What’s really interesting is that the report parses the suburbs of Atlanta into the distinctive districts that they are — rather than one bland doughnut of societal conformity where hipsters’ dreams of being cool go to die.
It’s hard to argue that Ponce City Market has not been a transformational development on the Beltline. Now, the 2.1 million-square-foot adaptive-reuse project is receiving plenty of attention. From home and abroad.
Call it divine intervention: Atlanta comedy club Dad's Garage has made the finalist list for the Urban Land Institute's Atlanta annual design awards. The troupe's new venue, a converted church in Old Fourth Ward, ain't no laughing matter.
The winning proposal, titled "The Midtown Beat," included a phased intervention which would bring a range of uses — offices, retail, a hotel, apartments, condos, and loads of public outdoor space — between Linden Avenue and 5th Street.