Comments on: As one Restaurant Door is Nailed Shut, Another Opens its Doors

By: Slam

Slam — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 02:26:42 +0000

Amanda

I heard it in passing a few months back from another resident. There’s actually a post about it right now on East Point Vent:

check out http://www.eastpointneighbors.com/ and click the EPN Vent button. Great source of info for what’s going on in the Point!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 22:26:06 +0000

Hi. I am also an EP resident, and stumbled across your blog.

@Slam - where did you hear of the plans for the new Publix? That is kind of exciting. We were hoping they’d tear down the Tri-Cities Plaza and put up a decent grocery store there… but the square is still very close by as well.

My husband and I moved here in late 2005… we agree, there is a lot of potential… and it just makes sense that Atlanta start revitalizing the south side of town. They’ve spread too far north as it is.

Take care.

By: Slam

Slam — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:26:51 +0000

As somebody who bought a place in EP (downtown) a couple of years ago, I’ve been sorely disappointed by the lack of progress here. If anything, it’s gone in the opposite direction. Frustrsting, because the place has so much potential! I heard there are plans to build a new Publix on the strip of land currently occupied by the eyesores that are the Grady Med Centre and the EP library. At least that would be a step in the right direction.

By: h

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 00:00:51 +0000

While local success of the business community is important, the truth is that it’s virtually impossible for adults to create what they believe is a “hip, young nightspot”, then introduce it to a younger generation to place their stamp of “cool” on it. Kids create their own “brands” as it were, mostly in an attempt to feel individualized (and sometimes downright separated) from older America. The quickest way to kill a venue that’s “happening” is for it to become popular initially with the younger crowd, then trigger the descent of soccer moms who want to juxtapose themselves with “cool kids” by throwing around words like “bling”, a word which was killed in a similar way…..Let the kids decide on their own what spot will be cool next, then leave them alone…Starbucks should have been a big enough lesson on this….