Lots of tweets about this today.  From Decatur PD…

The Decatur Police Department is investigating a traffic accident involving a passenger vehicle and a train. The collision occurred on the South McDonough railroad crossing. The train struck the rear portion of the motor vehicle.

The driver of the vehicle, a 76 year old male was transported to a local hospital due to a complaint of injury. The driver was examined on scene by members of the Decatur Fire Department. A female juvenile passenger of the vehicle was not injured.

Parkwood Lane, Decatur GA (pic submitted by Chris)

Think of it as an early version of Facebook (aka “Facemash”) but with U.S. streets instead of Harvard co-eds.  But the great thing about it is that streets don’t have feelings, so feel free to judge the hell out them!

Actually the really great thing is that this project, entitled “Beautiful Streets“, which asks you to pick which street is “more beautiful” is ultimately looking at compiling data to identify the seemingly “tricky” aspects of a street that make it well loved.  By passing judgements on these hundreds of Google Streetviews you can help them achieve their goal of attempting to define what makes a street “beautiful”.

Maybe we should set up one of these for Decatur and see which street takes home the “sexiest street” prize.

DHS Fine Arts Chair Jon Reese writes in…

Decatur High School’s fine arts department will present its third annual stART Celebrating Creativity showcase on Thursday, March 1 at 7:00 p.m. in the school’s performing arts center.

The event will include musical performances by band ensembles and student bands, vocal performances by chorus students, literary readings from creative writing students, a preview scene from the upcoming play “Robin Hood,” poetry recitations from ninth grade Poetry Out Loud participants, visual art displays from high school, middle school and system elementary schools’ art students, and dance performances by Decatur City Dance.

The school’s new career academy will showcase its culinary arts students, who will offer a menu of gourmet samples during the event’s intermission.

“We’ve had tremendous response to this event. The students really enjoy showing off their creativity and sharing the stage with such diverse talent. It’s exciting to welcome the larger community into our arts space so they can see what amazing things are happening in the arts at Decatur,” said Jon Reese, fine arts chair.

Doors to the visual arts display will open at 6 p.m., and the theater’s doors will open at 6:40 p.m.

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