City of Atlanta seeking feedback from college students on historic LGBTQ sites

Atlanta's LGBTQ history has been made in various areas around Atlanta, including downtown, Little Five Points, Midtown and more. (Photos by/courtesy of [clockwise from bottom left] Evey Wilson/WABE, Georgia State University Library Archives, David Goldman/AP, Evey Wilson/WABE)

The City of Atlanta is working to document historic LGBTQ+ places and spaces throughout the city.

Through a collaborative effort, the City of Atlanta’s Department of City Planning Historic Preservation Studio and Historic Atlanta is creating a document called the  “Historic Context Statement,” a document that can be used to identify and locate places that matter to Atlanta’s LGBTQ+ community.

On Monday’s edition of “Closer Look,” Anthony Knight, the City of Atlanta’s first African American Heritage Coordinator, spoke about the goal of the  Historic Context Statement Project and how the city is working to capture the voice of AUC students through an informational session at the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library.