http://www.placesinperil.org Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:38:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A March, 2005, blurb in the Macon Telegraph regarding grant awards from the Community Foundation of Central Georgia for, among other things, a study for adaptive reuse of Miller High School. Page 1 of 1. Click for larger. This article's significance is underscored now, several years later, with the published study. Article copyright ... http://www.placesinperil.org/2008/06/macon-telegraph-community-foundation-of-central-georgia-awards/ An undated (presumably 2005) article from the Macon Telegraph discussing the Bibb County Board of Education's plans to study possible adaptive reuse of the former Miller High School. -- Page 1 of 1. Click for larger. This article's significance is underscored now, several years later, with the published study. Article copyright ©2005 The Macon ... http://www.placesinperil.org/2008/06/macon-telegraph-old-school-may-get-makeover/ 2005 article from the Macon Telegraph discussing whether Miller might be replaced with a new Central High campus. -- Page 1 of 1. Click for larger. Article copyright ©2005 The Macon Telegraph; used with permission. Thank you! http://www.placesinperil.org/2008/06/macon-telegraph-central-high-plans-dominate-meeting/ A spotlight from February, 2006: a 1956 event honoring folks who worked at Miller High School during its first 25 years. -- Page 1 of 1. Click for larger. Article copyright ©2005 The Macon Telegraph; used with permission. Thank you! http://www.placesinperil.org/2008/06/macon-telegraph-spotlight-miller-reunion/ Scans of a two-page article from the Macon Telegraph. -- Headline: Two Midstate Sites on 'Places in Peril' List Page 1 - click for larger. (Most browsers also support a second click, which will fit to your screen.) Page 2 (of 2). Click for larger. Copyright ©2007 Macon Telegraph; used with permission. Thank you! http://www.placesinperil.org/2008/06/article-two-midstate-sites-on-places-in-peril-list/ Charles E. Richardson writes an insightful opinion piece on behalf of the Macon Telegraph editorial board, discussing options — and aspirations — for Miller and the surrounding community. Published November 28, 2007. -- Click for larger; page 1 of 1. Copyright ©2007 Macon Telegraph; used with permission. Thank you! http://www.placesinperil.org/2008/06/op-ed-discovering-millers-purpose/ The following is a op-ed from The Blue Ridge Press, via the Tallahassee Democrat. -- New Schools + Big-Box Mentality = Sprawl It's a formula for disaster Kim A. O'Connell The Blue Ridge Press When Lyn Michell's son Warren was small, the family had the good fortune to live across the street from the boy's Atlanta ... http://www.placesinperil.org/2008/06/opinion-new-schools-big-box-mentality-sprawl/ Lee Berg, AIA, Partner, Robertson Loia Roof, architects and engineers in Alpharetta, writes: We did a quick sketch to help visualize a 'mixed use' alternative for the school; with retail/restaurants on lower level & residential or office on upper floors [...]. We had some fun with it." Note: This drawing is a ... http://www.placesinperil.org/2008/05/al-miller-mixed-use-alternative-sketch/ The following is posted with thanks to Brittain Thompson Bray Brown, Inc., Architects and Planners, Macon GA FEASIBILITY STUDY FORMER MILLER HIGH SCHOOL BTBB #23-007 10 September 2003 Introduction The former Miller High School is a very prominent building located on Mercer University Drive between Pio Nono Avenue and Mercer University. Not only is the ... http://www.placesinperil.org/2008/05/feasibility-study-phase-i-introduction/ In September of 2003, Macon architects and planners Brittain Thompson Bray Brown, Inc., completed Phase I of a Feasibility Study for the Bibb County Board of Education. The study was funded by the Community Foundation of Central Georgia, and parts of it are available through this web site: Introduction, Phase I Premise ... http://www.placesinperil.org/2008/05/feasibility-study-phase-i-index/