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The Atlanta Beltline is 22-mile long multi-use corridor on a former railway corridor which encircles the core of Atlanta, Georgia.The Atlanta Beltline is designed to reconnect neighborhoods and communities historically divided and marginalized by infrastructure, improve transportation, add green space, promote redevelopment, create and preserve affordable housing, and showcase arts and culture.
May — Art on the Atlanta BeltLine, first ever temporary public art exhibit on the Atlanta BeltLine, opened to the public. The Atlanta BeltLine Lantern Parade was born. June 19 — $5 million donation from Kaiser Permanente and PATH to build graded hardscape from DeKalb Ave north to Ponce de Leon Ave to be completed within a year.
The history of Atlanta dates back to 1836, ... In 2005, the $2.8 billion BeltLine project was adopted, ...
2012 - Part of BeltLine path opens. [57] 2014 - National Center for Civil and Human Rights opens. ... Pioneer citizens' history of Atlanta, 1833-1902, Atlanta, ...
On December 10, 2005, Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin announced a plan to acquire the lease and the land in order to create a 351-acre (1.42 km 2) park with a 45-acre (180,000 m 2) lake which would also serve as a drinking water reservoir. The plan was a portion of the extensive BeltLine project to construct a ring of parks, trails, and transit ...
Pioneer Citizens' Society of Atlanta. Pioneer Citizens' History of Atlanta, 1833–1902. Atlanta: Byrd Printing Co., 1902. Carter, Samuel. The Siege of Atlanta, 1864. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1973, p. 40. "Atlanta Old and New: Prehistory to 1847" Archived 2004-07-12 at the Wayback Machine; Atlanta BeltLine, official website
In southwest Atlanta, Black-owned businesses are keeping the history of their neighborhoods alive – and it all starts with a cup of coffee. Black-owned cafés and cooperatives in the area, many ...
Construction is scheduled to be completed later this year with revenue service beginning in late 2025. The 5-mile line will run from downtown Atlanta, through Summerhill, and end at the Atlanta Beltline. The line, named the "MARTA Rapid Summerhill", will utilize new 60-foot articulated electric buses.