Madeline Polites and Cooper Holmes perched outside the last remaining historic home on the lot on the corner of East Broad and Wilkerson Street with signs reading “Shame on Landmark Properties” and “Athens, Say No to a Parking Deck in Pottery Town.” Polites, Holmes and even Athens' semi-prominent Pink Flamingo would go on to continue their protest most afternoons for several days, waving at passing cars as they honked in support.
The lot is part of a larger expansion project by Landmark Properties to develop student housing and subsequent parking decks in the historic neighborhood known as Pottery Town. In the past week, homes have been demolished to prepare the property for building.