Thomas Taylor was a lifelong skater and founder of Atlanta’s first-ever skater-owned skate shop in 1986. He opened the store in the Morningside neighborhood with his mother’s permission to use the money saved for his college fund.
Stratosphere eventually moved to the Little Five Points neighborhood in 2009, where it has been a staple of the small business community.
For many people though, it was also much more than that, as evidenced by the immense outpouring of love and respect that followed Taylor’s passing in February 2023.
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