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Originally Posted by (four 0 four)
Now that would be a shame...it's such a lovely addition to that area of Midtown.
I'm anxious to see the latest expansion. The work done on the park on the last few years has made a huge difference....I should really donate some $$ to the Conservancy.
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i went out and walked it today. if y'all haven't seen the section they're calling 'the northwoods', you should definitely check it out. that part has technically been open for a few years, albeit with an unpaved path, so it wasn't really part of the new section. it's beautiful, absolutely stunning.
the rest of the new section... eh. it's a lot like the beltline park down at the south end of boulevard. it's like they took a weedy patch and put some sod in the middle of it and called it a park. of course, i'm exaggerating a bit, but there are zero shade trees, and the land outside of the grass they've planted, especially along clear creek, is essentially a giant weed patch. the same problem exists south of 'the northwoods' along the creek between the beltline and the new pathway in the park, it's just a total mess, no shade trees, completely covered in weeds.
another thing that bothered me is the high-voltage power lines running through the park— i'm referring to the steel poles that run hundreds of feet into the air. they really need to bury those things in the city of atlanta, they look like complete hell and leave an unusable patch of weeds and scrub pines below wherever they traverse.
back to the positive part, there is a lot of room for improvement and the new section would be great if there were more shade trees planted— they are probably still in the progress of planting them, i can't imagine they would leave it as-is. i can't stress again how great the northwoods is, it's sublime, it's like being in a rainforest or something. the park curves through trees that are literally hundreds of years old, i have been told that the oldest tree in the atlanta area resides somewhere in that area. the views of the creek from the pathway through there are perfect, it could be used in a movie. i only wish there were more paths through the woods, i imagine that will come in the future with the beltline and all.
the fact that we don't have more tax money going to fund these sorts of projects is a crime.