- Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Title:
- Southwind No. 118
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1984-09-27
- Subject:
- Transportation--Georgia--Atlanta
Railroads--Buildings and structures--Georgia--Atlanta
Railroads--Georgia--Atlanta
Hulsey Yard (Atlanta, Ga.)
Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- radio programs
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- This recording opens with an introduction of the program by Boyd Lewis. The first segment, which begins at 1:21, is a feature about a $20 million proposal to build a truck loading terminal in Hulsey Yards in the Reynoldstown neighborhood of Atlanta. The proposal faced opposition from neighborhood groups who did not want it there. The program features audio excerpts from Matt Lawson and Norman Underwood of Seaboard Railroad; Amy Totenberg of No Intown Piggyback Coalition; Atlanta City Councilwoman Debby McCarty and Morris Finley, Councilman; Nat Welch of Georgia Freight Bureau; Nan Orrock of Ormewood Park; Thomas Hughley of Reynoldstown Civic Improvement League; zoning administrator Bill Kennedy; Meno Schoenback, owner of Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill; and Esther Lefever, Bob Waymer and Joyce Brookshire of Cabbagetown. The second segment, which begins at 18:30, is a feature about Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery, which celebrated its 134th anniversary in 1984. Included are audio excerpts from Dr. Diana Coombs of Historic Oakland Cemetery, Inc. (Ho-si); Carolyn Boyd Hatcher, Commissioner of Atlanta City Parks; historian Franklin M. Garrett, and Ed Walters, Sexton of Oakland Cemetery. The program ends with a sign off by Boyd Lewis.
"Southwind" was a radio program about the issues, people, and culture of the South that aired on WABE-FM, Atlanta's public radio station. The series, which aired from 1980 to 1987, was conceived, produced, and reported by journalist Boyd Lewis. - Local Identifier:
- MSS 1118.118.001
ahc.1118.118.001 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/p17222coll4/id/129
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright is held by Boyd Lewis. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivsCC BY-NC-ND license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Extent:
- 7 in. reel-to-reel audio tape, 3 3/4 ips
29:15 minutes - Original Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
