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July 2008 - Posts

    Sherry Heyl

  • Castleberry Hill is the new hot spot

    I just read in the AJC "Is Castleberry Hill "the new Buckhead?"

     It highlights some of the latest places to hang out. More importantly is also highlights that with the new popularity comes the controversy.

    "We're becoming the new Buckhead," she said. "It's awful. It's just awful."

    Pines, 36, president of the Castleberry Hill Neighborhood Association, runs through a litany of problems: Noise blares at all hours of the night; cruisers have taken over the streets; crime is up; discarded fliers and other debris litter the sidewalks.

    "It's not part of our master plan to become a bar district," she said. "We really believe our neighborhood is a jewel, and we'd like to keep it that way."

    I grew up in South FL and for the longest time the Ft Lauderdale strip was the place to be seen. After years of complaints like this and various actions that were taken the Strip finally faded away. The next complaint was that there was no revenue being generated, jobs were lost and no one was keeping the place up.

    This article also suggest that there are issues with the diversity of the crowds that are coming in. I do not know if that is really a widespread idea or just a view that a few people have that the AJC has highlighted.

     
    I would love to hear from the people who hang out in Castleberry Hill. What is the scene like? What is your side of the story? Is there opportunity here for Castleberry Hill or is this something that needs to be fought?
     

     

  • Where should we meet for lunch?

     OpenTable has listed the best places for lunch

     

  • Tamarind Seed
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  • The Clubhouse - Atlanta
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  • McCormick & Schmick's Seafood - CNN Center
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  • Agnes & Muriel's
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  • Village Tavern Alpharetta
  • Personally I like Tamarind Seed, I am not sure I would list it so hight. The Clubhouse is good and a good meeting place. I have also had a really goo experience with them when something went wrong (you can tell more about a business when something goes wrong. )

     I have not been to the other three.

     

    What are your thoughts?
     

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