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However, "Westside" meaning other areas in the west side of Atlanta, or the entire west side (southwest Atlanta, northwest Atlanta), is used by the BeltLine [4] and by Invest Atlanta, the City of Atlanta Economic Development Authority. [5] Both "West Midtown" and "Westside" are used by Creative Loafing [6] [7] and Westside Atlanta Guide & Maps. [8]
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.
The plan was a portion of the extensive BeltLine project to construct a ring of parks, trails, and transit surrounding the core of Atlanta. As proposed, Westside Reservoir Park was nearly twice the size of Atlanta's premiere greenspace, Piedmont Park. Acquisition by the city was completed on June 30, 2006. [1]
September — The Atlanta BeltLine received a federal TIGER V grant of $18 million to develop the southwest corridor of the Atlanta BeltLine. The future Westside Trail will be a 2.5-mile (4.0 km) multi-use trail from Washington Park to University Avenue with 16 access points.
822 acres (333 ha) annexed - the southern part of what is now Midtown was already within the 1889 limits, but in 1904 the city annexes most of the rest of what is now Midtown: this is an area bounded by the 1889 circular city limits on the south, and West Peachtree St. on the west, stretching north up to but not including Ansley Park (roughly ...
Hunter Hills is bounded on the south by MLK and the Seaboard Coast rail-line, on the east by the Beltline (former Louisville and Nashville Railroad) and Mayson Turner Rd., on the north by Joseph Boone St. and on the west by Holly Road. Its West Side Siege Line is located on the corner of Joseph Boone (Simpson Road) and Chappell Road. [1]
West Midtown is directly west of Midtown Atlanta, hence that name.The name for the area is a matter of debate. [4] The name "West Midtown" is used by the neighbors' association in Home Park, the largest constituent neighborhood, [5] the West Midtown Business Association, [6] and Westside Provisions, a privately run commercial district. [7]
The neighborhood consists of Marietta Street and the city blocks immediately to the east and west of it, stretching from 8th Street NW on the north to North Avenue NW on the south. It is bordered by the neighborhoods of Home Park on the north, Georgia Tech on the east, downtown Atlanta on the south, and English Avenue on the west. [3]