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Selected Works: The Show Must Go On

With an office covered in classic film posters and Atlanta-themed art and curios, Christopher Escobar can’t hide his love for the city and great movies. Escobar is the executive director of the Atlanta Film Society, and nothing illustrates his devotion better than his beloved Plaza Theatre at the corner of Highland and Ponce de Leon avenues.

Taking a personal interest in Atlanta’s cinematic heritage, Escobar teamed up with some friends last fall to purchase the venerable movie palace, which has survived the city’s relentless change for more than 70 years.

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Selected Works: History in Hand

For more than a century, the wood and marble halls of Georgia’s state Capitol building have thrummed with legislators and leaders, lobbyists and citizens, all with the aim of shaping Peach State policy.

(Originally published Spring 2012)

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Mapping History

Jeremy Crampton, left; right: map of Normandy Beach, France, in preparation for D-Day.

Geography professor Jeremy Crampton tells the story of mapmakers who helped win World War II and shape post-war Europe. (GSU Magazine, Fall 2010)

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Selected Works: In the Line of the Fire (2009 Station Fire Threatens Mount Wilson Observatory/CHARA Array)

In late August 2009, the California Station Fire threatened the six-telescope Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) Array operated by GSU on Mount Wilson, but with efforts of firefighters and observatory staff, the flames were kept at bay.