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OVER THE TOP OVER IT: Believe me, I am over the Classic Center expansion. The three-block-long monolith will seal off that end of down town, and we're only discussing now how to allow pedestrians to walk from one side of the complex to the other without get ting lost in the kitchen. But I have to say, during the string of "citizen participation" meetings at whirh the architects were directed to show some alternate designs, they came up with some prohibitively expensive monstrosities to demonstrate that only the plan favored by the Classic Center Authority would be cost-effective. You amateur citizens came up with an interest ing plan, but it costs too much, just like the pie-in-ihe-sky alternatives the architects presented. Well, come to find out, the architects' own plan is, er, too expensive, too. Seems that giant atrium that engulfs the fire hall may be a bit grandiose. Got to scale it back. Well get back to you. No thanks. Don't need any more citizen input. Had enough of that. ON TOP OF IT: Recently in this space came a column about things observed while walking around town. Since the author isn't very proficient at note-taking while walking, he left an item out of that roundup. Walking down Oconee Street I observed the new, green metal roof adorning The Print Shop building, the old two-story brick structure standing forlornly next to The Steeple in the section of town where Athens began. Owner Rick Hawkins, true to his word, is trying to stabilize the old building, which formerly housed his printing operation and many other people and activities, including the laying out of Flagpole in its earliest days. The building was damaged by fire earlier and was held up as an object of neglect in a Flagpole column. The new roof is tangible evidence that the old building may yet find new uses. In an earlier printing incarnation the building was home to William Murray Press, an operation owned by the hard-working and affable Bill Murray, who put himself through law school with his printing business, ably abetted by his sister Gina and their mother. They, in fact, printed Dean William Tate's little book, Strolls Around Athens, in 1975. The Murrays were from Americus, and Bill moved back there to practice law, and he also served in the State Senate for a while. Since Rick Hawkins has kept that building stand ing, perhaps somebody will undertake a history of it and of the surrounding area where our city began. When such structures vanish, as apparently the old St. Mary's Episcopal Church stee ple will do, along, presumably, with the railroad trestle which is the last vestige of the railroad link that connected Athens to the world, we lose the ability to see with our own eyes what made us who we are. TOPS: Clay Leverett is written up elsewhere in this issue in a Calendar Pick (p. 17), and I can't help emphasizing that if you see his show Friday night at the 40 Watt Club, you will be watching 3nd listening to a man who as much as anybody could be the poster child of Athens music. Clay loves music but is not stuck up about it; he is so friendly and likable that he should be hired as Athens' official greeter, perhaps also as the person who leads pedestrians through the Classic Center maze. Read the Calendar Pick, and you'll see why someday, down where The Steeple used to be or out in front of the Classic Center next to Athena, there may be a statue of Clay Leverett with a guitar in one hand and a PBR in the other. But you don't have to wait for the effigy. You can go hear Clay Friday evening -and come out humming some of that history in your head. • OVER THE TOP: Yes, Virginia, there really was a time when there were no air-conditioned homes or automobiles or stores or churches or schools. Movie theaters were the first to offer it, which made the coming attractions all the more irresistable. Nobody can remember how they got by without AC; they just know they got things done just like we do now, maybe asking more often, "Hot enough for you? And, yes, it was hot then, too, though maybe not this hot TOP OF THE GOVERNMENT: Best wishes for Mayor Nancy Denson's speedy recovery from her wicked leg injury. She has had a tougher time than many of us realized, but we expect her to be back in action soon. She is, after all, as she has shown repeatedly, a tough cookie. Pete McCommons editor@flagpole.com THIS WEEK’S ISSUE: IS City Dope 4 Athens News and Views ACC commissioners get creative with downtown parking rates. Everyday People . . . 27 Deborah Fuller, Florist Her family has been in business at Milledge and Prince for almost 40 years. ARTS (Si HYt: ITS Art Notes 9 Going Native A peek inside local artist Hope Hilton’s studio. Film Notebook 11 News of Athens’ Cinema Scene Meek's Cutoff, the new film by Kelly Reichardt, is playing at Cine. COVER DESIGN by Kelly Ruberto featuring artwork by Vernon Thomsberry on display by AthensHasArt! at This-Way- Out. (Opening reception on June 10) MUSI Threats & Promises 12 Music News and Gossip The Georgia Theatre's opening lineup, a new release from Wedge, a Supercluster video and more... The Mysterious Miwa Gemini 14 And the Fantastic Lies of Grizzly Rose We may never know the real Miwa or the real Grizzly Rose, but the songs sure are gorgeous. 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