Sidewalk Radio With Gene Kansas

This month Sidewalk Radio takes a look at Atlantas largest but least talked about monument, the airport. This month, our host Gene Kansas welcomes in former Atlanta mayor Sam Massel, experimental branding expert Keith Curtis of Perkins+Will, author of the book Sunshine Skies David P. Henderson and celebrated chef of the airports first upscale restaurant One Flew South Duane Nutter. So please, bring your seat-backs to their upright and locked position, make sure your tray table is put away, and all of your carry-on items are stowed. It’s our job to provide your in-flight entertainment, a colorful, fascinating and fun history lesson about perhaps the biggest reason Atlanta is Atlanta, Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Please enjoy, have a nice trip, and see you next month. As always, this episode of Sidewalk Radio is brought to you by Perkins+Will.

This month, we explore the contested history of Freedom Park as well as its complex and still evolving relationship with Freedom Parkway. Were it not for the impassioned efforts of neighborhood activists, where the Jimmy Carter Library now sits could once have been a highway overpass similar to Spaghetti Junction. This episode of Sidewalk Radio is brought to you by Perkins+Will.

MARTA is more than a method of transportation, it is about connecting people, neighborhoods, promoting business, and conservation. And then of course there is the art, architecture and history. In essence, MARTA is integrally important to Atlanta. This month on Sidewalk Radio, host Gene Kansas invites in some special guests to talk about Atlanta's public transportation system from beyond the typical budget shortfalls and cancelled routes. Joining Gene this month are industrial designer Ted Freeman, architect Brian Bell, Senior Transportation Planner Heather Alhadeff, and newly appointed Manager of Streetcar Development with MARTA Paul Grether. This episode of Sidewalk Radio is brought to you by Perkins+Will.

This episode of Sidewalk Radio explores Atlanta's drinks and how they have not only changed our palette but our city as well. Gene samples Atlantas dynamic coffee and cocktail scenes and of course sips on some history with Coca Cola. As always, this episode of Sidewalk Radio is brought to you by Perkins+Will.

What is sustainability? What does it mean? How does it differ from green and how does it relate to different fields? Gene explores Sustainability and its various meanings across design, development, architecture and art. The guests for this show include Paula Vaughan (the Co-Director of Sustainable Initiatives at Perkins+Will), Steve Nygren (a visionary and the developer of Serenbe community), Kevin Clark (a Partner with architectural firm Historical Concepts), and Lori Sturgess (an artist and sculptor of re-usable materials).

Gene explores the role of sports in building identity, community, and development for the city. Gene welcomes as guests Mr. Bill Bartholomay, Chairman Emeritus of the Atlanta Braves who was responsible for first bringing the Braves from Milwaukee to Atlanta. Jim Irwin of Green Street Properties and the man behind one of the truly unique and transformational new baseball stadiums. Cheryl Levick, the Director of Athletics for Georgia State University who oversaw the formation of GSUs new football team. And artist Chris Fennel who used 800 baseball bats to create a truly incredible sculptural arch at the entrance of Southside Park.

Gene explores some of Atlantas most vibrant creative spaces - including the corporate headquarters of the Grammy Award Winning Zac Brown Band, the newly opening Museum of Design Atlanta, GA Tech's newest architectural gem, and some of Atlantas best regarded and most dynamic restaurants. Guests on this episode include Bob Amick of Concentrics Restaurants, Allison Hyer of Hyer Creative (and the brains behind Zac Browns corporate headquarters), historian and Assistant Dean with the Georgia Tech College of Architecture Leslie Sharp, and Perkins + Will designer Bruce McEvoy

There is Broadway in New York, Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Sunset in LA, and Bourbon in New Orleans, but Peachtree Street is more than famous, it is a living, breathing, archeological diorama of Atlanta’s history told through its transitioning neighborhoods and ascending architecture. This episode of Sidewalk Radio, brought to you by Perkins+Will, explores the history, lore, legacy, culture and character of a street whose name really came from a pine tree. See, it’s already getting interesting.

Typically on Sidewalk Radio we choose dynamic topics that are in a state of flux. The BeltLine, The Clermont Hotel, The Art Show, as recent examples. So, it might seem odd that January's show highlights a place that normally we might think about as anything but in transition, a cemetery. But, it’s not just any cemetery. Historic Oakland Cemetery is the oldest landmark in continuous use in Atlanta history. And, as you will hear, Oakland is anything but dead. It is very much alive and growing. Guests on this episode are George Hart, former board chair for the Historic Oakland Foundation, Douglas C. Allen, the Sr. Associate Dean of Architecture at Georgia Tech and a master landscape architect, D.L. Henderson, a Dr. of Humanities and researcher of Atlanta's African-American History and Cooper Sanchez, an artist and landscape designer.

Do you ever look at a painting and wonder if you are missing something? Ever consider why the work is even in the place you are seeing it to begin with? Can you see art, but cannot see how it can become a career? What about trying your whole life to create something, and then suddenly, and without explanation, obtain the ability? We are working on this one too! If the answer is yes to any of the questions above, then YES, The Art Show is for you. Sidewalk Radios The Art Show considers the question about how to see art from four uniquely creative perspectives. On this show How to See Art featured guests are prominent local artist Radcliffe Bailey, artistic director for the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center Stuart Horodner, chair of the print-making department at SCAD Robert Brown, and chainsaw sculptor Terry Legge.

Sidewalk Radio focuses on art, architecture, design, development, city planning and preservation, highlighting the way we live and enjoy Atlanta. For the second episode of Sidewalk Radio, host Gene Kansas explores the Beltline and Atlantas history and self-identification with the railroad. For this episode, Gene welcomes Brian Leary (President and CEO of the Atlanta Beltline), Gordon Jones (Senior Military History for the Atlanta History Center), Jeff Morrison (an architect, sculptor and preservationist), and Robert West (a visual historian and painter of trains).

Sidewalk Radio focuses on art, architecture, design, development, city planning and preservation, highlighting the way we live and enjoy Atlanta. So it seems only fitting that for the inaugural episode, Gene will be exploring the myth, history, and potential of one of Atlantas most well-known architectural pieces, the Clermont Hotel. Featured on this episode of Sidewalk Radio are guests Boyd Coons, Executive Director of the Atlanta Preservation Center, Mike Gamble, a tenured professor in architecture at Georgia Tech, DJ, the de facto spokesperson and bouncer at the Clermont Lounge at the Clermont Lounge, and Atlanta icon and dancer at the Clermont Lounge, Blondie