By Ann Boutwell
Sept. 5, 1897: Golfer Alexa Stirling Fraser, dubbed “The First Lady of East Lake,” was born in Atlanta. At 12, she won her first title at the Atlanta Athletic Club’s East Lake Golf course. …

By Ann Boutwell
Aug. 3, 2003: Krispy Kreme at 295 Ponce de Leon Ave. closed for retro renovation. Two months later the familiar red neon sign flashed “Hot Doughnuts Now,” once again. The doors reopened exactly …

By Ann Boutwell
July 4, 1882: Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Irish-born novelist, playwright, poet and critic and chief proponent of the aesthetic movement based on the principle of art for art’s sake, arrived in Atlanta and registered …

By Ann Boutwell
June 3, 1930: Regenstein’s Department Store opened in the old Peters Land Company Building on the southeast corner of Peachtree and Cain, now Andrew Young International Boulevard Established in 1872 by brothers Julius …

Georgia is taking part in the nationwide celebration of 2010 National Preservation Month during May. “Old Is The New Green” is the theme of the month-long celebration sponsored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Activities …

By Ann Boutwell
May 3, 1948: Atlanta Journal reporter George Evans Goodwin, a Boys High and Washington and Lee University graduate, received the Pulitzer Prize for an expose of vote frauds in Telfair County in 1947. …