Dining & Shopping

Henry Grady Hotel

Atlanta, Georgia

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Aunt Frances and Uncle Roby did come to visit us several times when we lived on Cherry Tree Lane - before and after Amy was born.   Aunt Frances loved to come to Atlanta to dine out and shop. 

Aunt Frances also came to Atlanta several times on her own - in between Uncle Sid and Uncle Roby.  She would come here to attend various live performances.  I met her once when she was staying at the Henry Grady Hotel.  We ate at the Ding Ho Chinese Restaurant, near Davison-Paxon on Peachtree St., and went to a movie.  I think we saw "Strangers on a Train" (1951).  I guess I rode the trackless trolley to and from Atlanta and home on West Benson St. 

By the way, if you haven't seen "Strangers on a Train," you might want to check it out.  Very good Alfred Hitchcock.  Bud and I saw it again fairly recently.

 

- Beverly (Espy) Dayries,

2014

Click here for a photo of the Henry Grady Hotel in the 1950s.  The hotel was demolished in 1972.