▁was ▁sold ▁at ▁au ction ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 6 . ▁The ▁next ▁owner , ▁too , ▁was ▁driven ▁to ▁bank rupt cy ▁when ▁the ▁stock ▁market ▁crash ed ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 9 . ▁Main ten ance ▁decl ined , ▁contrib uting ▁to ▁Mitchell ' s ▁character ization ▁of ▁their ▁a partment ▁as ▁" the ▁D ump ." ▁By ▁the ▁fall ▁of ▁ 1 9 3 1 , ▁there ▁were ▁only ▁two ▁occupied ▁apart ments ▁in ▁the ▁building , ▁one ▁of ▁which ▁belonged ▁to ▁the ▁Marsh es , ▁but ▁they , ▁too , ▁moved ▁to ▁a ▁larger ▁a partment ▁a ▁few ▁blocks ▁away ▁in ▁the ▁spring ▁of ▁ 1 9 3 2 . ▁ ▁With ▁a ▁new ▁owner , ▁the ▁C res cent ▁A part ments ▁were ▁rev ived ▁and ▁continued ▁to ▁attract ▁ten ants ▁until ▁shortly ▁after ▁World ▁War ▁II . ▁By ▁then , ▁the ▁building ▁was ▁in ▁poor ▁condition , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 6 ▁the ▁por ches ▁were ▁removed ▁from ▁the ▁C res cent ▁Avenue ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁building . ▁( The ▁original ▁front ▁por ches ▁were ▁lost ▁when ▁the ▁building ▁was ▁moved ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 3 ). ▁By ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s , ▁the ▁building ▁was ▁mostly ▁vac ant ▁and ▁over due ▁for ▁re h abil itation . ▁There ▁were ▁a ▁few ▁commercial ▁ten ants , ▁and ▁the ▁old ▁apart ments ▁were ▁popular ▁with ▁Georgia ▁Te ch ▁students . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 4 , ▁the ▁opening ▁nearby