Demolition in Midtown preps block for… nothing?

Josh Green

Fri, 02/21/2025 – 15:15

The demo involved a large shed structure behind the former Henry’s Tavern space at 130 10th St., which was fenced off and taken down over the past couple of days.

The social hangout’s closure in November 2023 was such a sore spot for some patrons, they organized a rally to try to save it, but the business closed anyway, citing an inability to come to terms with its landlord.

The Henry’s shed structure in 2022. Google Maps

Courtesy of Ricky McGee

Demolition permit paperwork filed last year indicates more buildings in the immediate could come down.

According to those filings, the former Henry’s building would be demolished near the corner of Juniper and 10th streets, and the site would be graded to a “gradual slope” between the sidewalk and parking lot.

Just to the west, where 10th Street meets Peachtree Street, a partially collapsed building would also be demolished, with bollards and a connecting chain encircling its perimeter to keep people out, per the demolition permits. (That building—a former Jocks & Jills Sports Grill—was being converted into a Stix Asian Cuisine concept until a weather event triggered the wall collapse and killed the project.)

In place of the buildings, grass would be planted, according to filings.

The owner of the entire 3.9-acre block is listed in Fulton County property records as Dewberry Tenth Street. We’ve reached out to Dewberry Capital representatives for more information on demolition plans and will update this story with any additional details that come.

An email to the demolition permit applicant with an LLC called JKD Tenth Street was not returned this week.

Courtesy of Ricky McGee

Overview of the partially collapsed structure (left) and demo work this week from above 10th Street. Courtesy of Midtown Alliance

In 2023, Dewberry demolished another Midtown structure—originally the 1930s Northwood Hotel—on property the company owns along 17th Street.

That building had become a magnet for trespassers, was beyond repair, and was generally a nuisance, as Dewberry’s team told the Midtown Development Review Committee.

Today the 17th Street property is fenced-off grass between two of Midtown’s main thoroughfares, West Peachtree and Peachtree streets.

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