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Panda Fest 2024. Provided by Panda Fest.

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Country’s biggest outdoor Asian food festival, Panda Fest, debuts in Atlanta April 4

Billed as the “biggest outdoor Asian food festival in the US,” Panda Fest heads to Atlanta for the first time, April 4-6, bringing with it hundreds of food stalls lining Atlantic Station’s Pinnacle Lot in Midtown. 

April 02, 2025
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  • Sarra Sedghi
An illustration of the connector park in Midtown between North Avenue, at left, and 5th Street. The silver oval at 5th Street is of the proposed performance venue. (Image courtesy Atlanta Connector Park)

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Plans stall for Midtown highway-capping project

Work by a private foundation to build a highway-capping park to reconnect the east and west sides of Midtown has stalled. The future of the park remains uncertain without significant financial backing by a local or state government agency that handles policy, funding and infrastructure decisions for transportation. 

July 25, 2024
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  • Dyana Bagby
Protestors in support of Palestine rally in midtown Atlanta on June 27, 2024.

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'Social justice matters': Hundreds of protesters gather in Midtown ahead of presidential debate

On Thursday, June 27, hundreds of protesters gathered at night in Midtown Atlanta ahead of the presidential debate between Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican candidate former President Donald Trump.

June 28, 2024
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  • Amanda Andrews
Sen. Raphael Warnock, in a video, introduced his legislation on June 18 to improve the workforce by bridging the gap between community and technical colleges and the local job industry. (Screenshot)

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Taxpayer dollars at work: Senators on workforce development, military families, water infrastructure

For the week ending June 14, 2024, Warnock and Ossoff focused on reviewing Atlanta's aging water infrastructure after the recent water main break in Midtown Atlanta, improving fire safety throughout Georgia, improving the workforce development by creating partnerships between community and technical colleges and the local job industry, and introducing legislations supporting Georgia military families.

June 21, 2024
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  • Ambria Burton
Water gushing from a broken water main at 11th and West Peachtree in Midtown on Sunday morning, June 2. (Photo by Beth McKibben)

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Water main breaks meant big losses for Atlanta’s arts and entertainment scene

After two water mains broke in Atlanta on May 31, the city plunged into a water-induced crisis that would last for nearly a week. The original breaks, and subsequent breaks that followed, would disrupt operations for numerous Atlanta businesses, including the arts and entertainment industry. 

June 13, 2024
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  • Sammie Purcell
A fire heavily damaged the historic Kodak and Atlanta Eagle buildings in Midtown on June 6. (Photo by Dyana Bagby)

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Fire damages historic Atlanta Eagle and Kodak buildings in Midtown

Fire heavily damaged the Kodak building and the former site of the LGBTQ bar Atlanta Eagle on Thursday evening. Atlanta Fire Rescue officials got a call about 8 p.m. of a fire at the two historic buildings at the intersection of Ponce de Leon and Argonne avenues in Midtown.

June 07, 2024
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  • Dyana Bagby
Photo by Anna Shvets on Pexels.com

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UPDATE: Boil water advisory lifted for City of Atlanta

The boil water advisory has been lifted for the entire city nearly a week after two water mains broke and plunged the city into an unprecedented water crisis.

June 06, 2024
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  • Collin Kelley
Repairs to a major water main in Midtown at 11th and West Peachtree streets were still underway on Tuesday morning, June 4. (Photo by Beth McKibben)

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UPDATE: Midtown repairs continue, Army Corps of Engineers called in as water crisis enters fifth day

Repairs to a major water main break in Midtown continued on Tuesday morning as Atlanta’s unprecedented water crisis moved into a fifth day.

June 04, 2024
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  • Collin Kelley
The Wrecking Bar in Little Five Points is one of the businesses affected by the water main break. (Courtesy Instagram)

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BREAKING: Water main break causes outages for businesses, residents across Atlanta

Residents and businesses across Atlanta are experiencing low water pressure or outages after a water main broke today.

May 31, 2024
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  • Dyana Bagby
Rabbi Peter Berg (left) interviewed Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens on May 21.

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Mayor Andre Dickens addresses Jewish community on family, safety and housing

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens is set on making Atlanta the best place to raise a family by 2030. That’s his “North Star,” he told the Jewish community on Tuesday at the Jewish Federation in Midtown.

May 23, 2024
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  • Logan Ritchie
A rendering of the glass facade addition to the Woodruff Arts Center Memorial Arts Building.

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Woodruff Arts Center presents renovation plan to Midtown development committee

The Midtown Development Review Committee (DRC) reviewed two renovation proposals at its May 14 meeting, including facade changes to the Woodruff Arts Center and a request to put signage on an Olympic-era monument.

May 17, 2024
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Midtown QuikTrip

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Business Briefs: QT closing in Midtown, Buckhead Landing’s new tenants

QuikTrip is closing its Midtown store at Peachtree and 6th Streets on May 3 because of crime and declining sales, according to a statement from the company. The pilot store, which opened eight years ago, was the first QT location without a gas station. QT said it would continue to open new locations and is in the process of identifying a new Atlanta location for a full-service QT that “we hope to have online within the next 2-3 years.”

April 30, 2024
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  • Jacob Nguyen
Part of the roof at Mary Mac’s Team Room collapsed during heavy rain in Atlanta.

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UPDATE: Mary Mac’s Tea Room working to reopen as ‘quickly as possible’ after roof collapse

 Mary Mac’s Tea Room on Ponce de Leon Avenue is working to reopen “as quickly as possible” after heavy rain caused a partial collapse of the restaurant’s roof on Wednesday morning.

March 08, 2024
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  • Collin Kelley
Part of the roof at Mary Mac’s Team Room collapsed during heavy rain in Atlanta.

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Roof partially collapses at Mary Mac’s Tea Room

The roof of Mary Mac’s Tea Room partially collapsed overnight prompting a temporary closure of the famed Southern eatery.

March 06, 2024
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  • Collin Kelley
The skyline is seen Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, in Atlanta.

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Atlanta crane collapse displaces residents of 1,000 apartments

Residents of about 1,000 apartments in Atlanta’s Midtown neighborhood remained unable to return to their homes, a day after a crane partially collapsed at a nearby construction site. Atlanta fire chief Rod Smith said one of the crane's counterweights became dislodged and fell, causing damage to the crane Monday afternoon. 

May 23, 2023
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