Another gift from Allison!  She writes…

A few more scraps of my family’s home movies, taken by my grandfather M.F. “Bubber” Adams, Jr., in and around Decatur in the 1940s and 1950s. These include WSB’s first TV transmitter, Decatur First Baptist Church, bits of Winnona Park, and probably the scooter you wish you had now.

A lovely gift from Allison.  She writes…

My dad and I have been going through old family home movies, and I found a few choice vintage images from his growing up in Decatur, taken by my grandfather. I hope you enjoy these scenes from our city in the 1940s!

Check out that streetcar!!

The Community Center of South Decatur sent in this open letter to DM this morning…

An Open Letter from The Community Center of South Decatur (The Solarium) to the Decatur Community

The news that the former Scottish Rite Children’s Hospital property is up for sale has prompted the board of the Community Center of South Decatur (CCSD) to share our position on the possible change in ownership of this historic property.

Many long-time residents of Oakhurst are familiar with the work that the all-volunteer CCSD board has done to help restore and preserve The Solarium building and grounds, part of the historic Scottish Rite property, as a community gathering place.

As most people in the neighborhood know, the Solarium is frequently rented out for weddings and other special events. What many don’t realize is that the CCSD is a non-profit organization that plows the income raised from those events into the maintenance of this special facility.

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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.

In response to conversations about “Clark Music” in another thread, Clark sends in this photo of the old Clark Music store on Decatur Square.  Awesome!