Atlanta Parks
As U.S. cities shutter parks and trails, activists amplify calls to close Beltline
With COVID-19 spreading, Atlanta officials are faced with a difficult decision: to shut down a major transportation artery or let it flow.
Atlantic Station’s overhauled central park still primed for April debut
Three new restaurants are bound for the expanding shopping district’s focal green space.
City of Atlanta scores nearly 13 acres for a new tree-filled park
It’s one of the largest acquisitions of green space ever in Southwest Atlanta, officials say.
With historic Kell Hall razed, Georgia State’s major green space project moves forward
Built in the 1920s, the former parking deck has made way for new communal space.
Clearer vision for park along Beltline’s Southside Trail emerges
Community input has informed the latest designs for the Boulevard Crossing Park expansion.
Photos: Exploring East Point’s ‘model mile’ PATH trail and how it could shape the city’s future
Now under construction, the project could connect southside cites and neighborhoods with the Atlanta Beltline one day.
Atlanta park opens in honor of 92-year-old neighborhood matriarch killed by police
Kathryn Johnston Memorial Park in English Avenue is designed to help solve chronic flooding, too.
Photos: Breaking down Beltline construction between Midtown and Buckhead
Officials: For the first time in Beltline history, three major trail sections will soon be under construction at once.
Official timeline, immersive video released for Buckhead’s highway-topping park
With HUB404’s logistical groundwork underway, leadership’s goal is to open full half-mile by 2025.
Photos: Exploring the Peachtree Creek Greenway, Brookhaven’s planned Beltline link
What to know about the creekside, $10-million "model mile" as it readies for a December debut.
Officials: Beltline link between Piedmont Park and Buckhead to see paving soon
And construction of Eastside Trail lighting is on the horizon, too.
Photos: After delays, Vine City’s Rodney Cook Sr. Park poised for winter debut
It’s been more than half a decade since city leaders decided to build the Westside park.
Plans for fence surrounding downtown’s Hurt Park raise concerns about homeless patrons
Georgia State University is planning a makeover of the popular green space.
Beltline’s Eastside Trail is (finally) going to be illuminated
It’s been seven years since the popular path opened to the public.
Beltline officials shopping for firms to launch Southside Trail construction
"We anticipate breaking ground before the end of the year," project leaders say.
With grant funding, makeover planned for famed Jackson Street Bridge moves forward
It’s high time Atlantans (and tourists) stopped parking in the bike lanes to snap selfies.
Buckhead will soon be loaded with pop-up parks for annual PARK(ing) Day
Forty parking spaces at Lenox Square, like others downtown this week, are slated to be repurposed.
Photos: Highlights from this year’s sardine-packed Music Midtown festival
Lizzo, Cardi B, Billie Eilish, and more took Piedmont Park by storm last weekend.
Touring the Beltline’s recently opened Southside Trail: key takeaways and 26 photos
Tips for navigating a Beltline corridor—now officially open to the public and structurally safer!—that’s been cleared of its railroad bones.
Reynoldstown neighbors irked about nixed plans for Beltline-adjacent stage
The Bifurcations project had earned a $100,000 grant from the National Endowment of the Arts in 2014.
Blank Foundation gifts $17M for Westside Park project—a record Beltline contribution
At summit this morning, local leaders and project officials also announced the Southside Trail is officially open as an interim trail.
Renderings: PATH400 segment linking Lindbergh, Lenox eyes October finish
Safety and design features of Buckhead’s growing multi-use trail could bring surprises.
The Hollywood-DeKalb County land swap debate has reached blockbuster proportions
Blackhall Studios is booming and ready to expand, but preservationists fear plans for Atlanta’s greatest urban green space are at stake.
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10 best bets for August events, festivals in Atlanta, mapped
With friends, the kids, or even the pets, there’s something for everyone to enjoy this month.
Atlanta to expand park, green space access by unlocking public school playgrounds
New initiative seeks to increase health, bring together communities.
Construction on Beltline’s Southside Trail could launch as soon as October
First segment would branch off existing Westside Trail toward the Connector, south of downtown.
You can now spy on Centennial Olympic Park, thanks to new 4K webcam
EarthCam live feed joins others in tourist hotspots around the country.
Abundant green space makes Atlanta nation's ‘most livable’ city, per research
The Southern city boasts more green space per resident than any other.
Exploring the Beltline’s downtown Connector corridor and what it could mean for Atlanta
Recently acquired "critical link" aims to open Beltline and downtown access for English Avenue, Bankhead, beyond.
Buckhead’s highway-capping park project moves forward as ‘Hub 404’
The estimated $250 million development could break ground in 2021.
Free Bankhead movie night marks grassroots push to resurrect beloved drive-in
Event founder says bringing back Bankhead Drive-In Theatre could spur positive change in the community.
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6 spots to catch free outdoor flicks this summer in Atlanta
Fun for the whole family, these events showcase recent box office hits and familiar favorites.
Initiative repurposes illegally dumped tires as playground ‘crumb’ for new DeKalb park
Film production company Blackhall Studios is leading the charge.
Photos: Explore wondrous South Peachtree Creek Trail, a ‘connective tissue’ for Emory and beyond
Just north of Decatur, the growing PATH system is a hidden treasure and mobility option.
Ahead of schedule, Buckhead's PATH400 Greenway is almost 80 percent complete
Nearly 4-mile trail segment could be people-ready by late summer, a project leader says.
What this summer has in store for Atlanta Beltline openings, construction, more
The Eastside Trail is almost finished, while Southside and Northeast trails progress.
Atlanta rises in closely watched ParkScore ranking—but not by much
Although several key projects are in the pipeline, the city’s green space prevalence is still considered mediocre.
Music Midtown unveils eclectic lineup for 25th anniversary festival
Just don’t expect many nostalgia acts in Piedmont Park this September.
Along Beltline’s future Southside Trail, 20-acre park expansion is moving forward
Design firms picked for Boulevard Crossing Park’s second phase in Chosewood Park.