Atlanta - midtown and downtown (new developments)

LoveAtlanta · #1 Posted **Aug 24, 2007, 2:11 PM**

Austinlee · #2 Posted **Aug 24, 2007, 2:36 PM**

Everything is so fresh and shiny and clean and new...

LSyd · #3 Posted **Aug 24, 2007, 3:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by PA Pride

Everything is so fresh and shiny and clean and new...

you'd think so, with "new developments" being in the thread title?

thanks for the pics. that area's filling in nicely, although i'd love to see fairlie-poplar get revitalized and become 24/7.

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DetKing12565 · #4 Posted **Aug 24, 2007, 4:07 PM**

wow, Atlanta's Midtown and Downtown look very nice. I would have to say that I couldn't agree on the rest of the city. crime and poverty.

sprtsluvr8 · #5 Posted **Aug 25, 2007, 3:55 AM**

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Originally Posted by DetKing12565

wow, Atlanta's Midtown and Downtown look very nice. I would have to say that I couldn't agree on the rest of the city. crime and poverty.

The rest of the city crime and poverty??

Crime and poverty in Virginia-Highland

Crime and poverty in Candler Park

Crime and poverty in Inman Park

Crime and poverty in East Atlanta

Crime and poverty in Grant Park

Crime and poverty in Glenwood Park

Crime and poverty in Atlantic Station

Crime and poverty in Buckhead

(photos: flickr)

JackStraw · #6 Posted **Aug 25, 2007, 5:23 AM**

Wow, everything is so shiny, clean, and new. I wonder how that city will age with time.

mo1217 · #7 Posted **Aug 25, 2007, 8:06 PM**

Those neighborhoods are simply gorgeous. I've driven through Grant Park and was absolutely impressed with the architecture of the older homes and the new construction had character as well...It seems inner city Atlanta is growing well.

LoveAtlanta · #8 Posted **Aug 25, 2007, 10:17 PM**

DetKing12565 u need to come to Atlanta before u judge

Top Of The Park · #9 Posted **Aug 25, 2007, 11:32 PM**

..."Oh so pretty" (Wesley Snipes)

Wheelingman04 · #10 Posted **Aug 26, 2007, 2:22 AM**

Atlanta is a nice city.

sprtsluvr8 · #11 Posted **Aug 26, 2007, 2:34 AM**

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Originally Posted by JackStraw

Wow, everything is so shiny, clean, and new. I wonder how that city will age with time.

Only the new construction is shiny, clean and new. This title of this thread includes (new developments). There is the other 90% of the city that isn't new and it seems to be aging fine. Sections of it have been aging for 100 years or more...

Nice pictures of the new construction...keep 'em coming.

Stratosphere 2020 · #12 Posted **Aug 26, 2007, 9:26 PM**

Nice pics.

Though I am a diehard city man, I agree Atlanta has some of the most attractive suburbs I have seen, it makes you want to live in it.

alleystreetindustry · #13 Posted **Aug 26, 2007, 9:50 PM**

atlanta's suburbs aren't as attractive as the intown neighborhoods.
but the projects going up around the city are beautiful.

Sulley · #14 Posted **Aug 26, 2007, 10:30 PM**

Trendy!

sprtsluvr8 · #15 Posted **Aug 27, 2007, 3:37 AM**

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Originally Posted by Stratosphere 2020

Nice pics.

Though I am a diehard city man, I agree Atlanta has some of the most attractive suburbs I have seen, it makes you want to live in it.

Those aren't suburbs my friend...they are all in the city and very near central downtown, with the exception of Buckhead (which is in the city of Atlanta but not as near downtown as the others).

WSUSOM · #16 Posted **Sep 3, 2007, 9:58 PM**

Nice photos of Midtown, every time I return home(atlanta) I'm really impressed with its' transformation. This area of the ATL was pretty seedy 20 or so years ago. Can't wait to move to Midtown in the next couple of years.

Buck · #17 Posted **Sep 15, 2007, 8:35 PM**

Great photos!

And sprtsluvr8, your first post in this thread is one of the best I've ever seen!

And just to reiterate, all the photos in this thread are Intown neighborhoods (except of course Buckhead, which is hard to classify...).

ATLien · #18 Posted **Sep 22, 2007, 6:00 AM**

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Originally Posted by DetKing12565

wow, Atlanta's Midtown and Downtown look very nice. I would have to say that I couldn't agree on the rest of the city. crime and poverty.

Re: Crime -- I moved to the ATL in 2001 and left about 4 months ago for SF. I can say that the crime rates improved dramatically during my 6 years of living there. Ever since Chief Pennington came up from New Orleans the city's crime has steadily gone down and continues to improve. Bravo, Chief Pennington.

Re: Poverty -- All cities have depressed areas. Atlanta is no exception. However I will say that it has (and this is speculation on my part) probably the highest concentration of wealth in the entire South, with the exception of maybe Miami.

In my six great years in the ATL, crime dropped dramatically and I saw a steady increase in affluence. Good for Atlanta.

pj3000 · #19 Posted **Sep 22, 2007, 4:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by ATLien

Re: Poverty -- All cities have depressed areas. Atlanta is no exception. However I will say that it has (and this is speculation on my part) probably the highest concentration of wealth in the entire South, with the exception of maybe Miami.

and Dallas, and Houston (if you consider those cities in the South)