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ROUGHDRAFT.NEWS OCTOBER 2025 | 3 Rough Draft atlanta RoughDraft .atlanta ARC, City of Atlanta explore locations for potential new Amtrak station k the 16 Atlanta Intown Reporter Newspapers Georgia Voice RoughDraft A RoughDraft Publication • • Y A RoughDraft Publication • atlanta Editorial Collin Kelley Executive Editor Beth McKibben Editor-in-chief Sr. Editor Food & Dining Cathy Cobbs Managing Editor, Reporter Newspapers Sammie Purcell Associate Editor Staff Writers Katie Burkholder, Bob Pepalis, Logan C. Ritchie, Sarra Sedghi Contributors Sally Bethea, Melody Harclerode, Willah Sinclair-Johnson, Isadora Pennington, Laura Scholz, Sherri Daye Scott, Ty Tagami RoughDraft.news Instagram.com/ eh Facebook.com/ roughdraftatl • F roughdraftatl roughdraftatl Rough Draft Atlanta 2,023 posts 26K followers 2,572 following Media/news company News & features from Atlanta Intown, Reporter Newspapers, @thegeorgiavoice & our award-winning newsletters. Subscribe at... more of preserveatl and roughdraftatl SE preserveatl 6d 90 Atlanta is considering new locations for an Amtrak station, and that opens the door to a larger conversation about the importance of what we already have. Brookwood Station, officially known as the Georgia SP Peachtree Southern Railway Station, has served the city since 1918. As the last remaining passenger rail station in Atlanta, it holds incredible historical and architectural value. Designed by Hentz, Reid and Adler, its "Through Station" layout is a rare example of thoughtful, human- scaled infrastructure that still stands today. With Terminal Station demolished in 1972 and Union Station soon after, Brookwood is all that remains. Preserving it is not inist henefinial for the ^QV 296 likes 6 days ago Log in to like or comment. Published By Rough Draft Atlanta Keith Pepper Publisher keith@RoughDraft.news Neal Maziar Chief Revenue Officer neal@RoughDraft.news Rico Figliolini Creative Director Circulation Each month, 27,000 copies of Atlanta Intown are mailed to homes and distributed to businesses in and around ZIP codes 30306, 30307, 30308, 30309, 30324 and 30329. For delivery information, delivery@RoughDraft.news To subscribe to home delivery, ($125 I year) email delivery@RoughDraft.news •4bsky.app/ •• RoughDraftAtlanta.com Our followers saw it first. lnstagram.com/RoughDraftATL 14 Advertising sales@RoughDraft.news Deborah Davis Account Manager | Sales Operations deborah@RoughDraft.news Jeff Kremer Sr. Account Manager jeff@RoughDraft.news Suzanne Purcell Sr. Account Manager suzanne@RoughDraft.news Operations Savannah Pierce savannah@RoughDraft.news Scan to subscribe to Rough Draft, or, text DRAFT to 66866 Contents OCTOBER 2025 Editor s Note 4 Community Early Voting 6 News Briefs 8 APS Future Plans 8 Gen Z Style 10 Healthcare Changes 12 Georgia Tech Gift 12 New Amtrak Station 14 Oakland Columbarium 16 Cop City Case 16 Sustainability Above The Waterline 18 Arts & Entertainment Atlanta Pride 22 Binders@70 24 MJCCA Book Fest 25 Dining New Restaurants 26 Budget Menues 28 Azalea Fresh Market 29 Business Switchyard Toco Hills 30 Swoozie’s Reopens 30 Real Estate Randolph-Lucas-Jones House 31 Perspectives in Architecture 34 Dixon Rye Moving 35 Special Section Westside Stride 36-39 About the Cover Roger Smith sits on the front steps of the 100-year- old Randolph-Lucas-Jones House in Ansley Park. The home, which was rescued from demolition by Smith and his late husband, Christopher Jones, was recently redesignated as a landmark building. Find out more on Page 31. (Photo by Isadora Pennington) Honored as a newspaper of General Excellence ©2025 with all rights reserved Publisher reserves the right to refuse editorial or advertising for any reason. Publisher assumes no responsibility for information contained in advertising. Any opinions expressed in print or online do not necessarily represent the views of Rough Draft Atlanta.
