By Maggie Lee Candidates for a Buckhead-area Atlanta City Council seat say their concerns for the district are traffic, development and infrastructure. Incumbent City Councilman Howard Shook was first elected in 2001 and now chairs its Finance Committee; he says traffic is the No. 1 district concern for him. Atlanta City Council would be Rebecca […]
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Photo Pick: Peachtree Hills Park Destruction by Laura Dobson
Earlier this year Maria Saporta reported on plans for Peachtree Hills Park. Now the damage is beginning. Laura Dobson says “They have put a street through the park. No other way to say it. It is unbelievable. For scale, that’s s dump truck in the background of the first photo.” Read the column from earlier this […]
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Trees in Peachtree Hills on chopping block while developer gets easement through park
Hundreds and hundreds of trees will be cut down in the Peachtree Hills community as a result of two developments currently being proposed.
Ashton Woods – an ironic name for the developer – is planning to clear cut a 4-acre parcel next to Peachtree Hills Park – removing a total of 148 trees.
