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THE Inman Park Advocator Atlanta’s Small Town Downtown News • Newsletter of the Inman Park Neighborhood Association December 2018 [email protected] • inmanpark.org • 245 North Highland Avenue NE • Suite 230-401 • Atlanta 30307 Volume 46 • Issue 12 History is our Future New Year’s Day BY BEVERLY MILLER • [email protected] Polar Bear Jump BY INMAN PARK POOL BOARD • INMANPARKPOOL.ORG As 2018 draws to a close and we begin to wonder what 2019 will bring, I fi nd myself refl ecting on the constant interplay of old and new, the familiar Annual Inman Park Polar Bear Jump pattern of endings and beginnings that makes up life’s fl ow. For us here in Tuesday, January 1, 2019 Inman Park, this continuum is represented through our very symbol, the 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. butterfl y with the Janus faces looking to both past and future. Sometimes Inman Park Pool (Edgewood Avenue & Delta Place) what is old becomes new again as in the case of our IPNA archives. Pondering the conjunction of old and new leads me to appreciate even more the vast President’s Message assortment of treasures that makes up our archives collection. They are a gift from our past to our future. The end of 2018 brought the beginning of a new life for our archives when they left in early October for their new home at Emory University’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, & Rare Book Library. At the end of September, IPNA marked this passage with a celebratory archives send-off , brilliantly planned and executed by IPNA Archivist Teresa Burk, along with Cristy Lenz, Ro Lawson, and the Archives Committee. For some in attendance, the photos of the earliest porch parties and Butterfl y Balls, the amazing fi lm footage of the very fi rst Inman Park Festival, the collection of historical documents, the tickets to Festival House Tours, and the fi rst editions of this newsletter brought back fond memories. For others such as myself who were not here during these formative times, seeing the collection brought fresh new discoveries. The Inman Park Pool Association invites the neighborhood to the In their old life, the archives were housed for many years in an upstairs room annual Polar Bear Jump on January 1, 2019. It’s been a New Year’s at the Trolley Barn. There they were lovingly organized as they continually tradition since Y2K. This year could be the last … you never know grew under the care of many dedicated volunteers. However, the room was not when that computer glitch will catch up to us. During the 2018 jump, climate-controlled, and the storage conditions were not ideal for the long-term preservation such a collection deserves. Now in their new home, our archives are 57 people made the plunge! currently undergoing several months of documentation and cataloging leading up All are welcome even if you are not a member of the pool. Few will to their Emory debut, when this rich treasure trove will become accessible once take the plunge. For those who do, we have liquid courage and other more to IPNA and, for the fi rst time, to the larger public as well. treats. See you at the pool on January 1 at 11:00 a.m. The pool is As the revelers at the archives send-off party enjoyed a representative sample of located between the townhomes at Inman Walk and the Motor Works these treasures one last time before they left their old home, the atmosphere in lofts on DeKalb Avenue and Spruce Street. the room was celebratory but bittersweet. If you were able to come to the archives farewell party or to attend the pop-up celebration of the Road Fight archives, the Happenings Moreland Festival event so beautifully curated a couple of years ago by Cristy Lenz and Sandi Parker, this month Corridor Rules for you no doubt understand why both collections were sent away to Emory with Update Golf Carts continued on page 4 Pages 4-5 Page 6-7 Page 12 COLAY WHITE, O.D. MICHAEL G. STAMBOLY. O.D. 484-D MORELAND AVE NE 404-523-3937 Complete Vision Care in Little 5 Points Is your year to remodel? The first five responses through our website to mention this ad will receive a free on-site consultation during the month of January. www.annearchitecture.com SERVE. SOLVE. DELIGHT. Chairs & Coordinators Adopt the BeltLine: Anne Roberts [email protected] ● 404-242-5300 Archives: Teresa Burk ................................... 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[email protected] ● 404-659-2579 [email protected] Holiday Party: Cristy Lenz ........................................................ ● 404-822-3884 Porch Parties: Pat & Richard Westrick [email protected] ● 404-523-4801 VP • Communications, Cristy Lenz 404-822-3884 Special Events: Karen Goeckel [email protected] ● 678-612-1776 [email protected] Springvale Park: Treasurer, Jeff Oliver Stephanie & Cameron McCaa .............. [email protected] ● 404-414-2496 Amy Higgins (Master Plan) ........... [email protected] ● 404-593-8253 770-861-7836 Transportation: [email protected] Janice Darling ............................ [email protected] ● 678-488-1925 Secretary, Ro Lawson 404-964-6137 To advertise in the Advocator, please contact [email protected] KDA & Tlehs at (678) 905-4842 or [email protected]. the Advocator is a publication of KDA Communications. Subject matter published is the opinion of the author and does not neces- ADVOCATOR sarily refl ect the opinion of the publisher of this newsletter. Professional advice should be obtained before making any decision Editor: Alex Kronemeyer in which a professional is readily available. Advertisers assume responsibility for the content of the ads placed in this publication. Material published may not be reproduced without the written permission of KDA Communications. Staff: Susanna Capelouto, Pat Westrick, Kathleen the Advocator is the offi cial newsletter of the Inman Park Neighborhood Association, Inc. (IPNA). In addition to the reports by Busko, Alison Gordon, Glenda Minkin, Julie Noble, the IPNA board of directors, offi cers, committee chairs, and the agenda for the current month’s meeting, the Advocator publishes letters to the editor, press releases, articles deemed of interest to the community and paid advertising. Publishing of display ad- Marge Hays, Carla Jeffries, vertisement, articles, letters, or notices does not constitute an endorsement by IPNA, its Board of Directors and/or the Advocator and the Advocator staff. The content and opinions of a published article or letter represent the opinions of the author and not the and Susan Crawley opinion of IPNA, its Board of Directors and/or the Advocator and the Advocator staff unless it is expressly stated. IPNA reserves the right to edit all items submitted for publication and to reject any material or ads submitted for publication. Material submitted anonymously, including press releases, will not be published. By submitting materials and photos you acknowledge you have the Submissions: [email protected] right to do so and understand the Advocator is published online as well in print. Content is due on the 20th of the month prior to publication and should be submitted to [email protected]. Inman Park Advocator 3 December 2018 mixed feelings. Celebrating what was once new but which we now recognize as old brings pride and nostalgia along with a tinge of astonishment at the passage of so much time. But in addition to better housing for the collection, 2019 Inman Park the departure of the IPNA archives also brings us another something new. The Book Club now empty room that once contained the collection will provide space for a much needed groom’s room to enhance the experience for those holding future Meets @ 7:00 pm on the last Tuesday of most months. Most book selections are available at our neighborhood bookstore, Trolley Barn weddings. A Cappella Books, 208 Haralson Ave. in Inman Park. 10% discount! Shop local! While everyone was caught up in planning the festivities to commemorate the archives’ departure, it didn’t occur to us until late in the process that there was “Pachinko” one eventuality for which we had forgotten to plan. That is the fact that we Jan by Min Jin Lee will continue to accumulate more archives. We had lovingly provided for the Susan Levy, 627 Irwin St., Unit 3 artifacts from our old history, but what about those that will come with our 29 (Old Fourth Ward) new history? No doubt it’s an paradox, but new history will be made. New IPNA beginnings thankfully will not stop occurring, and the resulting keepsakes will Feb “Everybody Needs a Bridge” present a growing collection that will deserve the same careful preservation. by Colleen D.