This is a compilation of photos I've taken over the years. My apologies if a few are out of date, though I tried to note cases where the area has changed drastically since the time when the photo was taken.
Downtown
The new 4th Ward Park
It was still under construction when these photos were taken.
Centennial Olympic Park
World of Coke
Midtown
Tech Square
Infill near Georgia Tech
Piedmont Park
Virginia Highlands
Streets Alive through Virginia Highlands
Marietta
The "old town" section of a few suburbs, starting with Marietta
Norcross
Duluth
Duluth's old town is not much to see, but this shows an attempt to create a new "town square"
Tucker
To be fair, here's a more typical suburban shot, just to represent metro Atlanta at its worst.
Stone Mountain Park
Atlanta-Stone Mountain Bike Path
Atlanta High-Rise Living
Photos from when I was shopping for condos in Buckhead
Part of Buckhead in foreground; downtown/midtown in background
Beltline
Circular bike path being built in sections, and future transit corridor.
Northwest Section
East Section
Infill being built along the path
Buckhead Skyline
Buckhead
The Buckhead "buck head" statue
Peachtree Road Race through Buckhead
All the stores in this picture no longer exist. This is where the new "Buckhead Atlanta" development is currently under construction.
Piedmont Park Art Fair
Decatur Art Fair
Atlantic Station
Silver Comet Bike Path
Botanical Gardens
Little Five Points
Decatur
Close-in suburb (actually older than Atlanta itself)
This is how the plaza above the Marta Station used to look:
Here's how it looks today:
Peachtree Corridor
(Between Midtown and Buckhead)
High Museum of Art
Dunwoody
Mixed-Use Development
East Atlanta
A historic neighboorhood
Glenwood Park
Mixed-use Infill
Edgewood
More infill
Last edited by mikecolley; Feb 11, 2013 at 12:24 AM.
Awesome pics, Atlanta looks great, I take back all my criticisms
What is the population within the perimeter btw?
It would be interesting to tabulate the areas of the country where you see the most of the type of progressive suburban infill you see in many of these images.
I would say Atlanta and DC suburbs lead the list, along with the upper midwestern and rocky mountain cities (Denver, SLC, Minneapolis) and maybe Dallas, Indy and Columbus. It does seem to be much less common on Long Island, suburban Philly, Chicago, and north Jersey, interestingly enough.
damn, that was comprehensive. very very well done, have been wanting to put something like this together myself! there is actually still more out there like this too. (downtown roswell, college park and east point for some "old" examples, and downtown woodstock, smyrna, and suwannee for new)
excellent photos, and the pic of the old fado brings back some memories...
Very nice set of photos and pretty comprehensive. There is more that could be added, particularly the emerging Westside, Highland and the Clifton Rd. Corridor. Nonetheless, an excellent overview and a reminder to us who live this urban place of its diversity.
Thanks for this very complete and interesting tour along Atlanta and surroundings, mikecolley!
Atlanta looks great! I´d like to visit this beautiful city. Stone Mountain Park looks amazing. I didn´t know anything about this park and looks really surprising. How far is it from Atlanta´s downtown? Which is its altitude?
By the way, I like very much the parks and streets of Atlanta.
Between 700k and 800k. Do you think it can reach 1 million by 2020? Maybe??
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Stone Mountain Park looks amazing. I didn´t know anything about this park and looks really surprising. How far is it from Atlanta´s downtown? Which is its altitude?
Yes, Stone Mountain is a must-see for Atlanta visitors! It's located about 19 miles (30km) east of Atlanta. I recommend the walk-up trail instead of the cable car: you see more along the way.
From Wikipedia: "At its summit, the elevation is 1,686 feet (514 m) MSL and 825 feet (251 m) above the surrounding area."
I really enjoyed this. I always found Atlanta to be a very beautiful city. Before I left for NYC in '99 I spent my last years of college working at Einstein's and Pasta da Pulcinella, and lived on Myrtle Street. I hardly recognize that area of Midtown now. It's completely changed. I am also hugely impressed with the new bike paths.
AWESOME tour. And to think, there were still several more urban nabes that weren't covered: Castleberry Hill, Sweet Auburn, Kirkwood, Mechanicsville, West End, downtown Woodstock, downtown Roswell, Vinings, etc.
Good job. East Atlanta, downtown Decatur and Little Five Points appear most interesting. And the Silver Comet bike trail looks great.
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Very well done! This is a great tour with great angles. I like that urban planners and designers provided loads of street furniture such as you see in the last shots. There seems to be more of an effort at striking a balance between easy commute and pedestrianization. Atlanta looks like the pleasant city it surely is, not the unwashable cliché of a sprawly metropolis.
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