By Ansley Whipple, Midtown Alliance, Project Manager of Programming and Activation A robust public life is an essential component to a thriving urban community. What does this look like? Activity at the street level that ...
By Lauren Radman, Project Manager, Urban Design and Placemaking at Midtown Alliance Public art enlivens the urban experience and contributes to dynamic public spaces. It’s magical to see blank walls transform into large-scale works of ...
By Matthew Lister, Partner and Managing Director, Gehl Studio NY; 2022 Midtown Alliance Annual Meeting Keynote Speaker Greetings Midtown Atlanta. I couldn’t be more excited to be speaking at the Midtown Alliance Annual Meeting next ...
By Ronald “Jay” Parker, Midtown Alliance Green Team Member When I joined the Midtown Alliance team in late 2021, it took me 90 minutes to get to work. I relied solely on public transportation, catching ...
By Shayne Wheeler, Sr. Pastor, North Avenue Presbyterian Church and Trevor Atkins, Volunteer, Feet on the Street Ministries To live in Midtown is to love Midtown. As the second-fastest growing neighborhood in the country for ...
By Ellie Hensley, Editor and Producer at Midtown Alliance New year, new things to experience at street-level in Midtown. Over the past several decades, we’ve seen the district transform into a thriving place. With guidance ...
By Karl Smith-Davids, Senior Project Manager, Project and Urban Design at Midtown Alliance Developers are still betting on Midtown Atlanta. Since 2010, 57 new buildings have been delivered in the 1.2 square miles that is ...
By Kevin Box, Artist at Box Studio LLC Note: Kevin Box’s Conversation Peace was installed at 10th and Peachtree Streets on November 11, 2021. It is the latest in Midtown Alliance’s series of temporary public ...
By Lauren Radman, Project Manager, Urban Design and Placemaking at Midtown Alliance Take a walk down West Peachtree Street today, and you might notice that the number of public artworks visible is multiplying nearly as ...
By Angie Clawson, Director of Communications, Center for the Visually Impaired For nearly 60 years, the Center for the Visually Impaired (CVI) has been providing rehabilitation services for people who are blind and visually impaired ...
By Brian Carr, Director of Marketing and Communications, Midtown Alliance As we continue our work on the ground every day in Midtown, we see continued momentum and positive signs pointing toward recovery. Developers and companies ...
By Dan Hourigan, Director of Transportation and Sustainability, Midtown Alliance This week, Midtown Alliance is starting construction on improvements to a historic block of Midtown, transforming a handful of on-street parking spaces into a small ...
By Chantelle Rytter, Lantern Parade Artist and Parliament of Owls Founder Fun is seriously important to our well-being. Coming together as a flock of owls and flying and dancing down the streets of Midtown all ...
By Ginny Kennedy, Director of Urban Design at Midtown Alliance A Fiat Panda half-devoured by translucent stone has anchored the corner of 10th and Peachtree Streets for nearly four years. The giant sculpture known as ...
By Ellie Hensley, Editor and Producer, Midtown Alliance Midtown is known as Atlanta’s “Heart of the Arts,” boasting the largest concentration of arts and cultural institutions in the Southeast. For more than a year, these ...
By Ellie Hensley, Editor and Producer, Midtown Alliance Momentum in Midtown continues to grow stronger each day as more of us return to what we’ve been missing. Activities like shopping for gifts and browsing in ...
By Emily Russell, Founding Member and Managing Director, Whole World Improv Theatre When your mission is to bring people together through joy and laughter, but you are separated from your audience and artists by a ...
By Shoccara Marcus, Artist-in Residence at Cousins Properties’ Promenade I describe myself as a dancer first, and a photographer second. I fulfill love of both crafts with dance photography. I get a joy out of ...
By Marcus Neville, Director of Public Safety and Operations, Midtown Alliance When the Midtown Improvement District was formed 21 years ago, the first imperative was for people to feel safe. At the time, Midtown was ...
By Ellie Hensley, Midtown Alliance Editor and Producer After a long year of isolation and social distancing, pandemic recovery is just beginning to pick up some momentum. With the combination of spring weather and the ...
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