"Gone but not Forgotten in Atlanta" (Sandy Springs, Auburn: authority, parks)

[Brookhaven Bobby]

Well it seems that Macy’s is going to retire Pricilla the “Pink Pig” ride that so many of Atlanta natives have ridden over the past decades as children and then taken our children and grandchildren on Christmas rides around the stores toy section…..Apparently it has become so dangerous to visit Lenox Square even on a Sunday afternoon that young mothers with small children have become easy targets for the predators that now run the place and the store owners are afraid of toddlers being gunned down in the crossfire of gang violence that the war zone of Lenox Square has become…….Shame on you Mayor Bottoms and the City of Atlanta for allowing a long treasured piece of Atlanta’s history to end because you won’t do anything to stop the gang shootings and allow the Police to do their job and stop the crime that is killing our beloved city…..

[cparker73]

Originally Posted by Brookhaven Bobby

Well it seems that Macy’s is going to retire Pricilla the “Pink Pig” ride that so many of Atlanta natives have ridden over the past decades as children and then taken our children and grandchildren on Christmas rides around the stores toy section…..Apparently it has become so dangerous to visit Lenox Square even on a Sunday afternoon that young mothers with small children have become easy targets for the predators that now run the place and the store owners are afraid of toddlers being gunned down in the crossfire of gang violence that the war zone of Lenox Square has become…….Shame on you Mayor Bottoms and the City of Atlanta for allowing a long treasured piece of Atlanta’s history to end because you won’t do anything to stop the gang shootings and allow the Police to do their job and stop the crime that is killing our beloved city…..

Did Macy's say that the recent violence at the mall was the reason they're stopping the Pink Pig? It's possible, but considering they did say that they canceled it last year because of Covid, then it stands to reason that would remain the primary reason since our numbers are worse than this time last year. Everything else you stated was conjecture.

[bryantm3]

They killed off the great tree several years ago when they switched it to a plastic cone. It used to be a real tree and they had a contest every year and would broadcast the winner on the news. I would imagine it's just more downsizing from Macy's.

Re: Buckhead and all that other stuff you mentioned... Honestly I feel more at home on the south side. Yes it is rough looking in areas. But at least it is still the south. Trees overhanging the roads, dirt/gravel roads in areas, independent owned businesses and local people to help you out... Buckhead is basically California at this point.

[Iconographer]

Originally Posted by Brookhaven Bobby

Well it seems that Macy’s is going to retire Pricilla the “Pink Pig” ride that so many of Atlanta natives have ridden over the past decades as children and then taken our children and grandchildren on Christmas rides around the stores toy section…..Apparently it has become so dangerous to visit Lenox Square even on a Sunday afternoon that young mothers with small children have become easy targets for the predators that now run the place and the store owners are afraid of toddlers being gunned down in the crossfire of gang violence that the war zone of Lenox Square has become…….Shame on you Mayor Bottoms and the City of Atlanta for allowing a long treasured piece of Atlanta’s history to end because you won’t do anything to stop the gang shootings and allow the Police to do their job and stop the crime that is killing our beloved city…..

I say mount a pig face on the Atlanta streetcar and call it a day.

[cparker73]

Originally Posted by bryantm3

They killed off the great tree several years ago when they switched it to a plastic cone. It used to be a real tree and they had a contest every year and would broadcast the winner on the news. I would imagine it's just more downsizing from Macy's.

Re: Buckhead and all that other stuff you mentioned... Honestly I feel more at home on the south side. Yes it is rough looking in areas. But at least it is still the south. Trees overhanging the roads, dirt/gravel roads in areas, independent owned businesses and local people to help you out... Buckhead is basically California at this point.

I think you're onto something there about how Buckhead and Atlanta overall is losing its local flavor, and depending on your perspective, being watered down or elevated into a perspective that is shared with cosmopolitan cities around the world with all the same predictable upscale urban aesthetic trappings of Apple stores, Starbucks, and $5-million pied-à-terres. It's not surprising that Macy's would give up nostalgic traditions like the Pink Pig as the Lenox location becomes just another outpost indistinguishable from any other Macy's store in the country.

[Brookhaven Bobby]

Originally Posted by Iconographer

I say mount a pig face on the Atlanta streetcar and call it a day.

That’s the best idea I’ve heard yet……While it’s most likely Macy’s is closing the attraction down as a cost saving measure because they aren’t making enough money anymore and I’m sure it’s expensive to operate and insure but it’s not conjecture to state that violent crime and shootings are out of control in and around Lenox Mall…..The Mayor doesn’t care and APD isn’t even responding to shoplifting cases anymore due to manpower so nothing is going to improve unless Buckhead becomes it’s own city and forms a Police force to do more about crime other than take a report and count empty shell casings….

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by Brookhaven Bobby

Well it seems that Macy’s is going to retire Pricilla the “Pink Pig” ride that so many of Atlanta natives have ridden over the past decades as children and then taken our children and grandchildren on Christmas rides around the stores toy section…..Apparently it has become so dangerous to visit Lenox Square even on a Sunday afternoon that young mothers with small children have become easy targets for the predators that now run the place and the store owners are afraid of toddlers being gunned down in the crossfire of gang violence that the war zone of Lenox Square has become…….Shame on you Mayor Bottoms and the City of Atlanta for allowing a long treasured piece of Atlanta’s history to end because you won’t do anything to stop the gang shootings and allow the Police to do their job and stop the crime that is killing our beloved city…..

Maybe they could move it up to MOG or some place that doesn't have as many crime issues? You hate to see the kids miss out completely on an ATL tradition.

[bryantm3]

Originally Posted by cparker73

I think you're onto something there about how Buckhead and Atlanta overall is losing its local flavor, and depending on your perspective, being watered down or elevated into a perspective that is shared with cosmopolitan cities around the world with all the same predictable upscale urban aesthetic trappings of Apple stores, Starbucks, and $5-million pied-à-terres. It's not surprising that Macy's would give up nostalgic traditions like the Pink Pig as the Lenox location becomes just another outpost indistinguishable from any other Macy's store in the country.

Totally agree. My brother has been showing me videos of the new commercial areas in Seoul and Tokyo. It looks just like Buckhead, with many of the same businesses. There's a weird monoculture developing. Why in the world someone who longs for days gone by in south ATL would want to be a part of that, want to build a wall around it, I don't know. I thought conservatives were the ones who were worried about "globalists" all the time.

[jman8606]

Studebaker's

[Brookhaven Bobby]

Studebaker’s was fun, went there a couple times back in the day……Anybody visit Poets Corner in Buckhead on Roswell Rd. just off the Peachtree Rd. Split……There was a pretty good house band called Ben Dover & Tennessee Tucker that played there back in the Southern Rock heyday, it was a dump but was fun and I have many good memories from that little hole in the wall…..…What about the best, worst and loudest concerts you ever saw at the old Omni…….My two best experiences in 75 were ZZ Top and Kiss, both were equally fantastic and extremely LOUD……My wife yells at me to this day “Get a hearing aid old man” I’m sure those concerts are the reason but it was worth it, both were awesome shows I’ll never forget and there was no need to bring any weed because all you had to do was breathe and by the 3rd quarter you were feeling very mellow……..The worst concert at the Omni was The Allman Brothers Band which was during the Greg and Cher period of time and they were all so drugged out or drunk that the whole show was a train wreck and I am a huge Allman brothers fan but that wasn’t close to being their best performance by a long shot……I miss the old Omni, I wish that I’d gone down there when they tore it down and picked up a piece of scrap for old time sake………