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#Atlanta
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BREAKING: Tech investors step in to rescue South Downtown development plans, noting: “Every great city in the world has a vibrant downtown, it’s
#Atlanta
’s turn.”
Heads up, Powers That Be: This is already one of our most-read stories of all time. It's as if the people of
#Atlanta
want rail options in their lives. 🤯
Hard to believe, but today is our 1st birthday! We 💚 Atlanta, and it's a privilege to chronicle this great city's evolution. Help us reach 3.5K followers (almost there) and you get free birthday cake!!
BREAKING: A billion-dollar, sports-centric development proposal has been unveiled that could dwarf The Battery Atlanta (and host an
@NHL
hockey team) in Forsyth County.
Update: It’s been 2 months since Urbanize Atlanta launched (and a year since Curbed ATL ended, laying off our editor). We’re well on our way to 1/2-million story reads & total readership larger than both Savannah and Athens. Heartfelt thanks,
#ATL
. Please help spread the word.
📸 Check out these incredible photos of last week's fog in
#Atlanta
, which created a beautiful, surreal, gauzy glow beneath the skylines of Midtown and downtown
#ATL
. 🤯 [Credit:
@br3nn3nfoto
; shared with permission.]
Reader comment: "Atlanta's 'We full' should really be translated to, 'We have no viable public transport system, therefore we cannot handle any more cars.'" 🤔
Well just look at these glorious, updated photos of
#Atlanta
's growing skyline (part of it, at least) and have your city-loving selves a
#HappyFriday
. 🩷😁🌆 (📸 via
@Shutterstock
).
Have you stood at the corner of 10th and West Peachtree streets in Midtown
#Atlanta
lately and looked up? Here's the difference between 2015 and today. Yowza. 😲
🏗️ New report puts Midtown's gangbusters growth in context, noting: “Few places in North America, if any, have experienced as much concentrated development as
@MidtownATL
over the last five years.”
Exclusive:
#Atlanta
Beltline's "game-changer" mountain bike park scores $8M gift from Mailchimp cofounder and CEO, refines plans, eyes construction start.
😎 Music legend Elton John is saying “Goodbye, 2660 Peachtree Road [Unit 36D]” and selling his 2-story Buckhead penthouse after nearly 30 years. It’s the 36th Floor of the Park Place tower—and it’s actually 5 units the “Rocket Man” singer has combined over the years, for a ...1/3
Designers says these
@GeorgiaTech
-born ideas could make Midtown
#ATL
"world-class" and “the most livable district in the Southeast.” Here's a breakdown:
The City of
#Atlanta
logged "surprising" growth over the past year, TRIPLING the population surge of 2021 to 2022, according to
@AtlantaRegional
Commission.
Perspective: Not so long ago, this section of Old Fourth Ward
#Atlanta
was an urban dump, blighted land, and a sprawling parking lot. Today it's a flood-solving park, 2K+ homes (few cheap), jobs centers, and dining destinations, with much more in '23 pipeline. 📸
In a 146-page report, a Kimley-Horn engineer says plentiful railroad right-of-way is key to building a vast train system that finally solves
#Atlanta
's traffic woes. The time to act, he says, is right now.
😎 Check out this groovy 1970 crib in College Park. Owner tells us she’s selling to condense her belongings to 2 suitcases & travel the world. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,812 sq. ft.=$550K. It’s on 2.3 acres with a lake—a certified Wildlife Habitat. Personality (& purple) galore.
@austinlouisray
The Gnome Trail on the eastern side of Wildwood sanctuary (the public section). Literally thousands of wooden gnomes leading up to the Grand Gnome carved maybe 20 ft. tall into a boulder. Go in winter, at twilight, if possible.
Check out this aerial of Midtown and downtown
#Atlanta
snapped by
@MidtownATL
on Friday. (Just ignore the festering highway gash.) We're biased, but does another Sunbelt city compare? 🤔
Days officially numbered for ghostly North DeKalb Mall. Plans include nearly 2K new housing units, new
@PATHFoundation
trail to
@EmoryUniversity
, more.
Be honest: Nobody's calling it perfect, but what major American city offers a better quality of life right now, all things considered, than Atlanta GA? 🤔
Hey,
#Atlanta
: We're trying to reach 5K
@Twitter
followers by early October. (Almost there). If you enjoy
@UrbanizeATL
coverage, please R/T to help tell your friends. We really appreciate it! 🤗
📸 Photos: First new
@AtlantaBeltLine
section of 2024 has arrived, making travel from Grant Park to south Buckhead
#ATL
entirely on paved pathways possible.