Atlanta naming LGBTQ bar Atlanta Eagle as historic landmark watermarkonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from watermarkonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Eagle owner Richard Ramey
The Atlanta Eagle could reopen in its longtime home on Ponce de Leon Avenue, but first must reach an agreement with the building owner and negotiate “tons of repairs” needed to the nearly 130-year-old structure.
Richard Ramey, the bar’s owner, told supporters during a Facebook Live chat on Friday that he’s no longer searching for a new site for the bar. Instead, he’s focused on returning to the Midtown location the bar called home for 33 years but vacated in November. The abrupt change comes after Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced that the city is seeking to designate the building as a historic landmark.
Atlanta naming Atlanta Eagle gay bar as historic landmark chron.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chron.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Atlanta Eagle owner Richard Ramey. (Photo by Russ Bowen-Youngblood)
The longtime home of the Atlanta Eagle is being designated a historic landmark, which could breathe new life into the iconic gay bar that shut its doors in November.Â
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Thursday that the city started the process to designate the 126-year-old building on Ponce de Leon Avenue as a landmark. Itâs the latest â and most public â step in the process to save the building and possibly the bar, which called the building home for 33 years.
âThe Atlanta Eagle has a rich history and is a beloved place for so many people in Atlanta and across the world,â Bottoms said in a press release.Â