Crum & Forster Building

History

The building was designed in 1926 by a team of New York and Atlanta architects, Ed Ivey and Lewis Crook, who were both Georgia Tech graduates and helped establish the Architecture program at Georgia Tech in 1908, and opened in 1928 as a regional office for a national insurance firm.

In 2007, the Georgia Tech Foundation purchased the building, and sought permits to demolish the building as part of a plan to expand Technology Square. Preservationists fought the demolition and in August 2009, the Atlanta City Council and Mayor Shirley Franklin granted the building protective status as a historic landmark. The Georgia Tech Foundation appealed this decision. They instead purchased an adjoining property where a SunTrust Banks branch was previously located. In September 2013, the Georgia Tech Foundation demolished two-thirds of the Crum & Forster Building, leaving only part of its facade, to clear space for a High Performance Computing Center mid-rise.

As of late 2017, there are plans to build an 8000 sqft restaurant in the remaining portion of the building, adjacent to a new 20000 sqft food hall at the adjacent new CODA mixed-use development.

References

References

1. Auchmutey, Jim. (July 10, 2008). "Feud at Georgia Tech over landmark building". [[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]].
2. [http://saportareport.com/blog/2011/11/the-fight-to-save-historic-crum-georgia-tech-has-big-plans-for-the-block/ ''Fight to save historic Crum & Forster continues; Georgia Tech has big plans for block'', ''Saporta Report'', November 14, 2011]
3. Kaplan, TJ. (February 25, 2011). "Fate of Crum & Forster to be determined". [[The Technique]].
4. Wheatley, Thomas. (September 3, 2013). "The historic Crum & Forster building's rear portion is gone". [[Creative Loafing]].
5. (October 24, 2017). "Another week, another Midtown food hall announced—this time on Spring Street".