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All "Jeff Hullinger" Blogposts

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Hullinger's Musings

Atlanta Blooms West of Augusta

Augusta National, Masters Week, a celebration of spring in the South. Over the course of the last 89 years, the tournament has evolved into one of the greatest sporting events in the world.

The Masters Tournament was conceptualized and created by the forever cool Atlantan, the incomparable Bobby Jones. Mr. Jones died in 1971, but never seems far away, his footsteps are everywhere around here, those who knew the celebrated attorney with Georgia Tech, Emory roots are still with us.

April 10, 2025
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  • Jeff Hullinger
Bill Curry memorabilia inside Attorney Pete Wellborn's office
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A Day At The Museum

“My office has the largest archive of Macon memorabilia outside the Washington County Library,” said Atlanta Intellectual Property/ Internet attorney Pete Wellborn with a smile, “the 1897 city phone book, the Macon Peaches baseball cards, ancient Coca Cola bottles, and photos of my grandfather’s restaurant, all here.”

March 7, 2025
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  • Jeff Hullinger
Bill Tush Anchoring With Mans Best Friend
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Hullinger's Musings

Superstation Tush Push

“We had the unknown newsman with a paper bag, a mannequin with weather and of course, in one episode, Rex, the Wonder Dog (German Shepherd).”

February 27, 2025
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Downtown Atlanta re-development has big shoes to fill

It is the ultimate signal of a new day dawning for downtown Atlanta. The four Teilhaber brothers, purveyors of Friedman Shoes, a local Mitchell Street staple for a century, will be on the move for the first time since 1929.

January 30, 2025
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Georgia has the country’s oldest Welcome Center. Jeff Hullinger stops in for visit
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WATCH: What Sylvania, Ga., had before any city in the country (and what a military legend from Marietta had to do with it)

"The interstates changed America," Jeff Hullinger writes. "Rural and urban, reshaped for all times." And while it's been a while since U.S. Route 301 was relevant for cross-country travel, Jeff pays a visit there; finding what remains "a hub of traveler activity."

September 26, 2024
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“We had a great party yesterday," said 71 year-old Jane Rice of Fairfax, Virginia. "25 neighbors came over to share cake and sing for my dad’s birthday.”
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As we look to Plains for an upcoming 100th birthday, meet Atlanta's pretty remarkable 104-year-old

As a boy, Charles Rice delivered the newspaper to "Gone With The Wind's" Margaret Mitchell in Ansley Park. ("The famous author would pay her bill with dad," his daughter Jane said. "And wave from the window when his bicycle pulled up.") As a man, he played tennis with the legendary Atlanta ace Bitsy Grant. And as of Monday, the Atlanta native is 104 years old. He is, perhaps, the oldest living man in the state capital.

September 18, 2024
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Along with our Georgia Public Broadcasting team, I chatted with former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn (1972-1997) inside the Georgia Tech building that bears his name. In the months ahead, we will share our interview on GPB.
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An audience with Perry, Georgia's own - "one of the most significant and impactful public lives in American history"

As the nation's 39th president approaches his 100th birthday in a few weeks (October 1), GPB's Jeff Hullinger spoke with former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn - one of the increasingly few Carter contemporaries still with us in 2024.  Senator Nunn was raised in Perry, population 10,000. President Carter in Plains, population 573. "Georgia hamlets separated by only 49 miles of asphalt," Hullinger writes. "Giant lives spawned from these very small, nearby communities."

September 13, 2024
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  • Jeff Hullinger
“It was a surreal experience," Dr. Kevin Johnson said. "Mind-blowing. The choir there has been around since 1847. The tabernacle. The massive organ.
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How the collaboration between three historic and celebrated choirs debuting in Atlanta in days, began

“Music plays a significant role in breaking down racial separation in the United States," declared Dr. Kevin Johnson - musician, composer and Choral Director at Spelman College. “It’s all about the love. The world needs music and we will deliver it in a powerful way, together.”

September 6, 2024
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  • Jeff Hullinger
 East Lake Golf has buoyed East Atlanta. There is still plenty to accomplish, but this template has been shared and replicated across the country.
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From 'Little Vietnam' to 'a renaissance of East Atlanta. The fabled golf course serving as an anchor toward lifting all'

The vision, power, and ability of Tom Cousins - now curated by Larry Gellerstedt III - is making a difference for so many Atlantans. The evidence can be seen beyond the gates of the lush fairways of East Lake Golf. It’s all around. 

September 1, 2024
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  • Jeff Hullinger
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Hullinger's Musings

WATCH | Nathan Deal: Former governor, new children's book author, future voiceover star?

On stage, Former Governor Nathan Deal has been delighting statewide audiences using an assortment of voices representing the characters in "Veto, the Governor's Cat." GPB's Jeff Hullinger got to experience them all, up close.

August 30, 2024
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  • Jeff Hullinger
Robert Shaw's reaction to the Grammys?  “He could care less, it was all about the music,” shared archivist Bob Scarr.
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About those 13 items coming to the Woodruff Arts Center's new Robert Shaw Room that Robert Shaw didn't seem to care much about

When Robert Shaw arrived 57 years ago, Atlanta had few cultural institutions. He changed everything with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. “I could argue that Robert Shaw was our calling card," its longtime archivist contends. Now that calling card is complete.

August 23, 2024
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  • Jeff Hullinger
Almost a century ago, Atlanta’s Oglethorpe was at the top of any college gridiron discussion in the southeast.
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Football's back and Jeff Hullinger's leading the cheer: altogether now - Go Stormy Petrels!

Sports legends are like sunflowers in retirement. They grow tall and reach toward the sky with water, sunshine and loving attention. Jeff Hullinger asked Cy Bell’s son if anyone inquires about his late father’s Atlanta football prowess almost 100 years after the fact. “No, not really,” he replied.

August 16, 2024
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  • Jeff Hullinger
There were few Atlanta pleasures topping fried chicken and a gin martini at the Colonnade.
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If this is farewell to The Colonnade, 'we will not forget ye, nor the need for a Cheshire Bridge Road designated driver'

Two late-summer, nonpolitical stories caught Jeff Hullinger's attention this week: The near century-old Cheshire Bridge Road restaurant the Colonnade is up for sale; and the 79th anniversary of the Enola Gay nuclear bombing of Hiroshima in 1945.

August 9, 2024
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GPB's Jeff Hullinger with former Georgia Governor, Nathan Deal at his home in Demorest, GA
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Two large lives called the Demorest area in Habersham County home

Former Georgia Governor, Nathan Deal and “The Big Cat,” Cooperstown Hall of Famer, Johnny Mize - called Demorest, GA home.

August 2, 2024
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It's National Hot Dog Month in America, and Jeff Hullinger celebrates with a trip to Macon.
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Hullinger's Musings

WATCH | Nu-Way versus The Varsity - Jeff Hullinger declares who cut the mustard, first

It's National Hot Dog Month in America, and Jeff Hullinger celebrates with a trip to Macon to visit one of the oldest hot dog establishments in the country. 

July 26, 2024
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  • Jeff Hullinger
It is not possible to think of the AJC Peachtree Road Race without the fabled Jeff Galloway. The Atlanta native was the winner of the inaugural event in 1970 that began in Sears' Buckhead parking lot.
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From one Jeff to the AJC Peachtree Road Race organizers: Invite Jeff Galloway to the next one

Jeff Galloway is one of those Atlantans that changed things. His impact is beyond measure, among the most influential sporting stars ever here, going back to the 1970’s. 

July 5, 2024
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  • Jeff Hullinger
There is so much to see in Charlie Harrison's home: folk art, golf memorabilia, antiques, artifacts, books, and fixtures more than a century old.
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'Mr. Harrison,' Jeff Hullinger asks, 'Does Col. Alston’s ghost still reside in this home and property?'

The Tour Championship rolls through Atlanta in late August, with a new look and an old course—-but not as old as Charlie Harrison’s 1856 home, known as Meadow Nook. Now it serves as a visual backdrop to a local life as great as the Harrison golf swing.

June 28, 2024
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  • Jeff Hullinger
Angel LaMadrid Cuesta and his family. "My great grandfather made a bloody fortune, with really an astonishing life."
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'A little dude from Spain' could have made Atlanta a huge cigar city

Angel LaMadrid Cuesta was born in Asturias, Spain in 1858. He came to Atlanta with a dream and some pocket money. His business concept? Rolling premium cigars at a small factory off Ponce de Leon in Midtown. And it wasn't long before he was rolling in American dollars.

June 21, 2024
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"A lot of people ask if this was originally a church, but it was not. It was always built in memory of Mary Willis."
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WATCH | The Mary Willis Library: Often mistaken for originally being a church, 'definitely a piece of history'

Jeff Hullinger explores the Mary Willis Library in Washington, Ga. Opened in 1889, it was the state’s first free library and continues to serve in that role today, housing a collection of books dating back to 1800. But its most astonishing feature is a beautiful Tiffany glass window featuring an image of the library’s namesake. (No wonder couples have gotten married in front of it!)

June 14, 2024
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  • Jeff Hullinger
On June 3, 1962, Atlanta’s civic and cultural leaders were returning from a museum tour of Europe sponsored by the Atlanta Art Association when their chartered Boeing 707 crashed upon takeoff at Orly Field near Paris, France.
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Hullinger's Musings

A catalyst for the arts in Atlanta arose from a horrific moment in aviation history, remembered this week

On June 3, 1962, Atlanta’s civic and cultural leaders were returning from a museum tour of Europe sponsored by the Atlanta Art Association when their chartered Boeing 707 crashed upon takeoff at Orly Field near Paris, France. A lifetime later, a life of triumph rises from unspeakable tragedy.

June 7, 2024
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