely use that word but I just read your new post and it seemed apropos)
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Thanks. What can I say? It’s a fucking beautiful building! 😉
All kidding aside as I get older I try to be more careful with my use of that word too. I used to be a real potty-mouth in my younger days.
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I like to save those words for those times when no other word will do-
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such a majestic building. so good that it was renovated to its full glory.
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Thanks Klara 🙂
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I found this to be so beautiful, Norm! Ironically, I am recuperating from cataract surgery which I had today. This was a lovely medical building. 🙂
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Thank you Robin. I hope you’re fully recovered 🙂
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Getting there, Norm. I had a set back, BP dropped (72/35) which meant they tipped table head down and now, bloody eye freaks me out but otherwise, will be fine.
Thank you! 🙂
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What an utterly beautiful building! Simply elegant.
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I admired it every time I stepped out of the hotel 🙂
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Love the light and the way it compliments the buildings in white.
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Thanks. I took those shots at the perfect time of day I think 🙂
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Oops.. ignore my pingback.. I posted in the frog link as well. Lost sight of what I came here to do, which was to comment on the red brick sidewalks which I love and have used in my walkways in my garden. They give a richness and warmth to these rather formal buildings.
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Thanks Judy. Yes those bricks do add warmth to the place for sure 🙂
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That beam of light was a great catch! Lovely building
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I was lucky to get the timing just right, but it was worth going out early 🙂
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How lucky that you did not have to travel far from your hotel to find this gem. Nice shot of the door and windows and the neoclassical building!
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Indeed. It was right across the street so it made for a wonderful view stepping out of the hotel while I was there.
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The light and building are beautiful!
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Thanks, I thought so too.
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Fabulous, doors and such light, such white grandeur!
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Thank you 🙂
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I like your shadow in the first picture – nice light play. I got oodles of door shots in DC and Charleston – been too sick to pull something together though – hopefully next week.
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DC AND Charleston? Both really great cities for architecture. I can imagine you’ll have doors to post for months. Hope you’re feeling better soon 🙂
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Hi Norm, love your work. Decided to join in:)
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Thank you and welcome 🙂
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A wedding there would be the creme de la creme.
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Absolutely!
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“Warm” white is in particular beautiful! Like the word “Academy” much better than School:)
Thanks for hosting!
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Thanks for playing along 😉
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Have one for this week! 😀
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Awesome! Thanks for joining in 🙂
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I love the clean,classical lines of the building and the graceful doors and windows, it’s so elegant. I’m sweeping up those steps in a crinoline, fluttering a fan…
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I do declare! 😀
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Love how the light reflects on that first shot Norm. Beautiful!
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Thanks discovering those reflections was a cool coincidence – I just happened to head out at the right time that one morning to catch it. Always fun when that happens 🙂
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Lovely. The light really is spectacular there. 🙂
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Thanks Joey. Some of the shots are less than ideal because the sky was blown out by the direct light from the sun behind the building, but oh that warm light bouncing back in from behind me made it worth it 🙂
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Nice set of doors and you even managed to get your self-portrait in the first one…(Suzanne)
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Thanks. Yes sometimes those shadow selfies are impossible to avoid 🙂
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The entire building looks very imposing and important, in a good way. The word I want isn’t coming to mind right now, but it looks as if you could trust yourself to those inside.
janet
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I know what you mean. And I would have loved to see the inside of this place as well.
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Beautiful doors and a nice big of history, Norm. I always have trouble getting good pictures of doors that are set back so far. Your photo is great. Nicely done.
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Thanks Dan, luckily for me the reflected early morning light made it rather easy.
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I like deeply inset doors like this one … and of course it’s arched. Yay!
There’s a beautiful symmetry to this building. Nice one.
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And it has columns, don’t forget the columns 😉
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… which reminds me of a door photo I have …. must remember to pull it out one day 😉
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Handsome building, door and windows. Nice one, Norm. 🙂
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Thanks Judy I would have loved to see the inside but alas it’s not open to the public for tours, unless of course you’re looking to rent out the place 😉
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Very stately, very southern. Great shots Norm
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Thanks Debbie 🙂
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