K.C.'s Garage

I have always noticed the empty, decaying early 20th century building overlooking the connector on Peachtree Street and wondered what it was. From its appearance, I had assumed it was an old hotel or apartment building. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that it was actually a hospital! The Medical Arts building was designed in 1927, and was reportedly one of the most modern hospitals in the Southern United States. I have also heard rumor that it was the first racially integrated hospital in the South, and as such the first southern hospital where a black and white child were born in the same maternity ward on the same day. At the time of this writing the current owner is simply renovating the parking structure to sell parking on Peachtree St. It is unknown whether any plans are in the works for the structure itself. There is very little remaining of the interior of the building, though many floors still had the "medical institution green" paint on the walls. Th...

In 1901 Pullman Railroad Car Company bought a rail facility in the town of Kirkwood, GA and expanded it into their own rail facility. Some time in the 1990s the state of Georgia bought the facility. It has since gone into disuse, no doubt waiting for the right offer from a developer to turn it into lofts or something similar.

On December 7th, 1946 the Winecoff Hotel became the site of the worst hotel fire in US history, killing 119 people. The high loss of life was largely attributed to poor design of the hotel and directly resulted in a complete reworking of the national fire codes for hotels throughout the United States. Originally opened in 1913, the Winecoff is currently undergoing its third rennovation since the fire- this time to become a boutique hotel named "Hotel Ellis."