Tag: Chattahoochee River
Beyond the Chattahoochee—3 less crowded spots to dip in a paddle
Want to dip your kayak, canoe, or paddleboard into a deliciously cool current? The popular Chattahoochee isn’t your only option. Here, three less familiar (and less crowded) spots to get wet.
House Envy: A look inside Tyler Perry’s sprawling former estate
Is it a resort or a residence? Hard to tell with amenities like an enormous infinity-edge pool with poolside bar, lighted tennis courts atop a multi-level garage, and 17 acres of gardens and riverfront property.
Five reasons to love Vinings
Just across the banks of the Chattahoochee River, Vinings is Cobb County’s only ITP neighborhood, adjacent to Buckhead and a 10-mile drive northwest of downtown.
House Envy: Nature lovers’ paradise in the city
Every day feels like a vacation in this secluded $1.5-million home on the Chattahoochee, though the home is just 20 minutes from Downtown.
A drone’s eye view of the Chattahoochee River
Because the Chattahoochee snakes to the west—rather than through the heart of the city—the river is not linked to Atlanta in popular imagination the way that, say, Boston is paired with the Charles, St. Louis with the Mississippi, or Chattanooga with the Tennessee.
Norman Askins on Salubria, Buckhead’s most secluded estate
Architect Norman Askins often makes up a story when he builds a house. To inform the design for this 1997 Italian-style villa, he created a fable that revolved around a European countess whose American husband built her a retreat inspired by the famed Colombe d’Or hotel in Provence.
Woodstock on the Water: An oral history of the Ramblin’ Raft Race
Every third Saturday of May during the 1970s, Atlanta hosted a raft race on the Chattahoochee River. Sounds simple, and it sort of was, until the race took on dimensions that even its founder, Larry Patrick, never imagined.
June 2015: A river ran through it. So did beer.
In this month’s issue, we revisit another moment in Atlanta’s history—the legendary Ramblin’ Raft Race, which turned a 10-mile stretch of the Chattahoochee into something that was part circus and part bacchanal.
6 reasons to love Whittier Mill Village
Tucked between the Chattahoochee River and Bolton Road south of Vinings, Whittier Mill Village was built to house workers for the nearby textile mill during the cotton boom of the 1890s. It’s one of Atlanta’s oldest neighborhoods—and, comprising 30 acres and roughly 110 homes, it’s also one of the smallest.
The ‘Hooch How-To
Some of us only associate Chattahoochee with a corny country song, so it’s easy to forget one of the country’s oldest and most stable rivers runs right through our city.