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PONCE CITY MARKET 650 North Ave NE, Suite S 102, Atlanta GA 30308 404.682.6999 MON-FRI 9-8 SAT 9-8 SUN 11-6 www. B i nd e rsArt. co m Creativity Community Connected JUST ADD IMAGINATION. CARPET RUGS STONE CERAMIC WOOD BELL CARPET GALLERIES Artistry at Your Footsteps 6223 Roswell Rd. 404-255-2431 Mon-Fri 8:30-5:30, Sat 10-4 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 Stay Connected AtlantalNtownPaper.com Twitter.com/ATLINtownPaper u BJ Facebook.com/AtlantalNtown 8 December 2014 | INtOWll AtlantalNtownPaper.com
