MARTA has selected a team of companies as the finalist to create a mixed-use development at its Bankhead Station.
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“New Atlanta”
What’s been brewing online and in real life for black Atlanta has finally gone mainstream – Old Atlanta versus New Atlanta.
This debate reached critical mass and mainstream media attention recently thanks to Atlanta influencer Isaac Hayes III.
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Atlanta place names: Reconciling past events, future dreams amid the present
This week’s 55th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act is marked in Atlanta with debates that involve some types of complexities that arose during its passage and enactment.
Leaders of the civil rights movement urge a park in a blighted black neighborhood be named for a (deceased) wealthy, white politician from Buckhead. Fans of hip hop question the potential removal from a MARTA rail station the name of an Alabama-born Confederate Army captain.
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MARTA OPENS FRESH MARTA MARKET AT BANKHEAD STATION
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) recently opened it’s fifth Fresh MARTA Market at Bankhead Station, located at 1335 Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway in Atlanta. Initially launched in 2015, Fresh MARTA Markets provide nutritious, affordable, locally-sourced produce in neighborhoods considered “food deserts” or areas where the availability of fresh food is limited. “We realize […]
