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- the creation of the atlanta beltline plan and opening of first phases of trails, parks
- the new ~3mi downtown streetcar (finally u/c now, but in planning last decade)
- atlantic station - the city's biggest new mixed use development
- ga aquarium
- the coming of age of buckhead, as the city's 3rd and newest urban(izing) business district
- a multitude of new condo towers, mostly centered around midtown
- new international terminal, people mover and fifth runway at hartsfield
- various other new mixed use developments around the city - inman park village, glenwood park, technology square, etc
- piedmont park expansion
- the establishment and rapid growth of numerous studios and other production facilities for new films and tv shows shot (and sometimes set) here