At This Luxury Atlanta Highrise, Life Within Art

Homes everywhere are advertised as being within easy distance of all manner of different local cultural amenties. But what if cultural and art amenties were actually a part of your home?

That's the case at one Atlanta high rise condominium, where when Sovereign Buckhead opened last fall, the 50-story high-rise was transformed into a vertical, aerial ballet. And that was just the beginning.

This Atlanta condo works to envelop residents in art of different forms. That includes the art of the palate at the building's fine dining establishments. It includes the art of nature, given the building's 30-mile views. And it also includes a permanent art collection professionally curated by Todd Murphy -- and including the art of Georgia native and REM frontman Michael Stipe.

Of course, the building boasts other expected amenities such as concierge service -- but if art is important to you, in Atlanta's Buckhead area, you can live within it.

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Survey of Hurricane Preparedness Finds One-Third On High Risk Coast Will Refuse Evacuation

According to a new survey of people in high-risk hurricane areas conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health Project on the Public and Biological Security, one-third (31%) of residents say if government officials said they had to evacuate due to a major hurricane this season, they would not leave. This is an increase from 2006 when 23% said they would not evacuate.

The survey was conducted in eight states—Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas—and only included residents of counties within 20 miles of the coast. The poll included a special sample of the New Orleans metropolitan area.

The top reasons people give for not evacuating involve issues of safety and security. Three-quarters (75%) say their home is well-built and they would be safe there. Over half (56%) feel that roads would be too crowded, and slightly more than one in three (36%) feels that evacuating would be dangerous. One-third (33%) worry that their possessions would be stolen or damaged while one in four (27%) say they would not evacuate because they do not want to leave their pets.

“Public officials need to be concerned that the further we get from the severe hurricanes of 2005, the less willing people are to evacuate,” says Robert Blendon, professor of health policy and political analysis at the Harvard School of Public Health. “Officials need to remind people that many homes are vulnerable to major storms. They also need to ensure safe evacuation routes are available and the public is aware of them.”

These findings are based on interviews conducted June 18 - July 10, with 5,046 adults in high hurricane risk counties in eight states.

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