MM: Emory Rape Vehicle Photos Released, McGowan’s Closes, and Renderings of Atlanta Terminal
Decatur Metro | March 24, 2014
- New surveillance photos of vehicle released in Emory rape investigation [WSB]
- Digging into why McGowan’s Closed [Decaturish]
- Residents generally approve of C-streets road diet plan [Decaturish]
- Wire infrastructure being installed along Atlanta Streetcar line [ATL Urbanist]
- Why Lakeside cityhood push failed [AJC]
- Atlanta Multi-Modal Terminal Vision Will Blow Your Mind [Curbed]
Rendering from GDOT courtesy of Curbed
Latest from Decaturish
McGowan’s closed because the food never lived up to promises in a city with lots of good options. It is a great location and place but the menu failed to deliver.
I’m worried about UJ as service has gotten so bad that I refuse to go with the family and now only go to grab an occasional beer with friends. Just make sure you hunt down a waiter/waitress when you glass is half full and you might get a new drink when your finished. If you are lucky
I liked that McGowan’s was open for brunch at 8am (!) on Sundays and thus I could get my Bloody Mary on extremely early if I wanted, but the place was often dead when I dined. That isn’t a bad thing as I don’t generally like crowded, loud places. But it gave off a “What’s wrong with this place…” vibe. I liked the food, again especially the brunch (Nutella French toast!). I also liked the split floor-plan and the two bars with each side having their own positives.
I’d be curious to see a copy of their lease. That spot isn’t as visible as UJ or Mojos, and near invisible from Oakview Road, but it did have a lawn with some shade that I don’t think was used enough. Maybe they weren’t allowed to go beyond the patio. If it were my restaurant, I would’ve done picnic lunches or some other specials to get people outside and making it look busy on nice days.
If you were served non-virgin Bloody Mary’s on Sunday before 12:30 pm, then McGowan’s had far bigger issues. That is breaking the law.
I’ll always wait around for a good Bloody Mary.
Thankfully blue laws don’t hold the same sway they may have in the past. I’ll continue to support businesses that treat me as an adult.
As I was told by a friendly local bartender, if you can’t get a drink before 12:30 on Sundays then you are going to the wrong bars.
And it’s a victimless crime, as all of the people who actually give a crap are in church and unable to observe the decadence.
+1
More space at the bar for me!
Look out U Joint!
A couple of things on the C-streets road diet plan (Decaturish):
The Commerce Dr road diet changes aren’t shown on the artist’s rendering. You had to have known about them to ask if you wanted exact details of where changes will happen–and of course seeing it would have likely drawn some interest too. Hugh Saxon, patient as always, answered Chris Billingsley’s and my questions (although at about question #10 he did politely offer up that the project’s engineer and consultants were on hand. Nope. Hugh’s the person we know and who we’ll come looking for if this turns out to be a major mistake. :0) As Chris said in his comment on Decaturish, it’s not as bad as feared. Hugh said the road diet will (likely) only happen on the section between Trinity and Clairemont because the rest is a state route road.
I still have a very strong feeling that this is going to end up having a negative impact on the adjoining neighborhood after the neighbors have put in tremendous time and effort (and the City’s spent $$) for traffic calming improvements. If going down to one lane becomes a pain, drivers who currently go Clairemont to Commerce to W. Ponce will likely be tempted to cut through on their streets. Unfortunately, there was very light attendance at this workshop (18 folks signed in by 7:30pm) and I didn’t hear anyone who seemed to be a representative for that neighborhood voicing concerns. (I also didn’t spot the two most avid DM road diet fans there either. Maybe they stopped by fashionably late.)
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Very disappointed that the Church/Forkner/Medlock roundabout is gone. Cost and delay to project were reasons the consultant cited.
I just noticed the turning lanes going away in the road diet. Not sure that’s a good idea. If you have to get from one side of Decatur to another, getting thru (or around) downtown is difficult enough as it is. Without those turn lanes it could become near impossible.