ATLANTA | Development Thread V

[echinatl]

Originally Posted by BlueSangha

The construction fence for The Center for Civil and Human Rights is going up. I may post a pic or two from time to time as I work at the World of Coca-Cola.

I'd really appreciate it if you did!

[BlueSangha]

Originally Posted by echinatl

I'd really appreciate it if you did!

Not much to see at this point, they are just setting metal poles into the ground at this point

[Tuckerman]

Three are supposedly in the hopper and have not been canceled. The National Museum of Health; the College Football H of F; and the Civil and Human Rights. Hopefully they will start to come together soon. However, so far we only have drips of information and postponements. They all lack sufficient funds as it looks now. Still, I am hopeful that they won't wind up in the Calatrava symphony hall bin.

[GThomas]

http://www.buckheadview.com/2012/08/buckhead-cid-reviews-potential-buckhead.html

[RudyJK]

Originally Posted by BlueSangha

Not much to see at this point, they are just setting metal poles into the ground at this point

Better not post photos of a fence; the photo monitors will not be pleased.

[RudyJK]

Originally Posted by GThomas

http://www.buckheadview.com/2012/08/buckhead-cid-reviews-potential-buckhead.html

So 5 million bucks for some light poles and shrubs? And a proposal to install decorative seating in the intersection? WTF? People are going to have picnics in an intersection?

I am amazed at the ways that people engineer to waste money sometimes.

[ChadK]

Originally Posted by RudyJK

So 5 million bucks for some light poles and shrubs? And a proposal to install decorative seating in the intersection? WTF? People are going to have picnics in an intersection?

I am amazed at the ways that people engineer to waste money sometimes.

Agreed. I wish a refresh would include covering the "slat roof" supports on all 4 corners with either an albeit unusable green space or something sculptural. To me those are the biggest eyesore.

[ChrisInmanPark]

More info on the townhomes being built on the Beltline in the Old Fourth Ward. Includes floor plans, site map, etc.

http://www.jwhomes.com/FindYourHome/NeighborhoodDetail.aspx?Neighborhoodid=87

[ATLaffinity]

Originally Posted by ChrisInmanPark

More info on the townhomes being built on the Beltline in the Old Fourth Ward. Includes floor plans, site map, etc.

http://www.jwhomes.com/FindYourHome/NeighborhoodDetail.aspx?Neighborhoodid=87

On the wrong side of the tracks...literally.

They are zoned for a poor elementary school. Hope all these people have extra money for Paideia.

I'd love to see all schools succeed in Atlanta but Hope Hill is very poor. If all the well-off people in O4W sent their kids there, it would be fine. But few parents want to be the "pioneers" in improving a school.

[scania]

Originally Posted by RudyJK

So 5 million bucks for some light poles and shrubs? And a proposal to install decorative seating in the intersection? WTF? People are going to have picnics in an intersection?

I am amazed at the ways that people engineer to waste money sometimes.

Originally Posted by ChadK

Agreed. I wish a refresh would include covering the "slat roof" supports on all 4 corners with either an albeit unusable green space or something sculptural. To me those are the biggest eyesore.

This is what I am talking about, when the plans were revealed for the 14th St. Bridge, people on here raved about how pretty it was and how they loved the design work and the greenery it was going to have. It's amazing how some of you will respond when it's not in Midtown.

[ChadK]

Originally Posted by scania

This is what I am talking about, when the plans were revealed for the 14th St. Bridge, people on here raved about how pretty it was and how they loved the design work and the greenery it was going to have. It's amazing how some of you will respond when it's not in Midtown.

I'm not sure I follow you. I'm all for a redesign (as I was for the 14th street bridge) but I think the proposed design needs tweaking. Let's cover those freakin' slats!

[GThomas]

Originally Posted by RudyJK

So 5 million bucks for some light poles and shrubs? And a proposal to install decorative seating in the intersection? WTF? People are going to have picnics in an intersection?

I am amazed at the ways that people engineer to waste money sometimes.

I agree with you. I mean, I'm not sure I've ever seen more than one (maybe two) people walking down Lenox Road near this intersection. This seating is just going to be a convenient place to beg for money. Maybe structures for public art would be more suitable? None of the corners at this intersection encourage a pedestrian crowd. Perhaps that will change once this is built.

[RudyJK]

Originally Posted by scania

This is what I am talking about, when the plans were revealed for the 14th St. Bridge, people on here raved about how pretty it was and how they loved the design work and the greenery it was going to have. It's amazing how some of you will respond when it's not in Midtown.

The 14th Street bridge was a complete redo; the existing bridge was torn down and completely replaced. Therefore, the design work and greenery was baked into the project at the outset requiring much less cost.

In the Lenox Rd. overpass project, there are zero structural changes involved - cosmetics only. In my opinion, grafting a few shrubs on the pavement, installing a few benches that no one in their right mind will use and sticking some potentially maintenance-heavy light poles on the bridge is being a tad bit ostentatious in this economy. Use the $5 million where it will relieve the traffic in the area.

[ChrisInmanPark]

Originally Posted by ATLaffinity

On the wrong side of the tracks...literally.

They are zoned for a poor elementary school. Hope all these people have extra money for Paideia.

I'd love to see all schools succeed in Atlanta but Hope Hill is very poor. If all the well-off people in O4W sent their kids there, it would be fine. But few parents want to be the "pioneers" in improving a school.

I know, the Elementary school for Old Fourth Ward blows. All Boulevard kids there. At least it's zoned for Inman Middle School and Grady High School. But by the time your kid gets to Middle School, he is a retard.

It sucks because this is such a great location.

[testarossa50]

Does the project include sidewalks along Lenox in either direction of the interchange?

Currently, there are no sidewalks, so nobody in their right mind would walk through there. If this project includes sidewalks along either side of the road, that would be nice. If it doesn't include sidewalks along Lenox, then pedestrian facilities on the bridge seem like a waste of money.

Given the "keep moving" signs and stuff, I'm actually not against routing pedestrians away from the intersection entirely. Seems like people will probably get killed even with the crosswalks.

Is the new bridge for the MARTA station able to accommodate through pedestrian traffic?

[TarHeelJ]

Originally Posted by ChrisInmanPark

I know, the Elementary school for Old Fourth Ward blows. All Boulevard kids there. At least it's zoned for Inman Middle School and Grady High School. But by the time your kid gets to Middle School, he is a retard.

It sucks because this is such a great location.

An economically poor school doesn't automatically turn out academically poor students (or "retards"). If the parents are involved and students are engaged in learning they can learn in a cardboard box.

[ATLaffinity]

I don't think Hope Hill has retards.

I do think it doesn't perform well and middle class parents care deeply (perhaps too deeply) about test scores.

These things matter to people buying a home like this.

Like I said, this could probably be remedied by everyone sending their kids to the school. The area is so excellent with Beltline access that I think they will turn the corner soon. Think of PCM coming on line. Another Hope Hill development.

[ClaySkyHigh]

[Chris Creech]

I too am disappointed in that Lenox/Phipps intersection, it's very pedestrian unfriendly, they should just open up those two malls and combine them. expand each one to the corners and then just build a tunnel or habitrail overhead to connect.

Or you could even leave as is, but turn the thing into a great tourist attraction. Imagine a huge skybucket ride with peach shaped cars carrying shoppers way up high for the view as they go back and forth between malls.

For the adventurous you could have a tower on each mall, with a glass elevator that takes you to the top. They strap you in and you then zipline your way over the parking lots and busy streets to the other mall.

Or for the real dare devils, the Buckhead Trebuchet, that would sling people in catapults flying in the air from mall to mall. Imagine driving down Peachtree and seeing the old blue haired buckhead ladies flying overhead.

[AtlantaMustang]

Posted by smArTaLlone in the Atlanta subsection:

Originally Posted by smArTaLlone

This is a scan of the 18-story student dorms proposed near GSU. Hopefully the design will be tweaked a little.