McKoy Park, Decatur GA (pic submitted by Peter)

From Tomorrow’s News Today…

Red Mango has closed its last Atlanta location.

The frozen yogurt and smoothie shop closed their location at North Decatur Center at the intersection of North Decatur and Clairmont Roads last week.

Dallas, Texas-based Red Mango, an international froyo chain, entered the market (via a local franchisee) in 2010.  The first location opened in Dunwoody in September followed by Emory / Decatur in December.   A third was slated for Howell Mill Village near Howell Mill and Collier Roads, but given troubles the existing stores were experiencing, those plans were abandoned.  (Chipotle Mexican Grill opened in the space last year)

After reading a few years back that a 20 story skyscraper was once planned for West Courthouse Square, I have always wondered what on earth that building looked like and how it would have altered the Decatur Square.

Well now, thanks to Chris, who’s passed along this article from the 1966 Decatur Stockholder Report, we can all imagine it!  Just picture the 20-story building on the left in place of the DeVry building on the West edge of Decatur Square.

This post is probably a couple of weeks late in coming, but I blame it on unseasonably rainy weather syndrome.

How have you been passing the time over the past few weeks in this Pacific Northwest climate?