Mr. Big (Sex and the City) Mr. Big (Sex and the City) John James "Mr. Big" Preston is a recurring character in the HBO series "Sex and the City", portrayed by Chris Noth. He is the primary on-and-off love interest of the series' protagonist, Carrie Bradshaw, who usually simply refers to him as "Big". According to accounts in the press, the Mr. Big character was based on publishing executive Ron Galotti, former publisher of "GQ" and "Talk". Bushnell told "New York Magazine" in 2004, "He was one of those New York guys with a big personality—you just notice him as soon as he walks in the
Carrie Steele Logan Oakland Cemetery is inscribed "Mother of Orphans/She hath done what she could." Steele's orphanage is still in operation, now named the Carrie Steele-Pitts Home, on a large campus outside the city. In 1998, Carrie Steele Logan was named as a Georgia Woman of Achievement. There is a bronze bas relief sculpture of Logan on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta. Carrie Steele Logan Carrie Steele Logan (born about 1829 – November 1900) was an American philanthropist, founder of the oldest black orphanage in the United States. Carrie Steele was born into slavery in Georgia in about 1829. She was orphaned as a