Lots of Parking

This series of photos is taken on Pryor Street between Bass and Pulliams Streets and beyond to Ralph David Abernathy, across 75 from Turner Stadium.  The first photo shows granite stairs and a granite wall.  These seem to be the only evidence of the houses that used to exist here.  (Although I found random pieces of brick laying about, I could not be sure they had any relation to previous buildings on the site).   The area is not maintained as evidenced by the overgrowth on the sidewalk.  The sign leaning against the tree announces that this area is for bus parking.  Access for buses is on Bass.  Deep ruts ran through the soil, and though 

looked hard for evidence of previous building foundations, there were none extent.  The surface was not paved, but may have had a gravel paving at some point as much gravel was to be found on the site.  The second picture shows the top of the parking lot.  You can see a house still extant in the background, but there was a for sale sign on it.  Behind this lot was a sort of warehouse building and more parking.

The next two pictures are across the street from the bus parking lot.  They are the lots owned by Turner Field and adjacent to I-75 across from the stadium.  They are paved and equipped with waste bins.  The spaces are marked.  In the middle of the larger lot is a billboard, nobody cares if its in a parking lot, right?  On game day, attendants wave flags to get the attention of people looking for a place to park.  One thing that struck me was the sheer size of the lot.  The other was a latent sadness for the homes and neighborhoods destroyed by the creation of the highway, the decline of the extant neighborhood and the gaping void where the lot now exists.