United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Mechanicsville, 33.739, -84.39854Alexander, Jim1986-06-25"Fire engulfs Jim's original second floor studio at the NAC that later became Jikki Riley's studio. Jim moved to the first floor where he had room to create a larger dark room for his students."--from Jim Alexander's annotations.Firefighters attempt to control the flames as the abandoned Peter James Bryant Elementary School at 252 Georgia Avenue SW, former home of the Neighborhood Arts Center, burns during a three-alarm fire on June 25, 1986. Fighting the fire was so difficult and intense that four firefighters were sent to the hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation and heat exhaustion. Police suspected the fire was a work of arson, and associated it with the burning of another abandoned school a few days later. The Neighborhood Arts Center had recently moved to its new facility on Auburn Avenue.Title provided by Jim Alexander.image/jpegimage/x-mrsidhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Neighborhood Arts Center photographs series. Jim Alexander collection. Archives Division, Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System.Community arts projects--Georgia--AtlantaFire fighters--Georgia--AtlantaFire extinction--Equipment and supplies--Georgia--AtlantaArson--Georgia--AtlantaNeighborhood Arts Center (Atlanta, Ga.)The fireFireStillImage