atlanta beltline...2015/01/01 · •connects 45 neighborhoods •22% of city of atlanta population...
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// Atlanta BeltLine: Preserving History Through Progress
Georgia State University // January 20, 2015
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• Introduction
• Atlanta BeltLine program overview
• Brief history of program
• History around the Atlanta BeltLine
• Q & A
// Agenda
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• In the heart of the Atlanta region
• Connects many of Atlanta’s cultural destinations
• Utilizes historic freight rail rights of way around the center of town
// Where is the Atlanta BeltLine?
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// Opportunity for Significant Impact
• Connects 45 neighborhoods
• 22% of City of Atlanta population lives in the planning area
• 19% of the City’s land mass is inside the planning area
• 40% increase in Atlanta’s parkland
• 6,500 acre TAD
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33 MILES of Trails
22 MILES of Transit & Transportation Infrastructure
Corridor-wide Historic Preservation, Public Art, & Arboretum
1,300 ACRES of Greenspace (with 700 additional acres rebuilt)
>1,100 ACRES of Environmental Clean-up
// The Atlanta BeltLine
5,600 UNITS of Affordable Workforce Housing (as part of 30,000 total units)
46 MILES Streetscapes & Complete Streets
30,000 JOBS & $10-20B Economic Development
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// Atlanta’s Origins: Terminus
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// Metro Atlanta’s Growth & Sprawl
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// The City’s Revitalization
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// New Ideas for Old Infrastructure Ryan Gravel’s Thesis
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// New Ideas for Old Infrastructure Ryan Gravel’s Thesis
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// Overall Progress to Date
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// History on the Atlanta BeltLine
http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/sanborn/
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps:
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// Eastside Trail – History
Cotton States Int’l Expo Map: Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, Courtesy of GSU Photos: Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center
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// Eastside Trail – History
Inman Park Trolley Barn Photo: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
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// Eastside Trail – History
Ponce Park, 1956 Photo: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
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// Eastside Trail – History
Sears Building, 1968 Photo: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
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// Eastside Trail – History
Inman Park Trolley Barn Photo: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
Cabbagetown, 1979 Photo: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division,
GA,61-ATLA,11-1
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// Eastside Trail – History
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// Eastside Trail – Before
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// Eastside Trail – Before
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// Eastside Trail – Before Bridge (1906) at Ponce de Leon
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// Eastside Trail – After
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// Eastside Trail – After
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// Eastside Trail – After
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// Westside Trail - History
http://beltline.org/explore/maps/
Atlanta BeltLine Interactive Map
http://www.nps.gov/nr/research/
National Register of Historic Places
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// Westside Trail – History
Painting of White Hall Photo: https://wdanielanderson.wordpress.com
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// Westside Trail – History
Early Streetcar in SW Atlanta Photo: https://atl2.org
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// Westside Trail – Before
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// Westside Trail – Before
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// Westside Trail – Before
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// Westside Trail – After
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// Westside Trail – After