Thank you for signing the petition to Mayor Reed of Atlanta to stop the plan to raze the Engineer's Bookstore and replace it with a gas station. Please note that NPU meeting date has been changed to Tue 6Sep at 6:30pm Peachtree Christian 1580 Peachtree St, Atlanta 30309 (enter in rear). Please continue to spread the word and share the link! We have been CCd on letters and emails to the Mayor and other governmental authorities. - Marietta Street Artery Association ArteryAtlanta@gmail.com www.artery.org For those interested, following are some media links to stories about the site: Maria Saporta: http://saportareport.com/56628-2/ 11Alive video clip: http://www.11alive.com/news/fight-to-save-historic-engineer-s-bookstore-from-developer/281772979 Atlanta Intown:​ ​http://www.atlantaintownpaper.com/2016/07/petition-launched-to-save-engineers-bookstore-building/ Creative Loafing:​http://m.clatl.com/freshloaf/archives/2016/07/21/residents-preservationists-facepalm-over-engineers-bookstore-demolition-plan WABE report (begins at 32:12) http://news.wabe.org/post/city-lights-smart-people-atlanta-art-news-and-more What Now Atlanta:​ ​https://whatnowatlanta.com/will-a-gas-station-replace-the-engineers-bookstore-building/ Atlanta Curbed​:​ ​http://atlanta.curbed.com/2016/7/21/12244236/engineers-bookstore-marietta-street-demolition Here is the history: The property, on the corner of Marietta and Means Streets, is a small, brick commercial building with a double storefront. There has been a structure on this site since Marietta Street was platted in the 1830s. The current one-story building was built around 1930. The walls are laid in six-course common bond. Some of the original windows have been altered and removed, although some historic steel-frame windows remain. The large contemporary plate-glass store windows and twin, recessed entrances, dominate the front facade. The building’s interior retains its original pressed tin ceiling. The original tenant was the Forrest 5 & 10¢ Store. The five-and-dime operated as late as 1955. The local chain of stores was owned by Isaac J. Paradies, an immigrant from Latvia and prominent Jewish businessman and philanthropist. In 1960, The Paradies family opened a toy shop in the Atlanta Airport under their name. Today the company operates over 500 airport gift shops around the world. In 1993, after extensive renovations by new building owners, Chuck Sekula and Pat Cunningham, Engineer's Bookstore moved from its original North Avenue location, to make way for improvements related to the 1996 Olympic Games. It is among the few historic commercial buildings that survive along the Marietta Street corridor.