OK, just to let people know up front…Scott fully acknowledges that he is disturbed (and a little obsessive).

But he and I were intrigued by what happens when you take a row of brand-new brownstones that are currently located awkwardly in a cluster off of Scott (just east of Clairemont) and plop them down in the 315 parking lot along Montgomery.

The results are below: with the first two pics before the jump and the final three after.  Does the change in context of the brownstones or the Montgomery streetscape alter your opinion of either? (Scott and I have our own opinions, which we will perhaps reveal after a bit of discussion.)

And please note:  This is just an exercise, designed to provide a visual alternative.  It is nothing the developer has proposed.  In fact, everyone familiar with this saga knows the developer’s latest plan includes courtyards that eliminate the “wall effect” that a continuous row of brownstones would produce.

Existing Parking Lot along Montgomery

Three story brownstones added

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Guitar Red - Photo Courtesy Access Atlanta

The AJC’s Access Atlanta picks up the “Guitar Red Makes a CD” story and does a great, in-depth piece on the Square fixture’s life, struggles, and music.

And unlike so many articles that highlight those who really have reason to sing the blues, it doesn’t force a happy ending or anything…it just is what it is.