Home
Titles
Atlanta Intown.
November 01, 2014
Image 14
Atlanta Intown., November 01, 2014, Image 14
About Atlanta Intown. (Sandy Springs, GA) 1998-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 2014)
Page
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
of 64
Next
Page
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
of 64
Next
Newspaper Page Text
Cyclorama building to become restaurant, event space
By Collin Kelley
INtown Editor
Once the Battle of
Atlanta painting leaves
Grant Park for its new
home at the Atlanta
History Center, the
historic Cyclorama
building will undergo
a massive interior
transformation.
Atlanta-based
sustainable design firm
Epsten Group has been
tapped by Zoo Atlanta
to transform the
circa-1921 building
into a new event
space and restaurant
with a viewing area
overlooking the
African elephants,
zebras, and giraffes in
their savanna habitat.
Peter Choquette,
design and consulting
department manager
at Epsten Group,
said it’s too early to
announce a budget for
the renovation project,
but the wish list for the Cyclorama
building is being fleshed out.
The completion date is set for 2018,
which gives the Atlanta History Center
time to construct and build a new home
for the painting, as well as move the giant
Texas locomotive and other Civil War
exhibits.
Those concerned about what
Choquette calls the “postcard image” of
the front facade of the Cyclorama can
Improve Your Quality of Life!
“I never realized how much conversation I was
missing until I received my new hearing aids.
What a difference new technology makes!”
Test Drive
Lyric for 14 Days!
There’s no obligation to buy Lyric
after you try it - so there’s no risk
to seeing how many ways
Lyric can improve
the quality of your life
Special
Left and below: Renderings of the interior of the renovated Cyclorama
building from a video preview created by Zoo Atlanta.
i Above: The historic “postcard” facade of the Cyclorama building in Grant
i Park will be unchanged after the renovation.
and event space will require a complex
interior renovation, Choquette said.
There are also plans to add an outdoor
deck to the viewing area over the savanna
exhibit, as well as add a conservatory
space for additional restaurant seating
that will offer views into Grant Park.
“The deck and the conservatory will
fit very well into the structure and offer
fantastic views,” Choquette said.
He said there would be renovations
to the front plaza once the building
is done, and what will happen to the
Zoo Atlanta administration building
that sits opposite the plaza is still
undetermined.
Since 2008, Epsten has worked
with Zoo Atlanta on several projects,
including the parakeet aviary and tiger
viewing area.
“Epsten Group is focused on
regenerative architecture, and we
believe in Zoo Atlanta’s conservation
efforts,” said Dagmar Epsten, the group’s
president and CEO. “We are thrilled to be
engaged with them in particular on this
Grant Park meeting facility with views of
big wildlife of the earth’s savannas, which
will give our city’s human occupants the
opportunity to connect with our global
animal occupants like none other.” 03
rest easy: the
'/ “original fabric of
I the building will
remain intact.
“The front
facade will not
change,” he
said. “From the
beginning, we said we don’t want to
change that in any way.”
The interior and rear of the building
will be a different story.
A restaurant, kitchen, catering facility
Lyric can.
Schedule your FREE Lyric consultation today.
AUDIOLOGICAL
CONSULTANTS of
ATLANTA
"Since 1983"
You Could Be Hearing From Us.
Serving The Community
For 30 Years!
Helena Solodar Au.D.
Kadyn Williams Au.D.
Buckhead
404-351-4114
Sandy Springs
404-256-5194
Roswell
678-461-6366
Marietta
678-560-0011
Duluth
770-476-3005
Griffin
770-229-6666
www.audioconsult.com
Stay Connected
IN
AtlantalNtownPaper.com
li
Facebook.com/AtlantalNtown
Twitter.com/ATLINtownPaper
1 4 November 2014 | INtOWll
AtlantalNtownPaper.com
