To save a landmark, Roswell is taking it apart.

City officials announced they’ve begun “careful deconstruction” of Doc’s Café, a longtime Groveway fixture and a touchstone of Black community life in Roswell. The plan,according to city officials, is to dismantle the building piece by piece, document what matters, and store it for a future still to be decided.

The language is deliberate: not demolition, but deconstruction. Not disposal, but cataloging. The city says experts in architecture and cultural history are using 3D laser scans and CAD drawings to document the structure and identify which materials carry “the most historical and cultural significance.” Those pieces will be preserved. The rest isn’t promised a second life.

“Doc’s Café is more than a building—it’s a symbol of our com

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