The Atlanta Botanical Garden’s (ABG) plan to build a self-storage facility in Virginia-Highland has secured a key permit from the City. But silence since then leaves it unclear if the plan will include retail space pressed for by the community and Atlanta BeltLine advisors. On March 23, The Atlanta Department of City Planning approved a […]
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Atlanta Botanical Garden’s BeltLine self-storage plan is blasted by a review committee
The Atlanta Botanical Garden’s plan to swap one Atlanta BeltLine self-storage facility for another was raked over the coals Jan. 18 by a review committee.
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A close-up look at the Atlanta Botanical Garden’s expansion map
The Atlanta Botanical Garden expansion is one of those acts of Atlanta’s political gods that gets presented from their heavenly view as coloring in relatively blank spots on the map. Down at the human scale, however, there are many details in flux and lives in transition.
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Five years later, Piedmont Park expansion plan remains a mystery with signs of momentum
Nearly five years since its surprise announcement, the status of a Piedmont Park expansion remains mysterious.
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Proposed new storage facility at Atlanta BeltLine and Piedmont Park a blow to city’s urban design
You’ve got to be kidding. That is my initial reaction to the news that a new storage facility is being proposed along Monroe Drive – steps away from a major node of the Atlanta BeltLine, Piedmont Park and the Virginia-Highland community.
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Atlanta Botanical Garden moves to expand with $35M and a self-storage facility swap
A long-planned expansion of the Atlanta Botanical Garden is moving ahead with major donations and a $40 million land swap that would create a new self-storage facility in Virginia-Highland.
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Atlanta Botanical Garden buys BeltLine property in Virginia-Highland
The Atlanta Botanical Garden has purchased a vacant commercial building on the Atlanta BeltLine in Virginia-Highland for $13.5 million.
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How a gun-ban debate is also challenging Rivian, property taxes and other uses of public land
A gun-ban debate has become a legal precedent on a bigger question: Does the public indeed control public land and public money?
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Giant metal origami-inspired sculptures debut at the Atlanta Botanical Garden
From now until October 16, Midtown’s Atlanta Botanical Garden will be the home not only to a sea of blooming and thriving flora, but also a new outdoor art exhibit featuring large, metal origami-inspired sculptures. “Origami in the Garden” is an all-new art exhibition including 18 installations with over 70 sculptures inspired by origami, the […]
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Atlanta Botanical Garden wins right to ban guns from its property
The Atlanta Botanical Garden has won the right to ban guns from its property after an eight-year court battle with the advocacy group GA2A.
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Court decision on guns in leased parkland could be bigger than ‘constitutional carry’
The notion of “Constitutional carry” — the license-free toting of firearms in public — is sucking up all the Second Amendment oxygen in the Gold Dome and governor’s race these days. But a pending decision in a quietly simmering lawsuit could be more consequential in determining where those guns can be carried — specifically if it includes the Atlanta Botanical Garden at Piedmont Park.
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Piedmont, Botanical Garden expansion going through “quiet period”
It takes time and talks are happening quietly, said the leader of the Atlanta Botanical Garden.
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Yayoi Kusama barred in 1966 from performing with ‘Narcissus Garden,’ now at Atlanta Botanical Garden
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama made her Narcissus Garden exhibit so controversial in 1966 at the Venice Biennale that organizers barred her from performing alongside the display. The Atlanta Botanical Garden intends to display the exhibit through Spring.
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Atlanta City Council panel balks at $20.5 million for three acres of Piedmont Park expansion
A tough cross-examination looks likely at Atlanta City Council for a plan to spend up to $20.5 million for about three acres of a proposed expansion of Piedmont Park and the Atlanta Botanical Garden.
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Mayor takes action toward public/private Piedmont, botanical garden expansion
Philanthropies and the city of Atlanta are planning a $100 million spend on an expansion of Piedmont Park and the Atlanta Botanical Garden, part of which will extend green space to the corner of Piedmont and Monroe, Mayor Kasim Reed announced on Friday.
