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The Exotic Traveler
Spotted: Union Square
Name: Adiclere
Age: 30
Hometown: I grew up allover; in Colorado, Jamaica, and San Diego.
Current ‘hood: Between Atlanta, Los Angeles and New York.
First language: English
Other languages: A little Spanish
Job: Self-employed. I manage a music producer; work as an event producer; and sell my hanging tables.
Ethnicity: Jamaican and Irish-American.
Favorite Condiment: Teriyaki sauce
Religion: Happiness and balance.
Favorite Nut: Almond
On your iPod now: Tanu, Andrea Bocelli
What do you carry at all times: Philosophy Coconut Lip Gloss and reading material such as Time Magazine.
Dream Job: Entertainment consultant for a nonprofit.
Wishlist: To go to Turkey before it transitions, and Argentina.
Spotted: Union Square
Name: Adiclere
Age: 30
Hometown: I grew up allover; in Colorado, Jamaica, and San Diego.
Current ‘hood: Between Atlanta, Los Angeles and New York.
First language: English
Other languages: A little Spanish
Job: Self-employed. I manage a music producer; work as an event producer; and sell my hanging tables.
Ethnicity: Jamaican and Irish-American.
Favorite Condiment: Teriyaki sauce
Religion: Happiness and balance.
Favorite Nut: Almond
On your iPod now: Tanu, Andrea Bocelli
What do you carry at all times: Philosophy Coconut Lip Gloss and reading material such as Time Magazine.
Dream Job: Entertainment consultant for a nonprofit.
Wishlist: To go to Turkey before it transitions, and Argentina.
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Downtown Festival & Tour of Lofts
Downtown Festival & Tour of Lofts
By Collin Kelley, Managing Editor
Adiclere Hunter's loft in the Kessler Building downtown has a "tropical and traveled" theme, with unique pieces of art collected from Cuba, China, Spain and Morrocco. Hunter painted her walls vibrant colors to give "every part of the loft a different look and feel." (Photo by Laura Negri)
When the first loft and condo tour took place 10 years ago, Downtown Atlanta was still early in its renaissance. There was no Georgia Aquarium. Centennial Olympic Park was still under construction, the Rialto Theater was derelict, Castleberry Hill was a nearly forgotten fringe district, and anything approaching hip foodwise was farther up Peachtree Street. It was, basically, kind of scary.
What a difference a decade makes. At the 10th annual Downtown Loft & Condo Tour this month, visitors will see a radical transformation that is ongoing. Those who fled for the suburbs are selling their homes to move into the airy lofts and condos that have transformed former office buildings and warehouses in the Fairlie-Poplar and Centennial Hill districts.
Sponsored by the Atlanta Downtown Neighborhood Association (ADNA), the May 20-21 tour will again coincide with the fifth annual Downtown Festival (see article p.50) for a full weekend of arts and culture.
Tour spokeswoman Beth Haynes said more than a dozen lofts and condos will be featured, including a number that have never been on the tour. A home cannot be part of the tour two years in a row, she said.
More than 4,000 people traipsed through the lofts and condos last year, and at least that many are expected this month, Haynes said, adding that some of the newly renovated lofts are eye-popping.
The buildings featured on this tour include Kessler Lofts, William-Oliver Building, Healey Building, 123 Luckie, Renaissance Lofts, Museum Tower and Centennial House. Haynes said the goal of the tour is to increase interest in living Downtown and to provide the public with a firsthand look at unusual and creative properties.
Many of the homes are walking distance from the Fairlie-Poplar area, where the Downtown Festival is being held and where the tour registration desk will be located. Bus/shuttle service will take tour participants to some of the further-flung buildings, such as Centennial House, Renaissance Lofts and Museum Tower.
Tickets for the loft and condo tour are $15 in advance at the Theatrical Outfit box office (corner of Luckie and Forsyth streets) or at Container Store locations. Tickets are $20 on tour days. Tour hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday. www.TIX.com.
DOWNTOWN FESTIVAL
Before or after the loft and condo tour, make sure to leave time for the Downtown Festival being held on the streets of the Fairlie-Poplar district May 20-21.
It will feature an artists’ market, live music, food vendors and children’s activities. Festival hours: 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday and noon-6 p.m. Sunday.
The festival is produced and managed by Downtown residents who volunteer their time, with sponsorship assistance from businesses like Target, the Container Store and Sweetwater Brewing Co.
Spokeswoman Beth Haynes says the Atlanta Downtown Neighborhood Association-sponsored festival will feature a larger artists’ market, which will be juried and offer cash prizes.
The entertainment lineup will include modern jazz and funk from Jazztronic, blues from Szabo, theater from Synchronicity Performance Group, country rock from Little Country Giants and pop from Jan Morrison.
The children’s area, next to the Healey Building on Walton Street, will feature arts and crafts including a stained-glass station, and a quilting station set up by the High Museum of Art in conjunction with its "Quilts of Gees Bend" exhibition.
Copyright 2005. All Rights Reserved. Web site by AirTight Design
By Collin Kelley, Managing Editor
Adiclere Hunter's loft in the Kessler Building downtown has a "tropical and traveled" theme, with unique pieces of art collected from Cuba, China, Spain and Morrocco. Hunter painted her walls vibrant colors to give "every part of the loft a different look and feel." (Photo by Laura Negri)
When the first loft and condo tour took place 10 years ago, Downtown Atlanta was still early in its renaissance. There was no Georgia Aquarium. Centennial Olympic Park was still under construction, the Rialto Theater was derelict, Castleberry Hill was a nearly forgotten fringe district, and anything approaching hip foodwise was farther up Peachtree Street. It was, basically, kind of scary.
What a difference a decade makes. At the 10th annual Downtown Loft & Condo Tour this month, visitors will see a radical transformation that is ongoing. Those who fled for the suburbs are selling their homes to move into the airy lofts and condos that have transformed former office buildings and warehouses in the Fairlie-Poplar and Centennial Hill districts.
Sponsored by the Atlanta Downtown Neighborhood Association (ADNA), the May 20-21 tour will again coincide with the fifth annual Downtown Festival (see article p.50) for a full weekend of arts and culture.
Tour spokeswoman Beth Haynes said more than a dozen lofts and condos will be featured, including a number that have never been on the tour. A home cannot be part of the tour two years in a row, she said.
More than 4,000 people traipsed through the lofts and condos last year, and at least that many are expected this month, Haynes said, adding that some of the newly renovated lofts are eye-popping.
The buildings featured on this tour include Kessler Lofts, William-Oliver Building, Healey Building, 123 Luckie, Renaissance Lofts, Museum Tower and Centennial House. Haynes said the goal of the tour is to increase interest in living Downtown and to provide the public with a firsthand look at unusual and creative properties.
Many of the homes are walking distance from the Fairlie-Poplar area, where the Downtown Festival is being held and where the tour registration desk will be located. Bus/shuttle service will take tour participants to some of the further-flung buildings, such as Centennial House, Renaissance Lofts and Museum Tower.
Tickets for the loft and condo tour are $15 in advance at the Theatrical Outfit box office (corner of Luckie and Forsyth streets) or at Container Store locations. Tickets are $20 on tour days. Tour hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday. www.TIX.com.
DOWNTOWN FESTIVAL
Before or after the loft and condo tour, make sure to leave time for the Downtown Festival being held on the streets of the Fairlie-Poplar district May 20-21.
It will feature an artists’ market, live music, food vendors and children’s activities. Festival hours: 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday and noon-6 p.m. Sunday.
The festival is produced and managed by Downtown residents who volunteer their time, with sponsorship assistance from businesses like Target, the Container Store and Sweetwater Brewing Co.
Spokeswoman Beth Haynes says the Atlanta Downtown Neighborhood Association-sponsored festival will feature a larger artists’ market, which will be juried and offer cash prizes.
The entertainment lineup will include modern jazz and funk from Jazztronic, blues from Szabo, theater from Synchronicity Performance Group, country rock from Little Country Giants and pop from Jan Morrison.
The children’s area, next to the Healey Building on Walton Street, will feature arts and crafts including a stained-glass station, and a quilting station set up by the High Museum of Art in conjunction with its "Quilts of Gees Bend" exhibition.
Copyright 2005. All Rights Reserved. Web site by AirTight Design
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