Atlanta Pecha Kucha — Wow!

October 19, 2009 by Jeanne Bonner · 10 Comments
Filed under: ARTS & EVENTS, Cityscape, POLITICS 

Boulevard at Edgewood

Boulevard at Edgewood

Maybe I’m just late to the table here, but I can’t believe how creative the Pecha Kucha folks are!

Do you know these people? They get together once a month to hear brief presentations about design, architecture, city living, sustainable living, you name it.

They met last night at Octane on the West side and I went along because the evening’s theme focused on advice or questions for Atlanta’s next mayor.

So many of the presenters said interesting things so I will mention just a few things that seemed new or novel to me (Angel Poventud, angelic as always, presented information on the Beltline, but it was really just a review/update).

Perhaps the most impressive presentation came from food writer Christine Lauterbach who asked why are there hundreds of food carts/trucks in Portland and almost zero in Atlanta?

Uh, good question!
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