Tag: Izzy
60 years of covering Atlanta: The 2010s
The city booms after the bust, the South more powerfully confronts its past, Stacey Abrams plans a progressive revolution, Josef Martinez is king, and Staplehouse emerges.
Our favorite stories of 2016
One Syrian family's journey to Clarkston, GA. Where your recyclables actually end up. An oral history of Olympic mascot snafu Izzy. 9 of our favorite stories we published this year.
These 26 pieces of Izzy memorabilia were actually created
We recently took a trip to the Izzy archives, where we found memorabilia that in some cases was as strange than the mascot itself.
What is it? An oral history of Izzy, the mascot marketing snafu of Olympic proportions
John Ryan settled on a character that was neither human nor animal. It resembled a blue tear, with hands sprouting three fingers and a thumb, lightning eyebrows, and a big, sheepish grin.
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