If you’re not a regular listener of our local NPR affiliate, then you’ve missed a few history lessons. To mark the end of our own Rich’s Department Stores — or at least the end of the name — WABE has been looking back at the history of this local retailer. Most interesting is the two-part series by Kate Sweeney about Rich’s place in Atlanta’s Civil Rights legacy.

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5. The traffic history of Pine Lake