Pic(k) of the Week: Five Points ceiling

Ceiling over subterranean rail station.

Five Points MARTA: Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 13 April 2025.

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John Coltrane: Giant Steps
Album: Giant Steps (Atlantic Records, 1960)

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Pic(k) of the Week: Promenade on high from low at the High

Like a latter-day ziggurat, the Promenade skyscraper rises 40-stories —691 feet— above the High Museum, in midtown Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The building is clad in reflective glass, with a stepped, tapering spire and stainless steel fins that are lit at night. It is the 7th-tallest building in the city and, hence, Georgia.

Construction was completed in 1990. Twenty-nine years later, I took the photo, on 26 May 2019.

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Pic(k) of the Week: Hop-lights at the Brewmaster's Cottage

The Brewmaster's Cottage is a beer-themed 800-square foot tiny house built by renowned 'craft' beer brewmaster Teri Fehrendorf —founder of the Pink Boots Society— and her husband, Jon Graber, in Portland, Oregon.

The cottage can sleep 4 adults: The upstairs includes a master suite with king bed, walk-in closet, double sink bath, and a sunrise view deck. Downstairs there is a queen murphy-bed desk made by Hidden Bed of Oregon. Our goal with the Brewmaster's Cottage was to create something Unique, Meaningful and Beautiful. I also wanted the space to be Magical, and we have strived to build something so special you will not find a copy anywhere. In addition to the added architectural features such as a foyer with tile floor, mini-chandelier, corbelled hop archway, and steps that double as dresser drawers; the cottage also contains two fluted pilasters, lighted box display cases over the downstairs windows containing my cobalt blue glass collection, a built-in bookcase, and ...

"a box beam with hop lights (!)
separating the kitchen from the living room,"
pictured above.

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About the builders

• Teri Fahrendorf

  is currently the Malt Innovation Center Manager for Great Western Malt where she brews and malts on pilot-sized equipment. Teri began her beer career in 1988 after a short career as a computer programmer. She attended the Siebel Institute of Brewing Technology where she was Siebel's first woman class president. She is currently an instructor for the American Brewers Guild. Teri brewed for four commercial breweries including Steelhead Brewery in Eugene, Oregon, where she was Brewmaster for 17 years. In 2007 Teri founded the Pink Boots Society while on her epic Road Brewer journey across the USA and back. She was the 2014 recipient of the Brewer's Association's Recognition Award. Teri is a Great American Beer Festival and World Beer Cup Judge, and has also judged the Australian International Beer Awards and New Zealand Beer Awards. She is a frequent technical author and conference speaker.

  
  
• Jon Graber

  is currently North American Account Manager for Micro-Matic, where he sells the world's finest quality keg valve stems. After a distinguished career as an Executive Chef in Portland, Oregon, Jon became the first manager of, then Brewmaster of Mt Hood Brewing Company in Government Camp, Oregon for 13 years. Jon is a Great American Beer Festival and World Beer Cup Judge and has also judged the New Zealand Beer Awards. Jon and Teri met while volunteering for the Oregon Brewers Guild, where Jon was proud to produce his secret recipe beer doughnuts during OBG fundraisers, which were held at the Oregon Brewers Festival in previous years.

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