This weekend, East Atlanta, Kirkwood and the Parkview neighborhoods honor and pay their respects to the Blue and the Gray. This July 22 marks the 147th anniversary of the Battle of Atlanta. East Atlanta Patch will be posting pictures and videos of the day's events. History buffs and the curious can find a full schedule of activities Saturday and Sunday aimed at people of all ages. Check back often for updates. Are you attending the Battle of Atlanta weekend of events? Click the camera icon below and share your photos and videos with Patch!

What is that thing? Thousands of us drive past it every day on Moreland Avenue. Many even wonder what it might have been, this, a hulking concrete structure just south of the IGA complex between East Confederate and Custer avenues on the west side of Moreland. Last fall, I finally asked my neighbors about this odd structure, and discovered that it was once a vibrant Citizens & Southern (C&S) Bank, built in 1965 by Atlanta architect Kenneth Johnson as C&S Bank's flagship modernist branch. But this week, the Atlanta Preservation Center identified our concrete and iron climbing helix as one of …