By Josh Brown
Some described it as closed-off, poor and dangerous. Others called it home.
Perceptions of Macon’s former Tybee neighborhood depend on who you ask.
A grainy old photo shows a crowd lining the sidewalks outside the Roxy Theatre.
Back in its heyday, the Roxy Theatre was more than just a place to catch a movie. It also played host to live music and local shows. The Roxy is perhaps most noteworthy as being a place where some patrons said they caught an early glimpse of a young Otis Redding.
The Roxy Theatre opened its doors sometime in the early 1950s and played host to movies and shows for nearly a decade. At that time, the theater was just one of many thriving businesses in the part of town known as the Tybee community. We were able to track down some former Roxy patrons about what it was…
Over the years, the Roxy has been a place of fun and worship, of flavor and spirit, but sadly now the building has seen better…
By Avery Braxton
Our Civic & Community class started this project with some lofty goals: historic recognition of the building, locate an owner, generate interest in returning this to a productive use.
By Sarah Pounds
It can be easy to forget about a place’s significance when no one is taking care of it.
Especially when you don’t know who is supposed to care for it in the first place.
In the first week of December, work on the project has reached a fever pitch. Everyone is putting the finishing touches on their own…
With the wrapping up of the semester comes the wrapping up of our coverage with the historic…