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Is the Randolph-Lucas House Worth Saving?
Does the city of Atlanta, and the Buckhead community, preserve its history well?
The Randolph-Lucas House at the intersection of Peachtree Road and Lindbergh Drive looks tiny now compared to the high-rise condos that have sprouted up around it, but the stately mansion has been there since 1924.
However, it might soon disappear. The 2500 Peachtree Condominium Association for the Randolph-Lucas House. The mansion's designation as a historic building means the Atlanta Urban Design Commission has to review the application at two upcoming public meetings first.
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All of this raises some larger questions about historic preservation. Is Atlanta - and Buckhead - still a place where we're quick to bulldoze the old to make way for the new? Should the community do more to preserve historic buildings? What should happen to the Randolph-Lucas House?
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