it's the End of an Era, Y'all......

[MsTryska]

just in time for Pride too:

http://www.ajc.com/news/content/business/0605/24bizcondo.html

Backstreet, a disco that hosted the likes of Cher and Farrah Fawcett-Majors and was a landmark in metro Atlanta's gay history, will fall under the wrecking ball and be replaced by at least one, and maybe two, 40-story condo towers.

Developer Jim Borders, who is building condo high-rises from Buckhead to downtown Atlanta, plans to build the two condo skyscrapers in phases along Peachtree Street between Sixth and Seventh streets.

The first tower would open in 2007 and a second tower, if demand holds, would follow later, said Robin Loudermilk, president of furniture rental company Aaron Rents and a partner in the project.

"We have been developing residential communities in south Midtown since 1995, and this is simply the continuation of that activity," Borders said in a statement Thursday. "The development of this block is a key next step in this neighborhood's transformation into one of the premier urban environments in the Southeast."

[Citizen Jane]

1. Yeah, this really sucks.

I couldn't believe when they closed. I always thought they would reopen. Sigh.

[MsTryska]

3. I know....and as long as the building was standing

i had hopes they would re-open. but now that they're tearing it down, there's a certain finality to things.

[DaDeacon]

2. Damn when did that happen, i'm so traped in the burbs (n/t)

[MsTryska]

4. when did what happen?

them closing it down, or them tearing it down?
the plans to tear it down became public Late Thursday afternoon, them shutting it down happend January 2004.

[DaDeacon]

5. wow, gone, one more landmark for overpriced housing (n/t)

[Dulcinea]

6. Gone the way of the Stein Club.....

...razed to make room for more overpriced housing.