Atlantans were crestfallen to hear the Georgia Dome will be off-limits for a massive Super Bowl viewing party — a potentially historic event Mayor Kasim Reed had trumped. But fear not, says the mayor!
Last night, key project members, neighbors, politicians, and Atlanta’s most famous stripper — Blondie — gathered at the long-abandoned Clermont Hotel to celebrate the start of construction on the building's transformation into a boutique hotel.
For three years now, the renovation of the storied Clermont Hotel on Ponce de Leon Avenue has been "about to start." Now, site work is underway and a groundbreaking ceremony is planned for the dilapidated building, with plans for a boutique hotel.