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Page 1: Atlanta BeltLine...2015/01/01  · •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

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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 – Before

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// Westside Trail – After

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// Westside Trail – After

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// Westside Trail – After

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// Westside Trail – After