One downpour over Atlanta Pride weekend didn’t dampen the spirits of the hundreds of thousands of people who packed Piedmont Park Oct. 10-11 to enjoy live music, festival food, rainbow gear and more rainbow gear, and each other. Here are some of the smiles we captured in the park.
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(Photos by Deputy Editor Patrick Saunders)
Bum Float
The Battle of Atlanta painting at the Cyclorama in Grant Park.
Domain at Phipps (Courtesy ABC)
Mug shot of Alix Tichelman (Courtesy of CBS46)
Mayoral candidates debate on Oct. 13 in the Dunwoody High School auditorium. From left to right: Mike Davis, Gordon Jackson and Bob Dallas.
Wynton Marsalis will open this year’s National Black Arts Festival.
Judith Ivey, left, and Annie Potts
A new rendering shows the BeltLine Westide Trail (with transit) crossing Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
Another rendering of the fully-realized BeltLine Westside Trail at Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard.