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Georgia Tech students
envision revitalized Memorial Drive
By Collin Kelley
IN town Editor
A group of students studying urban
design at Georgia Tech are putting finishing
touches on a final report for the City of
Atlanta about the redevelopment of the
Memorial Drive corridor from Downtown
to Stone Mountain.
Residents and stakeholders got their
first look at the bold plans, dubbed Imagine
Memorial, at a public information session
at the end of October.
The plan calls for major street
improvements for motorists and
pedestrians, transit routes, parks and
identifies vacant and abandoned property
that could be redeveloped. Atlanta City
Councilmember Natalyn Archibong is
supporting the effort to finally see the
corridor revitalized.
The students in professor Mike
Dobbins’ class have harnessed the power
of social media to continue and update the
Imagine Memorial plan since the public
meeting, giving residents the opportunity
to sound off on Facebook at facebook.
com/groups/memorialdrivestudio. The
students also created a Flipbook of plans
and renderings you can see at the Facebook
page.
Like the rest of Fulton and DeKalb
counties, some parts of Memorial have
faired better than others. In the city, the
Capitol Homes slum was bulldozed and
replaced with modern, affordable housing.
New condos, restaurants and office
buildings were constructed, especially
along the Grant Park portion of the street at
historic Oakland Cemetery.
Further east, the Atlanta BeltLine has
been acting as a catalyst for regrowth,
including tentative plans by Jamestown
(the company behind Ponce City
Market) to redevelop the old Atlanta
Dairies complex into apartments, retail
and offices. Developer John Wieland is
planning townhomes near the BeltLine,
while nonprofit WonderRoot will soon be
moving into the old Tech High/Hubert
Elementary and bringing classes and
support for local artists.
A linear park called Capitol Gateway
was supposed to stretch up Memorial from
historic Oakland City to the Gold Dome,
but the plan is on hold, since much of the
property is currently operating businesses,
including Daddy D’z barbecue. OS
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