Chris points out that Church Street is featured in the June Issue of Southern Living.  Can’t find any link for it yet, so here’s a photo of the page from the magazine.  Homegrown, Houndstooth Road, Leon’s, Green’s and Paper Plane all get a mention!

I don’t have many brag-able skills, but I’m usually pretty good at identifying a building.

But here’s one that’s piqued my interest for the last 12 months or so.  This building, which sits behind the ReMax building along Church Street is some sort of old industrial building, I believe.  And while it’s interesting in itself, what’s really intriguing about it to me is the fact that it’s attached to a commercial building along Church.

So, some questions.  What industrial company used to occupy this space?  Also, what are the commercial buildings at either end?  Why are they there?  Are they original?

Does anyone know?

One more pic of the other side of the building after the jump.  That one shows where the ReMax building attaches to the old industrial space.

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Back in April, we reported that the vacant building at  542 Church Street had been bought by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education.

Through a city staff report attached to a parking variance submitted to the Zoning Board of Appeals (see page 52 of materials), we learn the Association’s future plan for the site…

The applicant proposes to demolish the existing building and build a new 2-3 story, 19,000 square foot building with one level of parking underneath the building.

The variance itself asks to have the current 48 spaces required under current zoning laws reduced to 24 spaces.

Clark and Linda wrote in reporting crime scene tape across Church Street this afternoon, with an ambulance on site and a helicopter overhead.

Chief Booker quickly responded to my inquiry with details…

…the Decatur Police Department responded to a person shot call in the parking lot of DeKalb Probation located in the 500 block of Church Street. Investigations revealed the subject had a non life threatening gunshot wound. The incident occurred outside the city limits of Decatur. The appropriate police department was notified and responded to the scene and the investigation was turned over to them for follow up. It is currently under investigation by the Clarkston Police Department. Hope this clarifies the incident, we weren’t sure initially if the crime scene was here or somewhere else thus the reason for the crime scene tape and rerouting of traffic.

As always, I appreciate DPD’s quick response – on both on 911 calls AND email inquiries!

Gene Kansas Development tweets…

GKD hired by Pope & Land to sell/lease 542 Church Street in Decatur…anyone wanna buy a building?!

And that would be this property…

I know I’m not the only one that’s dreamed about the revitalization of Church Street between Ponce and Commerce.

If you had a big wad of cash, what would you do with this property?

h/t: The Ginger Fox (a.k.a. Squirrel McBusinessperson)