Video rental business, here and gone
Whatever community you lived in, there was a Blockbuster, Hollywood Video or perhaps a smaller chain or independent video store. Other competitors in the Atlanta area included All Star Video, The Movie Store, National Video, and West Coast Videos. Record stores also entered the video rental business.
Atlanta record store nostalgia-Turtles, Peaches, etc.
In the 1970s, Turtle’s, Peaches and other record stores opened in Atlanta and the surrounding areas. Al Levenson started Turtle’s Record Store in 1977 and opened eight stores in 18 months.
Commemorative Air Force event at DeKalb Peachtree Airport May 24 & 25
Commemorative Air Force is holding Special Warbird Rides Days at DeKalb Peachtree Airport. Five vintage planes based at Peachtree City, Georgia will be at PDK May 24, 2025 and May 25, 2025 for exhibitions and flights from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m.
Military service of Clyde Casto included surgical training at Lawson General Hospital
In 1943, Casto was sent to train as a Surgical Technician in the Medical Department Technicians School at Lawson General Hospital in Chamblee, Georgia.
The Ashford in Ashford Park, Ashford Dunwoody Road
The next owner was Eugene S. Luckie, followed by W. T. Ashford, who purchased the home and land in 1903, naming it Southlook. Ashford operated a nursery business on the property.
Dachau liberated 80 years ago, April 29, 1945
To commemorate 80 years since the liberation of Dachua, I wanted to return to the history shared with me by Hilbert Margol in 2021. World War II veteran Hilbert Margol and his brother Howard Margol were there to liberate Dachau on April 29, 1945 as part of the 42nd Infantry.
Peachtree Industrial Blvd. 1958, Peachtree Blvd. 2008
The October 26, 1958 Atlanta Journal newspaper printed an article titled, “Peachtree leads new south to shiny industrial future.” The article announced a new four-lane highway called Peachtree Industrial Boulevard. “North of Atlanta, slashed across the flat red plain of the Piedmont, a vibrant symbol of the new south flourishes.”
Sandy Springs DeWald’s Alley and the memories of Shirley Peters Pruitt
Residents of DeWald’s Alley rented from Clyde and Susie DeWald, who lived nearby on Spruill Road, later known as Meadow Lane Road. Susie DeWald would go door to door collecting rent each month. The houses of DeWald’s Alley had outhouses, no electricity, and well water. Pumps were eventually installed.
Atlanta flocks to Flowerland
In 1932, he sold the dairy farm and bought 138 acres in Chamblee. He and wife Lucy Hurt Fischer built a home with elaborate gardens, calling it Flowerland. The home was designed by Phillip Trammel Shutze.