The old Ramada hotel in downtown Macon met its end in a cloud of dust and debris on New Year’s Day. The hotel has been a fixture in the Macon skyline, but has perpetually struggled to stay booked.

Close to 160 years later, locals and visitors traversing through Mulberry Street can no longer witness the historic ... groups in Macon, but not from businessmen who worked downtown, who saw ...

MACON — The 16-story ... to make way for a reborn downtown that has blossomed despite the hotel’s looming emptiness. Opened in 1970, “the old Hilton,” as it often is referred to locally ...

Drone13 was in the air as Macon-Bibb County imploded the old Ramada Inn in downtown Macon on Jan. 1 ... World's largest telescope comes together (photo) New Year’s revelers celebrate in Times ...

Commonly known as the Old ... said Macon-Bibb County Mayor Lester Miller, and the county hopes destroying it will begin a new chapter of growth. The abandoned Ramada Hotel in downtown Macon ...

The old Ramada hotel in Macon had been a fixture of the city's downtown skyline before it fell into years of disrepair, sitting vacant aside from the vandalism, theft and other crime it attracted ...

Macon, Georgia ... the recent changes to the downtown scene. Streets and storefronts are pristine, and even the alleys have enjoyed a facelift with framed photos lining the walls and ambient ...

On a recent sunny fall Sunday, people in Macon found themselves at an unusual church — it wasn’t of the recognizable cathedrals or historic churches downtown, nor was it tied to any religion.