The Peachtree Strip Project Do you believe The Summer of Love was 41 years ago? As the walrus said, “the time has come to talk of many things...” The landscape is changing, people and memories are fading; it’s time to tell the tales. Already many Atlantans are unaware of the story of Atlanta’s own time when the Hippie tribe roamed the Earth around the Peachtree Strip and Piedmont Park. Surprise! We’re still here, a bit less flamboyant and a bit more aged and wrinkled, but still dancing joyously and letting our Freak flags fly on occasion. Brothers and Sisters, we need to get our story down right before "The Man’s” official version is the only one available to the future. No one of us has the story. The story was that there were suddenly all of us visible at once. Listen to our WABE interview. Our goal is to archive and exhibit material for a social history of a unique era on which we were lucky enough to have had an inside perspective. We want to document a specific part of Atlanta’s history of which most people are not aware; a time when the youth culture of the 60’s and 70’s pervaded all aspects of life. Most people would be blown away to go in a time machine to Piedmont Park or The Strip in the late 60’s and 70’s and witness what happened there so often. This material is very rare in the sense that it documents this time of great change from the perspective of a Southern city. It is dependent on the memories and documents of those who were there to explain the significance. The more time passes the more you risk losing the completeness of the story. And it is in this story that you find the birth of movements still vital in working for a better world today. These include movements for Civil Rights, Gay Rights, Women’s Rights, Political Rights, and Ecological Rights. We would like to hear from: People who were hippies or are interested in hippies or this era of great change in The South? Do you have some memories you'd like to share? <Click Here> or some snapshots of folks on The Strip or in The Park during those days of change for Atlanta and the world? Does your older brother or your parents have some things stored away? We are interested in anything. Posters, film, recording, anything you think should be shared. Hippie finery? To preserve our collective history consider donating or bequeathing items through us to the Atlanta History Center. Bequest your stuff to the best preservation available where their significance will be honored and appreciated into the future. embroidered items? Can you contribute your part? http://www.thestripproject.com/Hippies_Stories/Entries/2007/4/9_Wanna_Tell_your_story.htmlshapeimage_2_link_0
 Calling all Atlanta Hippies? We need your art and artifacts to show at future exhibits.. We also have people wanting a reunion in the Park, a flash mob of hippies! Anyone able to organize? Plans are underfoot for a reunion to be announced soon, we hope. mystere2@bellsouth.net For each word you define correctly the UN gets 20 grains of rice for the starving. Use your Head to Feedmailto:mystere2@bellsouth.net?subject=email%20subjecthttp://www.freerice.com/shapeimage_6_link_0
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Fun, Fun, Fun, and no T-birds to be taken away! Everyone seemed to have an enjoyable time. Ten Degrees Off played great music originating from the era, Teri Stewart curated clothes and Arty-facts  to see and discuss, photo slide shows of period pictures by Carter Tomassi and Tom Coffin, prints by Bill Fibben and others. Music history of Atlanta assembled by David Michaelson and Bill Hardin, luminaries such as Tom Coffin, Alison and Kirby Fibben, uniquely  talented musicians including Glenn Phillips, Mike Hollbrook, and John Ivey. We spread the word and made new contacts. Hope you can attend the next

 

updated July 19, 2008

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Bird Bash displays

Bird editor  Gene Guerrero

The Out Side Show

watch Richard Powers and Bongo show their powers.

Fire Dancers to EXPand Band

Volunteers to help sought

September 8, 2007 (9/8/7) The Allman Brothers Band returned to play Piedmont Park with the Dave Mathews Band. Here are MysterE and R. Tim on the front page photo from that day’s  Atlanta Constitution.

And the Brothers brought it all back home to the Park.