Atlanta Beltline Inc., New Streetcar Route Maps, Atlanta, GA, 2015
Terry Hardy, The Louise Taylor Story for Art on the Beltline, Atlanta, GA, 2014
Gregor Turk, "Sherman's Eyes" in the Apparitions Series for Art on the Beltline, Atlanta, GA, 2013
Atlanta has a well honed reputation as a "city too busy to hate," but sadly, we live in a community where people still try to disguise their prejudices as well-intentioned behavior.... The bucolic benefits of the BeltLine’s plan may need to be re-examined closely for signs of discrimination against anyone who cannot afford the lifestyle it supports. Fortunately, some elected officials understand how creating jobs inside the Perimeter portends positive outcomes for the entire metro area. Our nation’s financial woes are local, not national.
Atlanta Beltline Inc., Proposed Southwest Trail, Atlanta, GA, 2013
This week, the Atlanta Beltline received a $18 Million TIGER Grant from the US DOT for the expansion of the Southwest Trail.
Phil Proctor, Corinthian Column on the Beltline, Atlanta, GA, 2013 (via aotb)
'Art on the Atlanta BeltLine has added an installation, a 23-foot tall Corinthian column, weighing over 13 tons, to its year-round art collection. Artist Phil Proctor envisioned the column, created out of railroad artifacts, to represent Atlanta’s architectural and railroad history. The structure also recalls the Corinthian columns on the façade of the former Union Station, the city’s main railroad station, demolished in 1972.'
I have memories of Atlanta as the center of sprawl. Now there’s a mindset of change that wants to restore that great set of bones.
Paul Morris, "On the Atlanta Beltline," 2013 (via saporta)
Atlanta ContactPoint (ACP), Alternative Transportation Network for Pullman Yard, Atlanta, GA, c. 2013
"On July 31, 2012, residents across the 10-county Atlanta region including Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry and Rockdale counties, as well as the City of Atlanta have the opportunity to vote on a referendum that would fund $8.5 billion in transportation improvements through a regional one percent sales tax. If approved, the tax will fund:
- Two streetcar routes (maps, p.56-57):
- Midtown to Northeast: from North Ave. MARTA station east along North Ave. to the BeltLine, then north along BeltLine to 10th and Monroe (southeast corner of Piedmont Park) and south to Glenwood Park and connection to the Downtown streetcar at its eastern terminus
- Downtown/Midtown to Southwest:
- one branch from Ponce City Market along North Avenue towards downtown
- one branch from the western terminus of the Downtown streetcar at Centennial Olympic Park
- the two branches meet at Luckie Street. Then along North Avenue, Northside Drive, out Donald L. Hollowell Parkway, then south along the BeltLine to the intersection of Ralph David Abernathy and Cascade Ave.
- Clifton Corridor rapid transit from Lindbergh Center to Emory University and possibly on to Avondale
- MARTA northern extension to SR 140 in Roswell
- Various "state of good repair" improvements to the existing MARTA system."
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Suburbanites, please don't let this egalitarian urbanist proposal fail!
Jamestown Properties / Sarah Toton, Ponce de Leon Springs, Atlanta, GA, c. 1860s (via atlantaeden; postcards)
"In the 1860s, trips to the springs on John Armistead's beech grove became a popular day trip among Atlantans. An Atlanta physician, Dr. Henry L. Wilson, named them in honor of Juan Ponce de Leon, asserting that they kept one young; today's Ponce de Leon Avenue is named after the springs. On June 20, 1874 the Ponce de Leon line of the horse-drawn Atlanta Street Railway was extended to the springs, with service every 15 minutes from 5:30 A.M. to 10 P.M., for a fare of 10 cents. In the 1890s the Nine-Mile Circle streetcar line arrived, bringing many more visitors. Ponce de Leon amusement park was built around the springs. In 1924, the amusement park had seen its day and Sears Roebuck built its Southeastern headquarters on the site. Until 2009, the building functioned as City Hall East, and plans are now in place to redevelop the building as Ponce City Market, a multi-use residential, office and retail complex."