DRAMATIZATION

Maybe possibly perhaps coming to Decatur soon: Extreme Makeover: Concrete Municipal Parking Lot Edition!

Lain Shakespeare reports one of the ideas discussed at this morning’s Decatur Strategic Plan Meeting was livening-up downtown by painting the courthouse parking deck, a.k.a. the tiered concrete bunker at Commerce and W. Trinity. He included in his note examples of similar projects elsewhere.

Just one substitute bloggers opinion, but why the heck not? As long as the deck is there, we should try to make the best use of it. At the moment, the deck isn’t just ugly, but also mostly empty at night. Some bright colors, a Banksy-ing, or even a Bob Ross-ing could reduce the ugliness although, honestly, I think the bad lighting and creepy stairwells contribute more to after-dark underuse than the deck’s drab exterior.

(Post by Sherwin Williams Andisheh Nouraee, filling-in for Mr. DM)

Might want to gather up the kids for this one…

Over of The Decatur Minute, Special Events Coordinator Cheryl Burnette has a very cool post that could be described as a July 4th picture diary; detailing the setup and execution of Decatur’s fireworks from the DeKalb County parking deck.

It’s the one day a year we can say “Thank goodness!” for that hideous parking deck.  Can’t set off fireworks from the top of that stupid Swanton House!

Maybe next year it can be part of a summer session of Decatur 101!  Speaking of which, did you hear that the state’s wealthiest city, John’s Creek, has started a similar program in the past year?