The Civic Center Redevelopment Update
Oct 25, 2022 07:00 PM RECORDING OF UPDATE SESSION : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xQUp6nDBjHm4OF63oCuVOhv9PAdH2Jwv/view?usp=sharing
“it is no longer enough to build buildings, we need buildings which help build, connect and enliven our neighborhood social, economic and environmental ecosystems .” Old Fourth Ward and Everyone Else!
(ABOVE) Looking east over Midtown/Downtown to FWW -Image from Atlanta Housing-
The Stitch Initiative
Join Newsletter: https://thestitchatl.com/
(ABOVE) Looking north at the Civic Center Redevelopment (blue) and the Stitch Initiative over I-75/I-85 Connector (green) -Image from Atlanta Housing- Stitching Downtown Back Together The I-75/I-85 Downtown Connector was heavily constructed during the late 1970s & early 1980’s and destroyed street grids east and south of downtown. “The Stitch” is a design study for a new ¾-mile platform that spans the I-75/I-85 Downtown Connector and ‘stitches’ Downtown back together. The concept creates 14 acres of new urban greenspace atop a new platform structure from the Civic Center MARTA Center at West Peachtree Street to FWW and Piedmont Avenue.
2022 Update: HERE
2019 Update: HERE
More info: Central Atlanta Progress/Atlanta Downtown Improvement District (CAP/ADID), Urban Land Institute (ULI)
https://www.atlantadowntown.com/initiatives/the-stitch
(ABOVE) Looking north at the Civic Center Redevelopment (blue) and the Stitch Initiative over I-75/I-85 Connector (green) -Image from Atlanta Housing- Stitching Downtown Back Together The I-75/I-85 Downtown Connector was heavily constructed during the late 1970s & early 1980’s and destroyed street grids east and south of downtown. “The Stitch” is a design study for a new ¾-mile platform that spans the I-75/I-85 Downtown Connector and ‘stitches’ Downtown back together. The concept creates 14 acres of new urban greenspace atop a new platform structure from the Civic Center MARTA Center at West Peachtree Street to FWW and Piedmont Avenue. 2022 Update: HERE
2019 Update: HERE
More info: Central Atlanta Progress/Atlanta Downtown Improvement District (CAP/ADID), Urban Land Institute (ULI)
https://www.atlantadowntown.com/initiatives/the-stitch
A where is it Mystery COA Dev: Jackson Street Parklet !!!
Artists Conception of Jackson Street Bridge Parklet Project FABULOUS Jackson Street Bridge Parklet Project A submission idea for the City of Atlanta Placemaking Competition by Jonathan DiGioia NPU-M Transportation Chair.
On June 6, 2018 this project won The Department of City Planning Placemaking Program.
In 2019 Colorado-based advocacy group PeopleForBikes awarded Atlanta a $10,000 grant to help make the miniature park—or “parklet”—happen on the bridge, all dotted with shrubs, trees, and seating.
2021 News From Urbanize.City Atlanta https://urbanize.city/atlanta/post/jackson-street-bridge-photos-downtown-old-fourth-ward
For more info and further backstory links: https://atlbuildings.com/jackson-street-bridge-project/
The Darwin Hotel
Great Write up: https://eatitandlikeit.com/the-darwin-atlanta-newest-pet-friendly-boutique-hotel/ 
Location is around the corner and sharing parking with the Dollar Store Plaza, which the organization is fixing up (the Dollar Store is a renowned neighborhood eye sore). Community Benefit Agreement was proposed by Dorthey Hurst following the Public Safety meeting when their application for a liquor license was presented.
https://whatnowatlanta.com/new-boutique-hotel-promises-much-more-than-a-place-to-rest-your-head/?fbclid=IwAR1c5_mbcoqbsOTXX6PNCc8gqM8YrfRNgeHBOJ-iJrcfJa7ODiIMDGJdCDg
Location is around the corner and sharing parking with the Dollar Store Plaza, which the organization is fixing up (the Dollar Store is a renowned neighborhood eye sore). Community Benefit Agreement was proposed by Dorthey Hurst following the Public Safety meeting when their application for a liquor license was presented. https://whatnowatlanta.com/new-boutique-hotel-promises-much-more-than-a-place-to-rest-your-head/?fbclid=IwAR1c5_mbcoqbsOTXX6PNCc8gqM8YrfRNgeHBOJ-iJrcfJa7ODiIMDGJdCDg
Crosby Spears Towers Renovation
Presentation by Kris Bryant- Columbia Residential – 2022_09-06 Meeting Minutes
Below are slides from NPU-M meeting
Below are slides from NPU-M meeting
**Overlook of major devs in O4W neighborhood associations FWW, FWA, FWN & SAND : https://urbanize.city/atlanta/neighborhood/old-fourth-ward