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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Gas Station Goes Down

The old gas station on Columbia Drive was torn down Wednesday as part of the demolition work that will result in green space creation.

A work crew demolished the gas station building on Columbia Drive on Wednesday as work continues to create approximately two acres of green space. John Snyder, an environmental engineer with Terra Tech of Duluth, said work should last through the week. Three underground gas tanks were unearthed and the gas pump islands will be torn down, he said. The site is located just outside the Decatur city limits, next to the Atlanta Friends School.

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What's Going Here? Gas Station To Become Green Space and Decatur Gas Station Demolition Begins

Nick

4:56 pm on Thursday, December 13, 2012

Thanks, guys! So this is a private-citizen thing? Whoever it is, thank you!   more ›

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Decatur Gas Station Demolition Begins

The abandoned station on Columbia Drive will be converted into green space. On Tuesday, one of three underground storage tanks was unearthed.

Work crews have started demolition at the abandoned gas station on Columbia Drive that will be converted to green space. On Tuesday, one of three underground storage tanks was unearthed. Crews also demolished the roofing that previously covered gas tanks. The nonprofit East Decatur Greenway purchased the old station and will demolish it and turn about two acres into green space. The station is next to the Friends School of Atlanta.

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The Friends School of Atlanta

Bill Woolf

5:30 pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2012

it doesn't really matter for the purposes of the basic story, but, for what it's worth, this property is not in Decatur. It's a few hundred feet south of the city.   more ›

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