Months after a heated public hearing on the fate of Atlanta’s historic 148 Edgewood Ave. building, Georgia State University is set to move forward with its demolition plan to create a Greek Life greenspace.

It’s a controversial move for the 1926 property. It was originally built by Georgia Power as a facade to store neighborhood electrical supply equipment. The university acquired the 8,800 square foot industrial space in 1966, and it has been used for various academic purposes since.

“Georgia State’s decision to destroy this building, which is structurally sound and architecturally significant, is mystifying,” Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation CEO W. Wright Mitchell said.

The historic property is a contributing structure to the Martin Luther King Jr. Landmark District. It also ma

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