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Did You Know?! travelogue series

Yo! Did You Know?! ® is a travelogue web series that follows Jen Farris, a seasoned Film and TV location scout, into film-friendly communities to reveal history ‘hidden in plain sight’, the artistry of architecture and oftentimes the change makers who made those communities special. Let’s virtually explore together!

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Meet Series Creator, Jen Farris

Hi! I’m Jen, a Georgia Peach from Atlanta USA. For thirty years, I have worked in the entertainment industry, and in that time, for more than a decade, I have worked as a professional film and television location scout. I love exploration and have seen the coolest perspectives of locations from an eagle’s eye-view to under the ground. I’m excited to finally tell the stories of many places I have traveled. Hailing from a lineage of storytellers, writers and historians, it is no surprise that I believe storytelling to be something held in high regard. Building the foundation of stories through location scouting has been invigorating.

Fun Fact

I fell in love with architecture as a teenager, and was so good, my drafting teacher carved my name out of wood as a desk name plate for my future job at an architectural firm. Who knew that after all these years in entertainment, I would find myself back inside of a world of architecture.

IG: @msjenfarris

YO! and Historic Preservation

YO! Did You Know?! ® travelogue web series and YO! After The Show! extended content segments link to historic preservation and film and television locations. Both follow Jen Farris, a seasoned Film and TV location scout, into film-friendly communities to reveal history ‘hidden in plain sight’, the artistry of architecture and oftentimes the change makers who made the communities special. CLICK FULL VIDEO LINK below to hear her explain the connection.

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YO! PRESS & MEDIA

LENOX AND PARKER MAGAZINE, June 2026

LENOX AND PARKER: THE Reprint, Pt 1

LENOX AND PARKER: THE REPRINT, Pt 2

YO! AFTER THE SHOW

YO! ATER THE SHOW! is an extended content segment allowing viewers of the YO! Did You Know?! travelogue web series, additional facts about the featured YO! episode that did not make the final edit.

YO! ATS ...UP NEXT!

YO! After the Show: JACK THE RAPPER

Joseph “Jack the Rapper” Gibson Jr was WERD’s 1st DJ. WERD also made history as the 1st black owned and operated radio station in the United States. It was based inside of the Prince Hall Masons Building on Auburn Ave beginning in 1949.YO! Creator, Jen Farris, sits down with Colombia Records Veteran, Luther Clark on YO! After the Show who shares stories of his days while hanging out at the legendary Jack the Rapper conventions as well as bonding on a personal level. “Jack the Rapper” Gibson.

YO! After the Show: Clark University (Brownsville) When Clark University was founded in Brownsville (South Atlanta), and moved to the West End in the 1940s, it left behind clues that you drive past and MISS. For Starters, the UNIVERSITY AVE exit ramp is dedicated to the former HBCU that sat on 450 acres of land just below the ramp. Jen Farris drives thru South Atlanta to explore more clues to its former existance that you drive past and miss.

THREE PART EPISODE Episodes 1 – 3

1. Henry and Annie Merner Pfieffer

2. Wilbur Thirkield

3. Elijah Gammon

YO! After the Show: What to Expect

YO! ATS REELS

YO! AFTER THE SHOW: Hotel Row’s Concordia Hall. [extended from YO! EP: 1 Episode 1 “Welcome to Hotel Row”]. The “upside-down alligator mural building” on downtown Atlanta’s Mitchell Street has a formal name. It was once Concordia Hall. Ever really LOOKED at it? It is covered in ornate features and symbols, and this former HOTEL ROW building is more than an upside-down-alligator mural building. It is the original structure (minus features) and was once Atlanta’s first German/Jewish social club. Enjoy learning its backstory on this south downtown block!

YO! AFTER THE SHOW:

Herman Jerome “HJ“ Russell, Sr.

Atlanta can celebrate the FIFA World Cup inside of the Mercedes Benz Stadium because his company, HJ Russell & Co. served as the Benz’s core general contractor and built many of Atlanta’s most iconic structures, from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, 191 Peachtree Tower, Georgia-Pacific Tower, the Coca-Cola Headquarters, and just footsteps of historic Hotel Row, Phillips / State Farm Arena, and, of course, the Mercedes Benz Stadium.

[extended from YO! Episode 1 “Welcome to Hotel Row” for the backstory on this south downtown block!

YO! AFTER THE SHOW: Peters Street

Jen Farris takes viewers down to PETERS STREET along a former Atlanta Terminal railroad junction adjacent to the Castleberry Community in SW ATL.

[extended from YO! Episode 1 “Welcome to Hotel Row” for the backstory on this south downtown block!

WHY YO!

SEASON ONE EPISODES

Welcome to Hotel Row – (s1, EP01)

On this 1st episode of YO! Did You Know?! ®, …

Historic West End Atlanta – (s1, EP02)

YO! Did You Know?! ® takes you into one of Atlanta’s oldest and most historically significant communities with almost 200 years of architectural greatness. Learn why a well-known legend, Aretha Franklin, was portrayed here inside of this perfect location.