This reworking of an earlier article resulted from our coverage of the Chattahoochee RiverLands project. I determined that since the project spans both sides of the river, in addition to…
This is the fourth installment in a series of articles on the history and current state of Atlanta’s Hollywood Cemetery. In 1904 the notorious Georgia outlaw Taylor Delk was buried…
This is the second installment of a series on the history and current state of Atlanta’s Hollywood Cemetery. The sky was clear and the temperature pleasant as the crowd gathered…
This is the first of a series of articles tracing the history of Atlanta’s Hollywood Cemetery. I’ve been fascinated with Hollywood Cemetery for over ten years. It’s a large cemetery…
The man sat in the tree by the banks of the river, waiting patiently. He was thin, with wiry arms, well suited to climbing. He was comfortable in the tree,…
In 1952 the City of Atlanta tripled in size, annexing areas to the south, west and north. To the west the communities near and along the Chattahoochee River became part…
There is a guideline in journalism: “Don’t bury the lede.” A lede, sometimes spelled “lead”, is the opening of a news story. It’s the part that gets you interested in…
River Edges is an online news publication covering both sides of the Chattahoochee on the Cobb County/City of Atlanta border, roughly south and west of I-75. Our area of focus…