Box 1, Folder 21, Complete Folder

Box 1, Folder 21, Complete Folder

February 10, 1969
Dr . Irving Goldstein
Georgian Terrace Hotel
Atlanta . Georgia
Dear Irving:
Apropos to our telephone conversati on, I am
attaching a copy of a confidential memorandum
fr.o m the Parks Department in answer to your
question.
I will be glad to discuss it further.
Sincerely,
Ivan Allen, Jr.
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CITY OF
A LANTA
DEPARTMENT of PARKS
Office of General Manager
Atlanta, Georgia
30303
January 28, 1969
JACK C. DELIUS
MEMORANDUM
GENERAL MANAGER
TO:
Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr.
FROM:
Jack C. Delius, General Manager of Parks and Recreation
The only park project presently on the drawing boards involving
any location in the downtown area is the complete renovation and
redevelopment of Pershing Point Park, located where Peachtree and
West Peachtree merge out near Brookwood Station.
This is an
extremely prominent location consisting of .335 acres plus or
minus. We have received numerous requests from citizens and
members of the Board of Aldermen for the complete restoration
of this important location. The Graduate Landscape Architectural
School of the University of Georgia presently is working on a
design and suggestions for its redevelopment. As you perhaps know,
it contains a granite monument to soldiers of World War I.
I have discussed with our four landscape architects what their
plans are for this park and what they think the University of
Georgia will suggest. It is felt tha.t the park should contain
at least a fountain, properly lighted, with possibly a piece of
statuary, along with complete new shrubs, sidewalks, benches , etc.
The architects feel that f or somewhere in the neighborhood of
$50,000 an absolute, first-class job could be done on this l ocation.
We have another minor project at Peachtree and Fifteenth , which
involves the replacement of the inadequate and very antiquated
small fountain with a new modern system, again properly lighted .
Also, for downtown, we are developing our tree planting pro gram .
However, our first s ugge s tion is Per shing Point. We particularly
appreciate your interest.
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OFFICE OF GENERAL MANAGER
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February 12, 1969
JACK C . DELIUS
GENERA-L. MANAGER
FRED P. WHITLEY
ASST . GEN. MAN AGER
FRED . W. BOSW~LL
ASST. GEN. MANAGER
VIRGINIA CARMICHAEL,
DIA . OF RECREATION
/ Mrs.Ann Palmer Moore
Chairman, Downtown Beautification Committee
Women's Chamber of Commerce of Atlanta
1,, 1101 Commerce Building
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
STANLEY T. MARTIN
AOMIN.
ASSISTANT
. - - Dear Mrs. Moore:
It was certainly my pleasure meeting with you this
past Friday to discuss the selection of trees to be
used in the Downtown Beautification Program, along
with the problems associated with this project.
The success or failure of this vital project will
certainly depend in great measure to the level of
maintenance afforded these trees.
The undersigned
has felt all along that the Department of Parks had
___ the primary responsibility for maintaining the healthy
growth and appearance of any plant material located
on public sidewalk areas in.the downtown business
core. However, because of an extreme limitation in
budget and personnel, we have not been able to assume
responsibility in the past. We have sort of limped
along by requesting on an emergency basis a limited
amount of overtime to pay our people, etc.
As a
result, maintenance has not been systematic nor completely sufficient.
However, some months ago the City of Atlanta authorized
me to employ the second City Parks horticulturist and
the position has now been filled by Mr. Jan Bouwmans,
originally from Holland. We have in the last few months
been able to supply Mr. Bouwmans with a limited work
crew and we have a modest budget for shrubbery and
tree replacement throughout the City. Thus, it is my
feeling that the City of Atlanta is now in the positio_n
to do proper maintenance and upkeep on all the do wntown
trees, be that whether they are plantid in pot s or
placed in the giound. As an aside, we probably will
experience continuing difficulties with some of the
trees orig inally planted because they have become
"potb ound", e t c .
�Mrs. Ann Palmer Moore
February 12, 1969
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It appears that Mr. Alexander, our arborist, in
cooperation with Mr. John Mixon, the Atlanta Metro
Forester, have very carefully researched several
types of trees that should do well in the downtown
environment.
In ~~dition, Mr. Alexander has taken
·a long hard look at the type of container we should
use.
If we in fact stick to the recommended variety
of trees and use the proper container, and fill it
with a balanced mixture of good soil and moisture
retention material, I have every reason to think we
will have a successful tree program for the downtown
core.
In summary, the purpose of this letter is to state
that the Department of Parks will assume responsibility
for the maintenance and care of the trees located
in the downtown area.
We are particularly grateful to you for your many
fine services, and I am ·
ck C. Delius
neral Manager of
Parks and Recreation
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Parks Committee of the Board of Aldermen
Mr. Eric Harkness, Planning Department
Mr. Pierce Whitley, Assistant General Manager
Mr. C. M. Ale xande r, City Arborist
Mr. Jan Bouwmans , Horticulturist
Mr. Ray Nixon, Chief of Public Works
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A DIVISION OF THE COCA - COLA COMPANY
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March 6, 1969
Mr. Jack Delius
Superintendent of Parks
Parks Department
Atlanta City Hall
Atlanta, Georgia
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Bill Finch is an old friend of mine whom I have known for
many years and for this reason I was delighted to know that
his firm has been retained by you to plan and make recommendations for the building to house the Cyclorama Battle Painting.
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In this letter I have proposed and described the need for an
Orientation Room which will serve to prepare the visitor and
put his mind in a historic framework to better understand the
Painting when he sees it. With this background, the visitor
will riot think of the battle action on the Paintin~ consciously,
or sub-consciousl.Y,, as an isolated episode of the War Between _
the States, but rather as an integrated and dramatic development of Sherman's March to the Sea. The significance of this
battle can stand on its own feet, but when placed in a running
context of Sherman's Campaign, the visitor will have a far ·
better understanding and ~omprehension of it.
I am utterly delighted and pleased that steps are undertaken
to get the project started for a beautiful and efficient new
home for this rarest of Paintings.
If I can be of any help in an advisory capacity, I will be most
honored and pleased to serve.
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Dear Jack:
Du.ring a joint meeting of Mr. Paschal, Hr. Hancock and me , the following
wa~ decided :
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Name of the joint venture will be :
THE CYCIDR.l\}'.IA. ARCHITECTS
A joi nt venture of
Finch, Alexander, Barnes, Rothschild & Paschal
and
Thompson & Hancock, Archit ects
3033 Napl e Drive, N. E ., At lanta, Georgi a 3030.5
2.
The N.c1.naging Part ner will be R.. H. Thompson. He will
be t he mai n contact between the Parks Department and
t he archit ect s .
3.
The Project Archi tect will be Bill Finch. He will be
t he secondary contact, will be co- re sponsibl e wi th t he
Managi ng Partner and will represent t he firm of Fi nch ,
· Al exander, Barnes , Rothschild & Paschal .
4. Architectural work will be performed i n a special suite·
of offices at 3033 Maple Drive , N. ~;., Atlanta, Georgia .
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This work wi ll be under the direct supervision of
R. H. Thompson and a member of F.ABRAP to be desi gna t ed
as the Job Captain.
You u-ill r eceive a letter within a f ew· days which will outline the need
for a prog:. 2ii1, r.-rhat a p:ro1:;rc1.n i s , t h e tir:1.c rec:_tu.red and t :.-ie f ee i nvol v0cl.. ~-:e
do not an-~icic::2",:,e ·(.h8 m,ed f or any c onsul t::.nt3 du:;..~ing the progr.:'2-:i. dcv-:::1 01):·.1.::nt
phase . ::1s the prog:.'·:::1 i s bei,12; ·.r1°i ttan. J ~i-2 ~-,iJ.J. c onsi dar arid dsc i -:1.c ~..;_12.t consultant s -;;,rill be r equi red. fo r t he desi gn of t~1e ouildinz .
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Both firms are very pleased with the arrangement and are looking :for.-ra:cd toworking with you and the Parks Department t01-rard the developme nt of a v ery significant addition to tho Parks Department.
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THONPSON & I-l!\.NCOCK, ARCHITECTS
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Mr. Charli e Leftwich
Mr. Carake r Paschal
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J.,,s per your .aug~Jes'i.:.ion Dnd i nstruc~ions., I have obtair~cd
from th0 fir:-m o i; ~. . incl1, / ·,lo:;;: ;:: 1~c.er, Bc,r~:iBSc n.eithcch:U.d ond
Poschi::-1 e lotter o u tlin i ng t~:B c.:greed s·i:of:f:ing end proc e<luros to be foll o w·ea by both the f i rms of · Finch , i,.le::;:ander,
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February 19, 1969
Caraker D. Paschal, A.I.A,
C, Delius, General Manager
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City ' of Atlanta
Atlant~, Georgia 30303
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Dear Mr. Delius:
We should like to express the concurrence by FABR&P in the content of
a letter to you from Mr . R. H. Thompson of Thompson & Hancock, Architects.
The letter was dated February 10, 1969.
The it ems agreed upon by representatives of the two firms were:
1. FABR&P and T&H will perform the architectural services as a joint
venture and the style of the name will be;
The Cyclorama Architects
A joint venture of
Finch Alexander Barnes Rothschild & Paschal
and
Thompson & Hancock, Architects
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The address of the joint venture will be:
3033 Maple Drive N. E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30305
3. The Managing Partner (or Partner-in-Charge) will be R. H. Thompson.
He_ will be the Principal contact between the joint venture and the
Parks Department.
4. The Project Architect will be J. H. Finch. He will be the secondary
contact and will be co-responsible with R. H. Thompson in all phases
of the work.
5. A separate office for the project will be established at 3033 Maple
Drive N. E., .Atlanta, Georgia and substantially, all architectural work ·
on the project will be performed at such office under the immediate
superv ision of R. H. Thompson.
6. Personne l for t he project will be supplied to the joint venture
work for ce by both fir• ms.
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Architects Engineers Interior Designers
44 Broad Street N.W Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Phone 688-3313.
State National Bank Bldg.. Huntsville. Ala. 35801 Phone 539-9648
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'The job captain will be supplied by FABR&P.
You will shortly receive the joint venture's proposal for performing
services required tor the writing of a program for the pr oject.
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Caraker D. Paschal
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Mr. J. H. Finch
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HERMAN D. HANCOCK, JR.
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Hr. Jack c. Delius,
Depc1.rtn;ent of Parks
City of Atlf:nta ,
Atlanta, GeorgiQ 30303
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A Building to House the Atl anta Cyclorama
])gar Jack:
Enclosed, here1-ri th, are three copj_e s of our proposal for the Progr2m
on the Cyclorama Building.
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a.re usi1!~ this peculiar, double headed
letterhead so there will be no question about the fact tha t it -was prepared
by both offices and approved by both _offices.
We a re now in the proc ess of
printing some spe cial · stationery just fo1~ this job; however, ue wer e a.n;dous
to get this p r oposal in your hands as soon as possible.
Yours very t r uly,
THE CYCLO::ll\..EA A.1'=?.CHITECTS
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Hr. Jack C~ Delius, General Hanager
· Department of Parks
City of Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
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A Builciing to House the Atlc.=mta Cyclorar:i.a
Dear Jack:
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Before any co:nprehensive or intelligent plc.nning can be done, a Progr2...rn. must
be prepared. Horr:1:J.l l;f the Oimer prepares the Prozrat.i. T'nis is given to the Architect at the very start of the project and forms the basis for all future planning.
Since a Progr2.l7l. has not been prepared, we are in 2. position to help prepare this
Program.
The Progr21!1 should fully set forth but not be li'Tii ted to the follm-d.ng:
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All activities and functions to be carried out in building.
2.
Consideration of complete program for viewing of painting
to determine exact sequence of events and movement of
crowds.
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Atmosphere and mood desired to be created in various areas,
4. Nature of 2.nd. list of a.1 1 items to be displayed in museum.
5. Circulation and functional r elationships.
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Special effects desired.
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Crowd movement and handling.
8.
Location of building.
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Relationship to other buildings and sites in park.
10.
Or i ent ation of building.
11.
G:mer2.l psychol ogy of building and s etting.
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February 18, 1969
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Desirable number of people to be accom.modated in each area.
13. Quality and size of concessions.
14. Priva.te offices.
15.
Special electronic control of progr2m.
160 Climatic control.
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Special fire safety equipment and precautions.
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Security ~equirements.
19. Special surfaces and treatments.
20.
Temporary hand.ling of Cyclor~1a painting and foreground.
21.
Requirements of restoration building.
22.
Perm.anent mounting of Cyclorama painting.
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Relationship with restoration artists.
24.
Service ar ea desired.
250 Storage a.nd utility r equiremen~s .
26. Parking , public and private.
27. Loading requirements.
28.
Extent of l andscaping.
29.
Special consideration for handicapped.
30. Fallout shelt er consideration.
31.
Decisions concerning special consultants .
Since this Program will be a joint effort between the O,mer and Archi tec ts, it
logically follows t hat much time and cooperation will be required of all parties
concerned.
It is difficult to estimate the time r equired to prepare this Prograi~ due to
the uniqueness of the proj ect; however , we f eel that this could be accomplished in ·
one month ' s .time of concentrat ed effort.
I n order for the P2.:c~-cs D3partn ent to t ac~e ma:d.I'lw-ri advantage of t..h.ei-r mm
persori.nel tm-rc1.:-cd. 1-:e Bpin~ the cost of the ?rogr2.m Development dmm, we p~·o:pose· to
perform this servi ce on .s.n hourly basis . Si nce onJ.y the Principals from the t1ro
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archi tectura], firms ·would be involved, the hourly rate would be $12. 00 t,imes a
factor of 2. 75 to co·rer overhead and profit. Should the Program take longer tha n
anticipated., we further propose to guarantee a 1113.ximum charge of $7,500. 00. P..fter
the Program is written and c1.pproved and we have signed the contract for the normal
architectv,ral work , then u e propose to credit one-half of any funds paid on the
Program toward paj71nen-t, of the regular archi tectu.-ral fee.
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Architeci;,ural' Bontract, we plan to d.N.w up the Architectural Contract after the
Program is ·written.
We would like to immediately start work as soon as this is approved.
need is your approval olii the enclosed copy of this letter .
All we
You.rs very truly,
THE CYCIDRAl&"\. ARCHITECTS
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Honorable Cha rlie Leftwich., Chairman
Aldermanic Parks Committee
1665 Jonesbor o Road, S. E.
Atl anta, Georgi a 30315
Dear Mr ~ Leftwich:
The regula r monthly meeti ng of t he Par ks Committee
wi ll be held Tue s d y , Ma r ch 11, 1969, at 2 :00 P.,M.
i n the Committee Room No. 2, s ec ond floor, City Hall.
Sinc erel y ,
J a ok c. Del ius
Gene r a l Manage r of
r ks a nd Recr eation
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Honorable s m Ma.ssell, Vice Mayor
Alder mani c Par ks Commi ttee
Mr. St anley T. Mart i n , J r •., As ot ~ Gen . Mg:r.. of P rk.s
Mr . Pierce WhitleYJ Asst. Gen . Mg~. of Par ks
Mr-~, p. £9i~bl
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M:r.. John P., Rot h , Zoo Di rector
Miss Vir g1ni a.Ca;rmicha 1, Dir~ of Recreation
r.'dss Jimmie Mims, Asst. Dir, of Recreation
Mr . Thomas F. Choyee _, Associate City Attorney
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A RESOLUTION
Cr eating an Int e rim Study Committee to study the advisability
of establlshing a historical museum for the State of Georgia; of relocating
the Cyclorama; and for other purposes.
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WHEREAS, Georgia was one of the thirteen original colonies and
one of the States of the Confederacy and is rich in historical heritage and does
not have a historical museum memorializing the role played by Georgia and
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by Atlanta in the overaU-history of the State and particularly in its leadership
during the tragic War Between the States, and
WHEREAS, the location of the State Governmental Complex and
the surrounding area is part of this dramatic history and would be an appropriate
place for such a museum, and
WBEREAS, th~ Cyclorama which depicts so vividly this role in
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and i.s deteriorating and must be replaced and whose present location is not
l"ealily accessible to tourists traveling through Atlanta, ·and
WHEREAS, the Cyd'brama should be relocated in a suitable
buildd.ng in a location so that it will receive adequate protection and so that
the many Georgians and the many citizens of other states who desire to see
it w ill be able to do so, and
WHEREAS, th e State of G e or g ia, City of Atlanta, County of Fulton
Governm enta l compl ex is loc at e d in an area n ear th e North..:South, E a st:.
West Inte r state Highway E x change , with ad e quate parkin·g facilitie s available
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of thi s area and has ~earby a large tourist development under construction
depicting .Atla nta of the same historical era as that depicted by the Cyclorama
whi ch will attract large numbers of visitors to the area.
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NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that there is hereby created an Interim Study
Committee to be composed of the members of the Senate Tourism Developmen·t
Study Committee, and seven members of the House of Representatives to be
app~inted by the Speaker thereof.·· In addition to the above members, the
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following:
City Government of Atlanta; Government of Fulton County; City
Parks Department; State Properties Control Commission; Na sher Corporation;
Georgia Historical Commission; Central Atlanta Progress Committee;
Atlanta Historical Society; Atlanta Chamber of Commerce; Tourism Division
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of the Board of Industry and Trade; Georgia Building Authority; and the
Attorney General.
The Administration Floor Leaders of the House of
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of State and State Auditor shall be· ex officio members.
The Committee shall
make a thorough and exhaustive study of the advisability of establishing such
a historical museum and or relocating the Cyclorama within this historical
and accessib\e area.
The legislative members of the Committee shall receive the
compensation and ex penses ·authorized for members of Interim Legislative
Study Committees .
Th e Co m mit tee _s h a ll be auth ori zed to emplo y such
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shall come from funds
appropriated t o o r availa bl e to th e Le g i s l a tive Branch of Government.
Committee is autho rize d to meet fo r no more than ten days.
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The Committee
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OFFICE OF GENERAL MANAGER
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JACK C, DELIUS
CENERAL MANAGER
FRED P. WHITLEY
ASST. GEN . MANAG E R
FRED. W. BOS_WELL
ASST , GEN.MANAGER
VIRGINIA CARMICHAEL
DIA. OF RECREATION
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Mr. D. L. "Pat" Barron
/ 153 Lindbergh Drive, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30305
Dear Pat:
STANLEY T. MARTIN
AOMIN . ASSISTANT
I ' want to certainly thank you for meeting me at
such an early hour thi s morning at the Eden Ra g
Compa ny-Ira Stre e t Recre ation Cent e r.
In accordance with your request, I would like to make the
following suggestions as to what contributions the
Executive Park Optimist Club might consider making.
1.
2.
3-
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5.
6.
Hot water h e ater
Electric wa t e r coole r
Concre t e seal e r -on f loor in the gym room
Indoor/outdoor carpeting for the game room
and possibly the reading room
Uniforms and/ or recreation supplie s as
sugges t e d by Mr. Grady Butler or Mi ss Jimmie Mims
Spons ors hip of a we ine r roas t
I think if would b e quit e in orde r for your a ss o c i at ion
to sponsor a neighborhood wide we iner roast for the
·· : dedication of this facility.
As you know, it should
be ready for u s e within the n ext few weeks . Most of
the it ems lis t e d a bove are n ot prese ntly planne d b y
the Ci ty of Atlanta .
-Your a ss i s tance i s d eeply a p pre ciated, a n d I am
rdi~ lly,
a k C. De l ius
Ge e ral Manager of
arks and Re cre ation
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Mis s Jimmie Mims, Asst. Direc t or of Rec reation
--Mr. R. Earl Landers, Mayor ' s Office
Mr. Johnny Robinson, Community De v e lop ment Coordina tor
Mr . Grady Butl e r, Ex t e nsion Area Mgr ., Sum-Mee Ex t. Office
Mr. Bob Johnson , Chief Electric i an
Mr . Stanley T. ~~rtin , Jr., Assistant Genera l Manage r
Mr~ Ron Ransom,_· Re creation Coordinator
Mr. Eddie McLemore , Rec r ea tion Supervisor
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Mr . Howard Glover
995 Bolto n Road, N. W.
Atlanta , Georgia 30 3 31
Dear Mr . Glover:
In further reference to your letter of May 7 and my
reply of May 9 , 1969 concerning an incident between
you and the golf star ter a t Pi edm:mt Golf Course on
May 6, I wish to advise you that the following infer~
rnation has been sUbrnitted by the Assistant General
Manager of P rks .
The golf starter states that he advised you at least
three, and probably four , times not to disturib the
balls in the ball rack and explained to you that it was
impossible to keep them strai ght if the general public
confused the arrangement, etc . According to the
starter, you did not remove just one bill, but seven
or eight, and then both you and the starter became
confus don which ball was first. Further , the golf
starter states that after you had i nor d his request
not to bother th ball rack thr e or four times th t
he became very angry and did, in fact , us the language
st t din your compl int.
While I can cert inly in no ·way defend the foul l ngu ge
used by the •starter in your presence , I must defend
his position in his having advised you th t th gen ral
public could not have access to the ball r ck in th t
it would r ult in confusion ov r who
ball was first ,
etc.
Thank you again for your p tron g , I am
Cordi lly,
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Mr. Whitley
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Jack, the attached instance was reported to me
and I discussed it with Pete Cole and the
starter at Piedmont Park. The information from
the starter, as usual, was different from the
complaint by Mr. Glover.
According to our
starter, he advised Mr. Glover three or four
times to not disturb balls in ball rack that it was impossible for him to keep them
straight.
According to the starter Mr. Glover
did not remove just one ball but he removed
7 or 8 and they became contused on whose ball
was first.
Finally, after Mr. Glover ignored
the starter's request of 3 or 4 times, to stop
removing balls from rack, starter admitted that
he became very angry and used the language
Mr. Glover : quoted in his complaint.
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Nr. Howard Glover
9°95 Bolton Road, N. W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30331
Dear Mr. Glover:
Thank you very much for your letter of May 7, 1969
advising me that a golf star ter at Piedmont Golf
Course cursed you on May 6, 1969 for moving a ball
in the rack so you could read what number was up
next.
I am immediately submitting your letter to Mr . Pierce
Whitley, Assistant General Hanager of Farks, for
investigation.
I will not, and do not, permit profanity on the part
of o ur.employees toward the citi zens of this City.
However , we have had constant problems with variou s
golfers atte mpting to move up their ball in the rack
at Piedmont Park, a nd I can well imagine on some
occasions there might be excessive frustation on the
p art o f the starter.
Thank you again for calling this matter to rcy
attention, and I am
Cordially,
c. Delius
General Manager of
Parks and Recreation
Jack
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Manager of Parks
Mr. Pete Cole, Golf Professional,
Piedrront Park Golf Course
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Dear Hro Delius:.
· I am me.kint; a cor.1_pla int to you against an
employee at Piedr:1ont Park Golf Courseo I don't l:Jiow his
name,but he function a s a sta rt er sendine golfers off the
first tee.Hy compl a int i s this;I was a t Piedr'.lont ·pc:J'k Hay
6,1969 (yesterdny ) alone with thre e other fellm·1s gettinG
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ready to play o _ _
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I went to the ball r a ck to che ck the number
of ba...11s in front of mine. I · couldn't see the n ar.;e on my
ba11 1 so i • took the one out in front of mine to make sure
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we would be up n cxt oin do~ng so,he cursed me1' 'don't fuck
with my balls 1 ',tt was t mmedi a t e ly r eport(;d to the pro,
Pete Coleo
I dicln'.1 t like it a_rid i told him so, i don t t .
like it now and i ' m going to v,Ti t e so:;ie more letters to
sorr.e oth er peopJ.e oI would like fo~ sor.1e action to be taken
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again.st hir.i oI h ave see n whites r.iove ba ll out of the rac k
a.'1o. h -::: did:--a I t say 2..:1.ythins . I \·r'.)uld a ppr e ciate you look..i_ng
i nto this r.:~_-;;tsr·
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995 Bolton Ro d, N. W.
A tlaut .. ·G r .g ia 30331
De r Mr. Glover:
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r c ·ipt of your letter re rciing
r c:ettt incid J1t o.ccurriag at tbe Pi :dtnont Golf
Cour•e.
y I apologize for ny di court •J on the part of
y City em.ploy
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dt th Comm,unity Relation.a.
Com.ml• al0A to v tl ate
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yo •
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that uch bu;:id · tlJ
do
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995 Bolton Rd oN. Wo
Atlanta,Ga.30331
May 7,1969
Mayor I-van Allen
Ci ty Hall
Dear Mayor Allen:
I have a compl aint against an employee at
Piedmont Park Golf Course to Mr .Del~us: of the parks
department , and Mr. Col e a t Piedmont Park.The nature
of my complaint i s as follows;yesterday, May 6,1969,
I was at Piedmont along with three other fe llows
getting re ady t o play•
I went t o the ball rack t o check t he number of balls in front of mine . I couldn ' t see the
name on mine ball,so i took the one out in fr ont
of mine to make sure we would be up next.In doing
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so,this employee cursed meA don ' t fuck with my
balls I I •
It was immediatel y reported to Mr.Cole?o
J..:Ke.
I didn't like it,and i told him so.I would~for some
action to be taken against this man,because i have
seen whites do the same thing,and nothing was
sa.;.d.
I would appreciate you checking into this and sending
me a reply as soon as possible.
Sincerl y ~ s ,
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F. Choyc
Mr. R .. E rl L nd r ;__.,---
Mr. Thom
Mr. St nl y T. M rtin, Jr.
�ATLAN TA, GEO RGI A
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
504
COURTHOUSE
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GEORGIA
30303
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572-2727
May 23, 1969
Mr. Jack C. Delius
General Manager
Parks and Recreation
City -of Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Re:
Adamsville Health Center
Dear Mr. Delius:
This acknowledges your letter concerning the Adamsville Health
Center.
I enclose a copy of the appraisal made by John W. Dabney, M.A.I.
The City has no interest in the land in question as it was
committed by covenant to the State and Federal governments as
a health center. It was bought with County Health Center money
·. and the funds resulting from the sale will be returned to that
source and available for health purposes.
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Very truly
yours,
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County Attorney
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Mr . Don O. Gam l
2.6ZJ R x Aven~e. S . W.
t1 n ~ Geor ia 30331
D
,- Mr. Gam 1:
Thank you for your 1 tt r con.c rni.n r er tion £acilitie in
Atlant . When citiz n ta.k . the tun to writ a lett r of this
you may b
ure Ui· tit is r d with inc r int r st. nd
_ny
tlon mad
r giv n full con id ration.
Yo~r comm n.t o
s th
rk nd R er
pr vid well-d v 10· d ,
ccee ibl
r c:ai atlon pro ram. To do thi
l menta:ry chool, t na r •
ft.cUiti s
ould be vatl . bl
d$y a cl
nin a . How v . r-,
for oth I' eq~lly impor nt pr ram . It la ubt'OrtQA&
Atlanta do • not h v th
srka y•t m an.d r er tion, p.-o rAn'I it
e de nd d erv 1,
d
You a~ corr ci lo statiri that f w adults ln Atlan _ m
u.
of th
Kiet · . I' ere tton faciliti • . Thl• t• pot&ibly d\l to th
ct
that in mo•t in ta cea kno . l d
of th ••le I' Cl' atton pro rams
n v r r ach • th
bllc.
lt i not lthin my pow • to pea tor oth r ag ncl • 11uch ••
chool D pal'tm t nd th . YMCA. b\At you may r et a-s•ured that
in th! Pau-k• nd
er a.ti.on D r;
t a~
in · a d !lnit •
fea•i 1 ffort to lm rov Kiatin1 conditl.ona of our .r k• and
I' c.-e lion faeillti• . . .&nclo•
you wlll lnd our p:roJ ctto of
lm.pro¥ ment • fir t •t pa of which bav a.ls' ady b
tniUe.t
ith
eompl U
• t for 19 3. Ale . you ill fl • •nn mor
tall lbl repor1 ,f hat w plan to o thl• e\lbm'l r ln OUJ'
pa decl
Sl.lmmor ect'oation Pro ram. A• ti.a r• rt• •ho • Vie re tr,in
to cori, ct • v ry problem• y u
autllned t Y0'11' l t r.
�M y 1 u e ta few
rks ln your re _ nd some activities in
Which you mi ht b int r t d . W t Ma nor Park loc: ted on S ell
a -d , S . W. has outdoor d indoor ports ctivitie for adulto
Mon , y throu h Friday ni ht • B n Hill C nt r, · loc ted on Old
Fairb1.un Road; S . W. , ha
dult b k tb U on W dn.e d y ni ht ,
n
kill d: _ nd un kill d ame · for dult on Moud- y and Thur d . y
ni ht • At Ad msvUl C e nt r. 3404 D lM: r Lan , S .
• • _ pro s,
of m n.'
thletic i conducted from 7: 00 - 9: 00 p. m ; acb W cine d y .
1 hot) t
you mi bt be bl to av 11 your U of th
adult
tbl tic ctiviti ·_ off red . For fui'th r i nfonnatio~ on
off, red in your r a. yo1,1 mi ht con: ct Mr. Fr d Mor
158· 7,19. Mr . Mor n i the Ar a flee r - ti.on S11pervisor fol'
the Sout
t s ction of Atl 'Q ,
h will
happy to t l with
you bout R Cl' tion Pro ram in your r e. .
O~
in, t . nk yot1 for yout iut r
R c~ aiion D partm ni •
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Ve~y truly youra,
Vb lni C rmic
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�May 29 , 1969
Mr . Harold Sheats
Co~ty ~ttorney
Legal Department
504 Courthouse
Atlanta , Georgia 30303
Reference:
Adamsville Health/Recre tion Center
Dear Mr . She ts:
Thank you for your letter of M y· 27, 1969 concerning
severe vandalism to the H alth Clinic building at
.. damsville •
. u e , of course , would like very much to acquire the
He 1th C nter and use it in conjunction with the
ecre tion Center at this location .
As
understand
it , the City Attorney ' s office ould like to discuss
with you the City ' s position relative to ownership of
this p roperty. Thus , I am sending a carbon of this
rep ly and a
rox of yours to Mr . Thomas F. Choyce,
Associ te City Attorney .
our position, o:f course , is th t the City OW'ns art
of this pro rty--and we ·would like to acquire th
other p rt. Ju•t s soon as my superiors hav r ch d
d ci ion in this matt r, I ill let you know.
Cordi lly,,
Jack
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May 27, 1969
Mr. Jack C. Delius
Manager, Parks and Recreation
City of Atlanta
City Hall
Atlanta, _ Georgia 30303
Re: Adamsville Health Center
Dear Mr. Delius:
The Health Department informs me that the above building has
been the subject of severe vandalism. A fire was built in the
property over the weekend and only prompt action by the Fire
Department prevented a loss.
It would be advisable for the City to make a decision in the
mat.t er as soon as possible, if the improvements on the building
are to be preserved.
I think I informed you that we have a
very attractive offer insofar as the price is ·concerned. However,
the terms of payment are extended.
Your considera tion will be appreciated.
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County Attorney
�May 29, 1969
Mr . Ivan, H. Smith
59 Woodward Avenue, S. E.
Apartment 31
Atlanta, Georgia
30312
Dear Mr. Smith:
Thank you £or your letter calling m.y attention
to everal incidents occuring at Piedmont Park.
l sincerely appreciate your writing to me of
this matter and am person.ally going to Piedmont
Park and investigate the situation.
Sincerely,
Ivan Allen, jr.
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Atlqnta, Ga . 3031c.
Mayo r
City
Mr. Iva n
Allen Jr.
Hall,
At l Anta , (Fulton Co.) Ga.
De i:rr
Sir:
I heard over radio a few days ago about so much
crime is committed here and it is much over the count r y.
I believe you s a id many small town ho14 rs come to Ga.' s
large st citi e s a nd mo st of a ll Atlanta.
Also you spoke of
s e x p e rverts coming to Piedmont Park.
Thpt l as t
is _not n ew to me . I heard of it 14 y ea-rs ago. Seen
some evidence of it.
Last Thursday · I werit to Pi edmont park from a place
a few blocks away a nd
while walking
a youngffe llow a bout
20
passed me c a rrying a towe l f a nd I thoug h
he must
intend going i
n swmi ing whe n surelj the p 1 is not open
until a f ew weeks l a ter. I was go ing to -see t . e annual art
ex-l . I am 71 and dont walk fast a nd after reaching the
pprk A rested . awhi l e when wa lkin g down
by the lake I met
the boy com i ng b a ck a nd t a l k ed to him. He said
he a nd two
othe r
boys a~out his age went in swimming in part of t he l a ke
whi c h i s
Ag qinst the l a w t o swim in any time a nd the 3
went in entire ly na ke~
and the oth er 2 were still in. however
I ~hink the y got out a nd ma y ha v e been two long haird hi ppi es
orr oo~ed like it but were dressed.
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.
A mi c a led a ged friend of mine tom me t oday he went wi t h
hi s young niece a nd her little son Sund a y a nd
the y s aw 2
you bng me n na k ed. One got in a· s"".injj a nd he may ha ve been
partly cov ered with hi s twwell. ~D"'
I t was shocking o f course ~ t h ey had b een swimming i n the
lake . Two l aww s
broken. Swimfuih'g in l ak e a nd being naked .
a Great S peakle d Bi r d mag . from a ha ndsome
I uought
young fellow wi th long hai r and he tol.d me Atla nta n ow had
hous :;? of en tire ly nud ~ partie s of c ou r s e f o r both sexes.
Did not say~ Where t hey are .
Ch~nging the subjec t my dear father was buried in a relative.
unsued p~rt of Hol loway cen e tery but cr ime out t here i s so much
th~t I am araid t o vi si t
h i s g r a ve and s o i s s i s t e r and famil y
Afrai d of be ingmurd ered an y t ime . You know lawv,
who have a car .
~ - - 0 ~ thing
but guess lots cannot be controlled. I hate i t
lfv\. about my fath .r though.
I am another Ivan and
have been joked and even called
Ivan Allen in Sunday school. thoughtlessly o I never saw you
bµt in pictures but I se:w and h ard your father speaKing to elderly
citizens ~ t the s. Eastern Fair a few !ears ago.





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Mr. Philip S . Gage
Sp cial Representative
John Hancock Mutual Life
Insurance Company
John Hancock Building
~tlanta, Georgia 30303
Dear Mr .• Gage:
May I acknowledge receipt of your letter of
May 26 the unsightly condition of Piedmont
Park..
1 appreciate your bringing thi
ituation to my
ttention, and wi h to assure you that w
re
looking into the m tter.
Sincer ly,
Ivan Allen, Jr.
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BOS TO N, M A SSA CH US E TTS
J OHN L. ALLEN, Gener al Agent
ATLANTA , GEORGIA
PHILIP S. GAGE , Special Representative
John Hancock Bldg.
Butler at H ouston Sts. N.E.
ATLANTA, GE9RGIA 30303
T elephones
Business : 523· 5891
Residence : 872-5404
26 Ma.y , 1969 .
THE HONORABLE IVAN ALLEN
MAYOR OF ATL NTA, GEORGIA
My dear Mr . Mayor:
Sometime s I wa.l k a.round the l a.ke i n
Pi edmont Pa.r k . It i s a. beautiful par k ,- if you look
heavenward and s ee a ll t he gorge ou s t r ee s . But if y ou
look on t he ground or at the edge s of t he l ake, t he
a s pec t is r evol t ing . I wi sh you had taken a W"B.l k
ar ound the l a.ke yester d ay as I did. " Amer i ca. the Be autif ul 11 : is that a l augh !
But i t c ould be be autiful, Mr . Mayor, j ust a s our
g ove r nment r e s er vations and many fo r e i gn countrie s a.re .
The diffe r enc e hinge s on one l ittle word: DISCIPLI NE .
For g oodnes s s ake get our park polic e men tra ined t o
c a tc h t he pi g s in the act of de secr at ing our r e cr eat ion
a r eas a.nd see t h a.t s ome wort h-rememb e ring s t iff f ine s
a r e meted out. If t he r e i s any r e sis tance l et the
pol ice lrnow t hey 'll be b ac ked up i f s ome one i s hurt.
Yours fo r at le a st a f ew spot s i n t own whic h a r e
u npollut ed by t he char ac t er s that u se t hem.
Angrily~ our
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PHI LIP S . G E .
Brig ad ier General, U. S. Army
Retired .
PSG/ s
JOHN HANCOC K
STILL
MAKE S
INDEPENDENCE
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May 29 , 1969
Mrs . Har don M. Wade , Jr.
Dsn Mother
Cub Sco ut Pack No . 9 39
Post Office Bo x 408
Lyons , Georgi a
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Dear rrs . Wade:
Thank you for your r e cent l ett er t o Mayor Ivan Allen , J r.
regarding the visit o f yo ur Cub Scout Pack to the City
of Atlanta on Monday , June , which has been forwarded
to this office .
The cyclorama i s open every day of the year {except
<:;hristrnas Day) from the hours of 9 :00 A. M. until
5:30 P . Mw with lectures given every hour on the half
hour . The first lecture is given at 9 : 30 , the next at
10:30~ and so on throughout the day , with the l ast one
being given at 4 : 20 . Group rates are hal f price -- for
adults this is .50¢ per person and for dlildren . 25¢ each .
We are nclosing a Group Rate Permit to be sure you do
receive this reduction for your group.
The Atlanta zoo is also in Grant Park,, adjacent to the
Cyclorama , and we hope you wi ll take these young men to
vie,, the animals as we are sure they would enjoy it .
Admission is free .
Wishing for you and this fine group a most enjoyable
visit , I m
Cordially,
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Jaek c . Delius
Gen r l Manger of
Parks and Recre tion
Enclosure
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cycloram Lecturers
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1ss Grace Kelley
1015 W~shita Avenue, N, E.
t l nt~ , Georgi
SUBJECT:
Southea t Corne r of Int er ection of North
Hi hl nd., N. E. and
shita Avenue , N.E.
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Thank you very much for your lettei- of June 6, 1969,
1hich h · Just been r ce1ved.
We re orking und r virtually em r ency condition
tt mpt1ng tom et the· critic 1 ~ec
tion needs for
t .e umm r
r in tlant . Every v ilable
nd e ery piec of quipment is
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Mr. Jac k C. Delius
Gen r l Manage r
Parks Departmen t
A~lanta, Georgia
Dear J'ac k :
I dmit this isn' t very cle r . However, I do int rpret it to mean
that we can :move. up on th · h alth f cility a you. requ sted.
Sine rely your,.
R. E r l Lat.ndera
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GEORGIA
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572-2727
June 19, 1969
Mr. R. Earl Landers
Chief Administrative Officer
City of Atlanta
City Hall
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Dear Earl:
This acknowledges your letter of June 17. I do not wish to
commit the County to accept half of the appraised value of the
Adamsville Health Center.
This should be worked out as all of
us want the City to have the property.
The County Commission authorized you and the City to make such
inspection, appraisal, and other uses of the property as you
deem necessary. We should keep in mind that the property
should b e protected at all times against vandalism, and I am
sure the City will cooperate.
With kindest personal regards, I am
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County Attorney
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BE IT REiOLVED BY THE M..<\YOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN' 01" THE CITY OF ATLANTA,
That the Land Agent be and he is hereby authorized and directed to have an
apprai-sa 1 made on certain property of the City of Atlanta known as the
SANDY CREEK PROPOSED PARK SITE located in Land Lot 268 of the 17th District
of Fulton County, Georgia; all costs necessary to carry out the intent of
this resolution to be charged to and paid from Account G- 34-62-778 - J-l.
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GEORGIA 30303
July 10, 1969
JACK C. DELIUS
GENERAL MANAGER
STANLEY T . MARTIN, JR .
ASST . GEN. MANAGER
F. PIERCE WHITLEY
ASST. GEN. MANAGER
TO:
Mr. Jack C. Delius
General Manager of Parks and Re~reation
?ROM:
Jimmie Mims
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Assistant Director of Recreation
CARL W. RYALS, JR .
SR . ADMIN . ASS1S IANT
VIRGINIA CARMICHAEL
DIR. OF RECREATION
SUBJECT:
Stadium Bus Transportation
_ ___!!.i~~ e- ~a~~ed with the men at the barn and cautioned them about
_ ~dver on time for the morning transportation. I
instructed them that if necessary, he should leave home earlier
because of the convention of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Upon talking with Mr. Monroe, it is his thought that we are not
having adequate participation to warrant running the bus.
Mr. Monroe says that Miss Carmichael had made him promise
not _t 9 cancel the transportation until she returned from her
vacation. He would rather wait until he hears from her, and
I will give her this information upon her return on Monday.
Mr. Monroe also informed me that our driver received a ticket
this morning for running a red light. Mr. Monroe says that he
'1:ias the ticket and unless our dr.i ve r has a bad record of traffic
violations, the judge will take care of it.
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ST ANLEY T . MA R TI N , J R.
ASST. GEN. MANAGER
F. PI E RC E WH ITL EY
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C AR L W. RYALS , J R .
SR. ADUIN. ASSIST f.N T
VI RG I N I A CARM ICHAEL
DIR . OF RECREA TI Ol·I
Mr. Jack c. Delius
General Manager of Parks Depa rtme nt
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RE:
GEO RGIA 30303
_Virginia Ca rmichael
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Health Center
I talked with Mr. Fred Shepherd, the City Architect,
on July 2. Mr. Shephe rd stated that he was extreme ly
involved wi th the Model Cities program at the present
time and for me to cont a c t him on Monday , July 1 4
and h e woul d maJ~e every effort to go out to said
location and ma ke the necessary obse rv a tions in an
effort to make some appraisal of the n eeded r epa ir s
and possib ly some r e novations.
I h ave b een in constant contact with Mr. Albert
To nsi ll, . the Center Director , and we , of course ,
are vitally i nterest ed in se curing the center for
additiona l room for the r ec reation program.
At the present time , Mr. Tonsill and I believe ·
that the remodeling and repairs wi ll not amo unt
to a g reat deal of money. Of course , we real i ze
th at it is difficult to estimate co sts at the present
going . r ate.
At such time as I am ab le to have Mr . Sh epherd
go out to the location, I will notify you of our
findings.
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Reaearch Manager
Rich' s Inc .
Atlanta, Georgia 30302
Dear Mr . Barr :
Since M ayor Allen is out 0£ the city, I should like to acknowledge
receipt of your letter regal"ding the Atlanta Jaycees " political
Rally" you hope to hold in Plaza Park in October.
I shall bring it to his attention upon his return, however, in the
meantime, I would like to suggest that you contact Mr. Jack Delius ,
General M anager of the Parks Department, regarding the use of
Plaza P a rk,. as it will require approval of the Parks Committe of
the Board of Aldermen.
Sincerely,
Mr s. Ann M . M o es
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July 25, 1969
Our 102nd Year
Mayor Ivan Allen
City Hall
Atlanta, Georgia
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Dear Mayor Allen:
The Atlanta Jay cees plan to sponsor and conduct a "political rally "
October 3, 1969 between 12:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M. in Plaza Park for all
candidates for mayor, vice mayor and alderman. While we seek participation in this event of the vice mayor candidate(s) and aldermanic candidates,
the principal emphasis will be for those officially announced candidates
that would like very much to b e yo ur successor in office.
This event will be promoted as the last chance to publicly speak with
the mayoralty candidates and ask them questions. It will primarily be a
question and answer forum. Also, we plan to promote the importance to
the Atlanta Area of this election with particular accentuation of the individual's responsibility to his city government.
We, in the Atla nta Jaycees, are acutely aware of our civic responsibility and want to work actively towards improving the social and
governmen tal environment in which we live. We seek constructive involvement in the affairs of government an d through this "politica l rally" we
hope to stress the importance of this years mayor's race. By exposing
the general public to the candidates we feel as if we will be serving
our city by encouraging more citizens to vote, and hopefully for the candidate that can best serve Atlanta, as you have so ably done during the
past eight years Mayor Al l en.
I am chairman of the Jaycee's Political Rally Committee, and responsible for the "rally" I have been discussing . I would like very
much to have the opportunity to discuss with you at your convenience
this affair for the mayoralty election, and also a governmental liason
effort that our Governmental Affairs Committee is in the process of organizing . Your thoughts and ideas would be very valuable to us May or
Allen, and we solicit them .
Res e a rch Man age r
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C. T . A D A M S ON , C H AIRMAN
E . A. ARMA N
M R S . E . W. B AKE R
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R O Y C . H ANC OC K
MRS . MARGAR ET HAYNI E
J . B . KEM P
L . W. N O R THC UTT
MRS . J . A . R U TLEDGE
MRS . V . H . S H E LLNU T
W . J . WHALEY
CLAYTON COUNTY SCHOOLS
120 SMITH STRE E T
JONESBORO, GEORGIA 30236
J . E . EDMONDS
SU P ER I NTENDENT
E . L . STROUD
D EPUTY S U PER! NTENDENT
Jul y 1 7, 1969
Mr . Earl Land e rs
Cit y Hall
At l a n ta , Geor gia
Dear Mr. Landers:
P er our c onvers a ti o n b y te l e ph o n ~ t h i s mor nin g this is t o a ssur e
you tha t we will not b e u s in g the a thl e t ic fie ld at t h e Nor th Cl ay t on
J un ior High Sc h oo l c a mpu s .
It has b een o ur pl e as u r e wor k in g with wi t h you p eopl e, and we d o
h o p e this pl easan t re lati o nship wil l c o nt i nu e.
Schoo l s
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NORTH CLAYTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
w. F a yettevill e Roa d
College P rk, Georg i a
612:6
July
17, 1969
Mr. IB:arl La nder ·
Administra tive Ass istant
City of A.tls nt •
IDe8F' Mr. L nders
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The Kiw nis of South College P rk a nd the N0rth Clayton
Athletic As socia tion re working on a n Athletic program
f~r tha t community.
At present we do not h a ve ny lig hts for our ba ll field.
We would like to use the lights a t the North Clayton Jro
High Scho0l for our a thl e tic prog r m• .
Anything you c an do for us would be greatly apprecia ted.
Sincerely,
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M r. George· W . West
1491 Piedmont A \•enue, N . E .
Atlanta, Georgia
D ear G e orge:
H ow nice it was to :m-eceive your kind letter, and,
I, too, miss the opportunity of being with you
more frequently.
I am forw arding your ugge s tion to both the Parks
Department and the P ublic Works Department and
I am sking them to give consideration to s arne.
Please give rny love t o M rs. West, and with highest
personal regard s t o you, I a m
S inc e!" ly,
I van A llen. Jr .
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DEPARTMENT OF PARKS
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ATLANTA , GEORGIA 30303
September 3, 1 969
C . M. ALEXANDER
CITY ARBORIST
ME MO R A N D U M
To:
Ivan Allen , Jr., Mayor /
Rodney M. Cook, Alderman
Jack C. Deliu s, General Manager o f Parks & Recreation
Dan Sweat, Administrative Ass istant to the Mayor
Ray Nixon, Director of Public Works
Dan Johnson, Public Works Depa rtment
From:
C. M. Alexander , Jr., City Arborist
Due to nume rous complaints from the citizens l ocated on
Pe ac htre e Hill s , Ray Ni xon and Dan Johnson have ordere d
that the stree t crews now working on Peachtree Hills b e
called off the job and transferred to other areas until
October 1, 1969.
Thi s action wa s the result of a recommendation by C. M.
Al exander , Jr., City Arbori st . The office of the City
Arborist feels that by October 1, 1969 the tree foliage
will have fallen from the trees s ufficiently so that no
damage will resu lt to any tree foliage if construction is
continued.
In our eff orts to save stree t tree beauty throughout the
City of Atlanta, we feel that this action will greatly
help the situat ion.
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Ea t Point Office
2727 E - t Point Street
E st Point_. Georgia 30344
D
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Thi
ill acknowledge your letter of September 25th
regarding condition existing in the Adam Gym on
Wilson Drive.
I am for arding your let.ter to r . Jack C . Dellu •
G n ral a ger of our P rks Dep rune t. for his
eons ideratlon.
Sil'J-c rely yours.,
Ivan Alle ,, Jr.
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CITY HALL ANNEX
AT L ANTA, GEORGIA 30303
Octobe r 3, 1 969
JACK C . DE L IUS
.GE NERAL MANAGER
ST AN LE Y T. MARTIN, JR.
ASS T . G E N. MANAGER
F. PI ERCE WHIT L EY
ASST. G E N. MANAGER
CARL W. RYA L S, JR .
SR. ADMIN. ASS ISTANT
VI R G I NIA CARM ICHAEL
DIR . O F RECREATION
Mr . George J. Berry
Deputy Chief Administrative Officer
Office of the Mayor
206 City Hall
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
RE:
Proposed Play l ots
Dear George:
In my r ece nt lett er to you I was somewhat concerned as to
the possible land acquisition costs for three playlot sites .
In the past few days I have unc overed two pieces of property
that could very well be developed into usefu l and attractive
playlots. One is a property already dedicated to the Parks
Department in the West End Urban Renewal area locat ed at White
Street and Rose Circle . The other is located in the Lincoln
Homes area which would be dedicated to th e City if d e v e lopment wa s ass ured . Thus, no l and costs wo uld b e involved, a nd
if spare funds were left over after development, maybe a less
expe n s ive p r operty could be boug ht s uch a s the Peoples Street
property, tentat ively appra i sed at $6,000.00.
We h ave a lready
received requests to develop the first two as they would serve
heavily populated ne i ghb orhoo d s .
As I previously mentioned , we would endeavor to d es i g n and
cons truct the play l ots to serve as models for a future citywide playlot construction program, including s uch i tems as
landscaping, hard s urface courts, li g hting, as wel l as protective walls or low f encin g where p lay l ots abut streets.
We are real ly anxi o u s to design and build some playlots wh e r e
we are not hamstrung for lac k of f und s.
May I hav e yo ur opi ni on con cerning the above.
Sincerely,
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A. P. Brindley
Parks Engineer
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DEPARTMENT OF PARKS
OFFICE OF GENERAL MANAGER
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303
September 25, 1969
JACK C. DELIUS
GENERAL MANAGER
FRED P. WHITL EY
ASST.
GEN. MANAGER
FRED. W. BOSWELL
ASST. GEN. MANAGER
VIRGINIA CARMICHAEL.
D I R . OF RECREATION
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Deputy Chief Administrative Officer
Office of the Mayor
206 City Hall
STANLEY T . MARTIN
ACMIN.
ASSISTANT
Dear George:
Miss Jimmie Mims, Recreation Division, has furnished a list of
eight playlot sites that would be suitable for permanent development.
These sites were selected from the standpoint of good past
participation as well as potential attractiveness and ease of
development.
I have visited all of the sites and selected what I considered
the bes t four. The four sites were then referred to the Land
Agent for a rough cost appraisal which amounts to a total of
$69,000.00 (The Angier and Parkway site had to be discarded as
it is in an urban renewal area.)
It would appear to me that the above pos sib l e cost for land
acquisition doesn't leave enough for development costs and I
would pre fer to keep exp loring for sui table sites that might be
bought for a lower price.
Our design criteria would be to incorporate modern, colorful
play e quipme nt that would invite heavy participation by the
childre n.
George, please advise about the land purchases.
Sincere ly ,
A. P. Brindley
Parks Engineer
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CI T Y HA LL ANNEX
ATL AN T A , GEO RGI A 30303
September 4, 1969
J ACK C . DE LI US
G ENERA L MANAGER
STANL E Y T . MAR TI N, J R.
ASS T . GEN . MANAGER
ME MO R A N D U M
F . P I ERCE YIHIT L EY
ASS T . GEN. MANAGER
C AR L YI . RYALS , JR.
SR . ADMIN. ASSIS T ANT
V I RG I NIA C ARMIC HAE L
O! R . Ot=' ~£CREATION
To :
A. P . Bri n dley, Parks Engineer
From :
Jack C . Delius, General Manager of Parks & Recreation
I am sorry to keep piling priorities on you, but this is
v ery rush . On a confidential basis, the Mayor has been
approached by a donor interest ed in g i v in g the City
$100 , 000 . 00 . After wading through all the re commendat ions that we have made and the iQJ. imination of Conally
Stre et play gro und since it is in Model Cities, George
Berry would like for us to select thre e o~ four playlots,
det ermi ne approximately what it would cost us to buy
them, and then figure up as quitkl~ as po ssib l e some
type of deve lopment, not as elaborate as the Astra-turf
play gro unds in Savanna h.
You should check wit h Miss
Mims as to the recommendations on the thr ee or four
playlots to be selected, b e in g sure that none of them
a ~e in Model Cities. You should go to the Land Agent
and get a rough appraisal on the v a lue of the , lots as
soon as possible. You should get your staff together
and make rec ommendat ions as to how the se playlots should
be permanently improve d.
Finally, remember that the total bud~et for a0qui~j.tion
and · development of all three of four p l aylots is $ 100,000.00.
I know very well that you are on many high priority it ems ,
but pl ease g iv e this your utmo st attention.
Thank you for your assistance.
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H. H. HUCKEBA
STATE HIQ,HWAY ENGINEER
0IRECTOR
EMORY C . PARRISH
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
DIRECTOR
, J\tlattlct, ®rargia 3033)!.
W . M. WILLIAMS
SECRETARY-TREASURER
October 30, 1969
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Fulton County
Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr.
Y.ayor, City of Atlanta
City Hall
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Attent~on:
Mr. Jack Delius
General M3.nager of Parks
Dear M3.yor Allen:
Over the period of the past year, we have had numerous meetings with
representatives of the City of Atlanta in an attempt to utilize several
areas adjacent to the above numbered project as joint development areas.
The intent was f or the City of Atlanta t o acquire the remainder of
designated parcels of property and develop mini-parks or utilize the
property as additions to now existing parks. The purpose of the plan
was to better tie the freeway into the existing neighborhoods.
The original idea ran into financial problems and could not be advanced,
however, we feel the idea is sound and should be undertaken. After
investigating the situation, we now find it possible for the State and
Federal governments to acquire these parcels as whole takes and actually
provide the landscaping of the designated areas as part of the project.
The only obligation of the City of Atlanta would be the maintenance of
t hese ar eas . To formalize the responsibi litie s in implementing this
plan, a f ormal agreement from the City of Atlanta to undertake the maint enance of these areas will be required.
Attached is one (1) set of prints outlining three (3) areas where joint
devel opment i s proposed and they are as follows :
1.
Extension of Orme Park east of the proposed freeway between Virginia
Avenue and Cr estridge Drive.
2.
Area ea st of f r eeway r i ght - of-way and Gr eenland Dr ive bounded by
Courtney Drive on south and Hillpi ne Drive on the north •.
3. Area west of freeway right -of:-way between intersection of Courtney
Drive and San Antonio Drive . _.
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October 30, 1969 /'
At present, no landscapinG plans pave been developed on these areas.
'I'his will be done alon15 with the construction plans for the project and
will be coordinated with your office.
Tnere rray" be other areas available for joint development, however, the
location and limits of these areas will have a await final grading plans~
If other areas are available that satisfy the overall plan, we will
coordinate the develupme nt of these areas with your department.
If the City of Atlanta is interested in participating in this joint
development plan, please furnish this office with a statement of intent
to maintain these areas at your earliest convenience.
Revised right-of-way plans, which include the provision for th ese joint
development areas have been submitted to the· Bureau of Public Roads for
appr oval.
Your prompt reply to this request will be appreciated and will help
maint ain the overall schedule for· completion of the project as presented
at the June 10, 1969 Public Hearing.
Yours very truly ,
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENr OF GEORGIA
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state Highway Urban Engineer
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Emory Parrish
·Joe E. Brmm w/ atta chment
Charlie Leftwich
Cecil Turner
Sidney J. }'.Iarcus
Charles Robisch
Ed Garrard
Richard Freeman
Herschel Bryant w/ attachment
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M r . Jack C . De lius
Gene ral Mana g e r of Parks
and Recrea tion
C ity of Atlanta
A tlanta, Georgia
Dea r J a ck ,
For y our info r ll'la t io n , following is a repo r t on my s olicitation
fo r the G eo r gia State .A lumni F und:
1.
D n Sweat, J r. - autho rized me to s i gn p l edge c rd
for $25 .
2.,
Herbert Earl Waterhouse - advi sed me b y tel ephone tha t
wile had al r eady ma iled $10.
3.
George E . Stamp , Jr . - Unable to l ocate .
4.
Jack W.
orse - tated that h would send in $10, but did
not wi h to sign a pledge card.
5.
Grover G. Maughan, Jr. c rd for $10.
In addition, pl ase find enclo
uthorized me to send itl pledge
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Very truly yours,
George Berry
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DEPART MEN T OF PARKS M~D RECREATION
CITY HALL ANNEX
ATLANTA, GEORGI A 30303
November
17, 1969
JACK C. DELIUS
GENERAL MANAGER
ME MO R A N D U M
STANLEY T. MARTIN , JR.
AS ST. GEN. MANA G ER
F. PIERCE WH ITLEY
ASST.GEN. MANAGER
VI RG I NIA CARMICHAEL
DIR . OF RECREAT IO N
TO:
Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr.
FROM:
Stan Martin
SUBJECT:
Letter Dated October 30, 1969, from
State Highway De partment of Georgia
Mr . Jack Delius has asked me to study the proposal from
the State Highway Department and to advise you as to
what action the City should take regarding the correspondence mentioned above .
I apologize for the delay in answering your request.
It was necessary to have our Parks Engineering staff
and the Chairman of the Parks Committee review the
proposal and make their recommendations.
We ar e .all in agree me nt that the City should participate
in this pioject.
Also, we approve the selection of
prop erties to be included initially.
Our department
would like to have some influence in the landscaping
plans and we would sugges t tree planting designed for
low maintenance at the present time.
I have draft ed a reply to Mr . Lewis Parker for your
signature which is enc lo se d.
You are welcome to rewrite
the lett er if you wish t o make any changes.
Thank you for your continued assistance and support.
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Enclo sures
cc:
jack De lius
I Dan Sweat
y
�ROUGH DRAFT
Mr. Le wi s E . Pa rke r
State Highway Urb an Eng ine er
St ate Highway Dep a rtme n t of Ge org ia
No . 2 Capit o l Square
Atlanta, Ge org ia 30334
SUBJECT :
I-1./-85 -1 ( 43 ) PE &
Fulton Coun ty
I-485 -1 ( 46 ) R/W
Dear Mr . Pa rke r :
Thank you fo r your l ett e r of Oc t obe r
30, 1969 .
We ar e delight e d to h ave the opportunity to coope r ate
with the Stat e and Federal government s i n p rov i d i ng
park a r eas a l o ng I-485 in t he Ci ty o f Atl an t a .
The Atlanta Pa r ks Depar t ment is prepar ed to assume
r espons ib ility for the maintenan ce of t he areas
d esignated in your letter . Mr . Jack De lius , Ge neral
Manage r of Parks , ha s as k e d only that his l andscape
archit ec t s b e a l lowed t o r eview and possibly i nf luence
the land scaping p l ans f o r t hese p r op e r ti es . The Parks
Depa rtment staff has sugge s t ed th se ar as b e
ve l p p e d
with tree pl nting S h eme § that , o u1 d r e~µ1 r e ye f
1i tt1
ma int enan oe .
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Bureau
thi s p r
tha t y ou will go f urth e r in acqu iring a gr eat er
of partial takes o f smaller size as s u ming the
of Public Roa d s w ' ll app rov e an expans i on of
gram .
The P~rk, Dep a rtme n t r e cogni zes the
p05ij ib1@b e n e£1i s to t h e n e ~g hborhoods involve d and
i s will~ng and anxious to a ssume responsibility for
th e maint e nance of a dditional smal l e r sections along
I - 485 .
Mr . Jack De lius will ask th e Parks Commi ttee t o introduce
a resolution to the Board of Ald ermen on Decemb e r 1,
1969, which would a uthoriz e a forma l agreement from the
City of Atlanta to und e rtake the maintenance of the
d es i g n a t e d a r eas as we ll as other pos sibl e areas.
Sinc e r ely your s,
Ivan All e n, Jr.
cc:
Jack De liu s
Charlie Leftwich
Buddy Fowlkes
Evere tt Millican
Rodney Cook
Ceci l Turne r
Richard Freeman
Sidney J. Marc u s
Charles Robisch-
Dan Sweat
Collie r Gladin
Emory Parrish
Joe E. Brown
Ed Ga rrard
Herschel Bryant
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.JIM L. GILLIS, SR .
H. H. HUCKEBA
STATE HIGHWA Y ENGINEER
DIRECTOR
EMORY C . PARRISH
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
DIRECTOR
J\Ua1tla. ®rorgia ::tO.S.31!,
W . M . WILLIAMS
SECRETARY-TREASURER
October 30, 1969
I-485-1 (43 )PE & I -485-1 (li-6 )R/W
Fulton Count y
Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr.
Yayor , City of Atle,nta
City Hall
Atlant a, Georgi a 30303
Attention :
Mr . J a ck Delius
General ~nnager o f Parks
Dear Yayor Allen:
Over the period of the past y ear , we have had numerous meetings with
representat ives of the City of Atlanta in an attempt to utilize several
area s adjacent to the above numbered project as joint development areas .
The intent was for the City of Atlanta to acquire the r ern.ai nder of
designated parcels of property and develop mini-parks or utilize the
property as additions to nrn·r exi sti ng parks. The purpose of the plan
was to bett er tie the f reeway i nto the existing neighborhoods .
·
The origi nal idea ran into fina ncial problems and ·couJ_d not be e,dvanc ed ,
however, we feel t he idea is sound and should be u..riderte.ken . After
investigating the sit uation , we now find it possible fo1~ the State and
Federal governments to a cquire these parcels as whole t akes and actually
provide the l andscapi ng of the designated areas as part of the project.
The only obligat ion of the City of Atlanta would be the rrai ntenance of
these areas. To forrn.alize the respons i bilities i n :Lnwl ementing this
plan , a forJ:11.al agreement from the City of Atlanta to undert ake the maintenance of these a1·eas will be required.
Attached is one (1) set of pri nts outliniri.g three (3) areas where joint
development . is proposed and they are as follows:
1.
Extension of Orme Park east of the proposed freeway bet\'reen . Virginia
Avenue and Crestridge Drive.
2.
Area east of freeway right-of-way and Greenland Drive bounded by
Courtney Drive on south and Hillpine Drive on the north.
3. Area west of freeway right-of-way between intersection of Courtney
Drive and San Antonio Drive.
�Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr.
Page Ti·TO
October 30, 1969
At present, no landscaping plans have been developed on these a,reas.
This will be done along with the construction plans for the project and
will be coordinated with your office.
Ther-e rr,ay be other areas available for joint development, however, the
location and limits of these areas will have a await final grading plans.
If other areas are available that satisfy the overall plan, we will
coordinate the de,velopment of these areas with your department.
If the City of Atlanta is interested in participating in this joint
development plan, plea se fu:cnish this office with a statement of intent
to maintain these area s at your earliest convenience.
Revised right--of-w-ay plans, which include the provision for these joint
development area s have been submitted to the Bureau of Public Roads for
approval .
Your prompt reply to this request will be apprecia,ted and will help
maintain the overa,11 schedule for completion of tre project a,s pre sented
at the June 10, 1969 Public Hearing .
·
Yours very truly,
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT OF GEORGIA
Lewis E. Parke r
Stat e Highway Urban Engi neer
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Atta ch.rnent
cc: . Emory Parrish
Joe E. Brown w/ attachment
Charlie Leftwi ch
Cecil Turner
Si dney J . ~1arcus
Charles Robisch
Ed Garrard
Richard Freeman
Herschel Bryant w/ att acrunent
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d Wa1hit Avenue• N. E.
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�CITY OF
CITY HALL
ATLANTA, GA. 30303
Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404
IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR
DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Chief Administrative Office r
MRS. LINDA E. PRICE, E xecutive S e cretary
November 18, 1969
Mr. L e wis E. Parke r
State Highw ay Urban Engine e r
State Highw ay D e partment of G e orgia
No. 2 Capitol Squar e
Atlanta, G e or g ia 303 34
SUBJE CT: 1- 4 85-1 (4 3) PE
Fulton County
&
l- 4 85-1(4 6)R/W
D e a l" Mr. Parker:
Thank you for your l e tte r of Octob e r 30, 196 9.
We are d e lighte d to have the opportunity to coope rate w i t h the State and
Fede r al g ove rnme n ts in providing park ar ea s a long 1- 4 85 in the City o f
Atlanta.
The Atlanta Parks D e p artme nt i s pr e par e d to assu m e r e spo nsibility for
the m a inte n a n ce of the a r ea s d e sig nat e d i n you r l e tte r. Mr. J ack D e lius ,
G eneral Mana ge r o f Parks, h a s aske d only that his land s c a p e a rchite cts
be allow e d t o revi ew and possib l y i nflue nce the l a n dscapi n g p l ans fo r these
pr o p e rtie s . The P a r k s D e partment staff has s u g ges t e d th e s e ar e as be
d e v e lope d w ith tr ee pla nting sche m e s tha t would r e quir e v e ry little
mai n t e n ance.
We hope that you w ill go furthe r in ac qu i ring a greater numb e r o f partial
take s o f smalle r size assuming th e Bure au of Public Ro a d s w ill app r o ve
an expansion of thi s pr o gram. T h e Pa r ks D epa r tme nt re cogni ze s the
possibl e b enefits to the neighbor h o od s i nvolve d and i s willing a n d anxious
to assume respons i bilit y for the maint enance of a dd i t ional smaller sections
along 1-485 .
�•
Mr. Lewis E. Parker
Page 2
Mr. Jack Delius will ask the Parks Committee to introduce a resolution
to the Board of Aldermen on December 1, 1969, which would authorize a
formal agreement from the City of Atlanta to undertake the maintenance
of the designated areas as well as other possible areas.
Sincerely yours,
Ivan Allen, Jr.
Mayor
IAJr:lr=d
CC:
Mr. Jack C. Delius
Honorable Charlie Lefi-wich
Honorable Buddy Fowlkes
Honorable Everett Millican
Hono·rable Rodney Cook
Honorable Cecil Turner
Honor;;i.ble Richard Freeman
Mr. Sidney J. Marcus
Mr. Charles Robisch
vMr. Dan Sweat
Mr. Collier Gladin
Mr. Emory Parrish
Mr. Joe E. Brown
Mr. Ed Garrard


Mr. Herschel Bxyant


\
�November 19, 1969
Mr. Sidney J. Marcus
845 Canterbury Road, N. E .
Atlanta, Georgia
Dear Sydney:
1 a sume you received a copy of the attached letter from the Mayor to
Lewis Pa;rker.
I hope this is what you had in mind, and I can assure you of full cooperation of this office and the Par~s Department in helping the Highway
Department carry out this program.
Thank you very much for your interest in leadership.
Sincerely ye:>urs.
Dan E. Sweat, Jr.
Chi f Administr tive Officer
DESJ'r:sm
Atta.chm nt
�Minutes of Aldermanic Parks Mee ting
February 11, 1 969
'I'he reg u1lar monthly meeting of the Ald e rmanic Parks Committe e was
held Tuesday ., February 11., 1 969 at 2 : 00 P . M. in Committee Room No . 2 .,
City Ha li.
Present were Aldermen Charlie Leftwich., Chairman., Douglas
L. Fowlkes., , Vice Chairman., and G. Everett Millic an . Also present
~er~ Messrs . Jack C. Delius., General Manager of Parks and Recre a tion.,
J . · D. Chamblee., Parks Maint e n a nce Superintendent., A. P. Brindley.,
Parks Engine e r., Edwin Vaughn., Office Manage r., Jim Davey , Golf Pro at
Bobby Jones Golf Course, a nd Mr . Henry Eng land., Foreman of Bobby
Jones . Mi ss Virginia Ca rmichael., Director of Recreation, and Miss
Jimmie Mims ; Assistant Director of Re creat i on., were also present .
Cha i rma n · Leftwich called · the meet i ng to order and the minutes of
the la s t regular mee tin g of J a nuary 14, 1969, a s well as the minutes
of a called mee ting of F ebrua ry 3, 1 9 6 9 , we r e a pproved .
Mr. Gene Hay, Public Links Committ eeman for the United States Gol f
Associ a tion, appear e d fir st before the Committee . He made a request
on b eha lf of his organi za tion tha t the City of Atla nta allow the
use of one of the City ' s g olf courses for the purpo se of a City
Public Links Cha mpions h i p p layoff in 1 969 , with the City Champion
from thi s comp e tition t9 g o to the Na tional Compet ition, wh ic h
would be h e l d on June 17, 1 969. Mr . Ha y told the Committ ee this
would ne c e s sitate clo s ing whichever City golf cours e would b e u s ed
for t wo days ; one da y would be for the Se ctional Qualif-yi ng Rounds
and one d a y for the Amat e ur Public Links Champion s hip. Mr . Hay
al s o aske d tha t th e g r ee n s f ees b e wa iv e d for tho se p articipat i ng
in the comp e tition .
Committ ee as k e d Mr . Hay i f membe rs of privat e
club s we r e e ligibl e f o r thi s c omp e t i tion . Mr . Hay r ep li e d t hat
they we r e not e ligible a nd it was al s o me ntione d tha t priv at e
clubs do h a v e the ir o wn champions hip s . Sinc e the Na tiona l Compe tition i s h e ld June 17, it was thoug ht the City Qua lif ying Roun d s
and Champ ions h ip p l a yoff s hould b e h e ld some time i n Ma y or J u ne
prior to and we ll i n advanc e of the Nat i onal Comp e ti tion .
It
wa s al s o me nt i one d t h at the s e two day s should b e wee k d ays . Mr.
Hay wa s thanke d for coming b e for e th e Commi tt ee a n d a dv i s e d t h a t
it would b e di s cusse d furth e r in Exe cutiv e Sess ion.
Mr. Frank Ca nt re ll , 4 930 Ro swe ll Road, Atl a nta , Ge org ia app e ar e d
b e fo r e t h e Committ ee to r e qu e s t p e r miss i on t o put on s ome r ock a nd
r o ll s h ows a t t h e bui l d i n g tha t i s p r esent ly o cc u pi e d b y Muni c ipal
The at e r a t Cha s t a in Memo ria l Pa rk.
Thi s i s th e buildi n g , it wa s
expla i n e d , t h a t Municip a l Th e a t e r s ti l l owes a l a rge b a l a n c e on .
Mr. De lius me n ti one d t hat Municipa l Theater ' s Gene r al Man a g e r, Mr .
Chri s Mano s , h a d c a ll e d hi s office on J anu a ry 28 , 1 969 , sta ting
t h a t the ir orig ina l d ebt h a d amount e d to a rou nd $30~00 0 . 00 - t hat
t h e y h a d p a id it down to $1 9 ,000.00 a nd woul d li ke a chance t o
fin ish payi ng t h i s d e bt.
If it d eve lop e d t h a t th e l e as e wi th
Municipal Theater was not -c e ne-:-i ed ; 5_t 1,ras s t ated that t h e Parks
and Recreation De part~ e· _t h8 d grea t need of t he bu ilding . Mr .
Chamble e said tne Parks De p:?..rt me nt needs addit iona l storage space
a t Chas t ain Memor i al Park , and Mi ss Ca r mi chae l s t a t ed t hat the
Rec r eati on Div i s i on c ould a l s o make g ood u se of the building if
it b ecame avai l a bl e . Th e Committ ee exp l a i ne d t o Mr. Ca nt re l l that
�many groups had r e qu es t e d u se of the building but even i f Municip a l
Theater vacates th e building , it was not l i ke ly tha t any of th es e
r equ e sts would b e g rant e d since the City has n eed of the building .
Mr . Can tr e ll was ~hanked for appea ri ng ' for e th e Committee and told
he would b e advised if the situation c:; .ged .
Ne x t to appear b e fore the Committ ee was Mr . Carl Fl i nt , of 1346
Peach Val l ey Road , Atlanta , Georgia .
It was explained tha t h e had
writte n to Alderman Left wich concerning t wenty to forty acres in
front of his home . Mr . De lius mentioned that this acreage was
actually Pan iel Johnson Pa rk . Mr . Flint explained that h e had written
in regard to keeping a hors e on th e l an d and that th e r e were very
few children of "p ark age 11 in the vicinity.
He a l so stated that
th e re was a sewer probl em on th e ac r eage , tha t h e had. 11b een kill i ng
larvae and skimmers .... " Ald e rman Millican said we would have to
check the sewage problP~ · Chairman Leftwich suggested that Alderman
Mil l ican go by and ch, _ i t and tha t he would a lso go by and look
at it . · Mr . Brindley told the Committ ee tha t h e believed this l a nd
consist e d of e i ght to t we lv e acres but that th e boundaries were
vag u e - tha t a t O!1e time th e former Parks Manager , Mr . Simons, h a d
tried to find th s bounda ri es .
Chairman Lef t wich stated that h e would
like for the Ge~e r a l Manager to check th e deed and tha t we should
try to fin d ju ~ c whe r e th s prop e rty lines ar e and look i n to r eopeni pg
th e d eve lop ment of thi s park . He a l so told Mr . Flint tha t th e Park
mi g ht b e r es trict e d to park u se . Mr . Flint was thanke d for coming
to the mee ting.
At thi s time , Mr . 1~e lius introc. ·r~ed Mr . Edwin Vaughn, new Office
Manager for the Pa r ks Depa ~tment, to th e Committ ee , who wished
him g ood luck in his ne w ~ob .
Th e General Manager i nformed t he Commi tt ee tha t th e Showmob il e will
be put to a new use for the public as a vo ti ng booth in an a r ea known
as John son Est a t es .
Mr. Delius told th e Con~vriitt ee t ha t a citizen, Mr . J. M. Ford, III,
h ad complained s omet l ~~ ago about an inc id ent a t th e Bobby Jones
Golf Cours e , and tha t it had be en di sc ussed with th e Committe e before.
However, Alderman Cook wan t e d mo L·c ~2ta i l s on th e i nc id en t and s o
th e General Manager had aske ~ ~he Golf Pro, Mr . Davey, th e For eman,
Mr . England , and any other employees they thought necessary, to attend
to day's meeting i n order to discuss the incident . According to our
information, Mr. De l ius explained, this c iti z en was apparent l y told
that h e could not l et hi s fiv e - year -old son accompany him on th e
cour se, but l ater said he was advised if h e would r en t an e l ec tri c
golf cart that permission could be granted.
The citizen was indignant
sinc e he felt t hat it woul d b e as dang e rous for his son to acc omp any
him in a c art as it would b e otherwise.
Bo th Messrs . Davey and England
reit e r a t ed wha t they had said in October (when t he matter was first
d i s cus se d), that they knew nothing whatsoever about th e incid e nt.
Howe ve r, th e Go lf Starter, who had come to th e me e ting, stated that
· he might hav e said something tha t was mi sunders tood.
He said that
h e had told a ci ti zen (who h ad b een a c c o mp an i e d by a child) t hat he
had heard of another golf course near f.Iar j_e tt a where a.pparently
childr en could accon~any adults on t~e course . He explain e d that
he understood this was a semi -pri vate c ourse.
Alder1nan Millican
stated that if anyone h ad t alke d rudely to the man or if anyo ne t h ough t
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�this had happened, that we write a l etter of apology . However, the
Committee reaffirmed its position on the regulations prohibiting
non-players on the go lf course .
It was mentioned that i n the past
there had been many citizens who followed golfers, placing bets,
etc.
Th1e fact that non-players also crowd the course, slowing down
the game, as 0e ll as the element of danger in being hit with a
golf ball, was discussed . The Committee Members asked Mr . Davey,
the Golf Pro, if th ese regulations regarding non - players were posted
in a promine nit place in the clubhouse and Mr . Davey replied that
t hey were.
He also stated that many times a golfer will make all
arrangements to play and that th e children who accompany them will
not appear until the golfer is ready to te e off, apparently having
been kept in the golfer's automobile until he is ready to play.
Apparently, thi s has been a problem for the employees at th e golf
courses who wish to carry out the rules without offending any
citizens.
It was decided that , if a citizen had been offended,
a letter should be written to him apologizing for any rudeness,
but that th e regulations be adhered to.
Committee thanked Messrs .
Davey and England for coming to the meeting .
Mr . Delius told the Committee he would like permission to request
a resolution authorizing s ic k leave amounting to ten days over and
above acc ui:nul ated sick time in the instance of two Parks employees :
Mr . Roger 0 . Stroup e , Position Number 282, Equipme nt Op e rator I,
and Mr . Cooper Landers, Position Number L~7 9, Equipment Opera tor I.
He explained that theyhad b e en faithful emp loye es in the Parks
Department and each had experienced a siege of sickness that had
used all their sick leave .
Committee granted r e quest .
The General Manager told the Committ ee that $6,000 .00 additional
fund s were ne e ded to solve the h ea ting problem in the Reptile
House and that Mr. Fred Shepherd , Bui ldi ng Inspector , had concurred
in this.
Committee authorized request.
Dale Creek Park was discussed and the fact that there were very few
records on it. Committee authorized a resolution for the City Attorney
to hav e a titl e report made on this prop e rty fronting on the north easterly side of Dale Creek Drive between Fores t Ridge Drive and
Collier Ridge Drive in order to determine the property lines.
The General Manager told the Committee that the recr ea tion programs
the Parks and Recreat ion Depar t men t had attempted to hav e in the
Morningside School area had apparently conflicted with the wishes
of resid ent s, including the principal, and that we had b een told
th ese citizens didn't wan t such activities as dance s , e tc., which
would bring about "boy/girl relationships at such an early age,"
and that after reviewing th e complaints with the Recreation staff,
had moved the program to Garden Hills where we do hav e a building.
It was though t that if th e commun ity should change it s opinion, a
mee ting could be held with all parties involv ed to work out some type
of suitab l e program.
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�Mr . Delil.ils informe d th e Committ ee tha t tl1e Park s Engine er , Mr .
Brindley ~ h a d now d es i g n e d a histor ic al ma rk~ r for The Ba ttle of
Ezra Church ." Origina lly it had b ee n pl a nn e d for either Mo z l e y or
Anderson1 Park , but Mr . Delius said h e h a d b ee n told by Mr . Remb e rt,
a f9rmer City Se rvice s Coordinator for the Di x ie Hills ar e a , that
there were very strong f ee ling s among young Neg ro e s in tha t area
against the placing of any Ci v il War ma rkers in th e se parks . Howe ver,
Mr . , Delius said tha t h e h a d been advis e d by Mr . Be verly DuBose that
it might be po s sibl e to have a sma ll part of We st v iew Ceme tery for
thls -marke r and that it would b e appropriat e sinc e this area was
actua lly a part of th e batt l e . Mr . De l ius was a ske d to cont a ct the
proper p e op l e to see if this could b e done .
Mr . Delius pre s ented a letter from Thompson and Hancock Architects
regarding the proposed Cy clorama buildi ng .
Th e l etter sta ted tha t
both architectural groups that h a d b ee n select e d to work on this
proj e ct wer e now in ag r eemen t a s to jus t h o w t hey would proc ee d an d
who- would b e in charge of the various pha s es .
Th e l etter stated
that Mr . R. H. Thomp son, of Thomp s on and Ha ncoc k , would b e the
Project Manage r , whil e Mr . Bill Finch, of Finch , Alexa nd e r , Ba rn e s ,
Rothchilrl, and Pa s c ha l Ar c hit e ct s ~ would b e th e Proj e ct Architect .
The l e tt e r s tat e d tha t th e work would b e p e rformed at 303 3 Mapl e
Driv e , Atlanta, Ge orgia , and tha t th e City would shortly r ece iv e
anoth e r l e tt e r with furth e r de t a il s .
Committ ee a ske d Mr . De liu s to
r e qu es t a s imila r l e tt e r fro m the fir m of Finc h, Al exand e r, Ba rnes ,
Rothc hild, a nd Pas cha l Arc hit e ct s s ta ti ng t he same ag r eemen t s a s
ar e sta t e d in the l e tt e r fro·m Thomp s on and Hanc ock .
They also
ins truct e d Mr . De liu s to as k Mr . We i s Sne ll, wh o at t he p rese nt time
i s cl eaning a nd r es toring th e for eg rou n d of th e Cyclorama , to h ea d
up th e mov i ng of t h i s g roun d work whe n eve r th e pro j e ct i s f a r e nou g h
along for thi s to b e done .
Committ ee :'discu sse d th e Wh it e Alms Ho u se at Chas t a in Memori a l Pa r k
and the f a ct tha t b a ll e t i s stil l b e ing prac ti ce d th e r e d espite th e
cond emna tion of th e building by the City Building In s p e ctor.
The
Ge n eral Manage r was in s truct e d t o writ e a l e tt e r t o th e Fulton County
Man age r with copy to g o to Mr. Bill Wofford, City BuiJding In s p ec tor,
r emindi ng him t ha t t he City h as co ndemne d t he building as b e i ng unsa f e
for s uch a c tiv ity , a nd r es tati ng our po s ition that it should be r e pair e d
o r d e mol i shed . Al so go on r eco r d t ha t t he Ci t y ass u mes no r es po ns ib i lity
for a n y i n j uries t ha t may b e s u s t a in e d due to s uch prog r am .
It wa s
t h ough t t ha t t he City coul d b e p l a c e d i n a ve r y emb a rrassing p o si ti on
i f s o meone should b e i n jure d h e r e aft e r the City h as co ndemne d "t he ·
buildi ng .
The Genera l Manager told the Co mmitt ee he h a d r eceive d a reques t fro m
Mr . Charl es D. Hurt, Jr ., a memb e r of t he J un io r League o f Atl an t a ,
tha t t h e Ci t y cons id e r c o nve rti ng th e old Cyc lorama b u il ding i n to
a Childr en' s Mu s eum wh e n t he new bu ild i ng i s fin i shed t o hous e the
p a inting.
A possible museu m was d isc u sse d.
The Genera l Ma n ag er sa id
h e would l ik e t o see a new museum a l ong wit h th e n ew b u iJ ding f o r
th e dj sp J a y of C' i v j_l i_fa r i.t ems app ro p r i 9, t e to the pa i n tj ng .
_,l cl en:1 3, n
Fo wl kes saj cl it vrould d epe:'l d on t he=. e:os t an d t ha t 1,re vrould k.··10·,., L:OrE:
wh e n eve r t h e arc hit e cts ar e ab l e to give us an id ea of wha t it will
cost.
Committe e was of the opinj_on that i t i s too ear l y to knovi what
d isposi t i o n will b e ma d e of th e old bui l d i n g .
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It was suggested
that the ' General 'Manage r mi ght write to the County officials, telling
them "the twe nty years is up and the City could use the bui lding 11 •
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The General Manager told the Committee he was very pleased with the
new City Arborist, Mr . C. M. Alexand er , and that the Arbori st seems
to be v~ry t actful in approaching citizens and yet is protective
of the trees as well . He stated that we now have the capac i ty to
maintafn tre es that are planted for downtown beautification and would
like to write to the Women ' s Chamber of Commerce regarding thi s .
Committ ee was agreeab l e .
Committee again · discussed the building erected at Chastain Memorial
Park by Municipa l Theater .
The General Manage r was asked to determine
the exact amount of indebtedness owed on the building by Muni cipal
Theater - the original amount of the debt and how much has been paid .
The Aldermen agreed that since Mr . Manos had exp r essed a strong wi sh
to stay and pay off this d e bt, that this would probably be ihe right
thing to do . But the y vo ic ed very strong opinions to the effect
that if Municipal Thea ter were a llowed to stay on in the building ,
a definite time limit should be set on when th ey would liquidate this
indebt e dness .
They felt this should b e one of the conditions - that
p erhaps a time limit of no more than five y ears b e stipulated . Mr .
De lius informe d the Committee that in the meantime , the City Attorney
had g iven th e Department of Pa rks in structions not to a llow anyone
to do anything at all to the building , even to drive a nail, until
this i s settled .
Mr. De lius mentione d an article that should b e frame d and put in
the n ew Cyclorama Museum . He explain e d that thi s is an untitl ed
pi e ce of po e try written during the Civil War on the back of a Confederate bill .
It was suggested that it be sealed with a water
proof plastic or finish by perhaps the Perma - Seal Plaque Company
to pres erve it.
Committee agree d .
The Committee we nt into Exe cutive Session and the golf comp e tition
was di s cus sed .
Commi tt ee agree d to waive the greens fe es for th e
P.ntrant s in thi s eve nt.
Mr . De lius told the Committ ee that Mr .
Gene Hay had r e turned a check in the amount of $277,63 made payable
to the City of Atlanta , which r epre se nted a refund from the grant
of $800 . 00 mad e by the Citizens Park Advisory Committ ee for th e
Atlanta Golf Team participating in the National Amat e ur Public
Links Champions hip.
He r e ques t e d p e rmis s ion to d eposi t thi s b ack
into City funds.
Committee had no obj ec tion to thi s .
There being no further business, meeting was adjourned.
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WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTERS, I NC.
Atlanta, Georgia
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A PROPOSAL FOR Il-1.PROVED AND EXPANDED RECREATIONAL SERVICES
Price Neighborhood Service Area
Mechanicsville
Capitol
Homes
A JOINT EFFORT
Wesley Community Centers, Inc.
Atlanta Department of Parks and Recreation
AGE1WY HEADQUARTERS :
Wesley Cormnunity Centers, Inc.
9 McDor.ough Blvd., S. E.
30315
(In Bethlehem Center Bldg.)
UNITS AND SERVICE AREAS:
Bethlehem Cente r
9 McDonough Blvd. , S. E.
Capitol Home s Center
Serving Carver Homes, Joyle.nd,
South Atlanta, Sugar Hill,
Washington St., High Point
Serving the Capitol Home s Area
175 Woodward Ave ., S. E.
Ricberdson Street Center
342 Richardson St., S. W.
Serving Me chanicsville
�Legend:
Definition of Needs
Wesley Centers for many years have offered some supplementary recreational
services in each of its neighborhoods in order to meet more individualized
,needs. In assessing our services over a period of two years, we find that
the needs in each of our neighbor hoods have increased, The resulting verbal
. --· demands for additional recreational services are surpassing our ability ·to
meet them; since our primar y unit of se rvice is to the s mall club group, and
our staff's orientation and training is rarely, if ever, in the field of
recreation.
We feel that reacreational service s are needed and that we ca n and should ·
help, but realistically we cannot do it alone and continue to do justice
to our other program needs.
Program Plan
Purpose: To improve and expand the recreational services in each of the
service areas (Price Service Area, Capit ol Home s Area, and Mechanicsville)
1 •. To offer more opportunities for pa rticipation through a variety of
activitie s on the Play Grounds and in the Gym.
2. To create additional teams which will offer a variety of choices
and opportunities for the young people in the nei ghborhoods.
3. To offer some expe riences in arts, crafts, and dance.
Responsibilities: Wesley Centers, Inc.
1. Gene ral maintenance of building and grounds and provide the utilities.
2. Sh~re the cost for major repa irs of equipment.
3, Share in the supe r vision of sta ff in relation to direct work in each
of the units; and assume some responsibility for the evaluation of
service s a nd worker pe rfo nnance.
4. Progr e.m planning with staff in hannony with the philosophy and
policie s of both Wesle y Centers a nd City Re creation .
5, Act as the agency in se ttling disputes which a re a gency relat ed .
6. Insur e t hat a ny pe rson who comes can be se rved i n harmony with the
-1lopen door" policy of City Recreation.
7 , Assure tha t t he staff's di r ect obligations to City Recreation a r e
carried out .
8 . Schedule conferences a s needed to a sse ss the program, needs , effe cti venes s and worke r per fo rmance .
9. As s ume some r e count ability fo r equipment repairs and maintena nce
r eplacement .
Responsib5.lities : City Recreation
1. Share the cost f or ma jor repairs on equi pment.
2 . Help furnish needed equipment nnd other supplies.
3. Provi de neces sary s t aff in each of the units to provide for a..n
adequate progr am .
4. Work in ha rmony with poli cies (list of 10 rule s atta ched) of t he
agency which govern the behavior of the members of the agency.
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5. 1~ ~e~i~e;o;!;;~~:c:~eded to assess program, needs, effectiveness
6. Allow time for staff to participate in program planning, supervision,
and in-service training when these do not interfere with direct work.
~SLEY CENT~RS, INC. SHARE
CITY RECREATION SHARE
Eethlehem Center
Two workers-full time or part
time, 6 days a week, 40 hrs.
1 full size gym with spectator
searing, showers, rest rooms,
and stage.
l Softball field (needs minimum
ground work)
l Small playground with swings,
slide, bars and merry-go-round.
(Needs mininn.un ground work)
1 Outside paved court. (Needs
minor repairs)
1 Sm3ll paved patio court. (Needs
minor repairs)
l Paved drive to outside courts .
(Needs pot hole repair)
Additional needed equipment end
supplies
Some ground work and repairs on
outside courts.
Squipm2nt: Slm.tes (inside),
basketballs, volleyballs , mats,
horesshoes , ping pong equipment.
Richardson Street Center
1 Sm•tll play ground
1 Medium play ground
1 Small outdoor skating area
1 Game room (separate)
Capitol Home s Center
1 play ground
1 large room for crafts,
table games, and dance.
2 workers, full time or part time .
Additional game room and play
ground equipment.
Some ground work on the medium
size play ground and skating ar~~
is needed.
1 full time worker or pa rt time
male and female ¥.orkers.
Equipment for play ground and
crafts.
Add i tional equipment and supplies
for game room and crafts.
1 worker - Senior Citizens
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Gent l emen :
I enc l o~e herewi t h a copy of a Set~ ~
concerns t he Cyc l orama .
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~a so l u~ ion No . 19 which
rfe i turG under t h~ or i g i na l
Aft er you t t- r ha ve c~ n ' ri·e d ,-11th t he Pa rk s Comr.li ttee , ki nd l y
l e t r;:e kno,-1 · a t y our ,. .1 i nk i ng in i n r espec t to t h e enclo s ed
i n o rder t ha t . . tr;._.., i.iake s u c h a c t ion a s i s ne c essa r y .
With ~Y kindes t r egards t o you bot h, I am .
Your s ve r y t r uly ,
Thoma s F . Choyce
Assoc i a t e Ci ty Attorney
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�CITY OF ATLANTA
DEPARTMENT OF LAW
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26 l 4 FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
ROBERT S. WIG G INS
April 9 , 1969
MARTIN
EDWI N
RALPH
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L . STERNE
C. JEN K I N S
DOUGH E RT Y
HENRY _L . B O WDE N
C IT Y A T TORNEY
FERRIN Y. M ATH E WS
ASSISTAN T CI T Y A T TO R NEY
Hon. I van Allen , Jr . /
Mayor of At l anta
Mr. J ack c. De l i us,
General Manager of Parks
Gentlemen:
Pursuant t o a request of Mr. Jack C. Del ius, General Manager of Parks and
Recreation, I have made inquiry with res pect t o the status of a prop building
which was used by Municipal Theatre, Inc. during the summer theater seasons
1965 through 1967 at Chastain Municipa l Amphitheater. You will recall that
Municipal Theatre used the facilities of Chastain Memorial Amphitheater free
and their only monitary obligation, if it could even be called this, was to
place a prop building at the rear of the Theater and turn the prop building
over to the City of Atlanta at the expiration of the lease or any extensions
thereof.
As of this date, Municipal Theatre is still using the prop building, although
the leas e has expired. It was with respect to this facet of the situation that
Mr. Delius requested me to direct my inquiry. I contacted c ounsel for the now
defunct Municipal Theatre, Inc. who had a gentleman by the name of Mr. Roland
B. Anderton conta ct me. Mr. Anderton told me over the telephone that he
represented the successor gr oup to Municipal Theatre, Inc. The following
constitutes a substance of my telephone conversation with Mr. Anderton: After
Mr. Anderton set forth who he was, he to ld me that he did r epresent the
succ essor group to Municipal Theatre, Inc. He told me that Mr. Dillard
Munford had a meeting with Mayor Allen and Mr. Milton Farris, Chairman of the
Finance Committee, with respect to the successor group. Various financial
arrangements were discussed with Mayor Allen and Mr. Farris to determine what
could be done to have good theater in Atlanta this summer at the Civic Center.
An arrangement was entered into with the City, with Mayor Allen and Mr. Farris
acting as the City's repres entatives, whereby the Civic Center would be used
this sunnner on what would in all probability be a reduced rate, said rate being
predicated upon the proceeds of the successor group. Mr. Anderton went on to
tell me two things that I feel are especially remarkable with respect to the
situation concerning the prop building. The first was that if we take action
�Hon. Ivan Allen, Jr.
Mr. Jack C. Delius
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April 9, 1969
to deny them use of the prop building, there would, in all probability, be
no theater in the Civic Center for the summer season 1969. Second, he also
told me that somewhere floating around in the back of his mind was a side
agreement which I assume would modify the lease agreement above set forth
whereby the City had given an additional ten year's use on the prop building.
The above constitutes what I feel is remarkable with respect to the conversation I had with Mr. Anderton. I certainly do not purport to be able to bind
the City in any respect and the primary purpose of this is, I assure you, for
information purposes and also to request of you two gentlemen such direction
to me as may be proper under the circumstances with respect to a disposition
concerning the prop building.
Should either of you have any questions with respect to the situation, please
feel free to call upon me.
Incidentally, Mr. Anderton asked for a copy of the original lease agreement
between Municipal Theatre, Inc. and the City of Atlanta and! forwarded the
same to him by transmittal of this date • .
With my kindest regards to you both, I am
Very truly yours,
Thomas F. Choyce
Associate City Attorney
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�CITY OF ATLANTA
DEPARTME NT OF LAW
2614 FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303
April 9 , 1969
Mr. Roland B. Anderton
408 M dowbrook lk'iv , N. E.
Atlanta , Georgi
30305
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Aaeoclate City Attorney
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ATL AIYTA, /JEdR/JI A J(IJl/5
April 15, 1969
Mayor Ivan Allen
68 Mitchell Street, S. W.
Atlanta, Georgia
Dear Mayor Allen:
Thursday at noon we will officially announce that the new Company
Theater Of The Stars, Inc., is in business and will present six musi~als
this summer.
On
~ wish ~o per~onally thank you for your early and immediate assistance
in getting this new Company formed and off the ground. It could not
have happened without your help.
For the community and for myself personally, thank you very much. I
hope you can be in town Tuesday, the 8th of July and officially kick
us off.



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Christopher Bo Manos
Producer
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�April 22, 1969
.Mr. Roland B. Anderton, sr .
General Manager
THEATER OF '1'HE STARS , INC.
Post Office Box 11748
Atlanta:, Georgia 30305
Dear Mr . Anderton:
Thank you very much for your letter of April 17, 1969 concerning
the butler-type steel building erected t n Chest in Memorial Park
by Municip 1 '!.'heater, Inc. under a leas agreement of three years
hich exp ir d s epterilber 15, 1967 .
I p rticu l arly a ppreciat yo~ timely corre pondence and asaur
you it is th a.e ire of this d p rtment , and I f el that I spe k
for th P rks Committ • t o r new tbe l se on this structu.r
provided th Gity bas a surance that the unpaid balance ag inst
this structure 0£ $17 ,500.00 be settled in some cceptabl m nn r
so as to pr elude lien ag inst the tructure, etc . Th origin l
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provid d th t ·t the nd of the le sed
riod th structur.e .
would becom th property of the City of Atl nt e Ho v r , it is
certainly not our int ntion to tternp t to utiliz the building for
desper t. ly n ded storg and m intenanee pace unle , of oour$ ,
your org nization h s no furth r need for it .
1th you in providing what w hop to be a suece sful
umme.r Se son. I will
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Atlanta City Pa.rks
City Hall A..rmex
Atlanta ., Georgia
SUBJECT:
Theatre of the Stars Building in Chastain _P ark.
Dear Hr. Delius:
As you are a\·lare both the 11 Theatre Under The Stars 11 arid the
"Municipal Theatre" no longer ex:i.st~. In place of these. two theatres
is the newly ·chart ered and duly organized 11 Theatre of the Stars, Inc. 11 .,
which \·rill be the future sunmer and 1·linter. theatr0. The 1969 suniner
shows will be held in the new Civic Auditorium, and the opening show
will be on July 8, 19690
The n e~T 11 Theatre of the Stars" is presently
old l-hmicipal Theatre building in Chastain Parko
erected on Chastain Park property, under a le ase
years with the City of Atlanta , which expired on
Under the l ease agreement , it is renevrable 11 upon
conditions as the Mayor may desire".
operating out of the
Tlri.s building was
agreement of three (3)
September 15, 1967.
such t e r ms and
· In order to c onstruct this building, a. note for $32,500000 was
negotiated by the Municipal Theatre vtlth the Citizens and Southern
National Banko Presently there is an tu:lpaid balance of $17,500.00-no payments, due to the d efun ct condition of the Municipal Theatre,
have been made sin ce December, 1968. I am presently discussing this
indebted....'1 oss ,,, it h the C. & s. Bank and w:i.J.l n.lso discuss 1t with
the Board of Truste es of t he The a tre of the Stars at their May ffiee ting.
Unless we can m..!'.l.intain the u sage of this b uilding it will be
i mpos sibl e to pres ent th e 1969 summer shows. Will you therefor e
discus s this w:i. th the proper city authorities and secure a l ea.se
ex t ension? Thank you for your assistance.
Yours v ery truly,
THE THEATRE OF THE STARS, INC.
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�April 29 , 1969
Howle
2539 Browns Mill Road,
Atlant , Georgia 30315
Mrs •. A . M .
s , E.
Dear Mrs . Howle:
Your 1 tter of April 16, 1969 to Mayor lv n Al len , Jr .
has been ref rred to this department.
We are rranging for Mr . Wayne N tions , of our Parks
Engineering Division , to inspect your horn at a very
early date regarding the discoloration of the paint .
I can assure you th t you will hear shortly from
Mr . Nations , and I am
Cordially,
J ck c.
lius
General M nager of
P rks nd Recr ation
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M yor Ivan All n, Jr .• /
Aldennan Charlie L ftwich
Mr. W yne Nations
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April 28 , 1969
lVlr . Louis M. Smith
Executive Secretary
West Central Coordinating Council
2804 Yates Drive, N. w.
Atlanta, Georg~a 30318
Dear Mr. Sfi1itha
Mayor Ivan .Allen, Jr. has forwarded to me your letter o f
April 18, 1969 and the ttached petition requesting a
play lot for the A..
• Williams School/Bowen Homes rea.
I am irrmediately Mr. Joe Gentry, of our P arks Engineering
Div1sion, and ~ir . Marvin Billups, Recreation Sup rvisor
for your area of the City, to contact you personally and
discuss in depth the location, deign,
ui mon~, etc . of
playlot .
After ev ral ye rs the City has fin lly secured titl to
p rk ite adj o nt to th Bowen Homes, which i pr
ntly
known a the Field oad
rk Sit . Th nam will p robably
be ch nged in th v ry ne r futur but in ny ov nt
asking, by copy of this lett r , for i r. A. P ~ Brindl y ,
P rk
ngin r, to writ you a compl t de cription on th
siz, propo d improvem nts, tim sch dule, etc. of thi
p rk f . cility .
It i
our pl
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ring f~om you and I am
Cordially,
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mn1 Mim , set. Dir.- of
Mr. Jo G ntry, P k
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Mr. A. P. · rin l .-Y, P rk
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May
1969
Mr. Jack Delius
General Manager
Par ks and R e creation
City of Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
30303
Dear Jack:
Pur uant to the authority ve ted in me under Section
31-37 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Atlanta.
1965 as axne.nded., l hereby declare that an em.ergency
exists at P r r o:n Park Recre tion Center in the City
of Atlanta
a r ault of a fire loa sustained in aid
park.
A General M
g r you re her by authorized to take
uch step by way of verbal requi t
d otherwise. to
in ure that all d
gea sustailled by fire in aid locale
and bich are the propertle of the City of Atlanta re
xpedltiou ly r paired; notwithatandtng th term.a
d
proviaio a ol all ordinance
hich ar to be applicable
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CITY OF ATLANTA
Purchasing
403 CITY HALL -
Department
.JAckson 2-4463
Atlanta, Georgia
30303
May 5, 1969
J. FORREST GEE
PURCHASING AGENT
J. AL RANDALL, JR.
ASSISTANT PURCHASING AGENT
Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr.
Subject
Perkerson Park Recreation Center
Dear Mayor Allen:
Following our conversation this morning, Mr. Tom Choyce, Associate City
Attorney, advised that you should issue a memorandtm1 addressed directly
to Mr. Jack C. Delius, General Manager, Parks and Recreation and suggested
this language :
"Pursuant to the authority vested in me under Section 31-37 of the
Code of Ordinances of the City of Atlanta, 1965 as amended, I hereby declare that an emergency ex ists at Perkerson Park Recreation
Center in the City of Atlanta as a result of a fire loss sustained
in said park.
As General Manager you are hereby authorized to take such steps
by way of verbal requests and otherwise, to insure that all damages
sustained by fire in said locale and which are the properties o f
the City of Atlanta are expeditiously repaired; notwithstanding
the terms and provisions of all ordiances which are to be applicable
should there not be an emerge ncy . "
When you iss ue the di r ective, will you please send a copy to me ?
Your s very t ru l y,
~rA~J . Forres t Ge e ,
Purcha s ing Agent
M E M BE R : Nationa l In s titute of G overnmental Purchasing
National A ss ociation of Purchasing Agents
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