From the post:
But the story’s more complex than a developer being thwarted by the outcry of plucky preservationists. Don’t get me wrong, I think the World is a crucial part of Atlanta’s past, and I want to see its home (shown above) preserved. The real problem, however, is far greater than one building. The World sits in the center of Sweet Auburn, a once thriving center of African-American commerce and a testament to perseverance under Jim Crow horrors. To honor that legacy, Atlanta needs to save more than one building. We need to save a couple blocks. Across the street from the World building sits the historic headquarters of Atlanta Life Insurance, the company founded by former slave Alonzo Herndon. That building has been vacant far longer than the World offices. Boarded up and overgrown, it was named to the Georgia Trust’s “Places in Peril” list in 2010.
