East Ponce de Leon Ave Decatur, GA (pic submitted by Allen)

In 1910, Greater Atlanta Magazine imagined that Peachtree Street would look like the above in 2010.

I’m not sure what’s weirder: the giant birds on columns or the space-age Eiffel Tower.

From the Atlanta History Center’s Facebook Page.  They have some other pretty interesting historic photos/drawings on their Wall.

From last night’s Decatur City Commission meeting…

I’ve received over 400 emails begging for a secret stash of [Decatur Beer Festival tickets].

- the City of Decatur’s Katie Abel

Over on Craiglist, there are currently 24 entries selling tickets to the uber-popular Fest, with individual ticket prices averaging around $80.  That’s been about the going rate the last two years, but I don’t recall quite so many entries in years past.

Picture courtesy of City of Decatur

Closing out last night’s Decatur City Commission meeting, Mayor Bill Floyd took a moment to follow up on some of his comments from last week, when he presented the commission with a resolution concerning Georgia’s 2012 transportation referendum, which would mirror a recent Fulton Mayors’ (sans Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed) proposal.

Floyd relayed to the room that since the last commissioner’s meeting two weeks ago, the Fulton mayors had asked the DeKalb mayors to join their resolution – which stated that the County would only support a second transportation penny sales tax on top of the current MARTA penny, if Gwinnett, Cobb and Clayton County agreed to creating a regional transportation plan – instead of starting a parrellel effort in DeKalb.

The mayor mentioned that he had spoken with all the DeKalb mayors at this point, and all were on-board with his original resolution.

Though he didn’t confirm either way, it sounded like the DeKalb mayors would probably take the Fulton mayors up on their offer.  If a joining of forces does come to pass, the mayors in the two counties plan to hold a press conference at the Georgia Capitol to announce their decision.

Stay tuned.

From Decatur Active Living’s Cheryl Burnette…

City of Decatur Active Living invites the community to the annual International Walk to School Day Pep Rally to be held on the Old Courthouse Square on Tuesday, October 5th from 5:30 until 7pm. Children will have the opportunity to win prizes and make a poster to carry on Wednesday for Walk and Roll to School Day. Musical entertainment will be provided by Douglas Brake and the Sizzle, Hiss Pop Band! Local celebrities will be on hand, including our School Crossing Guards, Mayor Bill Floyd, Stephanie Stuckey and Decatur Commissioners. Kaiser Permanente’s Doc Broc will also be at the event!

The event is a kick off for Walk & Roll to School Day on Wednesday October 6th. Our four City of Decatur elementary schools participate in the Safe Routes to School Program which encourages children to walk or ride their bikes to school. This is not only a healthy alternative to riding in a car, but helps the air quality by cutting auto emissions.