Learning From Georgia III: Downtown Atlanta

[Metro Jacksonville]

Learning From Georgia III: Downtown Atlanta



Known as the Mecca of Sprawl, Georgia's largest city offers several good and bad examples of how to create a vibrant urban atmosphere.

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http://www.metrojacksonville.com/content/view/465

[JJ]

I was in Atlanta this weekend. I visited the World of Coca Cola and the Aquarium. Let me say wow. It is amazing what these two structures have done to that neighborhood. There is also a Childrens Museum near by. High rise condo towers are shooting up down the street. Downtown ATL is an exciting place to be.

[Coolyfett]

Interesting...Wish Inman Park coulda got some run in this article. I missed this article. Good Stuff.

[lewyn]

Inman Park is as far from downtown Atlanta as Murray Hill is from downtown Jacksonville, so it doesn't really belong in an article about downtown.

Also, a big picture thought- downtown Atlanta really is pretty distressed (though much less so than it once was)- lots of vagrants around Five Points, not much residential, in a city with much higher levels of crime than Jax (though differences in city limits may make this a dumb comparison). 

One advantage downtown Jax has- downtown Atlanta has competitors that give you the high rise urbanism of downtown with a lower fear level- Midtown and Buckhead.

[thelakelander]

Our Midtown and Buckhead are probably the Southbank and the Town Center/Deerwood Park areas.  Our major advantage is the added dimension of the river and its impact on the urban atmosphere.  Its something this urban community can really take advantage of.