Beth Stephens and Blake Davis – Mapping Title Lending and Poverty on ATLMaps
Beth Stevens and Blake Davis describe how Georgia Watch is using the ATLMaps platform to visualize the geography of title lending in Georgia...
18 September, 2018
infrastructure Tag
Richard Laub – Book Review: The Past and Future City
Richard Laub reviews a new book arguing that historic preservation tools are essential for promoting economic and urban revitalization and applies its lessons to Atlanta...
19 December, 2017
Emma French – Book Review: Intelligent Infrastructure
Emma French reviews a new edited collection about smart cities and infrastructure, with an eye towards the lessons it offers Atlanta ...
05 December, 2017
Mark Pendergrast – Recreational Infrastructure: Using the Quarry Lake for Leisure
Mark Pendergrast discusses the current plans for Quarry Lake and how it might be a more impactful public amenity as a site for aquatic recreational activities rather than just as something to look at...
01 December, 2017
Hannah Palmer – Recreational Infrastructure: Who Gets to Enjoy the World’s Busiest Airport?
Hannah Palmer discusses the lack of a public observation platform at Hartsfield-Jackson airport and how it reveals a larger pattern of unequal access to recreational opportunities like plane-watching in Atlanta ...
30 November, 2017
Generating New Ideas for Atlanta: An Interview with Ryan Gravel
An interview with BeltLine visionary and urban planner Ryan Gravel about his new projects....
28 November, 2017
Robert Greene II – Book Review: “Modern Coliseum: Stadiums and American Culture”
Robert Greene II reviews Benjamin Lisle's recent book on the history of the modern stadium in the context of Atlanta's own history of post-war stadium development...
20 October, 2017
Philip Cherry – Re-Building a Bridge and Re-Examining Policies
Philip Cherry examines the effects of the recent I-85 bridge collapse and the long history of planning decisions that led to Atlanta's reliance on a limited number of transportation routes. ...
09 May, 2017
Bellwood Quarry: A New Water Project with an Old Sales Pitch
Skye Borden discusses the proposed park and reservoir at Bellwood Quarry in the context of the historical reception of water infrastructure in Atlanta...
17 January, 2017
Tracing a History of Atlanta’s Public Transit
Georgia State University's Tracing a History of Atlanta's Public Transit project...
27 April, 2015