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PG was doing his morning chores, and listening to the Neal Boortz show. The handsome challenged whiner was discussing the Buckhead Library.
It seems that a developer covets the land. Mr. Developer has offered $24 million for the land, and to help build a replacement book barn. There is opposition to the sale, and destruction, of the library.
The library is a “deconstructionist” facility designed by Scogin, Elam, and Bray. It is not typical Buckhead Architecture.
Mr. Boortz said the building was Fugly and should be torn down. There are reports of leaking roofs, flawed internet access, and HVAC issues at the library.
Mr. Boortz said the developer’s project was going to be fabulous, and would revitalize Buckhead. It is not unethical for developers to pay radio announcers.
Mr. Boortz said the only reason the powers that be are reluctant to approve the sale of the library is “Wealth envy”.
The Buckhead Library was founded in 1929 by Ida Williams. It got its home on Buckhead Avenue in 1942. Growing up in nearby Brookhaven, PG went to this library with his mother. By the late fifties it was a beat up building.
The current structure opened in 1990. By this time PG did not go to Buckhead often, and did not see this facility until recently. He has mixed feelings.
A recurring theme of the radio show was ugly. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, while ugly uses all five senses.
Mr. Boortz could make a freight train take a dirt road. He said the Library was ugly. This got PG to thinking about something he heard about the architects.
PG once knew a former associate of Merrill Elam. This person had uncomplimentary things to say about Ms. Elam. These comments included an unkind assessment of her appearance.
The website for the firm does not have a picture of her.