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Doraville Mailbox of the Week: Barking up the RIGHT Tree
Mailboxes don’t get enough respect. Not only are they important tools that connect us to the wider world, but they are also the first thing visitors see when pulling up to a home from the street....
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Doraville Mailbox of the Week: An Architectural Beauty
Mailboxes don’t get enough respect. Not only are they important tools that connect us to the wider world, but they are also the first thing visitors see when pulling up to a home from the street....
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Visions of America: Doraville – A Book Signing
On the evening of September 22, over 100 people attended an evening reception at Doraville’s public library in honor of Bob Kelley (who lives in the Northwoods neighborhood) and his new book Images of...
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Witches, Ghosts & Zombies Invade Doraville!
While walking my dogs, i have been so impressed by all the Halloween decorations my neighbors have put up. Some of them have put an amazing amount of work into their displays. I snapped a few pictures...
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Profile on Jeff Thornton – Unleashing Imagination on Halloween
There are some people who love Halloween – and you can often tell who they are from the awesome (and spooky) displays in their front yards! Jeff Thornton, who lives down the street from me in...
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Happy Veterans’ Day
Driving through downtown Doraville on Veterans’ Day, I was struck by how good the flags lining park avenue look. This was a really nice display – thank you to all who have served.
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Doraville’s Unity Garden
Written by Heather Isaacson Photographs by Heather Isaacson, Susan Fraysse and Joseph Geierman In early 2009 talk began on transforming some parts of the Doraville area for Gardens. Susan Crawford was...
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Northwoods Curb Appeal Project: Late Fall 2012 Edition
Photographs by Dana Clark Once a quarter, members of Doraville’s Northwoods Area Neighborhood Association (NANA) get together to conduct a “Curb Appeal” project. During the event, residents of the...
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Christmas Lights in Northwoods
Northwoods, Metro Atlanta’s historic neighborhood of mid-century ranch homes, knows how to do Christmas right. Neighbors Charlene Fang & Tim Snyder snapped pictures of many of the fantastic light...
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Christmas Lights in Oakcliff
Photography by Ashley B. After seeing our previous post about Christmas Lights in Doraville’s mid century Northwoods neighborhood; Ashley B., a resident of Oakcliff (one of Metro Atlanta’s first split...
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Three Neighborhoods Unite to Improve the Community
In 2004, Nikki VanDerGrinten from the Dresden East Civic Association (DECA) helped orchestrate an amazing transformation on the 4 traffic islands at the intersection of Shallowford Road and I-85. What...
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Doraville Active Living Initiative – Going Strong in 2013!
The Doraville Active Living Initiative was born out of a grant from the CDC for their ““Building a Healthy Nation/ Strategic Alliance for Health” project. The grant allowed various residents, community...
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Replacing our Door Hardware with the Schlage Orbit “Century Collection”
I’ve written before about how my partner and I have been slowly restoring our ranch house in Doraville’s historic mid century Northwoods neighborhood. Last year, we replaced a periwinkle blue door from...
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Oakcliff Cleans Up
Article and Photos by Susan Fraysse Editing by Joseph Geierman On a chilly Saturday morning in mid-February, several people from around Doraville came out to do a general clean-up of Oakcliff Road in...
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Doraville Neighbor Lunch at Cafe 101
Photographs by Charlene Fang & Joseph Geierman Doraville has many strengths – a great location, beautiful mid-century architecture, and fantastic neighbors. In early March, a group of us got...
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Tote-ally Northwoods!
The Northwoods Area Neighborhood Association (NANA) – representing one of Metro Atlanta’s historic mid century neighborhoods – has given us another reason to renew our membership in 2013. It’s a new...
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Doraville Seniors Beautification Project
Lou Jenkins and Pam Fleming Contributed to this article The Seniors of Doraville gather together once a month on the second Wednesday to “Greet, Meet, and Eat”! Under the direction of Mrs. Lou Jenkins...
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Gifted Young Pianist Dazzles Doraville Seniors
Written by Bob Kelley Photography by Carol Gilman The Phantom of the Opera was at the Doraville Civic Center recently, along with Bill Haley and His Comets, Judy Garland, Ray Charles and Rachmaninov…or...
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