Everything is going down, about half of buckhead was torn down last month. My favorite hole in the wall, Mako's, was gone early June.

Fado's has an interesting story. They had used only like 15 years of a 99 year lease. So, in a deal to buy them out to tear down the building, the Buckhead Alliance is going to build them a new, 2 story, 3 times as big building about 2 blocks away from the current location. But for now, Fado's will remain open in it's current spot for a few more weeks at least.

It is going to be interesting to see what happens to this neighborhood after this. Many people moved into condo and apartment complexes about 3-4 blocks from the entertainment district for the sole reason of being close. With the millionaires kicking out the "rif raf", the place is probably going to be dead at night except for the chain high end restaurants. The convention industry is going to take a hit in a year or two, as people learn this marvel of mankind, ~250 liquor liscences in a dozen city blocks, is gone. But, I am glad they really thought it through.

Nanochick wrote:

By the end of the month, bulldozers will raze Atlanta's most famous — and infamous — party district.

I hadn't heard about this until now. I don't spend a lot of time in "Buckhead" proper, because I feel much more akin to bars in Decatur. Hopefully Fados won't get bulldozed....it was my favorite bar down there.

I have extremely mixed feelings about this.

On the one hand, I didn't go to Buckhead much because I didn't dig the frat-boy, meat-market atmosphere up there, so even assuming I stay in Atlanta, I won't miss it personally.

On the other hand, it was one of the few places in the city with a legitimate, out-on-the-streets, urban night-life feel to it, all of which is gone now for good. As dead as Atlanta already was as an urban center, it's so much more so now.

Atlanta city planners have heads firmly planted in ass, and I just don't think they're going to figure out that more shopping and roads aren't the way to go, and fewer bars, all of which are discrete and require driving to get to, doesn't make for a fun town.

It's depressing. Atlanta is a city with more potential than almost any other I know, but they absolutely will not capitalize on that potential. It's sad. This place is gonna deflate within 10 years.