Comments on: Scottish Rite Up For Sale

By: Sharron

Sharron — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 03:22:23 +0000

I’ve used the space for a birthday party and a rehearsal dinner, much different from a larger wedding event. I’ve attended community parties there as well. I agree it is lacking in design for most wedding receptions, especially those over 75 people. The Oakhurst community needs to maintain an outdoor gathering space for jazz nights, wine crawl as well as the indoor space for other community activities.

By: MontyF

MontyF — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 00:04:22 +0000

“Vacant lots are selling like hot cakes at $250,000″

Hot cakes are selling for $250,000?

By: Daydreamer

Daydreamer — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 23:52:09 +0000

Thankfully there will be enough room for both inside the Walmart that will be built there.

By: Witty Name

Witty Name — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 23:02:11 +0000

People’s individual reactions to The Solarium as an event space tend to be at opposite extremes. I’ve been to 10-15 wedding in Atlanta in the last decade and it is by far my least favorite venue. The rooms are small, cramped, and almost entirely detached from one another. I think of it as the ant farm of event spaces and hope that someone can come along and turn it into something that makes sense, like a combination bar/hotel/babysitting center.

By: Sharron

Sharron — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 22:47:26 +0000

I happen to enjoy The Solarium as an event space as well as McGowen’s. And then there’s my great doctor Timothy Watts. Ideas of using the buildings for something else disappoints. Hoping a new owner is of like mind.

By: At Home in Decatur

At Home in Decatur — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 21:37:08 +0000

Oooooh. And we happen to need another one on the south side! Scottish Rite Elementary! Fifth Avenue could stay a 4/5 (given a bunch more additions), College Heights could stay an ECLC, and Lenox Park or whatever it’s called could stay at Oakhurst. If the school needed more classrooms in the future, it could gobble up the Palate/McGowans building which is already similar in style. It’s in the heart of Oakhurst, across from a fire station and within walking distance of Oakhurst Garden, Oakhurst Park, McKoy Park, and after school hangouts like Oakhurst Market and Hop and Shop (or whatever it’s called).

How is it that we haven’t thought of this before?

By: School Marm

School Marm — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 21:05:45 +0000

Looks like a cute little elementary school to me.

By: Keith F

Keith F — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 20:49:51 +0000

It is isn’t Scawtish, it’s crawp.